Future Thinking Research : iHUT and the increasingly important role of behavioural economics within innovation, NPD and brand research

Identifying unmet consumer needs or a gap in the market and creating the perfect product may be what we all aspire to, but the reality is usually a little less perfect.

Innovation can come from the need to use existing capabilities or utilising new technologies. Marketers however, have the potentially time consuming and costly challenge of “reverse engineering” the proposition; by retrospectively developing a game changing product that will capture the hearts and minds of the target audience.

iHUT is an innovation in in-home product testing.

Firstly, we give consumers the products with no written or verbal instruction as to their intended usage. We are asking them to create the proposition from what they believe is the best fit for the product. Secondly, iHUT leverages technology, via mobile and tablet to capture the intensity of immediate experience. We combine robust quantitative interviews, alongside Be-There; our bespoke “qualitative” research solution allowing consumers to record their actions and views via a mobile device using video, audio, photos and text.

This integrated, real-time approach allows us to capture the motivations and usage behaviour at the critical moment before responses have yet been rationalised.

See how iHUT can provide marketers with: 
  • Access to motivational language & usage occasions
  • An instinctive response
  • Competitor advantage
  • Source of volume
  • Speedy results
To find out more about iHUT and the increasingly important role of behavioural economics within innovation, NPD and brand research, please call or email Dan Young on +44 (0)1865 336 400