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4 days, 12 hours ago

Self-checkouts are driving me loopy, says LEE BOYCE… I'm on a crusade to let retailers know how infuriating they are

It's lunchtime on High Street Kensington, one of the busiest shopping streets in London… and perhaps the country. The manned tills also deal with returns, which adds to the pain of a man just looking to snap up a pair of jeans and a shirt, then get on with life. 'We utilise a mix of self-checkouts and manned tills with …

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1 month ago

Fans brutally MOCK Darren Till ahead of Tommy Fury fight after video of him shadow boxing goes viral - as they claim the ex-UFC star 'has the body shape of a 60-year-old man'

Daily Mail

Fans have brutally mocked Darren Till's physique after footage emerged of him shadow boxing ahead of his fight against Tommy Fury. Former Love Island contestant Fury has not stepped foot inside the ring since his win over KSI in October last year - while Till has only had boxing fight to date. Footage of Darren Till working out ahead of …

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4 months ago

Rise of the machines: Now some Asda stores are bringing in self-checkout only hours - but in select supermarkets

Daily Mail

Asda has introduced self-checkout only hours in some of its supermarkets days after it revealed plans to top up the amount of time staff would be manning tills. Asda has introduced self-checkout only hours at some of its supermarkets An upset local shared a snap of the Bournemouth Asda Superstores 'checkout opening hours' Asda recently said it will not replace …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Morrisons becomes latest retailer to make a self-checkout U-turn: Supermarket's boss admits it 'went a bit too far' with number of unmanned tills amid growing backlash

Daily Mail

Morrisons has become the latest retailer to make a U-turn on its self-checkout policy with its boss admitting it 'went a bit too far' with the number of unmanned tills. Morrisons has become the latest retailer to make a U-turn on its self-checkout policy Rami Baitiéh, the chief executive of the company, said that it is 'reviewing the balance between …

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11 months, 1 week ago

'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

BBC

'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology Alamy Self-checkout technology has grown, but not every business and consumer is happy with the investment Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Alamy One of the frustrations of self-checkout can be the extra work of having to find a specific PLU code to ring up a purchase Unexpected problems in …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

From coronation quiche to Caramac – what set the tills alight in 2023?

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The episode when son-in-law Tom Wambsgans lampoons a character’s …

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1 year, 1 month ago

How temperamental self-service tills are leading to rise of middle-class shoplifters: Marks & Spencer boss warns well-off shoppers are walking out without paying when scanners fail to register their i

Daily Mail

Temperamental self-service tills are leading to a rise of middle-class shoplifters who are walking out of stores without paying and thinking 'it's not my fault, I'm owed it', a retail boss has claimed. M&S chairman Archie Norman said that while shoplifting is on the rise across the country, his shops aren't 'attractive' to criminal gangs because they don't sell as …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Booths removes almost all self-service checkouts and puts staff back behind tills as experts say move will cut shoplifting: 'We listen to our customers - they want to speak to a real human'

Daily Mail

A supermarket chain has become Britain's first to return to fully-staffed checkouts after axing most of its self-service tills after its boss said: 'We like to talk to people.' Please email: [email protected] * All but two Booths stores will put staff back on the tills following the decision The majority of Booths supermarkets are in Lancashire, including this one in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

Associated Press

When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. With the stroke of Biden’s pen, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states, became federally-protected places. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

LA Times

When President Biden signed a proclamation this week establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, it marked the fulfillment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. With the stroke of Biden’s pen, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states, became federally protected …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument

Al Jazeera

The 1955 lynching of Till, a Black teen, and his mother’s subsequent activism helped propel US civil rights movement. Washington, DC – US President Joe Biden has established a national monument to honour Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanised the civil rights movement in the United States. “That’s what’s gonna happen with visitors of all backgrounds who …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Photos: Monument cements Emmett Till case as ‘an American story’

Al Jazeera

US President Joe Biden’s establishment of a national monument honouring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, marks the fulfilment of a promise Till’s relatives made after his death 68 years ago. The Black teenager from Chicago, whose abduction, torture and killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped propel the United States civil rights movement, will be seen as more than …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said Saturday. Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Biden to establish monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

LA Times

President Biden walks to his motorcade as he leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington after attending Mass on Saturday. President Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and …

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1 year, 7 months ago

White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

Associated Press

— The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Wheeler Parker, a cousin of Till who was there, has said Till whistled at the woman, an …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s lynching, dies

LA Times

Milam, left, and his wife sit to the left of Carolyn Bryant and Roy Bryant in a Mississippi courtroom in September 1955. The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner’s report shows. Donham died Tuesday night in Westlake, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Marks & Spencer rolls out self-service tills for clothing in dozens of stores

The Telegraph

Shoppers at Marks & Spencer will be asked to use self-service checkouts when buying clothing and homeware as the retailer rolls out the new tills in dozens of its stores. They added: “We continue to offer customers new ways to pay to make shopping with M&S quicker, easier and more convenient.” M&S said it began trialling the checkouts, which are …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday hosted a screening of the movie “ Till,” a wrenching, new drama about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, who was brutally killed after a white woman said the Black 14-year-old had made improper advances toward her. “History matters,” Biden said in brief remarks before the lights in the East Room came down …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Till’s Danielle Deadwyler on playing the mother of Emmett Till, and why film fans shouldn’t look away

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mamie Till-Mobley insisted that Emmett’s casket would be open at the …

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2 years ago

Emmett Till’s relatives lead protest to home of woman whose accusations led to his murder: ‘Justice was never served’

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story

Associated Press

— The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett Till’s mother as she traveled to Mississippi to testify in the murder trial of two white men who lynched her son in 1955. Hundreds of people — a good portion of Mound Bayou’s 1,500 residents — turned out Thursday evening to watch the movie “Till.” The …

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2 years, 2 months ago

‘Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue

Associated Press

— Hundreds of people applauded — and some wiped away tears — as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager over accusations he had flirted with a white woman in a country store. Speaking of Till’s mother she said: “Just to imagine the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Whoopi Goldberg deflates ‘demeaning’ critique that she wore ‘a fat suit’ in ‘Till’

LA Times

Actor and producer Whoopi Goldberg attends the premiere of “Till” at Alice Tully Hall during the 60th New York Film Festival on Saturday. Whoopi Goldberg on Monday felt compelled to address a “demeaning” criticism of her appearance in the Emmett Till biopic “Till.” “The View” moderator, who produced and stars in the historical drama, spoke about the consequences of Till’s …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing

Associated Press

— A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, most likely closing the case that shocked a nation and galvanized the modern civil rights movement. Wheeler Parker, Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin and the last living witness to Till’s Aug. 28, 1955, abduction, …

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Self-checkouts are driving me loopy, says LEE BOYCE… I'm on a crusade to let retailers know how infuriating they are

Fans brutally MOCK Darren Till ahead of Tommy Fury fight after video of him shadow boxing goes viral - as they claim the ex-UFC star 'has the body shape of a 60-year-old man'

Rise of the machines: Now some Asda stores are bringing in self-checkout only hours - but in select supermarkets

Morrisons becomes latest retailer to make a self-checkout U-turn: Supermarket's boss admits it 'went a bit too far' with number of unmanned tills amid growing backlash

'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

From coronation quiche to Caramac – what set the tills alight in 2023?

How temperamental self-service tills are leading to rise of middle-class shoplifters: Marks & Spencer boss warns well-off shoppers are walking out without paying when scanners fail to register their i

Booths removes almost all self-service checkouts and puts staff back behind tills as experts say move will cut shoplifting: 'We listen to our customers - they want to speak to a real human'

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

For Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story

Biden honours Emmett Till, his mother with US national monument

Photos: Monument cements Emmett Till case as ‘an American story’

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Biden to establish monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till’s lynching, dies

Marks & Spencer rolls out self-service tills for clothing in dozens of stores

Biden hosts screening of film about lynching of Emmett Till

Till’s Danielle Deadwyler on playing the mother of Emmett Till, and why film fans shouldn’t look away

Emmett Till’s relatives lead protest to home of woman whose accusations led to his murder: ‘Justice was never served’

Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story

‘Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue

Whoopi Goldberg deflates ‘demeaning’ critique that she wore ‘a fat suit’ in ‘Till’

Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing