Case Study: The Carphone Warehouse achieves daily scalable financial reporting and a 3% gross‑margin increase with Informatica PowerCenter

Reduced operating costs for financial reporting

Carphone Warehouse, Europe’s leading independent mobile communications retailer with operations in 11 countries, faced rapid compound growth and a string of acquisitions that diversified and accelerated its sales data. The company needed accurate, daily financial performance information accessible across the business, while minimizing IT impact and integrating data from many sources—including in‑house retail systems, Oracle, bespoke legacy platforms, and 10,000 users across Europe.

Informatica deployed a unified, scalable solution (PowerCenter and Address Verification) to deliver daily financial reporting companywide. The implementation enabled fast, granular analysis down to individual stores and customers, helped management adjust sales strategies to increase gross margins by 3%, and reduced operating costs for financial reporting through improved data integration processes.

The Carphone Warehouse

Brian Ganly

Data Warehouse Architect