Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese clothing store Uniqlo, deployed the new self-checkout tech earlier this year. It came to national attention through a recent Wall Street Journal visit to ...

Consumers already contending with a squeeze on their bank accounts due to inflation are now facing more pressure as businesses introduce new tipping features at self-checkout machines. Companies, ...

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