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Turn Retail Data Into Revenue Intelligence

Connect POS systems, inventory databases, e-commerce platforms, and customer data. Build dashboards for store performance, inventory optimization, and customer behavior, no data warehouse required.

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How It Works

From data to dashboard in three steps

Skip the months-long ETL setup. Knowi connects directly to your infrastructure and gets you to insights in minutes.

Connect retail data sources

Plug directly into your POS database, ERP, e-commerce platform, and CRM. Knowi connects to SQL, NoSQL, and REST APIs without ETL, query your data where it lives.

Blend online and offline data

Join in-store transactions with e-commerce orders, customer profiles, and inventory levels in a single query. Get a unified view across channels without a data warehouse.

Deliver insights to every team

Build dashboards for store managers, merchandising, supply chain, and executives. Natural language search lets anyone explore data without writing SQL.

Capabilities

What can you do with retail analytics on Knowi?

Analyze, monitor, and act on retail data from every channel, without building ETL pipelines or a data warehouse first.

Combine in-store and online data in one dashboard

Unify POS transactions, e-commerce orders, mobile app events, and marketplace data into a single view. See the full customer journey across every channel without moving data to a warehouse.

Track inventory levels across all store locations

Monitor stock levels, sell-through rates, and reorder points across every location in real time. Get alerts for overstock and stockout risks before they impact revenue.

Segment customers by behavior and lifetime value

Group customers by purchase frequency, average basket size, lifetime value, and channel preference. Build targeted campaigns based on what customers actually do, not assumptions.

Compare store performance across locations

Benchmark revenue, foot traffic, conversion rates, and average transaction value across all stores. Identify which locations are outperforming and which need attention.

Monitor sales in real time with anomaly alerts

Track hourly and daily sales as transactions happen. Knowi's anomaly detection automatically flags unusual drops or spikes in volume across regions and product categories.

Automate weekly store reports and merchandising summaries

Schedule recurring reports for store managers, merchandising teams, and executives. Delivered as PDF or CSV on any cadence, weekly, monthly, or quarterly.

Dashboard Examples

See retail analytics in action

Real dashboard patterns used by teams running on Knowi.

Store Operations

Store Performance Dashboard

Compare revenue, transactions, average basket size, and conversion rates across all locations. Drill down by region, format, or individual store to spot trends and outliers.

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Merchandising

Inventory Analytics Dashboard

Track stock levels, sell-through velocity, and days-of-supply across categories and locations. Identify slow movers and optimize reorder timing.

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Customer Intelligence

Customer Behavior Dashboard

Analyze purchase patterns, repeat rates, channel preferences, and customer lifetime value. Segment by demographics, geography, or loyalty tier.

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Why Knowi

What other tools can’t do

Most analytics tools require a warehouse. Knowi connects directly to your data and gives your team AI, anomaly detection, and cross-source analytics out of the box.

Unify online and offline in one view

Most BI tools can't easily join POS data with e-commerce and CRM. Knowi blends any data source, SQL, NoSQL, REST API, in a single query.

Your customers don't think in channels. Your analytics shouldn't either.

No data warehouse required

Connect directly to your POS database, Shopify API, ERP, and CRM without building a warehouse first. Start analyzing in minutes, not months.

Skip the warehouse project. Get answers now.

Self-service for store teams

Store managers ask questions in plain English, 'show me top selling items this week in Northeast', and get instant visualizations. No SQL, no IT tickets.

The people running stores should have direct access to their data.

Real-time, not last week's data

Retail decisions happen daily. Knowi dashboards refresh in seconds, giving merchandising and operations teams current data, not stale batch reports.

Yesterday's data is yesterday's opportunity.

Data Connectivity

Connect to everything. Join across anything.

No warehouse required. Knowi connects directly to your operational databases, APIs, and files.

Primary Databases
PostgreSQLMySQLSQL ServerMongoDBSnowflakeBigQuery
Additional Databases
ElasticsearchDynamoDBOracleRedshift
APIs & Files
REST APIsShopifySalesforceSAPJSONCSV

Cross-source joins, no ETL required

Combine data from any of the above on the fly. A single dashboard widget can pull from multiple sources in the same query. No warehouse. No staging tables.

Customer Success

See how retail teams use Knowi

Real retail companies running analytics on Knowi today.

Specialty Retail

How a diamond retailer monitors sales and inventory in real time

One of the largest diamond suppliers in North America working with 4,000+ jewelers, uses Knowi to build real-time dashboards for sales metrics and inventory visibility. Data flows from FileMaker and APIs into live dashboards — no manual exports.

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Real-time visibility into sales and inventory across 4,000+ jeweler relationships.
Restaurant & QSR

How a restaurant chain tracks store performance across every order channel

A Bay Area restaurant chain uses Knowi dashboards to monitor employee performance, labor compliance, and sales metrics broken down by order method - dine-in, pickup, DoorDash, and other third-party delivery platforms. Finance and operations teams get a single view across all locations.

Multi-locationSales by channelEmployee metricsFinancial data
Unified view across dine-in, pickup, and third-party delivery channels.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about retail analytics, answered

How do I connect my POS system to an analytics dashboard?
Knowi connects directly to the database behind your POS system - PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or any REST API-based cloud POS. You don't need to export CSV files or build an ETL pipeline. Just point Knowi at your POS database and start building dashboards immediately.
How do I combine online and in-store sales data without a data warehouse?
Knowi's cross-source join lets you blend POS transactions, e-commerce orders (Shopify, Magento, custom platforms), CRM records, and inventory data in a single query. The data stays where it is, Knowi queries each source directly and joins results on the fly, so you skip the warehouse entirely.
What is the best analytics tool for multi-location retail?
For multi-location retail, you need a tool that can connect to different data sources per location, compare performance across stores, and deliver dashboards to store managers without requiring SQL skills. Knowi handles all three: it connects to 30+ data sources, supports cross-location comparison dashboards, and includes natural language search so any team member can explore data by typing questions in plain English.
Can I build customer-facing retail analytics dashboards?
Yes. Knowi supports embedded analytics with full white-label customization. You can embed dashboards into your retail platform or partner portal using iFrame, JavaScript SDK, or API. Multi-tenant security ensures each partner or franchise sees only their own data.
How do I track inventory across multiple stores in real time?
Connect Knowi to your inventory database (or ERP system) and build dashboards that show stock levels, sell-through velocity, and days-of-supply across all locations. Dashboards refresh in configurable intervals down to seconds. You can set threshold alerts to flag stockout risks or overstock situations before they impact revenue.
Do I need a data warehouse for retail analytics?
No. Traditional BI tools like Tableau and Power BI require you to build a data warehouse first, which typically takes 3-6 months and significant engineering resources. Knowi connects directly to your operational databases, APIs, and files and lets you join data across sources in a single query without moving it. You can go from raw data to a production dashboard in minutes.
Can store managers explore data without knowing SQL?
Yes. Knowi includes natural language search that lets anyone type a question like "show me top selling items this week in the Northeast region" and get an instant chart. No SQL, no training, no IT tickets. Store managers, merchandising teams, and executives can all self-serve.
How does Knowi compare to Tableau or Power BI for retail?
The biggest difference is that Knowi doesn't require a data warehouse. Tableau and Power BI need you to first consolidate your data into a warehouse like Snowflake or BigQuery before you can visualize it. Knowi connects directly to your POS database, e-commerce platform, CRM, and ERP — and joins across all of them in real time. It also includes built-in AI for natural language queries and anomaly detection, which Tableau and Power BI require separate tools for.
Can I automate weekly store performance reports?
Yes. Knowi supports scheduled report delivery in PDF, CSV, or Excel format. You can configure different reports for different stakeholders, weekly store reports for managers, monthly merchandising summaries for buyers, quarterly business reviews for executives — each with their own data scope, recipients, and delivery schedule.

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Send us a sample dataset or connect your database live. We'll build a working dashboard in your first call - not slides.

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