October 10, 2022
Market research is the process of gathering, analysing, and interpreting information about a market, including customers’ needs, preferences, and behaviours.
It helps businesses make informed decisions, identify opportunities, test ideas, and reduce risk by understanding target audiences, competitors, and trends in the marketplace through qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Market research companies help b2b businesses and consumer brands achieve success in many ways – in particular, enabling them to identify their target consumer, find out what existing and potential buyers think about their product or brand and gather business and consumer insights to help them improve their decision-making and overall success. This short glossary article explores the question:
Why do companies do market research?
This video nicely introduces the ideas of how consumer insight and marketing research can help you and why so many companies do market research – watch it here. Market Research Explained
Market research is the process of gathering, analysing, and interpreting data about a market, including information on customers, competitors, and industry trends, to support informed business decisions and identify opportunities, risks, and strategies for growth.
Market research should be part of your business strategy. It can be undertaken at any stage – from idea generation and exploring business issues, right through to product development and market testing. It is important to note that people’s circumstances and motivation change over time, so you should really consider reviewing your research regularly – especially when new competitors enter the market.
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