Abstract:

A decline in Persil's market share in Scotland was observed in 1972 and is still continuing. In addition, there was some evidence of a downward trend in soap powders generally. Nevertheless, Persil remains the leader of all three segments of the washing powder market in Scotland, with Ariel 2nd and Daz 3rd. Persil was relaunched on September 1971 and this appeared to be more successful in hard rather than soft water areas. Scotland, in particular, is known as a very soft water area. The major concern in Scotland was to try to identify the reason for the 'slip' in Persil's performance and to try to establish whether this could be indicative of a national movement or whether it was peculiar to Scotland. 

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.