Digital Media Store Analysis
(Excel Power BI & PPT)
Key Insights
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Iron Maiden emerges as the top-selling artist with consistent sales throughout the year, while Metallica displays significant sales fluctuations.
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Metallica's sales exhibit significant peaks and troughs, implying potential factors like album releases, tours, or genre trends influencing their sales.
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High sales volume doesn't always correlate to high revenue, as evident in 2009.
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Sunday and Wednesday are the most profitable days, while Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday generate lower revenue despite high sales volume.
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Rock is the dominant genre, but Latin music is growing in popularity while Metal and Alternative & Punk maintain a steady but lower level of popularity to Rock.
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The majority of customers are from the USA, Brazil, Canada, and the UK respectively.
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Customer lifetime value varies, indicating different levels of engagement.
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Genre preferences differ across countries, with Rock popular in the US and Canada, and Latin in Brazil.
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Sales peak in 2010 and 2012, with seasonal variations, highest in January and June, indicating change for the new year and reflection for the year so far.
Dataset Overview
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This dataset contains information related to sales and customer behaviour within a digital media store.
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It encompasses various aspects of the store's operations, including sales data, customer demographics, product details, and transaction history.
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The dataset is in a tabular format in a SQL database and contains 11 tables of the above mentioned area of focus.
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The data are all related through a connecting IDs of the areas of focus and contains a total of 2240 rows of data after merging.
Key Findings
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Peak Demand Periods: Ticket volumes are highest on weekdays (85%), especially on Mondays and Fridays, with peak hours at 3 PM. Weekend activity is significantly lower at 15%.
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Geographical Trends: Germany, Italy, and Poland generate the highest ticket volumes, indicating a need for focused support in these regions.
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Topic Popularity: "Product Setup" and "Pricing & Licensing" are the most common topics, accounting for a large share of tickets.
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SLA Compliance: Most tickets meet SLA for first responses (87%), but SLA violations for resolutions remain a concern, particularly for agents like Connor Danielovitch and Nicola Wane.
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Agent Performance: Sheela Cutten leads in resolving tickets within SLA, while Connor Danielovitch and Nicola Wane have the highest SLA violations.
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Channel Effectiveness: Chat consistently achieves the highest customer satisfaction, while phone channels show variability with extreme highs and lows.
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Revenue-Driving Topics: High-ticket topics such as "Product Setup" and "Pricing & Licensing" dominate, reflecting their importance in customer engagement.
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Customer Satisfaction Trends: Chat satisfaction peaked in October (4.43) and February (4.5), while phone satisfaction varied significantly, reaching a low of 1.5 in August.
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Resolution Delays: While first responses are timely, resolution times often exceed acceptable limits, indicating systemic inefficiencies.
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Weekend Support Gaps: Reduced activity on weekends could lead to delays in addressing critical issues.
Recommendation
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Increase the availability of popular genres like Rock and Latin while introducing a wider variety of Jazz to cater to the niche market.
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Focus marketing efforts and promotions during peak sales months (January and June) to maximize revenue.
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Focus on retaining high-value customers by offering personalized recommendations and exclusive deals.
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Implement a loyalty program to reward repeat customers and encourage increased spending.
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Optimize inventory levels based on sales trends and genre popularity to avoid stockouts or overstocking.
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Continuously analyse sales data to identify trends, customer preferences, and areas for improvement.




