2. What is Analytics?
Analytics is the discovery and
communication of meaningful patterns
in data.
Especially valuable in areas rich with
recorded information, analytics relies
on the simultaneous application of
statistics, computer programming and
operations research to quantify
performance.
3. Analytics often favors data
visualization to communicate insight.
Firms may commonly apply analytics
to business data, to describe, predict,
and improve business performance.
4. Specifically, arenas within analytics
include
Enterprise decision management
Retail analytics
Store assortment and stock
optimization
Marketing optimization and mix
analytics
Web analytics
Sales force sizing and optimization
Price and promotion modeling
Predictive science
5. Retail Analytics
In these times of economic uncertainty
and decreasing margins, retailers
must improve their approach to driving
traffic and sales.
With increased mobility and always-
connected capabilities, shoppers
today can easily research competitive
offerings, even while standing in a
store aisle, such as marketing
attribution and overall marketing
effectiveness.
6. The Importance of Retail Analytics
Identify and target the most valuable
customers.
Analytics can help retailers understand
customers’ social behavior and provide
valuable insights on what is important to
them.
For retailers like Walmart, Target and
others that depend on increased
spending among existing customers to
boost sales, loyalty is a particularly
important goal.
7. Turning Data Insights
into Revenue
By leveraging
analytics tools and
models, retailers can
boost customer
loyalty by creating a
personalized
shopping experience
that customizes
offers to needs.
8. Analytics in Customer Loyalty
Analytics tools can help retailers
connect with customers at every stage
of the lifecycle by turning these
patterns into valuable insights that
describe, predict and improve
business performance.
To collect all this data, retailers use
two methods: In-store analytics and
Online analytics.
9. In-store analytics:
This is one area where physical
monitoring of customers can reveal
valuable information.
Online analytics:
This is used to collect and analyze
online customer information.
Commonly used tools are social
media monitoring tools, mobile device
usage and Web searches.
10. Summary
The importance of Retail Analytics is
well established, and successful
retailers are continuously looking to
invest in analytics to attract new
customers and retain their customer
base.
It is imperative for retailers to delve
deeper into customer data and utilize
different analytics tools.