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GUESS? Inc. Enhances Sales and Marketing Analysis with Mobile BI on iPad
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
- Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries
- Apparel
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Sales & Marketing
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Visual Quality Detection
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
- Training
The Challenge
At the start of 2008, the GUESS BI team wanted to support its mobile workforce by delivering timely information to their RIM BlackBerry devices. Officials at GUESS wanted to be sure that its executives and corporate directors at headquarters, and regional directors in the field were receiving critical information, regardless of their location. To this end, GUESS selected MicroStrategy to develop a mobile business intelligence initiative that delivered operational information to end users’ smartphones. Instead of receiving cumbersome Excel spreadsheets, the sales force could open up a PDF document on their BlackBerry devices, get a quick snapshot of the business, and make immediate decisions that impact sales and revenue growth. But, GUESS knew it wasn’t going to stop there, and decided to deliver that insight to the iPad.
About The Customer
GUESS?, Inc. is one of the most widely recognizable apparel companies across the globe, with over 1,421 GUESS and GUESS Accessory retail stores in over 90 countries worldwide. A company known for its innovative style, GUESS continues to dress and accessorize the world with fashion-forward apparel, handbags, watches, shoes, and more.
The Solution
In 2010, GUESS chose MicroStrategy Mobile to develop an iPad app that allows its executives, designers, and merchants to analyze sales performance. The iPad app helps GUESS users perform additional analysis than they currently do via BlackBerry and MicroStrategy Web. Today, GUESS users, including executives, merchants, regional directors, visual merchandisers, buyers, and planners, have access to 13 dashboards captured in one, easy-to-use app that highlights prevalent sales trends. For example, executives at the company’s Los Angeles-based headquarters can tap on summarized information such as sales performance by region (e.g., U.S. stores vs. Canadian stores), tap and swipe on margins (e.g., Are they up or down?), see trend information, and resolve pain points. GUESS has outfitted its iPad users with multiple windows into its data: Merchant and Sales. The app allows both a high-level and detailed view of the data, depending on the user. Executives are quickly briefed about the state of the business with a few swipes and taps. They are able to view graphs and charts on the business as well as view the weekly, monthly, and yearly sales at the company level or drill down to the store level.
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