The course will help learners to apply data analysis techniques using Microsoft Excel with focus on those in the retail trade. In this course, participants will learn how to use Excel to create formulas and functions that will generate retail KPIs for measurement of performance as well as create visualization of market information for business.
Training Type
Full Time
Who Should Attend
This training is relevant to retail executives, retail managers and retail supervisors. This is also relevant to all persons employed in the retail industry and keen to expand their knowledge into data analysis and dashboard creation for the retail business.
Course Duration
2 Days
Total Training Duration (Hour)
16
Course Outline
Learning Unit 1: Metrics and Measurements for Data Analytics
What is Retail Analytics?
What is Market Intelligence?
Types of Data Collection Tools and Data Collection Techniques
How Data Collected is Used for Market Intelligence?
Learning Unit 2: All About Data Models and Data Linkages
Importing Data into Excel (Spreadsheets, CSV, Database)
Create Tables and Basic Analysis
Create Pivot Table with Aggregation and Built-in Calculations
Create Calculated Items and Calculated Fields
Introduction to PowerPivot
Understanding Relationships
Create Data Models
Difference between Calculated Items and Calculated Fields
Importing data from multiple sources
Create Data Models with relationships
Learning Unit 3: Data Analytics and Data Visualization Trends
Creating Pivot Charts
Formatting Pivot Charts
Creating DAX Measures
Understanding DAX syntax
Creating pivot charts
Formatting of pivot charts
Creating DAX measures in pivot tables
Learning Unit 4: Effectiveness of Data Analytical Tools
How to evaluate effectiveness of data analytical tools?
Power Pivot vs Pivot Table
Excel vs Power BI Desktop
Learning Unit 5: Analysing Key Performance Metrics to Manage Business Performance
Identifying retail business performance metrics like churn analysis, revenue growth, cost optimization, predictive modelling
Identifying Excel functions/ DAX measures to generate metrics
Learning Unit 6: Analysing Customer Activities and Behaviour
Using visualizations to create dashboard with slicers
Observing business trends based on interactivity of visualization
How to observe trends? E.g. using trend lines and patterns
Provide an example and discuss what are the trends observed and if there are any patterns observable?
Learning Unit 7: Address Business Questions Through Analysing Reports and Dashboards
Identifying types of reports required for retail e.g. sales analysis, churn analysis, revenue growth, consumer segmentation
Analysis from market intelligence
Course Learning Outcome
Understand company’s data collection and analysis strategy for metrics and measurement based on business products and services.
Organize data sets for strategic measurement of retail KPIs.
Aware of trending and emerging data analytics visualization tools and technology.
Collect measurements and information to determine effectiveness of the tools and technology deployed.
Create different analytical reports to analyse consumer segmentation, predictive modelling, contextual targeting, churn analysis, revenue growth and cost optimization.
Conduct Data Analytics of Trending Customer Activities and Behaviours.
Prepare and update reports and dashboards illustrating trends and insights for business questions and issues.