Where’s The Merchant Budget for Tomorrow’s (Very) Needed Tools?

Jordan Thaeler
Jul 25, 2017 · 1 min read

We were having a conversation with the CMO of a chain restaurant and discussed the need — and use — of data science. This CMO was referred to us from a very trusted colleague who also understands data science, so we knew the conversation wasn’t going to be an educational seminar on our behalf. The conversation went like this:

Us: Data science is a guaranteed eventuality because of the benefits it brings

CMO: We agree. The ROI from data science is very clear and we need to figure out how to get going down that path

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