Introduction
Product reviews reflect real consumer experiences and strongly influence future purchases. Platforms like Amazon, Walmart, and Target provide thousands of reviews daily—yet few brands leverage this data for predictive product planning and trend forecasting.
A U.S.-based CPG brand collaborated with Actowiz Solutions to deploy a review sentiment analysis engine across multiple platforms, using customer language to predict satisfaction, identify feature gaps, and prioritize product improvements.
Objectives
- Collect and analyze reviews for 200+ SKUs across Amazon, Walmart, and Target.
- Classify review sentiment (positive/negative/neutral) using NLP.
- Detect recurring product complaints, praise themes, and usage patterns.
- Predict product performance trends by category and geography.
Challenges
- Reviews differ in language style, length, and slang across platforms.
- Some platforms mask or batch-review data requiring deeper parsing.
- Sentiment polarity often doesn’t match star ratings (e.g., 4-star but negative text).
Actowiz Solutions’ Approach
1. Multi-Platform Review Extraction:
- Scraped review data using dynamic parsing from:
- Amazon product pages (verified & non-verified)
- Walmart reviews API
- Target web scraper with star-wise filters
2. NLP-Based Sentiment Engine:
- Pre-processed text using tokenization, lemmatization, and stop-word removal.
- Used VADER and TextBlob, along with custom-trained LSTM model.
- Scored reviews as:
- 🟢 Positive
- 🟠 Neutral
- 🔴 Negative
3. Theme Clustering:
- Extracted keywords and common phrases (e.g., “leaks,” “great flavor,” “too small”).
- Clustered sentiments around key product attributes
Sample Output
Platform |
SKU |
Rating |
Sentiment |
Key Phrase |
Volume |
Amazon |
Protein Bar A |
4.5 |
🟢 Positive |
"great taste" |
1,124 |
Walmart |
Detergent X |
3.9 |
🔴 Negative |
"leaked in package" |
328 |
Target |
Cereal B |
4.1 |
🟠 Neutral |
"too sweet" |
211 |
Key Results
🔹 87% Sentiment Match Accuracy
- Validated against manual annotations across sample datasets.
🔹 Identified 32 Repeating Complaint Clusters
- Across packaging, size, formulation, and delivery speed.
🔹 Actionable Insights Shared Weekly
- Direct feedback loops to product and CX teams.
🔹 Category-Level Sentiment Trends Unlocked
- Tracked improvement or decline in sentiment over time.
Dashboards Delivered
- Sentiment Heatmap by SKU & Platform
- Complaint Frequency Tracker
- Top Positive & Negative Keywords Table
- Geo-based Review Theme Clustering
Technology Stack
- Languages: Python, R
- Libraries: NLTK, VADER, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn
- Data Sources: Amazon, Walmart, Target
- Storage: MongoDB, PostgreSQL
- Visualization: Looker Studio, Power BI
Why Actowiz Solutions?
- 💬 Deep NLP + retail expertise
- 🤔 AI-backed sentiment clustering at scale
- 📈 Product performance insights from real consumers
- ✅ Used by brand, CX, and R&D teams simultaneously
Client Testimonial
“Actowiz turned review noise into insights. Now we prioritize product changes based on what real customers are saying—not just star ratings.”
— Head of Product Innovation, U.S. CPG Brand
Next Steps
- Integrate review videos/images into sentiment context
- Link sentiment to return rates and product improvements
- Build AI chatbot that summarizes reviews per SKU for internal use
Conclusion
Review sentiment is more than customer feedback—it’s product intelligence. Actowiz Solutions transformed thousands of fragmented reviews into strategic insights, helping brands align better with customer expectations, boost product satisfaction, and stay ahead of competition.