Customer Analytics Consulting for Retail & Consumer Brands

Starlight provides customer analytics consulting for retail, ecommerce, and DTC brands that want more profit from the customers they already have. Your work is led by a 20+ year brand-side operator who ran customer insights and analytics for some of the world's biggest retail brands.

Retail sales driver tree breaking sales into customers (new and existing) and spend per customer, which splits into trips per customer and average order value (AOV), then average unit retail (AUR) and units per transaction (UPT).
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Drive More Profit From the Customers You Already Have

Your fastest path to profitable growth is already in your customer file. We use cohort analysis, RFM segmentation and lifetime value modeling to find the customers driving your margin, then help you get them buying more often, at full price, for longer.

A grid of 25 tiles representing different customer segments that highlights the top four segments as high margin customers.

Spend to Acquire the Customers Worth Keeping

A first order rarely pays for itself anymore. We run cohort analysis on LTV:CAC and payback by channel, after discounts and returns, so your budget goes to channels that bring loyal buyers instead of coupon hunters.

Chart comparing customer lifetime value (LTV) against customer acquisition cost (CAC) for loyal buyers versus coupon hunters.

Spot Your Best Customers Drifting Before They're Gone

A competitor's 15% off code might be all it takes to lose a loyal customer. We build behavioral segments your teams will actually use and churn prediction models that flag who's slipping while there's still time to win them back.

A graphic highlighting at risk customers that are likely to churn. Starlight uses churn prediction models to identify them and help retail brands save them.

Get Answers in Weeks, Not After a Year-Long Data Project

We start with a focused 3-week customer diagnostic that delivers quick wins and a roadmap, with no long contract required.

Impact versus effort prioritization matrix with four quadrants: quick wins and big bets highlighted as high impact, fill-in jobs and thankless work shown as low impact.

Why Retail Brands Choose Starlight for Customer Analytics Consulting

Big consulting firms bring frameworks built for telecom, pharma, and government, and mid-market brands often get the junior team.

At Starlight you work directly with operators that spent their careers in retail who ran customers insights and analytics for some of retail's biggest brands. We know what it means to manage a challenging P&L, understand how to find insights that actually matter, and know what to do with them to help you grow.

Comparison showing other consulting firms spread across software, chemicals, healthcare, industrial, and retail, while Starlight Analytics focuses only on retail, ecommerce, and D2C brands.

See Why Clients Love Working With Starlight

Marketing, ecommerce, and customer leaders bring us in when data is everywhere and leadership wants a straight answer. Clients tell us they value how quickly we learn their business, how closely we work with their teams, and how clearly we turn complex data into next steps.

Greenbook Directory “Recommended by Clients” badges for 2024, 2025, and 2026, with a testimonial from Lisa Plilette, Chief Marketing Officer at Fossil: “Within six weeks, they delivered a fresh perspective, converting complex information into clear, actionable insights. A true ‘aha’ moment that had eluded us for six months and millions of dollars in previous efforts.”

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