MARKET RESEARCH
MARKET RESEARCH

What is Market Research?

 

Market Research is a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting relevant data about a market, its consumers, competitors, and the environment in which a company operates. Its primary goal is to provide key insights that enable organizations to make informed strategic decisions, reduce uncertainty, and identify growth opportunities.  

Through both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, market research helps understand consumer habits, satisfaction levels, brand positioning, behavioral trends, and validate ideas for products, services, or campaigns before their launch. 

Estudios de mercado

What do our services include?

We offer a comprehensive range of data and insights designed to meet the strategic and operational needs of our clients, helping them make decisions based on solid, actionable information.

We help build a deep understanding of the competitive environment and consumer behavior to guide long-term decisions: 

  • Competitive analysis 
  • Market sizing and opportunity assessment 
  • Audience segmentation o Customer journey mapping  
  • Brand positioning and price elasticity  
  • Brand experience evaluation 

We optimize commercial and marketing tactics through applied research: 

  • Concept, product, and packaging testing 
  • Pricing strategy and optimization  
  • Pre-test and post-test of advertising campaigns  
  • Communication channel strategy definition 
  • Point-of-sale audits 
  • Shelf and display analysis and optimization 

We analyze and interpret information about audience behavior across different media channels. The objective is to understand how many people are exposed to content, who they are, and how they consume that content. 

We provide analysis across the following media: 

  • Television 
  • Radio 
  • Print media 
  • Internet 

We capture customer perceptions to improve their experience and strengthen brand-customer relationships:  

  • Voice of the Customer (VoC, NPS, and CSAT) 
  • User experience (UX) and design studies 
  • Mystery shopping 

We design customized studies to track key brand, product, and channel indicators based on each client’s specific needs.We also offer syndicated studies in key sectors such as financial services, retail, and media, providing access to valuable insights without the need for exclusive research. 

We analyze how marketing strategies influence key variables such as brand awareness, preference, purchase consideration, ad recall, conversion, and customer loyalty. Some of our flagship studies include:  

  • Publivaga, a leading benchmark in Portugal that helps brands understand and optimize the true impact of their communications.  
  • Brand performance and advertising effectiveness evaluation.  
  • Brand image, positioning, and performance studies. 

· What are retail studies? 

Retail studies analyze the commercial and promotional activities of brands and retailers across different sales channels. Their objective is to provide strategic insights into product presence, pricing policies, promotional activities, and competitive dynamics, helping companies better understand market behavior and optimize their business decisions. 

· What do our services include? 

  • Precise is a retail audit service designed to monitor pricing policies, product availability, promotional activities, and shelf share.  

It is a fully customized study developed in collaboration with each brand to address its specific information needs. Research is conducted across multiple distribution channels, providing detailed insights into product positioning and in-store execution.  

With Precise, brands can assess compliance with their commercial strategies, monitor their presence at points of sale, and access objective data to support informed decision-making. 

  • Foliotrack provides information on promotional flyers and circulars used by retail chains and distributors, making it a valuable support tool for Marketing and Sales teams.  

This study enables brands to identify which products are being promoted, how offers are communicated, and which promotional strategies are being implemented by different players in the market.  

Foliotrack helps brands monitor promotional activity across the retail sector, analyze competitor strategies, and identify opportunities to optimize their own commercial initiatives. 

Which propietary tools do we rely on in this field?

YumiAnalytics is a platform for data visualization and analysis, designed to transform how data analysis and decision-making are approached. Combining speed, power, flexibility, and customization, the platform enables the integration of multiple data sources, including: television audience measurement (TAM) in both linear and digital environments, consumption data from decoders provided by different technology operators (Return Path Data – RPD), digital data from Adobe, survey-based studies, such as lifestyle research, Day After Recall (DAR) radio studies, and Clipping; and any type of syndicated or non-syndicated study, including clients’ own proprietary databases.  

YumiAnalytics allows businesses, agencies, and media companies to access accurate, multi-source insights and make informed strategic decisions.

Minerva Insights Marktab program

Marktab is Markdata’s survey management tool supporting CATI, CAWI, and CAPI methodologies. It integrates seamlessly with YumiAnalytics Web for online data analysis.