The brand and advertising tracker from Clusters provides the voice, opinion and perception of customers. Clusters are the perfect partner for this type of project. Rather than being an anonymous research machine, Clusters are a close-knit team – I know and work closely with all of them. As well as having a well rounded view of marketing as a discipline, the added benefit of working with Clusters is our longstanding and close relationship. They know our business really well, and easily understand what matters most to us.
We help organisations understand the audiences that matter most, so they can make smarter decisions and grow with confidence.
Our job is to do the kind of market research that makes sure you don’t waste time and money talking to the wrong people about the wrong things. Instead, we help you get in front of the audiences most likely to engage, armed with detailed and accurate knowledge of what it will take to get them to buy in.
By combining deep audience understanding with robust analytics and proprietary tools, we uncover the motivations, behaviours and barriers that shape real decisions. From segmentation and brand tracking to pricing, proposition development and advertising performance, our work helps organisations turn insight into clear, evidence-led action.
Our market research services
We help organisations understand audiences, uncover opportunity, strengthen brands and improve marketing performance. Explore our core service areas below, or browse our full range of research services.
Understand audiences
Understand the motivations and behaviours that shape how customers think, choose and engage.
Identify market opportunity
Identify where demand exists and how to shape products, propositions and pricing around real market needs.
Strengthen brands
Measure perception, test brand assets and refine ideas that influence customer choice.
Improve campaign effectiveness
Test campaigns and creative to understand what resonates and where performance can improve.
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Latest insights
Just Eat, Energizer, and Sky: what this month’s biggest brand movers tell us
14 October 2026Just Eat topped YouGov’s latest list of the UK brands whose public perception improved most this month. Rankings like this are a useful snapshot of which brands are gaining ground, but they show what moved, not why. Good brand tracking goes further, linking changes in perception to campaigns, audiences and, ultimately, sales.
What is customer journey mapping, and when do you need it?
Customer journey mapping sets out every step a customer takes, from first recognising a need through to purchase, usage, and repeat engagement. It reveals what moves customers forward and what creates friction at each stage. It’s particularly valuable when you can see where customers drop off or behave unexpectedly, but don’t understand why. The most effective journey maps are grounded in research with real customers, replacing internal assumptions with evidence of how people actually think, feel and behave.
Greggs vs Costa: what it means for competitor research
Greggs now runs more branded coffee outlets in the UK than Costa. It’s a reminder that customers don’t necessarily shop by category, they shop by moment, and your biggest competitor may not be the one you’re watching. Good competitor research starts with the customer’s choice, not the industry’s labels.
Consumer confidence has dipped. Why the headline number doesn’t tell you what your customers will do
UK consumer confidence fell in September 2026 for the first time in months. However, averages like this hide big differences between households - some customers are cutting back hard while others are barely affected. Brands get more out of the data by working out which of their customers are under pressure, how those customers are adjusting, and whether gloomy sentiment is actually turning into changed behaviour.