“Unexpected item in the bagging area.” “Please place item in the bag.”“Please wait for assistance.”If you’ve encountered these irritating alerts at the self-checkout machine, you’re not alone. According to a survey last year of 1,000 shoppers, 67% said they’d experienced a failure at the self-checkout lane. Errors at the kiosks are so common that they […]
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Sears On Brink Of Bankruptcy
Business Insider spoke with more than a dozen employees, ranging from store clerks to senior executives, about the unraveling of Sears. Many spoke on the condition that they not be identified for fear of legal retribution from Lampert and Sears, including one person who specified that she would only speak off the record upon the […]
Web giant Amazon targets sick and vulnerable by pedalling bogus ‘miracle cancer cures’
A Sun investigation has found the company misleading customers on a number of products which supposedly cure Autism, HIV and cancer WEB giant Amazon is today accused of endangering the sick and vulnerable and illegally peddling bogus snake-oil “cures” for cancer. A Sun investigation has also found other dangerously misleading products for sale on the […]