ONTARIO, Canada — NCR Corp. and The Home Depot announced a continued effort to roll out NCR's FastLane self-checkout system across Canada.
In June 2005, The Home Depot began installing NCR FastLane in new and existing stores in Canada to improve front-end operations, improve the customer experience and give shoppers added checkout options. Since then, the retailer has maintained an aggressive rollout schedule. As of the first quarter this year, 136 of its 155 Canadian stores had been equipped with FastLane technology.
A national Ipsos Reid poll conducted for NCR in December 2005 found 44 percent of Canadian consumers would choose self-checkout when shopping. The Home Depot Canada reports that at stores where NCR FastLane has been installed, an average of 35 percent of all transactions are taking place at the self-checkout lanes.
