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Germany marks 5 millionth self-checkout customer

February 28, 2006

DUSSELDORF - Almost three years after the launch of the country's first self-checkouts at Real SB-Warenhaus GmbH, 5 million consumers have used the fast lane for paying. The check-out of the 5 millionth customer was celebrated Feb. 23 at the Real store in Dusseldorf-Heerdt. Real SB-Warenhaus GmbH, a 50-store chain of the internationally active METRO Group of trading companies, became the first German retailer to offer self checkout in October 2003. The METRO Group's "Future Store Initiative" uses the FastLane solution from NCR Corp.