The theory isn’t that you do all the work, it’s not like the self checkout line at the grocery store. The theory is that all the floor help has units that can run your transaction, so instead of you getting all your stuff then finding a register that same associate that helped you get your stuff can just run the purchase and your done. Sounds nice in theory and works well at Apple stores, but in a business that’s mostly garments and mostly self guided (really the register clerk is usually the only employee I interact with) I think it will fail.
Seems to me in a clothing story they need a counter to fold the clothes to put them into a bag. And that’s where they store the bags. Also the counter is where they store the device to remove those tags that make the sirens go off if you walk out of the store with them.
Seems you still need some kind of check out work space.
Believe it or not, many years ago that is the ONLY way it was done, many sales clerks made a good commission with this method. Which may be the reason they went to Register clerks, no one really did any salesmanship, no one reaps a benefit.
In the olden days, the salesperson was very helpful or a nuisance, depending if your were looking or shopping. lol
I guess the idiot who thought this up hasn't visited a store and actually tried to find a sales associate lately...