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The Vanishing Front End as a Threat to Impulse Purchasing
What are these new shopping technologies and how are they affecting impulse purchases at the front end?
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Evolving Shopper Experiences for the Modern Man
We are fortunate to live in an era of unrivaled retailing diversity and prosperity. People have unprecedented access to goods and services within their local communities and across the world. In truth, shoppers have so many options that the shopping experience can be both exciting and daunting.
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Geared for Health — Asean's growing medical and healthcare industry
Medical device companies wanting to become market leaders in ASEAN need to focus on effective cost management and the introduction of new, cutting edge technologies, according to a new paper on the healthcare market in South East Asia from Ipsos Business Consulting.
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The Delightful Quest for Optimal
Spoiler alert: We know that investing in Product Optimization at the earliest stages of development is a globally proven way of escaping the test and tweak trap – helping to start you on your journey to uncovering the next big opportunity. Simply put, it’s really smart research, allowing you to pinpoint the optimal product formulation and, even smarter, enabling you to predict whether or not that formulation will succeed in-market.
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Food Equals Love
We've been taught from birth to equate food with love. Food manufacturers and restaurant businesses intuitively understand this connection but lack clear direction on how to best leverage this relationship.
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Three Case Studies on Reaching Millennials
With their significant purchasing power compounded by an ability to influence success in-market, Millennials are a major part of a brand's future.
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Grocery Shopping Path-to-Purchase
In this paper we offer a detailed picture of how consumers go about purchasing groceries for the household. To optimize sales, retailers need to fully understand the entire shopping journey of a consumer in order to maximize share of wallet. Consumers shop at multiple stores for different items, show a predictable pattern in the sequence of the stores they shop at, and exhibit a fundamental need for high quality fresh food.
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Is Hydrogen the Future of Automotive?
When I was a kid, I thought by 2015 we would be flying around in cars like The Jetsons. It appears we aren't there just yet, despite my wish for us to be flying around by now! However, we have come a long way in powering vehicles.
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Understanding Choice & Consumption
A perennial question that marketers seek to answer is how people decide on what products to use. To answer this question, we often focus on how product choice varies with consumers' demographics, attitudes, benefits sought, etc. For example, we conduct segmentation studies to understand the different needs that people have and we also run driver analysis to understand what product features predict product choice. We also cast a wide net and look beyond our products to include the competitive offerings (Market) by conducting product tests to benchmark our products' performance versus key competitors. Entire teams are dedicated to understanding the competitive landscape via brand equity and market landscape studies. In sum, there is ample effort made to understand the Consumer and the Market.