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目前，一些零售商正在和IBM和Cisco这样的技术公司携手合作，准备开发一种可以让顾客自助购物的智能商场。在这种商场里，顾客可以自己查询货物、自己结账。
　　据CNN2月1日报道，美国一些零售商和IBM、Cisco等公司正在合作开发的这种智能商店（smart store）几乎可以完全实现自助购物。在这样的商店里，顾客可以通过一个互动的数字显示屏来搜索商品，显示屏通常安置在墙上或是地板上。顾客可以通过触摸显示屏以了解各类商品的价格、尺码、库存量等情况。

7 A8 |# C9 W6 n* @- N9 o; R　　报道说，1月份纽约展出了少量这种自助购物系统。其中1家名为IconNicholson的公司发明的这种系统可以将顾客选择完的物品自动登记，以便商家知道还有多少库存；该系统还能告诉顾客，他们想要买的商品目前还有多少存货，以便他们及时选择
% N% j6 w$ I" lRetailers are working with such technology leaders as IBM (Research) and Cisco Systems (Research) to develop high-tech devices that will ultimately define the "smart store" of the 21st century.

And this store of the future could very well be all about "Do-It-Yourself" shopping, where customers search for a product themselves using an interactive digital display projected onto a wall, or even the floor.

Rather than picking up the weekly sales circular on the way in, customers could opt for a handheld device that directs them to the correct product aisle, displays product prices, alerts shoppers to sale items and even lets them know if their favorite product is in stock.
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Finally, shoppers would also scan and bag their own purchases.
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* x1 d- y+ C& \- w0 e; F0 l) `" d) `8 TA few of these next generation systems were unveiled to industry folk last month at the "X '05" prototype smart store as part of the National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual convention in New York.
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+ f5 Y& [0 N. hAdditionally, it can also display how many items of a particular size are stocked on the shelf so that shoppers can immediately pick up an item in their size.