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Competitive intelligence (CI) is the tool of choice for tracking known and emerging competitors, monitoring risks and vulnerabilities, winning competitive deals and more. Yet many medium-large companies and law firms struggle to:

  • Build and sustain a viable, economical CI function.
  • Realize a return on their investments in CI tools and technologies.
  • Gain that elusive and moving target of the competitive advantage.

When you need ongoing CI management, LAC Group will lead the way to ensure you’re headed toward success and avoiding pitfalls in the process. With a flexible array of service options, you can get the support and resources you need, sooner than you think.

People-led process and proprietary platform

We deliver more than automated data dumps filled with repetitive or tangential information that creates more time-sucking frustration for ultimate users and decision-makers. Our CI briefings and reports are curated and validated to your specifications, drawing on:

Expertise in CI processes, philosophies and best practices.

Experience gathering and synthesizing meaningful competitor information.

Curated, well-written reports, alerts, newsletters, infographics and other formats.

Dedicated analysts that understand your competitive landscape, starting with a discovery phase to define your key intelligence topics and search parameters.

Proprietary CI platform, tagged and archived with your unique taxonomy.

We understand the sweet spot of effective CI — the junction of technology and human judgment and context. From that vantage point, we ensure you have a complete understanding of the competitive forces you’re facing:

Known competitors

New product launches or market entries, marketing campaigns, personnel moves, structural changes, financial reports, media coverage and more.

Emerging competitors

Early warning indicators, emerging technologies and alternative solutions, startups, mergers and acquisitions, threats to incumbents and category leaders.

Industry and market factors

Buying signals and drivers, value chain dynamics, macroeconomic forces, innovation and disruption.

Don’t let complexity or inertia get in the way of running an effective intelligence operation. The foundation of the CI function is built on a handful of essential elements that we can help you implement for more business won and a more defensible market position.

Benefits of CI

Monitor known competitors and identify emerging threats.

Strategies and scenario planning with tools like SWOT and Five Forces.

Gain snapshot view of competitive news, trends and hot topics.

Spark innovative plans to grow and maintain market share.

How can we help?

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