In 1986, a company named CheckRobot invented self-checkouts. They claimed to reduce long lines, human interaction, make checkout lanes faster and reduce labor costs. These self-checkouts reduced ...

Dollar General is one of the retailers that has grappled with “shrink,” an industry term that primarily defines theft from stores. But the company has been undertaking measures to address the issue, ...

Dollar General is working to eliminate shrink by reducing items that are most likely to get stolen and cutting back on even more self-checkout options. After seeing retail theft continue ...

Last year, Dollar General pulled self-checkout stands in 300 stores with the highest levels of shoplifting and merchandise loss. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link ...

According to their new consumer survey, 77 percent of shoppers prefer self-checkout because it’s faster than a traditional ...

Adjusting for one-off costs, Dollar General posted a reasonably ... DG had not started to unwind self-checkout in 1Q24, and so that period benefitted from lower labor hours relative to how DG ...

Indiana has an almost ridiculous amount of Dollar General stores, making it one of the states with the most locations in the United States—at least for now.

Dollar General defines its “core customer ... including scaling back self-checkouts in order to lessen theft. Vasos told investors Dollar Generals anti-theft efforts, which in retail is ...

If you want to know how low-income Americans are feeling, just look to Dollar General. Its CEO Todd Vasos said in the company’s earnings call this week that its “core customers” — people ...