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Title: Tesco Adds Self-Checkout to European Stores

Description: Customers at Tesco stores in eight countries globally are benefitting from less waiting and quicker speed of service with self-checkouts.

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PARIS ? NCR Corporation announced last week that Tesco PLC is making NCR SelfServ Checkout available in its stores across Central and Eastern Europe. As a result Tesco's customers will have the choice to scan, bag and pay for goods themselves at Tesco stores in eight countries.

Tesco is the first retailer in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to make this technology available and has more self-checkouts in more stores in Poland than any other supermarket. This follows significant consumer adoption of the self-service tills at Tesco stores in the U.K., Ireland, South Korea and the United States.

Mike McNamara, CIO at Tesco, commented in a press release that new technology ?has a big role to play in making shopping easier and more convenient for customers.?

Tesco first started using NCR?s self-checkouts in the U.K. in 2002, which proved to be popular among shoppers. More than 10 million Tesco shoppers now opt to use them, representing over a third of the retailer's store transactions.

Rick Chavie, NCR's vice president of retail marketing, commented: ?This technology is helping retailers not only boost customer service levels and overall store experience, but also contain operational costs as they continue to innovate with a growing array of products and store, online and mobile shopping channels."

Content Subject: International

Formatted Article Date: September 19, 2011

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