Marketing Research for NPD

A Market Research in the right
direction and with the help of experienced Market Research Consultants can help
reduce the chances of failure and pave a winning path for a new product launch
or an old product re-launch.
In Product Development,
Market Research (mix of both qualitative & quantitative) comes in as a very
handy tool to assess market potential and ensure a deep-rooted product / concept,
by helping with accurate need analysis.
New Product
Development is critical to ones business due to the reducing product life cycle
and to prove your progressiveness and responsiveness to the customer demands and
ever changing markets. This helps attract customer attention and publicity.
Need meets Demand and Product meets the Needs - Products
and concepts of innovative nature are difficult to be researched, owing to
their intangibility. An experienced Researcher can help with this by bridging
the gap between the new product development opportunities and the unmet needs
of the buyer or the potential users by educating the Target audience and
planting the seed for it.
Market research may
be regarded as an experiment that can be unsuccessful if not conducted under
the right and suitable conditions.
Bottom-up approach of Needs Assessment and Concept Screening is more
successful that the top-down approach of trying to fit and create acceptance of
a new product or concept into the current market.
Concept Development to Product Launch - Market Research can be a part
of the Product development at various stages from Egg implantation into the mothers
womb to the final Delivery of the baby.
Time is Money - Timely market research with high
budgets can sometime prove much productive than a long-term but well-budgeted qualitative
market research, because of an early launch and the first mover advantage.
Customer is the King- Retaining the
existing market share and the users is very important and critical to an
organisations health and wellbeing. Research helps in listening to consumer
demands, invest in product development, innovation and improvement; and thus,
make the customer feel important by being heard; which in turn rewards you with
customer loyalty and an increased customer base.
Penetrating New Markets – Qualitative Market
Research helps find new markets for some old products or helps develop
strategies for brand re-positioning or, rejuvenates the product life cycle by
helping study the underlying needs of consumers.
Elimination of Ideas with no potential Returns - Market
Research can help reduce the risks of potential hefty investments in future at
a very nascent stage, by identifying the market and bouncing it off the
identified target audience and focus groups. Thus, it can be a very strong
reason to choose the right Market research organisation today…to avoid wrong
turns and unseen accidents.
Market Research
Analyst is at the core of market research and has to use self-analysis,
expertise and judgement; in addition to other qualitative research tools
available for planning a successful launch of a New Product. These analysts act
as moderators of an idea, rather than be a part of it at every step. They help
testify, verify and put your beliefs on the right track.
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