Kirana Connect: Every Channel Claims the Same Sale

Marketing
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Scenario

Kirana Connect sells retail tech in India. Last quarter it spent ₹147 Cr across three channels: brand (39%), paid search (41%) and paid social (20%).

The company recorded 27,551 conversions. Added together, the channel dashboards claim 56,755 — about 2.06x the real number.

Paid search reports the best return and the search team wants more budget. Brand reports the worst and is under pressure to justify itself. Attribution is last-click. Nobody has run a holdout test.

Supporting data

conversions

actual recorded
27551
overclaim multiple
2.06
sum of channel claims
56755

measurement

model
last click
holdout tests run
0
total spend cr147

spend split pct

brand
39
paid search
41
paid social
20
Your task

Advise the CMO. Your answer should provide:

  1. Analysis — what the reported numbers can and cannot tell you, quantified.
  2. Risks — what happens if you reallocate on last-click alone.
  3. Recommendation — a budget decision and the experiment that would prove it.

State any assumptions you make.

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How you'll be graded

80 points, 60% to pass.

  • recommendation15
  • market analysis25
  • risk assessment20
  • financial analysis20
Hint
Reveal suggested structure

Separate correlation from incrementality. Last-click credits the final touch; demand generation appears worthless under it. Design a holdout before reallocating.