Self-Checkout Terminal
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A Self-Checkout Terminal is a terminal machines that enables a retailer's customers to perform retail sales transactions.
- AKA: Self Checkout.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Retail, Cashier, Point of Sale.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_checkout Retrieved:2014-6-29.
- Self-checkout (also known as Self-service checkout, or a Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (SACAT)) machines provide a mechanism for customers to process their own purchases from a retailer. They are an alternative to the traditional cashier-staffed checkout. In practice, the customer assumes the job of the cashier by scanning and applying payment for the items themselves.
As of the end of 2008, there were 92,600 self-checkout units worldwide. The number is estimated to reach 430,000 units by 2014.
- Self-checkout (also known as Self-service checkout, or a Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (SACAT)) machines provide a mechanism for customers to process their own purchases from a retailer. They are an alternative to the traditional cashier-staffed checkout. In practice, the customer assumes the job of the cashier by scanning and applying payment for the items themselves.