As consumer pressure flows down to business pressure, developing the right strategic responses is challenging. These guiding principles will provide grounding amidst the instability.
How can an advert perform well in one country, but prove significantly ineffective in another? Why would a global campaign from a US brand resonate in France, but miss the mark in the UK and Brazil? And what do brands need to understand for their marketing efforts to successfully traverse international borders?
While seemingly counterintuitive, it is not by cost-cutting or raising prices, but rather by investing in marketing that enhances brand and customer experience.
In this month’s edition of Ipsos Update you'll find articles related to the global environment of continued uncertainty. Between heatwaves and the continuing rise of inflation – a dark cloud overshadowing many of this month’s articles – consumer anxiety is evident. We also focus on creativity in advertising and learn how behavioural science can lead to more successful product testing, alongside new global surveys exploring the public’s views on the most trustworthy professions and the legal status of abortion.
Creativity is often celebrated as the fuel of effective advertising, but it has a problem. It is an enigma of artistic work, with a range of definitions, wrapped in uncertainty, which often collides with marketers’ needs for stable returns from their advertising investments