Case Study: Grupo Casas Bahia achieves 70% cost reduction and data democratization with Databricks

Democratizing retail data to power better customer experiences

Grupo Casas Bahia, a leading Brazilian retailer, struggled with an outdated SAS infrastructure that limited data-driven decision-making and made it hard to democratize data across the business. To solve this, the company migrated to Databricks, using Databricks Assistant, AI/BI Genie, and Unity Catalog to modernize its data environment and support better customer experiences across online channels and 800+ physical stores.

With Databricks, Grupo Casas Bahia automated 80–90% of ETL script conversion, cutting documentation and code migration from months to minutes in some cases. The migration delivered a 70% cost reduction versus SAS, enabled 107 non-coders to work with SQL and Python, and gave more than 200 users direct access to analyze data, improving productivity and laying the groundwork for future AI initiatives.

Grupo Casas Bahia

Cezar Steinz

Data Operations Manager