Abstract:

Previous research on Project 068 (Imported Brands) was conducted by CRAM in November 1972. This was concerned with the possible options in the introduction of an American or quasi-American brand, and included, as stimuli, both concepts, and packs for existing American brands (Winston) and "fabricated" American and quasi-American brands. The present research was designed to take a more general view of the market so as to examine not only American but also French and German approaches, and the stimuli were limited to packs, rather than concepts. Three test-products were also used. The general object of the current research was to establish the perceived origin of the different pack stimuli, and, in the course of this, to investigate whether there was a single market for imported brands or whether there were separate markets for brands according to their origin. 

About this collection:
Peter Cooper (1936-2010) was co-founder of Cooper Research & Marketing, later CRAM International, with his wife Jackie French. Cooper studied Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester where he became a Lecturer in the early 1960s. He became involved in conducting commercial Motivational Research and by 1968 opened Cooper Research & Marketing in Manchester. Cooper was one of the key pioneers of what we now know as Qualitative Research. CRAM opened its London office in Wimpole Street in 1970 and moved to 53 St Martins Lane, WC2N 4EA, in 1972 where it remained until Peter's passing in 2010. The company changed its name to CRAM International in around 1985/86, reflecting the increasingly international nature of its work. The CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection, which includes commercial research reports and early academic papers, has been preserved by Peter's children, Diana, Helen and Jonathan, and his colleague Simon Patterson. The scanning of the Archive has been supported by ESOMAR, AMSR, Peter's colleague Dr Alan Branthwaite & family, the Cooper family, and QRi Consulting. The CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection is managed by QRi Consulting. The CRAM logo and CRAM International name are Registered Trademarks and the property of QRi Consulting.