Category Spend Royalty

Category Spend Royalty :Rank Customers by Total Spending Within Each Product Category Advanced

Rank customers by total spending within each product category.

Xorthax wants to determine a unique leaderboard of top spenders for each product category. Assign a distinct rank to each customer within their category based on their total spending, even if some totals are the same.
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It models category-level customer analysis where businesses identify top buyers within each product line or department.

You’ll practice grouping and ranking data across categories to build segmented leaderboards and performance comparisons.

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