Retail checkout systems and methods

A checkout kiosk, comprising:

• an input device that receives unique customer identification information from a purchaser card;
• a customer identification analyzer that verifies the received unique customer identification information;
• an order linking module that associates purchase data with the unique customer identification information of the purchaser card;
• and
• a customer record processor that updates the customer record to include the purchase data.

A method for purchasing store items, comprising:

• receiving at an input device unique customer identification information from a purchaser card;
• verifying the received unique customer identification information;
• associating purchase data with the unique customer identification information of the purchaser card;
• and
• updating the customer record to include the purchase data.