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Structured sense-making

As providers of 'research' we conduct inquiry into consumer behavior in order to generate new insights. However, raw data are not insights. Observations without context provide very limited utility; defining sexy new trends each year is no basis for...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Author: Richard Radka

November 20, 2008

Together we build the future

The goal of this paper is to draw a blueprint for an enhanced and holistic approach on online community research. Both researchers and clients will cede control to participants and make use of new web technologies, in the different phases of the...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Niels Schillewaert, Jo Caudron, Tom De Ruyck

Company: InSites Consulting

November 20, 2008

The future is hybrid

This paper will show how qualitative creative development expertise can be cross bred with online research to create a powerful new hybrid technique. Broadband means we can now do many of the classic qualitative ranking and projective techniques...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Author: Chris Forrest

November 20, 2008

Bag stories

Greet, Wendy and Ute shamelessly talked with women about the content of their bag. So did their partners around the world, from Shanghai to Stockholm. Bags from 15 countries will tell the stories of their owners. Female insights based on one of the...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Ute Rademacher, Wendy Hesseling, Greet Sterenberg

Company: Colibri Research

November 20, 2008

The role of helpers in advertising

The presentation will analyse the role of the so-called Helpers in advertising, drawing inspiration from both French semiotics and the American theories on screenwriting: originally combined in an innovative method. In movies, the Helpers are very...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Author: Joseph Sassoon

Company: Alphabet Sas

November 20, 2008

Intimate and intimidating

Eating behaviour is less and less determined by choice, tradition, social class or peer group and more and more driven by each situation and its particular requirements. This holds true even for the complex and traditional categories of food and...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Sebastian Buggert, Kirsten Juchem, Jens Lönneker

Company: Rheingold GmbH & Co. KG

November 20, 2008

New cultures emerge where old cultures meet

During this summer's UEFA Euro 2008, some football fans were interviewed after Turkey lost a semi-final match against Germany. They were Germans of Turkish origin and could hardly contain their anger against Germany at Turkey losing understandably,...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Müge Balta, Sven Arn

Company: Happy Thinking People

November 20, 2008

Anticipation marketing

When the Apple Store opened in Sydney recently, eager patrons queued in the cold to be among the first to claim this iconic brand experience. When Grand Theft Auto 4 was launched, Ebay demand was already at a record high before the first products...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Ellen Baron, Paul Merrell, Kristin Hickey

Company: Ruby Cha Cha

November 20, 2008

Do we need pragmatic polymaths to boost the qualitative research industry?

The qualitative research environment is rapidly changing. With a focus on foresight and innovation, marketers are realizing the importance of qualitative research and demanding more creative and actionable insights. Further, a wider range of...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Author: Vivek Banerji

Company: McKinsey & Company

November 20, 2008