Skechers Deploys Data Warehouse Appliance

SKECHERS USA, Inc., a global leader in the footwear industry and the No. 2 footwear brand in the United States, selects a Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance as the keystone to its next-generation business intelligence infrastructure.

“SKECHERS is constantly moving, growing and expanding. We needed a partner that could keep up with our demands for business intelligence technology. Teradata has deep industry knowledge, offers proven applications in both manufacturing and retail, and provides a seamless path to grow with us,” says SKECHERS Senior Vice President of Information Technology Clay Irving. “Moreover, with many powerful capabilities such as load-and-go already built into the appliance, we will start reaping benefits from the system sooner and enjoy a significant reduction in ongoing system-administration costs.”

SKECHERS plans to expand the system in 2011 to include its retail operations. Key to the decision was the Teradata Retail Logical Data Model, which will help SKECHERS identify the data assets it has or needs to meet its retail business management objectives, and will support applications in other areas, including demand chain management.