Inc. (October 1)
“Self-checkout was supposed to cut costs. instead, it created a problem retailers didn’t anticipate.” Some of the retailers who installed them “are starting to abandon self-checkout lanes” because they are proving costly. ECR Retail Loss found that “grocery stores experienced an average 22 percent increase in merchandise losses in the year after installing self-checkout lanes. These losses included both theft and accidental errors, such as missed scans and incorrect product selections.” Overall, retailers are still investing in technology, but they are currently searching for better solutions.
Tags: Abandon, Accidental errors, Costs, Grocery stores, Incorrect product selections, Losses, Merchandise, Missed scans, Problem, Retailers, Self-checkout, Theft
Wall Street Journal (November 29)
“Anti-Ukraine voices in Congress, the Administration and the pundit class cite Kyiv’s corruption as worthy of unique condemnation.” But they are simply using it as an “excuse to abandon Ukraine,” which they hold to an artificially high standard. “Corruption deserves to be policed and punished. But U.S. support for Ukraine deserves to be judged by overall American interests, and the highest interest is national security.”
Tags: Abandon, Condemnation, Congress, Corruption, Excuse, Interests, National security, Policed, Punished, Support, U.S., Ukraine
