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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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Going The Extra Mile: A Case Study
The automotive marketplace has evolved considerably in the past decade. After years of tightening their belts, Americans are once again ready to open their wallets. But as they prepare to spend their hard earned dollars – particularly on big-ticket items such as vehicles – it is a very different shopping experience than it was several years ago.
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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.
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Risk from Counterfeiters to Increase as China's Auto-Parts Market to Double in Size by 2019
Ipsos Business Consulting - Key Insights
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Nearly Nine in Ten Small Business Owners Claim Technology - and Keeping Up with Technology Trends - Is Important to Their Business, Yet Costs to Upgrade Seen as Most Significant Technology Challenge
Costs to Maintain and Upgrade Emerge as the Most Significant Technology Challenge