Analytic Solutions

You have opportunities. You face threats. What you need are smart, quantifiable methods of distinguishing one from the other and maximizing your chances of success. NPD’s Analytic Solutions Group includes a team of senior leaders with extensive experience developing and delivering analytic solutions that address strategic marketing, sales, and planning issues.

We combine NPD POS and consumer information, industry expertise, and custom survey research – then add state-of-the-discipline research techniques and methodologies to explain the "why behind the buy.” Through advanced modeling and  analytic services, we offer insight into what will happen in the future, not just what has happened in the past, answering your most pressing business questions:

• What consumer segments should we target and why? How do we know if we’re successful over time?
• Which products are hot? How should we respond?
• What’s the sales potential and ROI for my new / revamped product idea?
• What is the optimal feature combination for my product? 
• How do I monitor my performance in my sales territories, distribution areas, etc.?
• Should we raise or lower prices? By how much? To what end?
  
• Will my product category grow or decline? Why? What does this mean for my market share?
• What’s the competitive landscape and where are my best opportunities (Food)?
  
• What levers should we pull to increase sales and market share?
• Why are some of our stores performing better than others?
• Why do consumers choose our brand? Our competitors’ brands?
• How effective is our advertising? How can we improve it?
• What products should we develop?
  
• What products should we sell?
• How can we optimize assortment based on local market dynamics?
• Which people should we target? Why?
• How do we know if we are successful over time?

See how clients have used our analytic solutions to solve their business challenges in our Analytic Solutions Case Study Library.