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Retail & eCommerceShopifySnowflakedbt

Case Study

Ecommerce Data Foundation for Digital-Native Brand

Data stack powering omnichannel growth.

Digital-Native eCommerce Brand

Clarivant built the first real data stack for a fast-growing DTC eCommerce brand, centralizing Shopify orders, Google/Meta ad spend, and Odoo ERP inventory into a governed Snowflake + dbt foundation. Automated Tableau dashboards replaced spreadsheet-based reporting, giving the leadership team a single version of revenue, margin, and marketing ROI for the first time.

Key Results

3
Platforms Unified
Shopify, Google/Meta Ads, and Odoo ERP centralized into one Snowflake warehouse
1
Version of Truth
Single governed definition for revenue, margin, and ROAS — no more spreadsheet conflicts
Daily
Automated Refresh
Fivetran pipelines replaced manual exports that previously took hours per week

The Transformation

Before
After
Data scattered across Shopify, Ads, and Odoo
Unified Snowflake warehouse with consistent keys
Revenue calculated in spreadsheets
Governed dbt models — one number everywhere
Marketing ROI unmeasurable by channel
Channel-level ROAS in Tableau dashboards
Manual exports taking hours per week
Automated daily Fivetran pipelines
Stockouts on promoted SKUs
Inventory visibility connected to ad demand

The Challenge

The brand was scaling fast but making growth decisions on fragmented, manually reconciled data:

  • Shopify order data, Google/Meta ad performance, and Odoo ERP inventory lived in separate platforms with no shared keys or consistent definitions
  • Revenue and margin calculations were done in spreadsheets — different team members got different numbers depending on which export they used
  • Marketing ROI was unmeasurable at the channel level because ad spend and order attribution lived in different systems
  • The operations team had no visibility into how inventory levels related to ad-driven demand spikes, leading to stockouts on promoted SKUs

Our Approach

**Data Integration & Warehouse:**

  • Connected Shopify, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Odoo ERP into Snowflake using Fivetran automated pipelines
  • Designed a unified data model linking orders, ad spend, inventory, and fulfillment with consistent customer and product keys

**Transformation & Governance:**

  • Built dbt models creating governed metrics for revenue, gross margin, CAC, and ROAS — one definition per metric, used everywhere
  • Implemented automated daily refreshes so dashboards always reflected the previous day's activity

**Analytics & Dashboards:**

  • Created Tableau dashboards covering sales performance, marketing channel ROI, and inventory health
  • Aligned every metric to what leadership actually needed: sales by channel, margin by product line, and ad spend efficiency by platform

The Outcome

**Operational Clarity:**

  • One version of revenue, margin, and ROI across the entire organization — eliminated spreadsheet reconciliation
  • Automated daily pipeline replaced manual exports that previously took hours per week

**Growth Enablement:**

  • Marketing team could see channel-level ROAS for the first time, enabling budget reallocation from underperforming to high-ROI channels
  • Inventory visibility connected to ad demand patterns, reducing stockout risk on promoted products
  • Foundation architected to scale with the brand — new channels and data sources plug into the existing dbt layer

What the Client Says

Clarivant built our data foundation across Shopify, Ads, and Odoo. For the first time, we had one version of the numbers — and dashboards we could actually trust. It accelerated how we make decisions day-to-day.

E-commerce Client (Founder/COO)

COO, Fast-growing digital-native eCommerce brand (anonymized)

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