Customer
Market-led
Market-led businesses find out what the customer wants through intensive market researchGathering data and information about consumer needs and preferences. and then creates a product that will satisfy those wants. Market-led organisations are:
- very customer focused
- more responsive to changes in the market
- reliant on market research to inform their product development
- often in competitive markets such as make-up and clothing
Product-led
Product-led businesses develop a product first and then try to sell it to the customer through intensive advertising. Little or no market researchGathering data and information about consumer needs and preferences. is carried out before production begins, instead time and money is spent on researching and developing the product. Product-led businesses often operate:
- in high tech industries
- with little competition
Companies such as Apple or Tesla would operate as a product-led business.