TL;DR: The eliminated labour they are talking about is the physical act scanning the bar code of each piece individually - instead, they are using RFID, so you can just stuff all the pieces you're buying into a bin and the machine will detect everything automatically.
I used that kind of self-checkout before and honestly find it less revolutionary than they make out to be here. It's still a hassle and there are lots of tasks which are still "transferred" to the shopper, e.g. folding up all the clothes correctly and making sure that everything is in order.
I used that kind of self-checkout before and honestly find it less revolutionary than they make out to be here. It's still a hassle and there are lots of tasks which are still "transferred" to the shopper, e.g. folding up all the clothes correctly and making sure that everything is in order.