Data Mesh Implementation for Global Retail Chain

Revolutionizing customer analytics with a distributed data architecture to support a multi-regional retail giant scaling to 500 stores.

2023 Implementation

The Challenge

The global retailer faced major data silos that limited their ability to analyze store performance across 5 regions. Legacy systems made it impossible to correlate sales data from multiple channels, and the growing e-commerce division needed real-time insights to support pricing strategies.

Key Challenges

  • 30+ point-of-sale systems across 80+ stores
  • Legacy ERP system causing data inconsistency
  • Lack of real-time analytics for regional performance
Data dashboard showcasing regional sales
50+ % faster reporting
Reduced store optimization cycles
500+ stores on unified platform
Revenue Impact
$5.2M
2023 Q4
+45%
Year-over-Year
Time Saved
70% efficiency gain
Data Mesh Success

Global implementation across 5 regions

Our Solution

We implemented a domain-driven architecture with federated data infrastructure across regional systems. This domain-specific approach enabled real-time analytics on product categories and regional performance in different timezones with auto-scaling capabilities for regional demand variations.

Data Mesh Architecture

300+ microservices

Domain decomposition based on product types and geographic regions. Created 15 data products including real-time dashboard generation capabilities with self-serve analytics tools

Real-time pipeline
~100ms
Latency

Unified Dashboard

Global Sales Distribution
19% Asia
+44.5%
vs 23.5% NA
187%
More
Supply Chain Visibility
52M
Queries
Daily
32%
Supply Chain Forecasting
2023

Initial implementation across 3 countries

734 New data workflows

With automated pipeline optimization

Product Forecasting AI
Improved demand forecasting accuracy 15%

Key Milestone Achieved

We delivered a global data platform that enables location-based analytics with 72% faster reporting and +23% regional performance growth.

5,135 +196.7% growth
Online Customer Base

Growth through regional market optimization

Improved customer engagement

34% increase in 830 stores

3 new market entries

5 new locations for product lines in Europe

7 new market entries in 6 months

Our approach enabled the creation of an enterprise-wide data mesh architecture that:
Regional data zones
  • 5 geographic zones
  • Custom data mesh per region
  • Local optimization
  • Regional data governance

Published March 10, 2025

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