Style and Statistics

The Art of Retail Analytics

By Brittany Bullard | Publisher: Wiley

About the book

A non-technical guide to leveraging retail analytics for personal and competitive advantage

Style & Statistics is a real-world guide to analytics in retail. Written specifically for the non-IT crowd, this book explains analytics in an approachable, understandable way, and provides examples of direct application to retail merchandise management, marketing, and operations. The discussion covers current industry trends and emerging-standard processes, and illustrates how analytics is providing new solutions to perennial retail problems. You'll learn how to leverage the benefits of analytics to boost your personal career, and how to interpret data in a way that's useful to the average end business user or shopper. Key concepts are detailed in easy-to-understand language, and numerous examples highlight the growing importance of understanding analytics in the retail environment.

The power of analytics has become apparent across industries, but it's left an especially indelible mark on retail. It's a complex topic, but you don't need to be a data scientist to take advantage of the opportunities it brings. This book shows you what you need to know, and how to put analytics to work with retail-specific applications.

  • Learn how analytics can help you be better at your job
  • Dig deeper into the customer's needs, wants, and dreams
  • Streamline merchandise management, pricing, marketing, and more
  • Find solutions for inefficiencies and inaccuracies

As the retail customer evolves, so must the retail industry. The retail landscape not only includes in-store but also website, mobile site, mobile apps, and social media. With more and more competition emerging on all sides, retailers need to use every tool at their disposal to create value and gain a competitive advantage. Analytics offers a number of ways to make your company stand out, whether it's through improved operations, customer experience, or any of the other myriad factors that build a great place to shop. Style & Statistics provides an analytics primer with a practical bent, specifically for the retail industry.

Editions of Style and Statistics

Hardcover
ISBN 9781119270317
EBook
ISBN 9781119271260
EBook
ISBN 9781119271253
EBook
ISBN 9781119271246

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A non-technical guide to leveraging retail analytics for personal and competitive advantage

Style & Statistics is a real-world guide to analytics in retail. Written specifically for the non-IT crowd, this book explains analytics in an approachable, understandable way, and provides examples of direct application to retail merchandise management, marketing, and operations. The discussion covers current industry trends and emerging-standard processes, and illustrates how analytics is providing new solutions to perennial retail problems. You'll learn how to leverage the benefits of analytics to boost your personal career, and how to interpret data in a way that's useful to the average end business user or shopper. Key concepts are detailed in easy-to-understand language, and numerous examples highlight the growing importance of understanding analytics in the retail environment.

The power of analytics has become apparent across industries, but it's left an especially indelible mark on retail. It's a complex topic, but you don't need to be a data scientist to take advantage of the opportunities it brings. This book shows you what you need to know, and how to put analytics to work with retail-specific applications.

  • Learn how analytics can help you be better at your job
  • Dig deeper into the customer's needs, wants, and dreams
  • Streamline merchandise management, pricing, marketing, and more
  • Find solutions for inefficiencies and inaccuracies

As the retail customer evolves, so must the retail industry. The retail landscape not only includes in-store but also website, mobile site, mobile apps, and social media. With more and more competition emerging on all sides, retailers need to use every tool at their disposal to create value and gain a competitive advantage. Analytics offers a number of ways to make your company stand out, whether it's through improved operations, customer experience, or any of the other myriad factors that build a great place to shop. Style & Statistics provides an analytics primer with a practical bent, specifically for the retail industry.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Style and Statistics about?

A non-technical guide to leveraging retail analytics for personal and competitive advantage

Style & Statistics is a real-world guide to analytics in retail. Written specifically for the non-IT crowd, this book explains analytics in an approachable, understandable way, and provides examples of direct application to retail merchandise management, marketing, and operations. The discussion covers current industry trends and emerging-standard processes, and illustrates how analytics is providing new solutions to perennial retail problems. You'll learn how to leverage the benefits of analytics to boost your personal career, and how to interpret data in a way that's useful to the average end business user or shopper. Key concepts are detailed in easy-to-understand language, and numerous examples highlight the growing importance of understanding analytics in the retail environment.

The power of analytics has become apparent across industries, but it's left an especially indelible mark on retail. It's a complex topic, but you don't need to be a data scientist to take advantage of the opportunities it brings. This book shows you what you need to know, and how to put analytics to work with retail-specific applications.

  • Learn how analytics can help you be better at your job
  • Dig deeper into the customer's needs, wants, and dreams
  • Streamline merchandise management, pricing, marketing, and more
  • Find solutions for inefficiencies and inaccuracies

As the retail customer evolves, so must the retail industry. The retail landscape not only includes in-store but also website, mobile site, mobile apps, and social media. With more and more competition emerging on all sides, retailers need to use every tool at their disposal to create value and gain a competitive advantage. Analytics offers a number of ways to make your company stand out, whether it's through improved operations, customer experience, or any of the other myriad factors that build a great place to shop. Style & Statistics provides an analytics primer with a practical bent, specifically for the retail industry.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Style and Statistics?

Economics, Finance, Business and Management > Industry and industrial studies > Retail and wholesale industries

Where can I read a sample of Style and Statistics?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781119270317

Is Style and Statistics part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Wiley and SAS Business Series

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Style and Statistics?

Brittany Bullard

Who is the Publisher of the book Style and Statistics?

Wiley

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Style and Statistics is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781119270317) and ebook(ISBN 9781119271260) and ebook(ISBN 9781119271253) and ebook(ISBN 9781119271246)

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