The Merchant’s Marathon :Identify Product Categories with the Longest Streaks of Consecutive Weeks of Strong Sales Advanced

Xorthax wants to know which categories endured the long run of commerce without faltering.

Xorthax wants to see which product categories sell steadily. For each category, find its longest streak of weeks with at least 10 distinct completed orders containing a product from that category. Show the start date of the first and last weeks of the streak. If multiple streaks have the same length, return the one that ended most recently.
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This reflects tracking sales consistency across product categories to pinpoint which perform reliably week after week.

You'll practice analyzing time-based trends, detecting consecutive activity patterns, and ranking grouped sequences for performance insights.

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