Customer and market understanding.
Get closer to customers and build a rich understanding of the market to future proof your strategy.
Having a clear understanding of your customers and your position in the market means you’re better equipped to take advantage of future growth opportunities.
We work with businesses to help them get closer to their current and target customers, building a deep understanding of their needs, expectations and relationship with your brand. To set this in context, we can explore the dynamics of the broader market, identifying trends and whitespace to help you grow your market share.
But we don’t stop there. We turn this insight into competitive advantage, workshopping findings with you to inform product and strategy development and to help inspire new marketing messages.
Customer and market understanding – our services
Market understanding
Identify trends and market nuances to position your product or service for success
Market entry
Break into lucrative new markets
Market sizing
Understand the size of the sales opportunity in an existing or new market
Opportunity identification
Find new opportunities in your category to inspire product development
Customer understanding
Truly understand your customers’ needs and challenges to inform future strategy
Segmentation research
We design powerful segmentations to help you identify and appeal to the customers that will deliver most for your business
Usage and attitude surveys
Gain a snapshot of the market from your consumers’ viewpoint by understanding what they think about your products and services and how they use them
Shopper research
Maximising conversion in-store and online
Customer satisfaction
Optimise customer interactions across different channels to minimise churn rate and grow your business
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Validating an internal brand proposition for SMU’s Post-Graduate Programme
A multiphase regional study helped SMU understand resonance and perceptions towards an internal branding effort for the postgraduate track.
Understanding the elements of value driving recommendations for Panasonic
Interviews with consumers have helped Panasonic determine NPS scores and benchmark themselves against the competition.
Demonstrating the value of advertising on the Bloomberg platform
Neuroscience helped Bloomberg show that its advertising platform is a cut above the rest and delivers better outcomes for advertisers.
The global boutique for data and insight
Our global footprint makes us the go-to partner for international market research. We offer all qualitative and quantitative methodologies across our office network and beyond.
Conducting online market research in Asia: The Go-To Guide
What online methodologies work best in India? How do you get the most out of respondents through digital methodologies in China? Experts across our global boutique share best practice tips and techniques for conducting online market research in Asia Pacific.
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Why Climate-Resilient Crops Face Global Hurdles.
A billion people depend on India’s wheat harvests. What happens when the heat rises too fast for crops to survive? Export bans. Soaring grain prices. A scramble for alternatives. Across Asia and beyond, food systems are under strain as extreme weather makes staple crops increasingly unpredictable. In response, scientists in China have developed drought-resistant rice […]
Why Marketers Are Rethinking Buyer Intent Tracking.
B2B marketers have traditionally relied on account-level intent data, measuring company-wide engagement signals – website visits, content downloads, and webinar attendance – to identify potential buyers. But as decision-making power fragments across multiple stakeholders, these broad indicators are proving unreliable. Marketers aren’t just missing key players in the buying process; they’re wasting valuable resources targeting […]
Who is Gen C? Understanding the Connected Consumer Revolution.
They don’t fit into a neat generational box, yet they are shaping the future of commerce, content, and connectivity. Meet Gen C – Generation Connected, a powerful psychographic group that defies traditional demographics. Unlike millennials, Gen X, or Gen Z, they aren’t defined by birth years but by behaviour: always-on, digitally fluent, and community-driven. For […]
How Consumers Are Pushing Big Brands to Rethink Farming.
In Brazil’s Cerrado Mineiro region, coffee farmer Marcelo Montanari is redefining what it means to grow coffee in a changing climate. By interplanting native trees with his coffee crops and reducing chemical use, he’s not just nurturing healthier soil – he’s building resilience against the unpredictable swings of climate change. This shift hasn’t gone unnoticed. […]
Sectors we serve
With over 30 years in the business of market research, we have extensive experience and a depth of knowledge across a range of sectors.
We bring this to bear to design the very best approach to meet your objectives.
Kadence has produced an exceptional body of work which plays a crucial part in planning marketing strategies and understanding the opportunities for our business as we continue to grow. We couldn’t ask for a better partner; they provided true expertise, valuable insights and commitment to quality across each project.
Performance Marketing & Analytics Director
Treatwell
Performance Marketing & Analytics DirectorWe have been engaged with Kadence since 2016. Since our first partnership, Kadence has been instrumental in supporting our business efforts and have continuously proven their value in research, insights and analysis that have helped us to gain many wins. Kadence consistently pushes the boundaries and offer inspirations that provide deep business insights and drive business strategies.
Head of Research
Bloomberg
Head of ResearchWe’ve been working with Kadence on a couple of strategic projects, which influenced our product roadmap roll-out within the region. Their work has been exceptional in providing me the insights that I need.
Senior Marketing Executive
Arla Foods
I have been working with Kadence for more than 4 years and they have always delivered consistently good outputs. Their ability to understand business goals and translate them to research objectives as well as a high degree of flexibility by collaborating with clients and providing recommendations that are otherwise overlooked differentiate them from other research agencies in the market.
Head of Insights
Discovery
Head of InsightsAt Panasonic, we’ve always believed in collaborative work. Here, Kadence has been instrumental in helping us understand our status quo, identify the key drivers of NPS and strategic improvement areas across our refrigerator, air conditioners and washing machine categories. Team Panasonic is grateful for the sincere efforts put in, this in turn, will help us serve our consumers better.
Panasonic – India
Panasonic – India
Sales & Marketing
Vital Strategies
Customer Intelligence Director