Walmart is scaling back on its self-checkout machines at two stores, as more retail giants are reducing the self-service option at their stores, citing an effort to combat theft. A Walmart in a suburb ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Retail convenience has always been driven by speed. Customers prefer shopping experiences that save time and require minimal effort. Over the years, retail technology has moved step by step toward ...

The days of filling up a crisp cup of Sprite from McDonald’s on your own are over: The chain confirmed it would phase out self-service machines. So, if you want more of your Diet Coke or other soft ...

You may have heard the news that McDonald’s is planning to phase out its self-serve beverage stations by 2032, so now the question now becomes “why?” Simply put, the transition is being made to allow ...

Technology has a way of both making life radically more convenient and upsetting organized labor. This has always been the case. A case in point is California’s perpetual war on self-service machines ...

Some Californians will recall a time in the dusty past when there was no such thing as self-service at gasoline stations. Motorists pulled up to the pump, a friendly lad in uniform and peaked cap ...

Imagine an invention that is worse at what it does than humans, threatens jobs and increases the potential for crime. You might think it would go nowhere fast. In fact, the supermarket self-checkout ...