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