{
  "id": 11226471,
  "title": "Self-Checkout Was Supposed to Cut Costs. Instead, It Created a Problem Retailers Didn’t Anticipate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/self-checkout-was-supposed-to-cut-costs-instead-it-created-a-problem",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:18:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/moses-jeanfrancois/self-checkout-supposed-to-cut-costs-created-problem-retailers-didnt-anticipate/91411578"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some retailers are starting to abandon self-checkout lanes just a few years after installing them. One key shift explains why.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}