Growing number of retailers remove self-checkout lanes

Published July 7, 2024 3:00pm ET



A growing number of retailers are reconsidering their reliance on self-checkout lanes in an effort to clamp down on the shrinkage and theft of their merchandise.

Among those reworking its use of self-checkout lanes are bargain retailers Dollar General and Five Below, the former of which removed this option at 12,000 of its locations. Five Below, meanwhile, has stated that it is removing the self-checkout option at its “highest risk locations.”

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