Meijer Stores Using More MicroStrategy Wares
03/15/2004
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the provider of business intelligence software, says Meijer Stores has expanded its MicroStrategy deployment with MicroStrategy Report Services for enterprise-wide reporting and analysis. Meijer is a family-owned and operated grocery and general merchandise retailer operating 158 stores throughout Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.
As a customer since 2000, Meijer is using the MicroStrategy platform for reporting and analysis on sales, merchandising and market basket applications. Over 1,000 users, including buyers, planning managers and pricing managers, already use MicroStrategy to analyze over a terabyte of critical data to identify areas of business improvement, streamline operations, and recognize cross- and up-sell opportunities.
"We're adopting MicroStrategy Report Services because it provides an integrated reporting and analysis solution with content-rich, user-friendly reports that empower our employees to make more strategic and proactive decisions," said one Meijer Business Executive.
"Combining the best in business analytics and reporting, MicroStrategy Report Services continues to gain momentum and increased adoption as a complete enterprise analytical and reporting solution," said MicroStrategy's COO Sanju K. Bansal. "Our retail customers continue to enjoy success with MicroStrategy-based applications; in fact, seven of the top ten global retailers use MicroStrategy."