Customer research and consumer insights

We drive commercial success by connecting brands with their audiences, developing compelling propositions, and optimising the entire customer experience from acquisition to loyalty.

Our customer research tells you why people choose you, why they leave, and what would bring them back.

What we do

Define brand strategy and optimising marketing campaigns
Develop and test new products, from concept to go-to-market strategy
Map and improve the end-to-end customer journey and experience
Identify new growth opportunities through market and audience analysis

Brand research that measures brand health

A brand is not what you say about yourself. It is what someone remembers in the aisle, on the comparison site, or halfway through a checkout process they are about to abandon.

Our brand research measures brand health where those decisions happen, so you know which parts of your reputation earn revenue and which parts only earn applause.

Concept testing and proposition development

We test new products before they cost you money, from first concept through to go-to-market.

Concept testing enables you to both understand how your product would fare in market, but also how customers’ view your competitors’ products. With our proposition development and go-to-market work, we de-risk your plans so you can launch with confidence.

Consumer insights across the customer journey

Journeys are not linear. People compare products, drop out of the funnel, then come back six weeks later and buy a phone.

Our consumer research follows their real, lived path rather than the static sales funnel, and our customer experience research shows you which moment in the purchasing journey is losing you customers.

We also run B2B customer research for clients who sell to businesses, as well as to people.

Our work
Case studies from across our client base

BBC

How do you stay culturally relevant when the whole world is watching?

Happy smiling family

M&S

What does family mean to you today?

Vodafone

How could customers shape our future strategy?

The Premier League

How can we drive greater success?

Our thinking

Rethinking customer journeys in a non-linear world

Customer journeys aren’t linear anymore. Learn how behaviour is shaped by social, emotional and digital...

Breaking the mirror: How assumptions blind us to real customer needs

Most customer personas reflect brand assumptions—not reality. It's time to go deeper. Discover how embracing...

5 ways to make consumer insights work for your brand

Discover how deep consumer insights can transform your brand strategy. Learn why understanding people’s values,...
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