Why it matters
The out-of-home dining industry has been severely impacted by the spread of COVID-19, as traffic declines and certain areas limit restaurants to providing takeout services. How this category responds will be instructive for marketers in other verticals that are reliant on brick-and-mortar touchpoints.
Takeaways
- Focusing on ecommerce could enable marketers to offset some of the loss in demand recorded in physical channels.
- Advertising expenditure may need to be redirected to areas of the business that can deliver the most tangible return on investment in the current trading environment.
- A region-by-region approach may be useful as marketers respond...