ALON USA/Southwest Convenience Stores to Deploy Retalix StorePoint HOST to POST Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 Largest 7-Eleven licensee in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. selects Retalix to provide next generation store systems ALON USA Alon USA Energy Inc. or Alon USA (NYSE: ALJ) Alon USA Energy, Inc. is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and engages in refining and marketing petroleum products primarily in the southwestern and south central regions of the United States. , representing 171 corporate owned 7-Eleven licensee sites and approximately 1,500 additional FINA FINA Fédération Internationale de Natation (French: International Swimming Federation; Lausanne, Switzerland; formerly Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur) brand locations, has contracted with Retalix (Nasdaq:RTLX) to deploy its StorePoint suite of open platform software products including Point-of-Sale (POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale ), Fuel Management, Back-Office, Host Pricebook and Hand-Held Mobile solutions for its network of stores. The Agreement will also bring to market the first convenience store users to combine state of the art scanning and forecourt management with two new and exciting technologies: RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. Auto Vehicle Identification Rings for fleets and Cellular Activation/Payment systems. The end result will enhance the consumer shopping experience to drive increased sales and profits for the retailer. "ALON USA is implementing new and innovative technologies to further reduce costs, while enhancing the customer experience," said Kyle McKeen, ALON USA Marketing Vice President. "Working with Retalix and the StorePoint suite will allow us to capture immediate benefits in store operations, as well as provide us the technology platform from which to launch these new and emerging technologies." "ALON USA is a leader in the convenience store industry and we look forward to working closely with them to capture the benefits of the StorePoint product suite and the Retalix technology platform," said Jeff Yelton, President of Retalix USA. Installation of the StorePoint suite will begin immediately. About ALON USA ALON USA is headquartered in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. , and Southwest Convenience Stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. is headquartered in Odessa, Texas. Together, the group owns and operates 171 corporate stores under the name Southwest Convenience Stores. SCS represents 7-Eleven's Largest licensee with exclusive marketing rights in West Texas, New Mexico, and most of Arizona. ALON USA also serves approximately 1,500 Distributor fuel sites branded with the name FINA in a five state area (TX, LA, OK, NM, AZ). For more information, please visit the ALON USA website at www.alonusa.com. About Retalix Ltd. Retalix Ltd., with North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. headquarters in Dallas, Texas, provides integrated enterprise-wide software solutions for the retail food industry worldwide, including supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants. The Company offers a full suite of software applications that support a food retailer's essential retailing operations and enable retailers to increase their operating efficiencies while improving customer acquisition, retention and profitability. With installations in more than 20,000 stores and quick service restaurants across 44 countries, the Company markets its software solutions through direct sales, distributors, local dealers and its various subsidiaries. The Company was founded in 1982 as Point of Sale Limited and changed its name in November of 2000 to Retalix Ltd. The Company's ordinary shares have been publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Israel's only stock exchange. since November 1994 and on the NASDAQ National Market System since July 1998. For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.retalix.com. |
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