Building a Price Architecture and Margin Report for a Fashion E-commerce Retailer
A fashion e-commerce retailer set prices market by market and saw margin only at month end. A price architecture audit, cross-market pricing rules and a weekly Power BI margin report let the team correct prices and promotions before margin was lost.
Retail Price Architecture Challenge in Fashion E-commerce
Prices were set separately for each market, with different rounding and currency logic, and the price architecture had gaps that sent customers to competitors.
Margin was reviewed only at month end, too late to correct a promotion that was already running.
- Overlapping price points in core categories
- Inconsistent prices for the same product between markets
- No weekly view of margin and discount depth
What Was Done to Build the Price Architecture and Margin Report
Price Architecture Audit by Category
Entry, core and top price points mapped against sales mix and margin.
Cross-Market Pricing Rules
Reference market, conversion, rounding and allowed deviations agreed once.
Weekly Margin Report in Power BI
Price, discount and margin by category and market, refreshed every Monday.
Price Architecture and Margin Report Results in Numbers
gross margin
weekly margin report for all markets
Tools Used in the Price Architecture Project
Excel Price and Margin Scenario Model
Price ladders, conversions and margin what-ifs.
Power BI Weekly Margin Report
Margin and discount depth by category and market.
Related Service: Retail Pricing Analysis and Price Architecture
Price architecture audit, cross-market price alignment and markdown scenarios for your categories and markets.
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Price Architecture and Margin Report Case Study FAQ
The project took six weeks. It started with the price architecture audit by category, continued with the cross-market pricing rules and ended with the weekly margin report in Power BI.
Current prices for every market, sales mix and margin by category, discount and promotion history, and the currency conversion and rounding used in each market. Product costs were needed to calculate margin at every price point.
All markets are now priced from one agreed set of rules instead of market by market. Margin and discount depth are visible every Monday, so the team can correct a price or a promotion while it is still running rather than at month end.
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