self checkout
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News The system uses data from its Nectar customer loyalty scheme to determine a customer's tastes and prints off customised vouchers at the checkout, Sainsbury's CEO Justin King revealed in a conference call with investors... [09 Oct 2009]
Rapid Self-Service Beats the Lunchtime Rush
White Paper Fujitsu proposed deploying its U-Scan self-checkout system alongside Cora's traditional tills. U-Scan is a fully automated checkout solution, which enables hypermarket customers to scan... [19 Dec 2008]
Essex libraries embrace RFID
News Several hundred thousand books have been fitted with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips and dozens of libraries have had scanning technology installed which allows them to offer a range of new services such as... [21 Jun 2007]
Editor's Blog: Tesco PR, BPO and the AOP
Comment magazine, a disgruntled consumer and Declan Curry talking about self-service checkout lanes at Tesco. Where to begin? I woke up slightly foggy-headed this morning (more on that later) to watch a BBC... [05 Oct 2006]
Why are Oracle and SAP fighting over Retek?
Comment There are new bar code standards to be dealt with, ever-growing quantities of data that are ripe for mining, and new in-store technologies, such as self-checkout stations. Just what sort of company is... [10 Mar 2005]
RFID an opportunity for shoplifters, says expert
News When such tools become widely available, hackers and those with less pure motives could use a handheld device and the software to mark expensive goods as cheaper items and walk out through self checkout. [29 Jul 2004]