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Ipsos Encyclopedia - Concept Testing
A concept test is the stage in the product development process where a detailed description of a product (and its attributes and benefits) is presented to prospective customers or users, to assess their attitudes and intentions toward the product.
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Brand Purpose
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. -
Feeling Tense? Good, Let’s Innovate!
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.
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Thailand 2017, Beyond the concerns.
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.
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What happened to the ‘L’ in Product Lifecycle Management?
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.
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An Efficient Alternative to Concept Optimization
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.
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Flair Thailand 2017 - Beyond the concerns
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.
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Incremental Versus Monumental Decision-Making
How to Keep Up with the Pace of Business in the New Reality - In this article, we will describe an alternative incremental approach to decision-making that keeps up with the pace of business in today’s rapidly and fundamentally changing world.
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Great Expectations - Are Service Expectations Really Rising?
Are service expectations rising? Check out the Ipsos blog for more on the relationship between consumers’ assessment of a service encounter and their perception of the provider afterward.
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Ipsos Encyclopedia - Brand Equity
The many definitions for Brand Equity cover similar ground. At its simplest, Brand Equity is a measure of a brand's current health, strength or ability to generate sales, or usage, among its target audience. A more complex and financially-based definition of Brand Equity, is the "net present value of the profit stream management expects the brand to generate through time."