Simply 10 is dedicated to bringing on-trend, affordable fashion and accessories to customers. Specializing in stylish, discounted clothing, Simply 10 serves price-conscious consumers with a focus on quality and fashion-forward designs. With a growing number of stores, Simply 10 prides itself on providing a seamless and enjoyable shopping experience for customers seeking value and variety in their wardrobe selections.
“This is a refreshing experience – no learning curve – the 100ENT team knows retail. The team’s expertise and knowledge of retail systems and data allowed them to quickly integrate our Lightspeed transactional data and provide us with the reports we’ve been missing.”
THE CHALLENGE
Data Silos and Limited Insights
Austin and the small team at Simply 10 headquarters spent hours each Sunday manually exporting data from their system, loading data, and creating advanced workbooks to generate a limited view of the performance across their 45 stores. This was a timely effort, but it still did not allow the team to see performance on key transactions like First Sale Date. This process reduced operational efficiency and hindered the team’s ability to make swift, data-driven decisions. Simply 10 needed a solution to streamline their data and provide in-depth, actionable insights.
• Siloed data – the transactional data needed was there but not getting integrated into the reporting systems
• Limited Lightspeed reporting – forced to work with a limited reports library and spent hours manually extracting
• Disparate data sources and reliance on workbooks meant the team was working from inaccurate and outdated information
THE SOLUTION
100ENT’s Automated Reporting with Power BI
100ENT-POS was brought in to solve Simply 10’s data challenges with its team of experienced retail technologists. The solution focused on breaking down data silos by directly integrating the Lightspeed transactional data into the 100ENT data warehouse, automating reporting, and providing immediate, scalable results.
Key Features of the Solution
Data Warehouse Integration
The 100ENT team integrated Simply 10’s transaction data from Lightspeed into a centralized data warehouse. This ensured that all key performance metrics were easily accessible, reducing the need for manual data extraction and allowing for real-time analysis.
Power BI Reporting Library
Instead of laboring over spreadsheets, Simply 10 now has access to automated, robust reports through Power BI. The system provides summary views of business performance, including sales trends, store performance, and first-sold trends, all within a dynamic dashboard interface.
Foundational Platform
With the integrated transactional data, the Simply 10 team always has up-to-date insights from an expanded data set, ensuring they can focus on optimizing the business.
THE IMPACT
Increased Efficiency and Deeper Insights
Simply 10’s success lies in its ability to stay attuned to fashion trends while maintaining an aggressive pricing strategy. By leveraging streamlined operations and effective inventory management, the brand can offer new and popular styles at deeply discounted rates with a high inventory turnover, keeping customers returning for fresh styles at great value.
• Time Saved: The Simply 10 team reclaimed hours spent on manual data extraction and reporting, allowing them to dedicate their efforts to core business activities.
• Comprehensive Insights: The new reporting platform provided deeper, more actionable insights into store performance and inventory management.
• Scalability: The data warehouse and Power BI reporting provide a foundation for Simply 10 to continue refining its analytics as it grows.
Thanks to 100ENT's expertise, Simply 10’s data reporting and analysis processes were transformed within weeks, enabling the team to focus on growth, operations, and customers.
