Agentic analytics · for category managers

Walk into the review ready.
Why margin moved, and the fix.

When category margin moves, Bicycle ranks the cause, promo depth or mix shift, and recommends the fix to merch planning before the review.

A dashboard shows margin dropped. A chatbot answers what you type. Bicycle has the cause and the fix before the review starts.

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app.bicycle.ai margin · morning briefYour KPIs
Know Understand Act
You own the margin, not the answer

You own category margin, yet the "why did it move?" answer waits in someone else's queue.

Same number, two operating models. One sends you to a ticket and a dashboard. The other brings the answer, the why, and the next step to you.

Without Bicycle With Bicycle
too late
You find category margin moved late, on a dashboard
By the time the margin drop stands out in a review, the promo week is half over.
real time
Margin moves reach you ranked by margin impact
You see the category that moved the moment it moves, not when you open the dashboard.
ticket
"Why did margin move?" means filing a ticket and waiting
Three days later you get a chart back, not a decision the review can use.
with the alert
The ranked cause, promo depth or mix shift, arrives with the alert
Cause, evidence, and ruled-out drivers on a governed margin definition. No ticket, no waiting.
still slow
Knowing isn't fixing, and the margin keeps leaking
Even with the answer, lining up the merch-planning fix is a separate scramble.
act fast
The fix routed to merch planning comes with it, so you act before the review
A scoped recommendation to rebalance the promo, not just a chart to interpret.
The capabilities

One governed system, six capabilities behind every answer.

Six capabilities, set up once and run continuously. Business teams move faster, the data team keeps governance, everyone trusts the number. Pick one to go deeper.

Capabilities work together in one continuous loop. Detect → Explain → Act → Learn.

The playbookKnow · Understand · Act

Your part of the loop is three moves: know what changed, understand why, act on it.

Knowwhat changed
Understandwhy it moved
Acton it, inside guardrails
A day in the lifeFirst pass by Bicycle · the call is yours
Your morning brief

Your morning brief starts with the first pass done.

Category margin dropped on Home & Kitchen during a Tier-2 promo week. Bicycle has already checked where it moved, ranked the likely causes, attached the evidence, and kept the definition governed. You review the move, check the evidence, recommend the fix to merch planning, and reuse it on the next promo.

Category margin · Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promoMargin below baseline on Home & Kitchen, with the evidence already assembled for your review.
8:02 AM-4.2%morning brief
Your morning brief8:02 AM↓ -4.2%brief ready
Today · what moved on your KPIs
HighCategory margin droppedHome & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo-3.4ppvs baselineTop segmentHome & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo$58Kat riskYour KPIcategory margin8:02 AM
MedRefund rate upApparel · returns+1.8ppvs baselineTop segmentApparel · US$24Kat riskOpsowning team7:40 AM
MedAverage order value downWest region-0.9%vs baselineTop segmentWest · all devices$17Kat riskMerchandisingowning team7:12 AM
LowAdd to cart rate downPaid traffic-0.6ppvs baselineTop segmentPaid · US$9Kat riskGrowthowning team6:58 AM
+ 4 KPIs · 1 high · sorted by revenue at risk
SnoozeOpen the move
Category margin · ranked causefirst pass by Bicycle↓ -4.2%
Triaged to one segment · Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo
-3.4pp margin
baseline 31.2% · promo week · high volume
1 of 6 segments affected · 5 within expected range
Likely driversranked · confidence
Promo depth → Tier-2 over-discountprimary88%
Mix shift to low-margin SKUssecondary22%
Pricing & discount changesruled out
Recommended actionsscoped
Recommend fix to merch planningscoped
Alert #merch-margin on Slackscoped
Rebalance the Tier-2 promo depthpreview
scoped · previewed · reversible · logged
+ Detected 8:02 · first pass 8:03 · top segment Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo
Adjust modelSee the evidence
Check the evidence · Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo8:02 AM↓ -4.2%review
Impact overview
-3.4pp
category margin · vs baseline 31.2%
$1.8Mcategory revenue
2,140SKUs in promo
Top affected segments
1
Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo
-3.4pp
2
Home & Kitchen · clearance
-2.1pp
3
Home & Kitchen · bundles
-1.4pp
Evidence attached
Margin trendgross to net
Promo depthdiscount %
Category mixSKU margins
Promo activityTier-2 calendar
Ruled out · not drivers
Price list changeno overlap with window
Stockoutsin stock
Returns spikewithin range
New vs returningboth affected
Definition governed · Source read-only · sources fresh
+ Reviewed by you · 8:11 AM
Send backTake the action
Act on it · category margin8:02 AM↓ -4.2%act
Recommended actionscoped
Rebalance the Tier-2 promo depth on Home & Kitchen, the over-discount that compressed margin.
Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo
The guardrailbefore anything runs
Preview the change firstrequired
Scope to the affected segmentHome & Kitchen
Owner approves the changeMerch planning
Rollback stays one click awayreversible
Where it goesrecommended
Alert #merch-marginauto
Recommend to merch planningapproval
Pause the Tier-2 promoapproval
scoped · previewed · reversible · logged
+ Scoped to Home & Kitchen · reversible · logged
Adjust scopeRecommend & assign
Reused next drop · operating memoryToday 6:54 AM↓ -2.7ppauto-applied
Similar situation detected: Category margin dropped · Home & Kitchen · Tier-2 promo
Bicycle applied your accepted cause path.
Detected pattern
Promo over-discount
Applied path
Home & Kitchen
Likely driver
Tier-2 promo depth
Recommended action
Rebalance promo depth
Caught 68 min earlier · 6:54 AM vs 8:02 AM on the first run
No re-investigation · path auto-applied, your review optional
+ Memory: category-margin drop · run 2
ReviewView saved path
More roles on Bicycle · same loopYour team's KPI · your screens

Different teams own different metrics. Bicycle keeps the investigation governed.

You own category margin. Move to the retail teams around the recurring investigation, pipeline trust, app funnels, and revenue performance, all on the same loop.

Vibe Analytics

See it on your numbers.

Start with one recurring question you own: why category margin or sell-through moved. Bicycle watches the governed KPI, ranks likely causes across promo depth, mix shift, pricing, and catalog, and hands you a reviewable first pass, before the review.

What to bring
A recurring question you own: category margin, sell-through, or markdown rate.
An approved read-only path to the relevant sources: the warehouse, event streams, app & web, payments, or ad networks.
The metric definition, default dimensions, and the owner who approves the next step.
What we do
Configure the investigation path around your KPI, dimensions, and evidence rules.
Monitor device, OS, channel, region, and segment movement.
Prepare a first-pass cause analysis with evidence, ruled-out paths, and governed definitions.

No credit card required · analyst-reviewed · governed from day one

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