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Target Adds Cameras at Self-Checkout Stations to Deter Theft
- The retailer’s new technology will alert over unscanned items
- Companies are rethinking self-checkouts partly due to theft
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Target Corp. is taking a new tack to combat theft at self-checkout stations.
The retailer is adding a new technology at its self-checkout registers that uses cameras to detect items on scanners, alerting shoppers who leave anything unscanned, according to internal documents viewed by Bloomberg News.