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Self-checkout scans the globe

August 8, 2014

The global self-checkout market grew 24 percent in 2013, with more than 33,000 shipments, according to research by London-based research firm RBR in a company announcement.

Walmart's "large-scale rollout" played a major role in the global upsurge of self-checkout, the firm said, as pilots sprung up in new markets around the world, including Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, resulting in a record year for the solution. Walmart partnered with self-checkout  provider NCR, currently holding a 71-percent market share, the largest of the four biggest manufacturers responsible for 97 percent of shipments.

NCR is followed by Wincor Nixdorf, with 11 percent of the market, and Fujitsu and Toshiba hold the third and fourth positions respectively.

  Suppliers' Shares of Self-Checkout Shipments Worldwide, 2013

Source: Global EPOS and Self-Checkout 2014 (RBR)

RBR predicts self-checkout terminals to grow to 325,000 by 2019, up from 191,000 in 2013.