Retail’s Urgent need for Multichannel Analytics

January 10, 2020 · Jeff Buck

Shoppers crossing a busy mall concourse

Retail has reached a tipping point. Shoppers move between store, web and app in a single purchase, and the data that describes them is scattered across just as many systems.

The Retail Shopper Journey is Becoming Increasingly Complex

Sample copy. A customer may discover a product on social, compare prices on a phone in the aisle and finish the order online for pickup. Each step lands in a different system. The real article text comes from the CMS.

Retail Analytics is Not a Level Playing Field

Large retailers have built data teams to join these sources together. Mid-market retailers need the same answers without the same headcount, which is where a managed platform helps.

Retailers Win When They Deeply Understand The Customer

Retailers win when they deeply understand the customer.

Modern Retail Success Requires Redefining KPIs

  • Sales, margin and inventory in one model
  • The same definitions in every report
  • Answers in days, not quarters

Retail Metrics: From Old to New

Closing paragraph. Modern retail success requires redefining KPIs around the customer rather than the channel.

Jeff Buck

CEO, Robling

Jeff has dedicated his career to retail, analytics and large scale data warehousing. He founded QuantiSense, then started Robling to solve the industry-wide retail data integration problem.

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