Sometimes called the fifth 'P' of marketing (along with product, price, promotion & place), packaging rose from being a simple commodity, a ‘necessary evil’ allowing the product to reach supermarket shelves and ultimately consumers, to become a powerful marketing tool in its own right, especially among FMCGs.
Companies around the world are increasingly interested in upscale consumers. This growing interest isn’t just among luxury brands, but increasingly extends across many categories and price points. The challenge, however, is a shortage of actionable, reliable information about higher-end consumers on a global scale. When studies are available
Ipsos Global @dvisor Monthly Syndicate Service is a 24 country, online, monthly syndicated research service used to generate information for media and clients. Every month, we complete 500 to 1,000 online interviews per country.
As the world’s population ages, there is value in segmenting the more mature consumers into two distinct categories: those 50 to 70 - the “Silver Hair” segment - who have at least a decade or more of work to go, compared to the older old who may be less active than the first group.
Insight
This newsletter gathers the highlighted papers and reports of the month.
The global focus of development and growth has firmly shifted to Asia and this is most evidenced in the increasing source of consumer trends across this diverse region.
The emerging middle class in China is rapidly expanding. In fact the OECD states the BRIC countries will have as much as 75% of the economic influence in the world by 2020.
Real People don’t always act real. They lie, pretend and imagine. But that’s OK – there are ‘layers’ of truth, and each layer tells a story. So to understand Real People we need to jolt them out of autopilot, take them out of their comfort zone and unearth their instinct.
The CNCBI Cross-border Banking Demand Index captures the trends of cross-border demand from mainland companies and individuals for banking services provided by banks in Hong Kong in the next quarter, based on the results of a quarterly survey over mainland companies and individuals conducted by international market research firm Ipsos.
Clare Lui, Executive Director – Ipsos MediaCT shared at a recent Ipsos HK Client Seminar result from a new and exclusive Ipsos Study which assesses the Advertiser Sponsored Programming market in Hong Kong, the UK and the USA.
The Internet creates opportunities that make it easier for entrepreneurs to start new businesses, for small businesses to grow, and for all businesses to increase productivity.
