Ipsos Thinks

The competition to be heard has never been greater. People have access to more content, at more speed and across more devices than ever before. In this thought piece Ipsos Connect's Phil Shaw looks at how brands can cut through and build connections with people when the choice of what to engage with is so vast.

In a unique survey, Ipsos will be interviewing a longitudinal panel of respondents on their attitudes to immigration throughout and after the election campaign.

Many of the world's largest companies have embraced the concept of Brand Purpose and are orientating their brands around it. But how much are consumers actually influenced by a brand having a clear purpose that focuses on the wider world and does this affect their likelihood to buy a product? In this paper Jon Harper and Marcus Reidy from Ipsos Connect explore both whether brand purpose affects consumers' opinion of a brand and whether a positive reaction increases their likelihood to buy.

It's not enough to be normal. Today's digitally driven world is often described as "the new normal" but to succeed today, brands need to be better than normal. They need to be Superheroes - in this paper Phil Shaw looks at how brands need to be driven by a clear Purpose, be a force for good and be fast & agile.

What can brands learn from the past year in advertising that will help them create even better campaigns in 2015? In this paper, Jon Harper looks beyond the hype to understand how brands can leverage the power of long-term emotional brand building while ensuring they achieve short-term targets too.

Ipsos's new global survey highlights how wrong the public across 14 countries are about the basic make-up of their populations and the scale of key social issues.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Ipsos Social Research Institute's Understanding Society, which explores the differing attitudes, values and expectations across generations, tracking how they change over time.