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Margin optimisation throughout the brand life-cycle

This paper seeks to show how the underlying mechanism that determines the selection of differently priced goods acts through the life cycle of individual brands, and how strategic and tactical changes in the price of a brand affect this relationship....

Catalogue: Seminar 1990: New Product Development

Authors: Warwick Frearson, Trevor Richards

June 15, 1990

Compatibility between decentralisation and cohesion

In designing, implementing, developing and maintaining the organisation of a multinational computer services company, one must first of all respect the constraints linked to service. In its development, as well as in its management, GSI has preserved...

Catalogue: Seminar 1990: Countdown to 1992

Author: Jean Luis Brousse

June 15, 1990

Measuring and managing the corporate image

We are delighted to have the opportunity of speaking today in a session devoted to Corporate and Strategic Planning. The existence of such a session reflects the growing importance attached to corporate image, and recognition of the researcher's role...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1989

Authors: Stewart Lewis, Robert M. Worcester

Company: IPSOS

September 1, 1989

The successful aiming of communication at the new generation of retirees (French)

"NOTRE TEMPS" came into the world twenty years ago... in May 1968! Today's generation of retirees has nothing in common with that of 1968. Yet many of the economic decision-makers of 1988 when they speak of today's retirees, evoke memories of their...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Author: Gilles de Courtivron

June 15, 1989

BC or AC: Before Coca Cola or after Coca Cola

This paper addresses certain ways in which anthropology may be applied with relevance to market research. Four main topics are discussed: the development of semiology as a powerful potential tool for understanding the dynamics of advertising; the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Janet Gruber

September 1, 1988

Corporate culture and design management of Shiseido

It is my great privilege to speak about the corporate culture and design management of Shiseido on the occasion of this international meeting organized by ESOMAR. In the course of its 114-year history, Shiseido has built a unique corporate culture on...

Catalogue: ARF/ESOMAR/JMA Seminar 1986: Marketing, Advertising And Research

Author: Yoshiharu Fukuhara

June 15, 1986

Levi's: The art of staying ahead

Founded in 1850, Levi Strauss is now the largest clothing manufacturer in the world. The historical development of the Company is traced, and the astonishing growth in the blue jean market from the 1950s onwards. The way that the Levi Strauss Company...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Authors: Judith Blundun, Christine Restall

June 18, 1980

Current attitudes to development

Unilever is a multinational in every sense of the word, operating in 75 countries, employing over 300,000 people. In 1978 Unilever's sales to third parties reached £9,842 million worldwide. It is the 12th largest commercial concern in the world,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: New Product Development

Author: Hugh R. Darby

Company: Unilever

October 1, 1979

The use of marketing research in large French companies (French)

One of the main problems concerning marketing research is that of the effective use of the results and their integration into the decision-making process. Although much effort has been devoted to the improvement of research methods, one has in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: Patrick Le Maire, Yves Evrard

September 1, 1974