Report: Self-Checkout Usage Soared 24 Percent Last Year
Written by Evan SchumanSeptember 6th, 2007
Consumers spent more than $137 billion in retail self-checkout in 2006, with increased self-checkout use in do-it-yourself stores, superccenters and warehouse clubs mostly responsible, according to an IHL study released Thursday. That's 24 percent more than was self-checkouted in 2005, IHL said.
The study also reported consumer resistance to the machines starting to dilute, with 44 percent saying they "really like self-checkout" and "only nine percent say they will not use the technology," IHL said, citing its 1,000-consumer survey conducted in the Spring/Summer of 2007.
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