Symbol Mobility Solution Selected for Nationwide Deployment at 7-Eleven® Stores

New Symbol MC3000 Mobile Computer Will Help Improve Productivity for 5,300 Stores

Symbol Technologies, Inc. , The Enterprise Mobility Company™, today announced that 7-Eleven, Inc., the world's largest convenience store retailer has selected the new Symbol MC3000 mobile computer to improve productivity and merchandise management across its chain of 5,300 convenience stores nationwide.

"Symbol has given us a long-term view in outlining how its mobility solutions can improve the mission-critical aspects of our store business," said, Keith Morrow, vice president of information systems for 7-Eleven "Symbol's level of commitment to mobility innovation, especially in the area of RFID, and the ability to go beyond our solution requirements with their new mobile computer, figured prominently in our decision.

7-Eleven will take advantage of the breadth of capability provided by the Symbol MC3000 to enhance the mobile management of thousands of products that regularly move through its stores. The convenience store pioneer will deploy Symbol's new Microsoft® Windows® CE .NET mobile solution to handle merchandise inventory, price verification and shipping and receiving applications, among others. The new Symbol wireless handheld will enable real-time visibility of product stock levels to best meet customer demand and reduce costs.

"For retail enterprise mobility, 7-Eleven is taking a lead with its custom merchandise management solution and wireless network to dramatically improve the flow of products and increase staff productivity in their stores," said Verlin Youd, vice president of retail industry solutions, Symbol Technologies, Inc. "The new Symbol MC3000 provides maximum flexibility so customers, like 7-Eleven, can easily introduce new mobile applications to handle future store requirements."

The new Symbol MC3000 is an ideal mobile computing solution for both in-store and back-office retail applications. 7-Eleven is leveraging the new Symbol wireless handheld to move its batch-data processing to its new CE .NET-based solution. The MC3000, featuring a highly ergonomic, lightweight design, battery-life enhancements, and advanced data capture, will move data and information over WiFi 802.11bg wireless networks for high throughput connectivity.