Case Studies

DVL Smith is dedicated to ensuring our insights make a real impact within your organisation.

We work with you to see the research project through to successful activation - so we are with you all the way from designing the project, generating the insights, setting the findings in a strategic framework that will engage senior decision makers, through to ensuring internal buy-in to this insight-driven change.

Case Study

Rebranding a service-led organisation in a competitive marketplace

Aim: Deliver the strategic direction and knowledge to help the client 're-position' and compete more effectively within the changing international marketplace.

Our approach:
  • Landscape and competitor analysis
    We evaluated competitor websites and marketing materials, analysed trend data and reviewed current thinking on key industry developments
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  • Unearthing critical insights
    We interviewed industry experts, customers and key internal stakeholders using a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques.
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  • Status check
    We applied the key strategic analytical frameworks to understand the client's position, relative to the competition in the marketplace.
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  • Insight Crystallisation
    We identified the customer insights that would have the greatest impact on the creation of a winning new strategic positioning for the brand.
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  • Effecting a change
    We delivered a series of Implementation Workshops, working with the research team to ensure internal buy-in to the research findings and helping steer the direction of the new strategic position