Best Buy: Yes, Floor Staff Get Tablets, But Not Necessarily iPads
Reasons for this may be a reluctance to look like an Apple outlet or support that brand too much, or perhaps it’s simply a cost consideration, and they plan to opt for a cheaper device. Either way, it seems likely that pretty soon, tablets will be a mainstay at retail: you can swipe credit cards, display license agreements, scan coupons, and all that stuff. Best Buy isn’t the first to do this sort of thing; Apple decentralized their checkout a long time ago, and many other companies have moved info and point-of-service away from the front-of-store checkout area.
Why do I get the feeling that, even with an army of employees helping and cashing out shoppers, we’re still all going to be stopped by “security” on the way out?