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NEWS RELEASE January 4, 2010 Community investment project includes NCR software and technology for new full-service grocery Maywood Market selects NCR reseller, North Country Business Products, to provide store automation solutions and services DULUTH, Georgia – NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced that Maywood Market has selected its point-of-sale (POS) software and hardware solutions, along with BRdata’s back office solutions, in order to provide a faster and more convenient shopping experience and run in-store promotions. The solutions were sold and serviced by NCR authorized reseller North Country Business Products (NCBP). For the front of the store, Maywood Market chose NCR Advanced Checkout Solution (ACS), a feature-rich POS software application for grocery retailers, regardless of store size or sales volume. Each checkout lane will be equipped with an NCR RealPOS™ High Performance Bi-Optic Scanner/Scale, an NCR RealPOS 80XRT workstation with the NCR RealPOS DynaKey™ cashier interface, and a credit/debit card reader with signature capture. The retailer also plans to implement BRdata Retail BOSS™, a complete back-office software package designed to manage and maintain all the areas of the business, from automation of in-store functions to distribution and price management. Most of Maywood’s food stores disappeared in the decades after a large manufacturing operation there closed in 1975. But earlier this year, three investors began working with local officials to help rejuvenate Maywood by bringing full-service grocery shopping back to the community’s residents. Expected to open in early 2010, Maywood Market will contain a bakery, meat and seafood departments, a deli, frozen food section, fresh fruits and vegetables and dairy products. In addition to rehabilitating a building near the heart of the Village of Maywood, Ill. at 615 South Fifth Ave., the owners are investing in technology designed to deliver a fast and convenient shopping experience while optimizing operational efficiency. “We want every aspect of this store to demonstrate our long-term commitment to the community,” said Maywood Market General Manager Dimitri Stathopoulos. “For us, that means using NCR technology, which has a reputation for outstanding performance and reliability. And we are counting on NCBP to assure a smooth deployment – to include staging, installation and training – plus ongoing help desk and maintenance services.” Stathopoulos noted that the combination of NCR ACS software and the DynaKey interface has been shown to reduce cashier training and increase cashier productivity. “This will prove especially important to us during startup,” he said, “because we plan to hire within the community, and some of our employees may not have much previous retail experience.” Maywood Market also plans to implement the NCR ACS Consumer Marketing (CM) module. “ACS CM is designed to let us quickly and readily create promotions in the store, with no special computer knowledge or support,” Stathopoulos said. “Best of all, we’ll have great flexibility to come up with offers that are exciting and relevant to our customers, and execute them accurately at the checkout.” North Country Business Products recently expanded into Chicago and met with Maywood Market almost immediately. “Not only was there synergy between their store automation objectives and the NCR ACS and BR Data solutions, but we also found compatibility between our company philosophies and values,” said NCBP Director of Grocery Sales Christopher Kardashian. “Our core business is about supporting the needs of every independent retailer, large or small, whether in western North Dakota or the west side of Chicago. We are especially proud to partner with Maywood Market – a great example of an independent retailer willing to serve a market ignored by others but in need of a full-service grocery.” North Country Business Products is part of the NCR Partner Program, accredited as an Elite partner who works with NCR on integrating its advanced application software with NCR’s solutions and developing joint business plans. About North Country Business Products North Country Business Products (NCBP) began in Bemidji, Minn., in 1948 as an office-supply store. The company expanded into point-of-sale (POS) products 31 years ago, choosing NCR as its anchor grocery technology solution. The company has grown to more than 220 employees serving 15 local offices in 11 states – Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Montana, and Wyoming – and is now one of the largest POS dealers in the United States. With its Employee Stock Ownership Plan, NCBP is 100 percent employee owned. About BRdata BRdata’s Retail BOSS suite of applications presents an enterprise modular solution to retailers and wholesalers in the grocery industry. Software applications include hosting, in-store systems, ordering (CAO/CGO), price optimization, ad/promotional planning and forecasting, deal tracking, inventory, sign and label printing, fresh item management, customer loyalty, warehouse management, and financial data capturing and reporting. All applications are available via thin-client technology. BRdata is committed to serving the independent grocery market with more than 1,200 customers and 4,000 installations worldwide. For more information visit: www.brdata.com About NCR Corporation NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries. NCR (www.ncr.com) is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. # # # NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. News Media Contact Cameron Smith NCR Corporation 770.623.7998 cameron.smith@ncr.com