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Would you like to increase your turnover by developing products that better meet customer needs in the construction, installation and home improvement sector? USP has over three decades of experience conducting product development research in these markets to help you succeed. Understanding market needs and validating product concepts is a key factor in reducing risk, improving product performance, and driving successful innovation.

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Why Product Development Research?

Developing successful products requires more than ideas — it requires validation, insight, and continuous optimisation. Product development research helps you ensure your solutions meet real market needs.

Validate market demand

Product development plays a vital role in business growth, but launching new products without proper validation can be risky.

Reduce development risks

Product development research allows you to test concepts, evaluate ideas, and refine products before and after launch.

Optimise product performance

By understanding customer needs, expectations, and behaviour, you ensure your product delivers real value and stands out in the market.

Why USP?

Whether you are developing a new concept, testing a product, or refining your offering, we design research that delivers actionable insights throughout the development process.

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USP has extensive experience conducting product development research in the construction, installation, and home improvement sectors — from concept testing to pre-production evaluation. [usp-research.com]

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With 30+ years of expertise, we provide the insights and advice needed to reduce risk and increase the chances of product success.

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We operate globally, ensuring consistent insights across markets and audiences.

Our research process

A proven methodology that delivers actionable insights on time and on budget.

Discovery

We define business objectives, product concepts, and key research questions.

Design

We design a tailored approach to test and evaluate product ideas.

Fieldwork

Data collection among relevant target groups and stakeholders.

Insights

Translating insights into concrete product improvements and go-to-market recommendations.

How do we do it?

USP applies a structured approach to evaluate and optimise products throughout the development lifecycle.

Concept testing

How do potential customers evaluate your product idea or concept?

Feature evaluation

Which product features matter most to users and drive preference?

Performance assessment

How does your product perform compared to alternatives in real-world conditions?

Adoption potential

Are target groups willing to adopt and pay for your product?

Research for new and existing product portfolios

Manufacturers in the construction, installation, and DIY industries are constantly contemplating whether their product and service portfolios are still competitive within the market. This is necessary to keep up with continuous developments in the market, like digitalization, sustainability, circularity, and the changing labour market. To stay on target or become successful, this leads to three types of development trajectories, for which solid research is essential.


Reasons for conducting product research


1. New products and services


In this fast-changing and innovative world, there is a continuous need for and room for new introductions. However, these introductions are often unsuccessful, which also applies to the installation, construction, and DIY sectors. Our product development research helps you validate ideas and reduce the risk of unsuccessful introductions.


2. Additions to already existing products and services


Although current portfolios may have proven themselves to be successful, changing circumstances (internal or external) can easily lead to changing demand, making it necessary to add to the existing portfolio.


3. Modifications to already existing products and services


Our changing world creates situations where products and services become outdated and are in need of revitalization. Then modifications are essential to keeping customers satisfied.


How do we help our customers with this?


We help our customers with both qualitative and quantitative research. We frequently organise focus groups in which new products or concepts are shown and discussed. This is organised with specific B2B groups like architects, contractors, engineers, or painters, but also with consumer groups. Sometimes in-depth interviews are a better option for product research, which we can organise both online via video meetings or in offline face-to-face settings.


In addition to this, user observations can be a valuable method for product research. For this, we observe people’s behaviour in the environment in which it typically occurs, like a contractor using a power tool on the job site.


For each customer request, we determine what is the most suitable approach to answering the research objective. Feel free to reach out to us to receive advice about the best approach for your specific product research.


Benefits of working with USP

Product development research helps you move from assumptions to validated, market-driven innovation.

Increase product success rate

By validating ideas early, you avoid costly mistakes later in the development process.

Reduce development risks

Insights help you focus on the product features that matter most to customers and drive adoption.

Build products customers value

With a data-driven approach, you create solutions that are relevant, competitive, and aligned with market demand.

What our clients say about us

Joost Maarse

Global Lead Circular Economy at Grundfos

Delivered as promised and great regular communication towards us as a client.

Edwin Ebskamp

Manager Brand & Traffic at Deli Home

USP is a reliable research agency, always a pleasure to work with.

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