This paper describes how the research industry can use Virtual Reality (VR) simulations to predict and produce the effectiveness of shopper marketing activations. We propose a VR pre-testing programme for companies keen to understand and hone the effectiveness of shopper activations. We set out how, by combining the latest thinking from psychology and the best-in-class VR technology, we can unlock growth for brand owners and retailers alike.
We know now more than ever about what people do online, but very little about why, and how it makes them feel. MasterCard approached BrainJuicer to help them better understand on-line purchasing and payment behaviour. What we learned deepened and challenged our knowledge about consumers online how they feel and how they buy, and helped MasterCard to develop the positioning for their on-line payment services.
Human beings use two systems to make their decisions. One is fast and emotional, the other more difficult, ponderous and conscious. Research is prejudiced in favour of the latter. This presentation outlines the growing efforts to change that through building tools which truly reflect our attraction for fast, easy and emotionally satisfying decisions and which also turn human understanding into business advantage.
A world without questions imagines a world where directly asking questions is banned. How research is shifting from interrogation to observation is explored in this wide-ranging and entertaining, interactive presentation. Researchers are adjusting to the challenge of a data-rich world. The message will be both a celebration of research innovation, and a focused and practical guide to the emerging methodologies of a 'post-respondent' world.
New technology and tools are changing the practice of qualitative market research practice. Powered by the advent of broadband connectivity, social software, digital media and wireless devices, the Social Media Age has given qualitative researchers the means to transverse vast distances and observe the consumer journey in new ways. Similar to Homer's Odyssey, on this new journey (new boats, new sails, new maps, new navigation) we are also embarking on new journeys of immersion - observing and chronicling the people we study.