Market Research

At RUSH, we understand the pivotal role robust market research plays in shaping successful enterprise digital strategies. Our comprehensive research methodologies are designed to cut through complexity, delivering insights that empower your business to make informed decisions and drive measurable growth.

Let's transform complex business challenges into digital opportunities.

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Innovation insights


The digital landscape shifts rapidly, with enterprise organisations facing increasing pressure to stay ahead of market trends while meeting evolving customer expectations. Traditional approaches to product research often fall short, leaving businesses with surface-level insights that fail to drive meaningful innovation.

Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, we customise our research methodologies to address your unique business challenges. This might include competitive benchmarking, user experience analysis, market opportunity assessment, or technology trend evaluation—all tailored to deliver actionable insights rather than just interesting data points.

User Experience Analysis

We help you understand your users' digital journey through sophisticated behavioural analysis and usability assessment. By identifying pain points and optimising user experience, we enhance product satisfaction and engagement across your digital ecosystem. Our enterprise UX research incorporates accessibility considerations and cross-platform consistency to ensure your digital products serve all users effectively.

"From the get go RUSH focused everyone on the customer problems creating clear insights that lead to a category leading product vision."
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Competitive Intelligence

Gain valuable insight by analysing the digital products of key competitors and adjacent market players. We identify market gaps, evaluate feature differentiation opportunities, and formulate strategies for product positioning that creates competitive advantage. Our enterprise competitive analysis includes benchmarking against best-in-class experiences regardless of industry, bringing fresh perspective to your digital offerings.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Utilise advanced data analytics to make informed decisions about product features, pricing strategies, and market positioning. Our team combines expertise in data science with business acumen to transform complex datasets into clear strategic direction. For managed services clients, we develop custom dashboards and reporting frameworks that align with your governance needs while maintaining focus on actionable insights.

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Our approach to digital product excellence

When you partner with RUSH for product market research, you're not just getting data—you're gaining strategic insight that drives business results. Our research methodologies have helped enterprise clients across New Zealand and beyond to:

  • Reduce product development costs by identifying and prioritising features with highest user value
  • Increase digital product adoption rates through evidence-based experience design
  • Identify new market opportunities before competitors can capitalise on them
  • Build stronger business cases for digital investment with robust supporting data
  • Align diverse stakeholders around a shared understanding of user needs and market dynamics

The real measure of our research effectiveness isn't in the insights themselves, but in how they transform into successful digital products that deliver tangible business outcomes.

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Ready to transform insight into innovation?

Begin with a strategic research consultation to identify your highest-impact digital opportunities. Our team will work with you to develop a research approach tailored to your enterprise challenges and innovation goals.

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