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Ecommerce & D2C

“Serving customer delight — 360° ecommerce solutions with 30+ years of combined industry experience.”

From pricing intelligence to inventory automation to conversational BI — SG Consulting has deployed full-stack AI systems for ecommerce firms in the Middle East, India, and UAE. Our work drives margin, reduces waste, and puts data in the hands of every decision-maker.

Case Study 1

AI Pricing Engine

Middle East-based E-commerce firm

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Manual spreadsheet-based pricing and periodic competitor checks were too slow for thousands of SKUs.

  • Pricing lagged competitor moves by days
  • No price elasticity analysis
  • Cross-elasticity effects unmodeled
  • Demand-supply dynamics ignored
  • Pricing team spent 70% of time gathering data

Solution & Development

  • Competitor benchmarking with real-time scraping.
  • Price elasticity modeling per SKU and category.
  • Cross-elasticity and portfolio optimization.
  • Demand-supply price prediction system.
  • Pricing API + Power BI dashboards with guardrails.

Impact & Value Creation

  • Real-time competitive pricing intelligence
  • Margin improvement via elasticity-optimized pricing
  • Reduced cannibalization with cross-elasticity guardrails
  • Demand-driven pricing optimized peak periods
  • Pricing team shifted to strategic decisions
Add: gross margin lift %, revenue uplift on high-elasticity SKUs.

Case Study 2

Assortment Intelligence Engine

Ecommerce & D2C · Multi-client

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Catalogues were bloated and gaps were identified anecdotally rather than systematically.

  • No competitor assortment benchmarking
  • Vendor intelligence siloed
  • Product tagging inconsistent
  • Basket analysis infrequent
  • BI dashboards disconnected from decisions

Solution & Development

  • Competitor universe analysis to identify white space.
  • Vendor intelligence layer for diversification.
  • ML-based product tagging system.
  • Basket mix analysis for cross-sell and bundling.
  • Real-time data streams into BI with proactive alerts.

Impact & Value Creation

  • White space identified and actioned
  • Tail SKU rationalization reduced carrying cost
  • Revenue per active SKU improved
  • Vendor diversification reduced supply risk
  • Assortment planning cycle time reduced
Add: SKUs rationalized, new SKUs added, cross-sell revenue lift.

Case Study 3

Replenishment Engine

Ecommerce & D2C · Inventory Optimization

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Static reorder points and manual procurement created stockouts and dead stock.

  • Reorder points ignored seasonality and promotions
  • Manual procurement scheduling inconsistent
  • No multi-supplier fallback modeling
  • Waste and sustainability not factored
  • Dashboards showed issues without automation

Solution & Development

  • Predictive demand forecasting with real-time correction.
  • Dynamic reorder thresholds and safety stock optimization.
  • Vendor and lead-time optimization across suppliers.
  • Real-time alerts integrated with BI.
  • Scenario planning for seasonal peaks and disruptions.
  • Sustainability and waste reduction signals built in.

Impact & Value Creation

  • OOS incidents materially reduced
  • Carrying cost reduced with right-sized safety stock
  • Supplier relationships strengthened
  • Procurement team freed from manual reorder work
  • Inventory turns improved with less dead stock
Add: OOS rate before/after, inventory days reduction, hours saved.

Case Study 4

Liquidation Model

Ecommerce & D2C · Clearance Intelligence

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Markdown decisions were reactive and based on gut feel, destroying margin without guaranteeing clearance.

  • No model for optimal markdown depth
  • Timing was reactive after aging
  • Channel allocation manual
  • No recovery rate visibility

Solution & Development

  • Predictive clearance demand modeling.
  • Proactive liquidation candidate identification.
  • Markdown optimization per SKU.
  • Channel selection intelligence for clearance.
  • Scenario simulation for recovery outcomes.
  • Recovery tracking with real-time alerts.

Impact & Value Creation

  • Recovery rate improved vs. manual markdown
  • Dead stock pool reduced
  • Margin recovery optimized
  • Brand protection maintained through channel selection
  • Liquidation decisions made with data
Add: $ recovered per batch, recovery rate % lift.

Case Study 5

Smart BI & Reporting (RIZ — Retail Intelligence Zone)

VIZ Platform · Multi-client Ecommerce

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

BI teams were overwhelmed by ad hoc requests, while business teams lacked self-serve insights.

  • 65% of BI time consumed by repetitive queries
  • Business teams couldn’t self-serve
  • Dashboards couldn’t answer “why”
  • Data discovery slow and manual
  • Industry KPIs not pre-wired

Solution & Development

  • Multi-agent BI architecture (DGFE + MKI + Core BI).
  • Natural language interface with context-aware follow-ups.
  • Domain-tuned KPI reasoning beyond text-to-SQL.
  • Instant visualization per query.
  • API layer for embedding into tools and workflows.

Impact & Value Creation

  • 96% query resolution rate
  • 65% of ad hoc BI handled without analysts
  • +30% reporting adoption
  • 80% reduction in data discovery time
  • BI team freed for strategic analysis

Case Study 6

Campaign Management Intelligence

2 Indian clients + 1 UAE-based company

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Cross-channel attribution was broken, and budgets were allocated by habit rather than performance.

  • Last-click attribution overstated paid search
  • No dynamic budget reallocation
  • Static audience segmentation
  • Performance issues found late
  • Manual post-campaign analysis

Solution & Development

  • Unified cross-channel performance dashboard.
  • AI-driven budget allocation recommendations.
  • ML-based audience segmentation and personalization.
  • Real-time performance monitoring with anomaly detection.
  • Mix Media Modeling for true attribution.
  • Automated post-campaign analytics.

Impact & Value Creation

  • ROAS clarity established across channels
  • Budget waste reduced by real-time reallocations
  • CAC improved with better audience-creative matching
  • Campaign launch cycles accelerated
  • Board-level attribution story enabled
Add: ROAS improvement %, CAC reduction, campaign cycle time.

Case Study 7

Fraud Detection

E-commerce & D2C platforms

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Fraud losses scaled with volume while manual review and static rules produced high false positives.

  • Fraud losses grew with order volume
  • Manual review unable to scale
  • Static rules caused false positives and negatives
  • Promo abuse and return fraud rising

Solution & Development

  • Behavioral anomaly detection models.
  • Network graph analysis for fraud rings.
  • Promo abuse detection and identity linkage.
  • Return fraud scoring with risk thresholds.
  • Sub-100ms real-time scoring API.
  • Case management dashboard with full context.

Impact & Value Creation

  • Fraud loss rate materially reduced
  • Promo abuse controlled
  • Real-time decisioning without checkout latency
  • Return fraud flagged before processing
  • Ops teams focused on genuine edge cases
Add: $ fraud prevented per month, false positive rate.

Case Study 8

Customer Segmentation — BI & Automation

E-commerce & D2C · CX Intelligence

Ecommerce / D2C

Use Case / Problem Statement

Broadcast campaigns treated all customers the same, eroding margin and missing churn signals.

  • No RFM-based segmentation
  • LTV not measured or tracked
  • Churn detected only after it happened
  • Campaign personalization manual and infrequent
  • WhatsApp/email campaigns broadcast-only

Solution & Development

  • RFM + behavioral segmentation with dynamic membership.
  • LTV prediction and channel attribution modeling.
  • Churn risk scoring with proactive retention triggers.
  • Automated campaign workflows via n8n.
  • Cohort and segment migration analytics.

Impact & Value Creation

  • Retention improved with proactive re-engagement
  • LTV tracking live across customer base
  • Campaign relevance and engagement lifted
  • Repeat purchase rate increased
  • Churn prediction enabled proactive intervention
Add: churn rate reduction, LTV improvement, repeat purchase lift.

Accelerators

Additional ecommerce accelerators

AI-Powered Product Search & Recommendation Engine
WhatsApp Commerce Bot (browse, order, track)
Seller / Vendor Performance Intelligence Dashboard
Route Optimization & Delivery Intelligence
AI Returns Prediction & Prevention Model

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