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An analysis into early customer experiences of self-service checkouts: Lessons for improved usability

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|Apr 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2019-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2543-912X | Journal ISSN: 2543-6597
Language: English
Page range: 36 - 50
Submitted on: Sep 5, 2018
Accepted on: Dec 30, 2018
Published on: Apr 24, 2019
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