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Products: ARC Enterprise BI Features Benefits Platform solutions Architecture Analytic applications Related links   Support  Consulting  Training  Maintenance   Home  |  Products: ARC Enterprise Business Intelligence  |  ARC for specialty retail Success stories ARC helped GAME‚ a specialty retailer‚ gain cross-functional visibility by integrating data from its stores across 8 countries. Learn how  Client testimonial The retail-specific capabilities of ARC and its best practice approach gave us the ability to move much faster than we would have been able to do with more generic solutions. In our very dynamic business we need to be able to keep our finger on the pulse at all times and ARC will enable us to do just that. Peter Crowne‚ Finance Director‚ GAME ARC for specialty retail ARC for specialty retailers helps maximize advantages that come from defined product expertise and customer service. As a specialty retailer‚ we understand that you are able to attract high-value customers because of your specialty product specificity‚ expertise and dedicated customer experience. ARC advanced analytics capabilities brings performance‚ planning and analysis to your ability to manage stock levels thus preventing customer loss due to non-availability or mark-downs due to excess stock. But that is only a partial application of our Business Intelligence solution. This data model specialty retail variant makes it possible for you to perform:   Merchandise analysis – dynamically manage a large number of product lines/SKUs to create unique merchandising propositions   Assortment analysis – improve store range/depth to provide the right mixes in each locality   Store performance analysis - determine sales trends and use the intelligence to identify the right merchandise to stock and the right promotions to offer.       Supplier analysis – use vendor performance tracking and scorecarding to manage relationships and leverage better deals   Employee performance analysis – recognize your store performance who go the extra mile ARC unique architecture provides you guided analytics based on retail hierarchies such as stores‚ merchandise‚ time and attributes such as store clusters‚ brands‚ private labels‚ style definitions and distinct calendar definitions including financial‚ promotional and operational calendars. For more information on ARC data model variant for specialty retail‚ download our brochure.