In 2004, a 423-terabyte Teeradata system was the heart of the system used to store and analyze the main sales data. Data is collected from the stores on an hourly basis, cleaned and transferred to the data warehouse. Managers can monitor sales in real time and make almost instant corrections on the sales floor. In terms of e-commerce, the compa-ny eventually moved to IBM’s WebSphere syste largely for its scalability
The part of a business devoted to retail activities, such as a showroom, or selling area of a shop or department store. It usually has free public access and goods on display, and is manned by sales staff