A mid-sized retail company specializing in consumer goods, blending online and offline retail experiences.
Business Vertical:
Retail
Challenge
Inefficiencies in understanding customer behavior and managing inventory due to fragmented and underutilized data.
Solution
A robust Big Data & Analytics implementation to transform data into actionable business insights.
Process
- Data Collection and Integration: Aggregated data from point-of-sale systems, online shopping portals, customer feedback, and supply chain logistics.
- Data Processing and Analysis: Utilized Apache Hadoop for large-scale data processing, complemented by machine learning algorithms in Apache Spark to extract customer behavior patterns and predict trends.
- Insight Visualization and Reporting: Created interactive dashboards in Tableau, enabling business leaders to visualize data trends and make informed decisions.
Approach
- Strategic Data Alignment: Employed Talend and Apache Nifi to ensure data integrity and compatibility, aligning with business objectives.
- Real-Time Analytics Implementation: Established a real-time data analytics framework using Apache Spark to respond swiftly to market changes.
- User-Friendly Data Interaction: Chose Tableau for its user-centric design, enabling team members across RetailGenius to interact with data without needing technical expertise.
Outcomes
20%
increase in sales year-on-year.
15%
improvement in customer retention rates.
25%
reduction in inventory carrying costs.
"The Big Data solution revolutionized how we leverage data, leading to marked improvements in sales and customer engagement." - CIO