Customer Behavioural Analytics in the Retail Sector

Motivation and Background

A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all- Michael LeBoeuf

A customer is a key-centric factor for any business to be successful. Conventional wisdom tells us that the cost of retaining an existing customer is far less than acquiring a new one. In order that a business has a sustainable growth, the retention of its old customer base and expansion of the new customer base is very critical. This demands from a business to understand the behaviour of its customers in relation to the business. Therefore obtaining a 360° view of its customers is crucial for a business looking for a competitive edge in the market. In such a scenario, Customer Behavioural Analytics plays an important role in leveraging data analytics to find meaningful behavioural patterns in the customer-specific business data.

Project Overview

This project aims to address the problem of understanding the purchase behaviour of customers in the Retail sector specifically of an Italian retail distribution company Coop in a single Italian city. The project intends to discover different analytical insights to decode the consumer behaviour and help the business to implement customer-centric strategies leading to an increased revenue through customer satisfaction.

Overview of the Input Dataset

The dataset used is the retail market data of one of the largest Italian retail distribution company called Coop for a single Italian city.