Category Archives: Research

Understanding Customers and Customer Motivation

If you know the answers to the following questions, you will be able to save or reallocate some cost on your publicity and comms budgets. For each target market, How does the potential customer consume information? – this may vary … Continue reading

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Easyjet. Moving the Brand Up the Scale

Easyjet, one of the original leaders in the budget sector of flying have just increased their profits by 28% – very impressive in the face of rising fuel costs. After languishing in the doldrums for some time, the new Chief … Continue reading

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Mobile, Mobile, Mobile. Get Dressed and Put on Your Mobile

The Marketer magazine this week has some fascinating research on mobiles: Nomophobia is the fear of having no access to mobile technology According to gazelle.com, 40% of apple users would prefer to give up coffee rather than their mobile. 18% … Continue reading

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I didn’t know you did that…

Clients and customers are never fully aware of any company’s product range, so we thought it might be interesting to update on the range of marketing and sales services that we are providing. This conforms to the tabs on our … Continue reading

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Good market research reduces risk – bad market research risks your investment

People often say – our research tells us…. 1. What is important is to realise when your sample size is correct and reflective of your target market 2. That the questions are being asked in an unbiased way that reduces … Continue reading

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Packaging makes the difference

A recent published market research project presented 10 consumer panels of 10 people with 5 unbranded glasses of orange juice to pull out different comments on flavour. The same products were then presented being poured out of different containers – … Continue reading

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Right Place, Right Time

According to the papers this week, Magners sales are down by 20% this quarter while sales of beer are up.  Most of this is attributed to the wet weather, as you can imagine. We have often talked about the value … Continue reading

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Innovative Research – Online tools and trends features added to Google

Google recently entered the world of market research with the launch of their own consumer survey tool, currently only available to US users. This is an interesting move by one of the internet’s fastest ever growing businesses. A recent article … Continue reading

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Watch out for Animee – the new beer targeted directly at women

Marketing – spot a gap – research it, – develop it, – test it- communicate it – launch it. Those clever marketers at Molson Coors identified from desk research that only 17% of women in the UK drink beer. It … Continue reading

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Dancing Russ! A few John Sergeant moments

We mentioned last week that Russell Ferguson was dancing in a competition and that there might be a video.  Well here is the link that will try to show the hard work that is going into the practise!  Please have … Continue reading

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