Where
can data
lead you?

It’s not news to you that data is valuable. But what more could data be doing for you to identify new markets and opportunities, optimize processes, customer service, and logistic, and drive cost savings and revenue?

See how your peers in retail are leading Digital Transformation – and how you can do the same.

How you can take  the lead in retail.

A major source of complexity for many retail businesses is the supply chain – striking the proper balance with inventory, suppliers, and logistics management.

Understanding the supply chain is no easy task when it’s made up of an endless array of decision-points, each generating their own massive amount of data.

Qlik brings all of this data together and makes it easy to explore and manage performance – across different functions and KPIs. For instance, you can explore Inventory and Product Availability, then move to Operations, Orders, and Logistics.

1100+

retail and
wholesale
customers
deploy
 Qlik for data
analytics  
and insights.

See how Qlik allows
you to dive into your
data for maximum
business value.

Freely explore data across your organization.

Qlik understands how data is connected and gives you the power to move between those connections. Instead of pre-defined reports, you can dig in to find the data that interests you.

So, say you’re curious about logistics and want to understand the performance of your distribution centers? You can start by looking at all of them, and then drill down to a particular location, comparing delivery channels, location, product categories, and more to see what may have had an impact on performance.

Using and sharing that information, you can then make more informed decisions about what you can do to drive logistical performance in all locations.

CASE STUDY: Clarity That Drives Competitive Edge

LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics

Qlik helps LUSH transform the supply chain.

A leading ethical cosmetics company, LUSH needed visibility into its global supply chain, sales, and stock to reduce stock loss and ensure fresh products. And with 900+ stores across 51+ countries, the company wanted to provide real-time information into massive amounts of data to shop-floor, manufacturing, and warehouse staff.

Shop managers have told us they’ve had their most profitable year ever. That’s because Qlik gives them access to all the data they need to manage their sales, stock, and staffing. By gathering data together in one place for analysis, they can make smart, profitable decisions.”

— Scott Silverthorn, Head of Data Services, LUSH

Real-time data reveals efficiencies that were previously invisible for a retailer this size.

With Qlik deployed across the entire organization, LUSH has the in-depth insights they need to transform every part of the business, including:

Significantly boosting  
in-store profitability

Tracking performance of  
its 900 stores and staff

Optimizing supply chain
and reducing stock loss

By giving staff instant, easy access to powerful analytics, LUSH has full visibility into opportunities for cost savings, performance improvements, and the freshest products – for a better customer experience.

£1 M

of savings in lost stock in
first two years

70%

of staff use Qlik at least
once a day

With Qlik, we get all of the data in one place so we can compare performance from this year to last year. It allows [us] to analyze the data effectively and truly understand what’s going on in our business.”

— Scott Silverthorn, Head of Data Services, LUSH

CASE STUDY: Immediate Insight for Optimal Performance

Design Within Reach

Qlik makes sure Design Within Reach has insight at their fingertips.

Design Within Reach (DWR) is on a mission to make modern design accessible for every customer – and accomplishing that mission meant they needed to put data in the hands of every employee, to make better, faster business decisions. The company’s 45+ stores across the US needed to move beyond number crunching on Excel and deliver real-time insight into floor inventory to better control stock flow.

Moving to QlikView has been like night and day – an amazing transformation. We have all the data we need right at our fingertips and we can just play. When we see something interesting, we can explore.”

— Bethany Kemp, Vice President, Information Systems, Design Within Reach

For a retailer this size, streamlined analytics lead to optimized processes.

Using Qlik to develop dynamic mobile-friendly apps, DWR can now push data immediately out to users in every department, including finance, inventory planning, HR, marketing, and Sales. Store managers can now report and receive real-time information in the field, in order to:

Supervise inventory

Monitor sales and demand

Discover buying trends

Now, DWR can see data all in one place, creating more effective sales and inventory processes, and empowering business users to drive decision-making.

2-3

hours per day
saved on reporting

8

unique dashboards
created in just 14
weeks

CASE STUDY: Empowering Better Decisions, Faster

Canon

Qlik helps every team member across the organization make faster, better decisions.

Canon Russia, part of the international camera and printing products manufacturer, wanted to support continued sales growth in both their B2B and B2C segments. To do so, they looked to provide teams with greater access to timely, transparent, and accurate business intelligence – across multiple IT systems and a large volume of data.

[Qlik] made our business decision-making process faster and better informed.”

— Evgeny Popkov,

IT Director, Canon

Using Qlik to develop a robust finance, sales, and inventory BI platform, Canon Russia now has a one-stop resource for up-to-date business intelligence based on data from more than a dozen sources, including their ERP, record-keeping, and management systems.

Qlik provides a quick, simple way for every team to arrive at business conclusions.

Incorporates

11

data sources in
one dashboard

Created a

5x

reduction in
financial reporting

CASE STUDY: Taking Charge of the Supply Chain

Lenovo

Using Qlik to take charge of the supply chain.

For the Lenovo Group, a global manufacturer of everything from PCs to TVs, the supply chain is without a doubt the most complex part of the business. As Lenovo continued to expand, the organization needed a clearer overview of the supply chain, so they could continue to:

Meet the needs of
different districts and
customers

Accurately 
predict
 demand

Avoid 
redundant
inventory

Make the best use
 of the capacity and
 materials at hand

With Qlik, we can gain insight into the aging of our inventory… We can quickly adjust production plans based on our holding stock and projected sales.”

— Aileen Zhang, Director, Data Analysis, Lenovo Group

Using Qlik, Lenovo gained greater visibility into their supply chain with a standardized, unified data reporting management system applied across every point of the network. Now, users can explore data down to the most granular detail and see every connection and correlation. Plus, with self-service capabilities, more team members can intuitively access, explore, understand, and share data.

Qlik helps ensure that, even with a supply chain as massive and as complex as Lenovo’s, users can stay apprised of changes and make the right decisions to keep up.

400

team members
use Qlik

60

seconds

to load data

CASE STUDY: Fighting Crime with Analytics

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

UK Police force uses real-time data from Qlik to prevent crime.

One of the largest police forces in the UK, Avon and Somerset Constabulary wanted to prevent crime and increase public safety through up-to-the-minute data and predictive modeling, curbing incidents before they even happen.

For a force this size, real-time data can make a huge impact on public safety.

The Constabulary deployed Qlik across the force of more than 2,800 officers – from the command center to chief officers – to deliver up-to-the-minute information on productivity, business objectives, suspect management, and more.

Qlik is transforming our insight for improving productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. It helps us democratise data and make transparent intelligent insight that can be actioned from board level to the front-line officer.”

— Sean Price, Head of Performance, Avon & Somerset Constabulary

With data clearly mapped out and easier to analyze, Avon and Somerset Constabulary has not only experienced major time savings, but also major improvements in public safety. Now, the Constabulary can develop business-critical apps in a matter of minutes, in order to:

Reduce time from call
to response

Visualize officer workload  
and performance

Spot vulnerabilities in  
high-risk scenarios

Qlik has helped us amalgamate all our existing systems and drive major efficiencies.”

— Neil Frost,

Detective Sergeant,
Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Now, with data clearly mapped out and easier to analyze, Avon and Somerset Constabulary has not only experienced major time savings, but also major improvements in public safety.

In the policing industry, spotting trends in data can quite literally save lives.

25

Top Wanted
suspects arrested

20%

increase in call handling
productivity

3.5

weekly research
hours saved

Where can data lead you?

How you can take the lead in retail.