1 This turns out to be an interesting way to create the kind of "impulse" purchasing that most retail stores only have positioned at the
checkout counter, as one continually wanders past interesting things that you hadn't even thought you needed.
Meanwhile, MasterCard is piloting "tap and go" debit and credit cards with a chip that can be read by a remote receiver, speeding the line at the
checkout counter.
"This solution enables us to provide our customers with speed, accuracy and simplicity at the
checkout counter," says William Johnson, director of telecommunications for Foot Locker.
Imhoff's simple answer to that confounding
checkout counter question, "paper or plastic?", is neither.
It would be much easier for the new pastor if there were a list of do's and don'ts, like in those
checkout counter magazines: "Ten ways to make him your love slave!" My friends and I couldn't come up with a list like that.
Other tracing methods are also being tested, like miniaturized bar coding and cameras with advanced recognition technology that can identify fruits and vegetables at the
checkout counter.
I suspect that the four people making change at every department store
checkout counter or the two women piloting one elevator did not succeed in calculus class.
The hope of all those magazine publishers is that you will see the photo of someone famous whom you want to know more about and run to the
checkout counter with a copy of that magazine.
It will probably be several years after that before the technology is used for scanning at the
checkout counter, he said.
In the example used by the Supreme Court, "if Catalina's manufacturer-client is Campbell Soup, Campbell can contract to have a coupon reading 'one dollar off your next purchase of Campbell Soup' printed at the supermarket
checkout counter whenever someone purchases a can of its soup, in order to encourage repeat business.
In Continual Distance:
checkout counter, one object, 2003, for instance, the sculptural bottom and top of the piece are envisioned in the locked embrace of a
checkout counter and register at your local Staples.
The Group also intends to introduce self-scanning shopping carts that eliminate the need to remove items at the
checkout counter.