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NCR Tesco deployment hits one million users per week

November 29, 2005

LONDON - NCR Corp. announced in a news release that Tesco, the largest deployer of self-checkout in Europe, is seeing over a million customers using its NCR FastLane self-checkout each week.

The number of Tesco customers using self-checkout, which enables customers to scan, bag and pay for their purchases themselves, will continue to rise as Tesco deploys self-checkout across more of the chain.

"NCR's self-checkout units have proven an enormous hit with our customers," said Attila Winstanley, productivity director for Tesco. "We are seeing self-checkout usage figures increase week on week. In some of our smaller format stores, 50 percent of all transactions are going through self-checkout."

Tesco offers self-checkout in its Metro (High Street) stores, Superstores and Extra hypermarkets across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. To date, the retailer has installed NCR self-checkout in 236 stores and plans to deploy the technology in an additional 20 stores by the end of the year.

"NCR FastLane is flexible and easy-to-use. These features, combined with Tesco's commitment to staff and customer training, have led to the enormous popularity of self-checkout among Tesco customers and the consequent rollout to many more stores," said Alberto Camuri, NCR vice president for Retail Solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.