Brand purpose is a strategic concept which provides a reason for a brand to exist beyond making a profit and encompasses the philosophy behind a brand, and what helps to drive it.
Brands with a purpose that feels too distant from people's everyday lives may struggle to create those connections. A strong purpose will relate to people in all their spheres of concerns.
I recently facilitated an innovation workshop at a client and things got tense… really tense. And I couldn’t have been happier. We’ll get back to how that’s done in a moment, but let’s start by defining what a tension is.
It has never been tougher for brands to touch and move people. We all experience it. Globalisation has resulted in multiplying brands. With digitisation, more content is developed for more channels. How can you make your brand rock? Here are five lessons Ipsos has learned from investigating successful – and not so successful – brand communications.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, new data from Ipsos Global @dvisor shows that although the vast majority in 24 countries around the world say they believe men and women should be treated equally (88% on average), most still think the current situation is one of inequality in terms of social, political and/or economic rights (72% on average).
As addressed in this Ipsos Flair report, Thailand is a country in mourning but it's also a place where the prospect of hope and renewal exists, despite a weak economy.
Insight
This newsletter gathers the highlighted papers and reports of the month.
This international review covers a range of health issues including patient experience and expectations, behavioural interventions, the importance of health literacy, and the opportunities and challenges of ageing populations.
The theme for World Water Day 2017 is “Why waste water?” and is in support of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 6.3 to improve water quality by reducing, treating and reusing wastewater.
Product Lifecycle Management – or PLM – was once heralded as the ultimate methodology for retail private brands, helping to create new products that consumers will love. Despite this, there are still too many that are below par by the time they reach the supermarket shelves.
We are all familiar with the empirical tools used to evaluate concepts, optimize the words and phrases, and forecast sales. But these fail to examine it from a real life perspective: what do consumers want from the concept or, more specifically, what is the best combination of elements to include in a concept? Read this paper for exciting details about an alternative optimization solution that doesn’t favor close-in ideas and actually rewards uniqueness.
Welcome to Ipsos Flair, Thailand. Our 2017 rendition, “Beyond the concerns”, offers a unique perspective on the mood of the country. 2017 represents a crucial year for the Thai economy which has latterly suffered from weak growth.
