Why are we still waiting in checkout lines?

Companies have shown a surge of interest lately in high-tech payment cards that either consolidate all your credit cards into one, or link a physical method of payment to an online account. But none of these fix the problem that's bedeviled retailers for years: How to get checkout lines moving more quickly — or to eliminate them altogether.

It’s 2013. Why are we still waiting in checkout lines?

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