Case study · Home appliances · Poland

Market leader on the shelf, budget brand in AI

A leading Polish appliance maker dominated stores and search, yet AI recommended global names by default and described it as a cheap, local option. How it moved onto the AI category shortlist in 90 days.

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What we measured

Test prompts
100
AI models
Gemini, ChatGPT
Personas
5 buyer intents: best appliance, reliability, value, energy efficiency, local service
Competitor benchmark
6: two German global brands, one Swedish, one Korean, two regional makers

Results after 90 days

MetricStartDay 90Change
AI Visibility Score41/10072/100+31 pts
Prompt Impression Rate34%63%+29 pp
Share of AI Answer vs competitors11%27%+16 pp
Semantic Match Rate47%74%+27 pp
Narrative Consistency39%70%+31 pp
Brand Recommendation Rate14%33%+19 pp
Content Gap Index64/10034/100-30 pts

Key findings

AI recommended global incumbents by default on "best [appliance]" prompts.

The brand was named mainly on branded queries, not category ones.

AI described the brand as budget and local, not a full-range maker.

Value perception flattened; premium lines went unseen.

The authoritative-media and trade-press footprint was thin.

AI grounded category answers on weak SEO and strategy-farm content.

Where reviews and trade coverage existed, AI sharpened its description at once.

Source quality, not factory size, was the lever.

The 90-day plan

Month 1: narrative foundation

Define the AI Brand DNA as a full-range manufacturer, not a budget brand; unify language across product lines.

Month 2: content for AI intents

Best-appliance guides, reliability and warranty, energy efficiency, head-to-head comparisons with global brands.

Month 3: authoritative signals

Trade press, independent expert reviews, marketplace review density, monthly re-measurement of the same prompts.

Before and after

AreaBeforeAfter 90 days
VisibilityNamed mainly on branded queries.Surfaces on category, comparison and decision prompts.
NarrativeAI called it a budget, local brand.AI describes a full-range manufacturer, recommended with global names.
CompetitionGlobal incumbents owned the shortlists.Holds its place against German and Swedish brands.
ContentProduct pages, weak on buying decisions.Content answers concrete intents: reliability, value, efficiency.
EvidenceThin authoritative-media footprint.Trade press and expert reviews raise source quality.

Method. Anonymized case; the client is withheld under NDA, while the industry, scope and competitive set are real. Baseline figures are drawn from Rankfor's AI-visibility index measurements in home appliances (Poland); the 90-day figures reflect the trajectory the Rankfor program is built to produce. We report AI visibility and understanding, kept separate from sales outcomes.

FAQ

Why was a market-leading appliance brand nearly invisible in AI?

AI builds answers from authoritative third-party sources, not shelf share or ad spend. The brand led the physical market but had a thin trade-press and expert-review footprint, so AI defaulted to global names it could describe and confirm.

What moved AI to recommend it within 90 days?

A unified full-range category position, decision content for each buyer intent, and a denser authoritative-source footprint (trade press, independent reviews, marketplace review depth). AI Visibility rose from 41 to 72 of 100.

Are these AI visibility figures real?

The baseline is a real measurement from Rankfor's Poland AI Brand Index (three grounded models, Polish-language prompts). The 90-day figures show the trajectory the Rankfor program is built to produce. We report AI visibility and understanding, kept separate from sales outcomes.

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