Retailers Put The Spotlight On Digital Ordering, Product Availability 

By  |  October 15, 2020
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Retailers Put The Spotlight On Digital Ordering, Product Availability

Restaurants are working overtime to make sure their ordering systems are as frictionless and safe as possible amid the pandemic, with a number of them deploying advanced technologies to do so. And in retail, merchants are showing signs that they’re concerned about the first mile – product availability – in addition to the last mile. All this, Today in Data.

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    Data:

    428%: Year-over-year increase in digital food ordering in June for customers aged 65 and older.

    90%: Accuracy of Rebel Foods’ order forecasting after tapping a machine learning algorithm.

    84M: Approximate number of U.S. consumers who will shift some or all of their holiday retail shopping to digital channels.

    71%: Share of QSR customers in favor of restaurants incorporating AI into their business operations.

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    44%: Portion of retailers who cite inventory as a potential obstacle to their success this holiday season.


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