The impact of scanning on employment in UK food stores: A preliminary analysis
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Marketing Management
- Vol. 2 (3) , 285-300
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257x.1987.9964019
Abstract
New technology increasingly is being introduced into retailing at the operational level. One particular example is bar code scanning in food stores. By July 1986 there were 636 shops in the UK with operational scanning systems at point‐of‐sale, and of these 60 per cent were food stores. It has been suggested that scanning checkouts can cause change in employment structures and even job loss. This paper investigates some of the employment implications of laser scanning checkouts in a sample of food stores.Keywords
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