Why Walmart Plan To Replace Cashier With Self-checkout Kiosk?
Walmart is planning to replace cashiers and conveyor belt lanes with self-checkout kiosk, according to a report from Fox Business. Walmart’s move is partially in response to reduce coronavirus spread and creates less interaction shopping environment. Walmart’s test will firstly start at a store with no cashiers and only self-checkout in Fayetteville, Arkansas. And workers will still be here to help those who might have trouble with the self-checkout kiosk. If the process go smoothly and indeed speed up checkout process, this model will be expanded to more stores. In fact, earlier in 2017, Walmart has already put forward the concept to reduce cashier as so to cut cost. The unexpected coronavirus just put it at the table and accelerate self-checkout process. Even though people have different views on self-checkout, but it undoubtedly has certain advantages than traditional checkout method. To begin with, self-checkout speed is faster. The traditional cashiers re...
