Retailers are revising their business strategy as the pandemic has reshaped consumer behaviors permanently. Retailers need to plan a better future which will suffice the short term and long term needs of their customers and their supply chain. Retailers are re-imagining their physical stores which is becoming more of a distribution centers and pick up at the curb.

These rapid changes are making retailers to rely more and more on driving data from smart sensors and predictive or prescriptive analytics. The need for real-time inventory detection and real data is driven by rapidly shifting market conditions.