New product development research.
Develop winning products and services rooted in consumer needs.
Only 30% of new products succeed. So how do you ensure that yours makes the cut? By bringing consumer insight to the heart of the product development process, we can help you design and launch products and services that outperform the competition.
We work with businesses providing NPD market research services to support them on their innovation journey.
We partner with brands from the outset, helping them generate ideas and shortlist the right concepts to take forward. Then working in close collaboration, we’ll help you to refine, develop and test these further to create marketing-beating products and services. Working with us, you’re in safe hands. Our team has been behind successful product launches for a host of global brands.
New product development research
Proposition development
Find the reason to believe behind your brand and what it offers
Concept testing
Identify the strongest concept(s) to take forward for further iteration and development
Concept validation
Identify the strongest concept(s) to take forward for further iteration and development
Product testing
Optimise your products and services to set your business up for success
Pricing research
Find the optimum price point for your product or service
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Creating an education and career exploration tool to wow teens with American Student Assistance
Kadence partnered with American Student Assistance (ASA) to create a research program to inform the development of their exploration tool, Futurescape.
Embedding a customer-centric culture to inform all areas of business strategy for Havells
An ongoing customer understanding programme has helped Havells understand emerging needs, trends and competitor perceptions amongst its customers across various categories.
Understanding the elements of value driving recommendations for Panasonic
Interviews with consumers have helped Panasonic determine NPS scores and benchmark themselves against the competition.
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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What Makes Japan’s Social Media Feeds So Quietly Distinct?
In Japan, the loudest thing on social media might be silence. While nearly 80% of the population actively uses social platforms, few are broadcasting their lives. They scroll quietly, post sparingly, and conform to cultural expectations of privacy and restraint. This restraint reflects meiwaku—the deeply rooted cultural norm of not drawing attention or causing discomfort, […]
Why Scooters, Not Cars, Are Leading Asia’s Electric Future.
While the world watches Tesla, a more profound electric shift is unfolding in Asia. And it’s happening on two wheels. More than 9.6 million electric two-wheelers were sold across Asia in 2023, compared to fewer than 2 million electric cars. In India, electric scooter sales rose by over 36 percent year-on-year, led by local players […]
The Consumer Appetite Fuelling a Mushroom Revolution in Grocery.
In a trade hall packed with natural food startups and plant-based hopefuls, the mushroom drinks were among the first to sell out. Odyssey’s lion’s mane “cold brew” disappeared before lunch. Popadelics’ truffle-dusted shiitake chips were gone by midday. And when the Natural Products Expo West wrapped for the year, trend watchers were left with one […]
How Market Research is Adapting to the Attention Economy.
Every second, a huge amount of content competes for our attention—news feeds refresh, notifications alert us, and videos play automatically before we can skip them. People aren’t just scrolling through; they’re avoiding, filtering, and tuning out. This overload of information has made our attention very valuable. Recent studies indicate the average human attention span has […]
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.
We’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
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 DirectorI 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 InsightsKadence’s reports give us the insight, conclusion and recommended execution needed to give us a different perspective, which provided us with an opportunity to relook at our go to market strategy in a different direction which we are now reaping the benefits from.
Sales & Marketing
Bridgestone
Sales & MarketingThe team go the extra mile to make sure all the details are covered and to ensure the successful completion of our projects. Kadence always put the client’s priorities and perspectives ahead of anything else and create an experience that reflects our marketing needs / goals.
Corporate Communications / Public Relations
Brand Management Department
Panasonic – Singapore
Corporate Communications / Public Relations
Vital Strategies
Customer Intelligence Director