Retailers Place Limits on Self-Checkout to Combat Growing Theft

• Target placing 10-item limit on self-checkout registers at nearly all stores to combat theft • Walmart also implementing item limits at some stores; Walmart+ members can use Scan & Go • Dollar General placed limits at thousands of stores, eliminated entirely at 300 highest theft stores • Surveys show consumers like self-checkout for speed and privacy but also admit to stealing with it • Experts say stores unlikely to eliminate self-checkout entirely despite theft issues