Retail business intelligence must connect data from every channel and location: POS transactions from 200 stores, e-commerce clickstreams from millions of sessions, inventory snapshots across warehouses and sales floors, and customer profiles spanning loyalty, service, and marketing interactions. PCI-DSS compliance governs payment data handling. Seasonal peaks (Black Friday, holiday) demand elastic infrastructure.
Retail BI connecting POS, e-commerce, inventory, and financial data into governed dashboards — store performance scorecards, category management reports, vendor performance, and the executive KPIs (same-store sales, inventory turns, gross margin ROI) that drive retail strategy.