Road Ranger Partners with UTC RETAIL™ and Pinnacle Corporation
Rochester, January 26, 2009 – UTC RETAIL™, a leading provider of retail management solutions including software, hardware and professional services today announces another successful rollout of their 1870 POS Touch Workstation in 72 Road Ranger convenience store locations. Road Ranger is a leading Midwest retail petroleum convenience store chain headquartered in Rockford, IL, with annual revenues of approximately $900 million. The solution installed in the successful Road Ranger stores combines UTC RETAIL's 1870 running Pinnacle's user-friendly Palm POS convenience store software. The Pinnacle Corporation is a strategic partner and reseller of UTC RETAIL's products."We're pleased to report we have installed the final store in our Palm/UTC RETAIL rollout, said Jeremie Myhren, Sr. Director of IT, Road Ranger, LLC. Our unbranded chain is now a 100% Pinnacle Palm/UTC RETAIL shop. We have been very impressed with the service and responsiveness from UTC RETAIL to meet the challenge of budget and short timetables for installations in our convenience stores over the last year, and we look forward to a continuation of this partnership."
"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Road Ranger and Pinnacle to equip their convenience store locations with our 1870 system running Palm POS software. Road Ranger can count on UTC RETAIL's ultra-reliable, retail hardened 1870 platform to deliver improved performance to withstand the 24 X 7 use that is typically experienced at convenience counters," said Eric Swecker, Director of Channel Sales with UTC RETAIL.
UTC RETAIL's 1870 was recently enhanced with an Intel Celeron® M 1.5GHz and Pentium® M 1.8GHz processor option, increased Front Side Bus speed (400 MHz), standard system memory of 512 MB RAM (upgradeable to 2GB), and standard 80GB hard disk drive (160GB or dual hard disk drive optional). The energy efficient Mobile architecture also enabled a redesigned cooling system resulting in improved reliability and reduced fan noise. An integrated Intel GML Express chipset produces crisper display graphics and improved audio output from the optional speakers.
About UTC RETAIL
UTC RETAIL is a leader in providing seamlessly integrated retail management solutions including software, hardware and professional services to the specialty retail market. Our retail software solutions include Multi-Channel Enterprise and Merchandising, Store Automation, Planning, Loyalty and Retail Management enabling specialty retailers to increase sales, lower costs and build competitive advantage. In addition to best in class software solutions, UTC RETAIL provides a complete set of branded hardware solutions and comprehensive professional service offerings, providing retailers a single point of contact and accountability for all of their retail management solutions. We're UTC RETAIL. We're retail solution experts. It's all we do and we do it better than anyone else. For more information on UTC RETAIL, visit www.utcretail.com.
About Road Ranger
Headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, Road Ranger is a leading Midwest retail petroleum
convenience store chain that operates company locations in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio. Founded in 1984, the company currently employs approximately 1,000 individuals and is estimated to reach approximately $900 million in revenues for the current year. For more information about Road Ranger, its services and its operations, you can visit its website at www.RoadRangerUSA.com.
