Ben Page opens this month’s edition of Ipsos Update with his reflections on a global environment of continued uncertainty. Between heatwaves and the continuing rise of inflation – a dark cloud overshadowing many of this month’s articles – consumer anxiety is evident.
We also focus on creativity in advertising and learn how behavioural science can lead to more successful product testing, alongside new global surveys exploring the public’s views on the most trustworthy professions and the legal status of abortion.
With the next national election closing in on the two-year countdown mark, it seems as if the ANC is now firmly establishing itself in the “less than 50% of the vote” category, while all other political parties have a lot of work to do to impress voters to turn out and draw a cross next to their names in 2024.
Global market research company, Ipsos, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kim Larsen as Service Line Lead: Brand Health Tracking for Ipsos in South Africa. Kim replaces Julitha Tseka, who is transferring to Client Officer, remaining in the Ipsos South Africa business. Julitha served as Service Line Lead: Brand Health Tracking for Ipsos South Africa since September 2018.
Creativity is often celebrated as the fuel of effective advertising, but it has a problem. It is an enigma of artistic work, with a range of definitions, wrapped in uncertainty, which often collides with marketers’ needs for stable returns from their advertising investments
With recent record-high temperatures in Europe in mind, Ben Page introduces this month’s edition with reflections on whether the more urgent threat of inflation threatens to overshadow the global public’s concern about climate change. We explore this in more detail with articles on perceptions of inflation in the MENA region, and deep dives into concern about climate change in Switzerland and support for net zero policies in the UK. We also look at the perception of traditional and non-traditional media across the EU and how technology will influence the future of music.
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Excluding Turkey, Colombia and the US, who are the actual top 3, this means that 3 in 10 in the rest of the countries surveyed incorrectly overstate the true position of their country, according to data from the UNHCR for 2021.
