04Service · Market Intelligence

Decisions backed byground truth.Not LinkedIn screenshots.

We run in-market studies that get past the syndicated-report mirage and into what consumers, retailers, and competitors are actually doing. Then we turn that into a decision your leadership team can defend.

Strategy without ground truth is a guess at scale.

It is remarkably easy to spend a year building strategy on top of category reports written from desks in London. Deebo's intelligence work starts on the ground — in stores, on platforms, in interview rooms with consumers and retailers — and ends with the kind of clear, written recommendation a CEO can take to a board. We don't sell research; we sell decisions you can defend.

"Most market research tells you what already happened. Useful intelligence tells you what's about to."
210+
Studies completed
120
Avg. consumer interviews / study
94
Decisions informed annually
Capabilities

What this engagement actually includes.

Category sizing & segmentation

Realistic TAM/SAM/SOM modeling using triangulated bottom-up methods, not syndicated extrapolations. Consumer segmentation that survives contact with your sales team.

Consumer insight & ethnography

In-language qualitative interviews, in-home and in-store ethnography, projective techniques. We learn how customers actually decide, not what they tell you they want.

Competitive & retail intelligence

Store audits, marketplace tear-downs, pricing intelligence, distribution mapping, and discreet competitive monitoring across categories where we have unique access.

Concept & product testing

Localized concept tests, monadic product evaluations, packaging studies, claim resonance work. The signal you need before you commit to inventory or campaign budget.

Trend & cultural foresight

Twelve to thirty-six month outlook on category, cultural, and consumer trends in Japan and APAC. Useful for product roadmap, brand strategy, and investment decisions.

Strategic reporting & briefings

Boardroom-ready written reports, executive briefings, and decision memos. We write the way good consultants write — with a recommendation, not just a finding.

Process

How we run the work.

01Frame

Decision-first scoping

We start with the decision you need to make, then design the research to answer it. Not the other way around.

1 week
02Field

In-market data collection

Mixed methods executed by our in-market team. Quant samples calibrated to your category, qual recruited against decision-relevant segments.

3-6 weeks
03Decide

Findings, recommendation, briefing

Written report plus an executive briefing. Recommendations land first, evidence supports them, appendix has the data.

2 weeks
Case study · EU brand evaluating Japan + Korea + Singapore

Killing one of three planned launches saved $4M.

An EU nutrition brand with strong DTC traction at home wanted to launch simultaneously in Japan, Korea, and Singapore. Our intelligence work — 240 consumer interviews, retail audits, regulatory deep-dives, and unit economic modeling — found that Korea was a poor cultural fit for the product proposition and would lose money for at least three years. Japan and Singapore were both attractive. The CEO killed Korea, redirected the budget, and both remaining launches hit profitability inside year one.

"Deebo's recommendation to walk away from Korea was the most valuable thing any agency has ever told us. It saved a launch that wasn't going to work."

CEO, EU nutrition brand

$4M
Avoided sunk cost
DTC nutrition
Why Deebo

Three reasons clients choose us for this.

01

We field our own work.

Interviews are conducted by our team, not subcontracted to a panel vendor. Quality of insight scales with quality of fieldwork.

02

We start with your decision.

Every study begins with one question: what decision is this study going to inform? If we can't answer that, we don't take the work.

03

We write recommendations.

Our reports end with a clear recommendation and the reasoning. You can disagree with it, but you'll never finish the report wondering what we think.

FAQ

Honest answers to honest questions.

How is your work different from a Mintel or Euromonitor report?

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Syndicated reports are general; ours are commissioned for the specific decision you face. We run primary research, ground it in real consumer and retailer behavior, and write a recommendation. Syndicated work is a useful starting input; it should not be the basis for a market entry decision.

How fast can you turn around a study?

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Decision-grade studies run 4-9 weeks depending on methodology. We can compress to 3 weeks for a focused qualitative study or rapid retail audit when the decision window demands it.

Can you commission a study without us also engaging Deebo for execution?

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Yes. About a third of our intelligence engagements are research-only, often before a client has chosen an execution partner. We're happy to do the work and let you take the findings to whoever you want.

Do you cover markets outside Japan?

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We cover Korea, Greater China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Australia in-house. Other markets we partner with vetted local research firms and project-manage to our standard.
Next step

Talk to a senior strategist about your market intelligence.

Thirty minutes, no pitch deck. We listen, ask the questions that matter, and tell you what we'd actually do — even if that means recommending you don't hire us.

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