by Andy Morton

An Italian supermarket chain has unveiled its store of the future, in which shelves are replaced with market-style tables and interactive touch screens. The Coop store, which follows this week's announcement of Amazon's checkout-less supermarkets, is in Milan and intends to recreate the atmosphere of open-air markets. A prototype was unveiled at Expo Milano last year but is being put into commercial use for the first time.

The store uses a range of digital advances, including interactive tables that can sense customer hand movements to display product information on a monitor. A touch application enables consumers to search through product categories for the most suitable products and discover promotions, while screens around the store display promotions and cooking suggestions as well as social media posts on Coop's Facebook account.

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