— A Vail Creatives intervention

Your data is fragmented.

Your decisions shouldn't be.

wire diagram of an example Footprint architecture POS Meta Ads Google Ads Klaviyo CRM Shopify — FOOTPRINT // UNIFICATION LAYER your_cloud.warehouse bigquery · redshift · snowflake · azure UNIFIED VIEW · BLENDED ROAS Online ad spend → In-store revenue +38% YoY

Introducing Footprint — a custom data unification layer that connects your siloed POS, ad platforms, and marketing tools into a single environment you own.


Owned by you

For your stack, not ours

Custom-built

No seat licenses. Ever.

4–12 weeks

From kickoff to handoff.

Hands off, not hands tied

We build it. You run it.
— The ROBO gap
83%

of retail purchases are still made in-store — but the ads driving them are billed digitally

Your POS, your ad platforms, and your marketing tools were built to operate independently.

Footprint connects in-store sales to paid digital, so your data tells the full story.

/ Every Footprint is different

Built to evolve with your business.

At Vail, we build tools businesses actually need. Footprint is a custom data warehouse designed to sit on top of your existing systems — without disrupting production. We leverage cloud platforms like Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, or Azure to connect every data source you run, and visualize them in your preferred BI tool like Looker Studio or Power BI.

image of a custom footprint dashboard with roas and other ad spend metrics
Custom Footprint dashboard
/ Designed with you in mind

No Subscriptions.
No Vendor Lock-In.

Footprint empowers your business to retain ownership of your own data.

+ Footprint is
  • A custom data warehouse built for the systems and workflows you already have.
  • Hosted in your cloud — BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, or Azure. Your choice.
  • Permanently yours at handoff. Code, pipelines, documentation — your team owns it.
  • A finite engagement — we embed, build, automate, and leave.
Footprint isn't
  • A SaaS product with seat licenses, tiered plans, or feature gates.
  • A managed service. We don't run it for you forever. We hand off and exit.
  • A blueprint everything is custom built for your business.
  • A black box. You have the final word in every pipeline, model, and decision. We'll document everything.
/ Tailor-made build

Four phases. No black boxes.

We embed. We design for your stack. We build it in your cloud. Then we automate ourselves out of the room.

01 / Learn
Embed

We embed with your team to understand what's actually in your stack. The tools, the limitations, the workflows your people rely on. No assumptions. No templates.

02 / Design
Design

We design a version of Footprint built for the systems you already use and the way your business actually runs — not a generic blueprint forced onto your environment.

03 / Develop
Build

We build the custom solution to spec. Cleanly, transparently, and in your cloud environment. Nothing held back. No black boxes.

04 / Automate
Hand off

We build the pipelines and processes that let your team run Footprint without us. Long-term management belongs in your hands, not ours.

/ Testimonial

“Nothing on the market fit our franchise model. Vail didn't just build a system, they embedded with our team, caught gaps we would have missed, and delivered something we fully own in weeks. It was a no-brainer, and they're the kind of partner you want to keep building with.”

— David Wood
CEO, Relax The Back

/ Learn More

One tool to solve cross-department needs.

Footprint isn't built for one team, it's built for your whole org. Below are the questions it answers and the people asking them.

The Executive.
CMO
VP, Marketing

You're defending marketing ROI with digital numbers that don't include your in-store revenue.

Use Footprint to
  • Calculate true blended ROAS with in-store revenue counted.
  • Identify which channels are outperforming — and which need to be cut.
  • Walk into leadership meetings with the numbers to defend the budget.
Start the conversation
The Strategist.
Media buyer
Growth marketer
Strategy lead

You're optimizing campaigns in real time with an incomplete signal.

Use Footprint to
  • Confirm whether campaigns reach the people who actually convert in-store.
  • Feed offline purchase data back into Google & Meta automatically.
  • Find your highest-intent audience — and reallocate spend toward it.
Start the conversation
The Visionary.
CEO
Owner

You're making company-wide decisions on allocation, investment, and brand with no real visibility into what's working.

Use Footprint to
  • Compare performance across every store in a single custom dashboard.
  • Surface which markets, channels, and strategies are actually driving growth.
  • Make resource allocation decisions backed by your data — not your instincts.
Start the conversation
The Operator.
Store manager
Regional manager
Franchise owner

You have POS data. You have ads running. No one can connect the two.

Use Footprint to
  • See network-wide performance trends in one unified view.
  • Generate reports that pull from every data source you run.
  • Close the ROBO gap and calculate true ROAS on in-store sales.
Start the conversation
/ The Stack

Connected to every layer of the stack.

Footprint integrates with the cloud platforms, warehouses, BI tools, ad platforms, and CRMs your team already runs — and is built to extend to anything else.

/ Plus
Any POS platform Square · Toast · Clover · Lightspeed · Aloha
Any DB provider Postgres · MySQL · MongoDB · SQL Server
Custom connectors On Request. By Design.
/ Contact Us

Ready to find out if
Footprint is the right fit?

Bring us your stack, your problem, and your goals. We'll unlock your momentum.

What you bring Your existing stack, the problem you're trying to solve, and the data sources currently in play.
What we bring A direct read on whether Footprint fits — or whether you'd be better served by a different solution.
What happens next If there's a fit, we scope the engagement. If there isn't, we say so. No pressure either way.