Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks
Photo: (Keith Burgess/CBC)So just how bad is the self-checkout theft problem — and is it the driving force behind receipt checks? Walmart said receipt checks can be used for theft prevention, but it didn't specify what type of theft. So CBC News turned to criminologist Adrian Beck, who has studied self-checkout theft for more than a decade. Fin du widget Widget. John McCracken, a customer at a Loblaw-owned Superstore just outside Halifax, saw this sign last month warning about receipt checks.
Source: CBC News July 11, 2023 06:32 UTC
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