Chapter 4: Example Data Warehouse

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Overview of Orion Star Sports & Outdoors

Orion Star Sports & Outdoors is a fictitious international retail company that sells sports and outdoor products. The headquarters is based in the United States, and retail stores are situated in a number of other countries including Belgium, Holland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, and Australia. Products are sold through physical retail stores, as well as through mail-order catalogs and on the Internet. Customers who sign up as members of the Orion Star Club organization can receive favorable special offers; therefore, most customers enroll in the Orion Star Club.

Note

The sample data for Orion Star Sports & Outdoors is for illustration only. The reader is not expected to use sample data to create the data warehouse that is described in the manual.

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