This month's edition of Ipsos Update features recent Ipsos research and thinking on trust, customer experience, populism and nativism and our new edition of Flair South Korea.
Have you used our new Ipsos Traffic Count app yet? Available on the App Store and Android, our app benefits those who are working on the shop floor right through to managerial levels. It complements our secure online portal and provides users data and the tools they require to make operational decisions on the go. Now with voice integration, this handy app displays historical data as well as near real time data that allows staff to see immediate results. Moreover, it sends email and text notifications to alert you if your site or location is reaching maximum occupancy.
What happens when there is a mismatch between what a brand promises to its consumers and their actual experience? Fiona Moss explores the promise-experience gap, the benefits of aligning the two and the pitfalls of over-promising.
Despite the immediate convenience of online shopping, the bricks and mortar retail industry is standing strong against the competition. By understanding where they stand in the market, retailers can create effective and informed strategies to keep traffic as high as possible. As the industry is ever changing, this is what they can expect over the coming year.
Text analytics is now an established component of many market research programmes. However, as its popularity has increased, so have expectations of what it can deliver. Here, Fiona Moss provides five ground rules to follow to ensure more success in using text analytics tools.
Virtual Reality (VR) technology has been around for at least a decade and you could say it’s clearly gone from sci-fi to sci-fact. However, it’s still seen as a new technology and has not hit mass adoption; so what has gone wrong?
Earlier in the year we headed to NRF, and here’s our summary of retail trends in 2019, and what you should expect in the retail sector over the next 12 months.
Throughout the year, we welcome retailers and industry experts at retail trade shows such as NRF to discuss all things store traffic and customer behavior-related. Talking points often circle around how to use the data provided by traffic counting technology, underpinned by the general consensus that retailers should start with the consumer on every decision.
Three case studies from Ipsos House showcase the opportunities for investigating human responses, motivations and behaviour offered by the research facility.
One of the most important developments facing brands today is how digital technology is fundamentally changing customer behaviour and decision-making. This paper introduces five 'Mind Economy' trends to suggest how consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands can achieve growth in this reality.
