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Retail·Data & Analytics

From data silos to a unified analytics platform

Context

A leading French retail group with 300+ stores and €1.2B revenue was operating with 12 disconnected data systems, making cross-functional reporting nearly impossible.

The Challenge

Finance, operations, and marketing each maintained their own data repositories with no single source of truth. Monthly reporting took 3 weeks and still contained errors. Leadership could not get a unified view of store performance in real time.

Our Approach

  1. 1.Conducted a full data audit across all 12 systems over 4 weeks
  2. 2.Designed a centralized data architecture with a cloud data warehouse
  3. 3.Built a unified KPI framework aligned with the executive committee's priorities
  4. 4.Developed executive dashboards with daily automated refresh
  5. 5.Trained 40 business users across finance, ops, and marketing

Results

€2.4M

Identified cost savings through data consolidation

−40%

Reduction in monthly reporting time

12 → 1

Data systems consolidated into one platform

3 weeks → 1 day

Time to produce executive dashboard

For the first time, our executive committee had a single, trusted view of the business. The impact on decision speed was immediate.

Jean-Paul MoreauChief Data Officer, Retail Group (Confidential)

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