"Assortment Styler is the only research tool that could provide us with a systematic and quantified overview of the trends within home design, with the detail necessary to provide insights beyond color and general style. It has been an invaluable tool for better streamlining our resources in product development to ensure the best possible fit into overall home décor trend direction.”
Portfolio analysis can take a number of forms and contexts. Generally in the marketing context it refers to an examination of fit between products offered and the needs and wants they fill. Too many products for the needs profile could represent waste and inefficiency, too few could reflect missed market share and sales opportunities. We have a number of tools and techniques to help marketers get to the right product mix.
We have a number of tools and techniques to help marketers get to the right product mix. One of our most powerful tools is also proprietary to Design Research. That is our Assortment Styler™. Assortment Styler has at its heart a unique taxonomy of colors, styles, patterns and materials that we use to classify and profile product categories for our clients. By comparing client offerings with competitive or category offerings, we are able to illuminate market gaps for our clients to address and we are able to point clients to areas of their assortments where they are over assorted. By tracking designs, colors and styles over time, we are also able to quantitatively document and forecast trends over time.