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Test marketing

The case for test marketing is now widely accepted, and most of us here have been involved in carrying out research for test markets. The risks associated with modern mass marketing are so considerable that manufacturers gladly avail themselves of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1966

Author: David Brown

September 1, 1966

Are business executives truly interested in market research findings?

It is certainly a vital question to ask, whether business executives are really interested in the outcome of the research projects they commission; and yet this question is seldom if ever raised among market researchers. Is it perhaps that...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1966

Author: Coen C. J. de Koning

September 1, 1966

Applicabilite des methodes d'etude grand public dans les milieux du paysannat (English)

Market studies done in a rural environment do not seem to present any particular methodological problems when the persons interviewed are "modern" i. e. culturally urbanised farmers who direct large modern farms, have mental attitudes comparable to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1966

Author: J. Dubost

September 1, 1966

Some techniques and interesting results in discrimination testing

Profits on repeat-purchase consumer goods can be increased by replacing raw materials with cheaper substitutes while maintaining sales. In these cases, it is obviously essential that the performance of the finished product does not suffer. But it is...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1966

Author: Colin Greenhalgh

September 1, 1966

Some unusual sampling experiences in human systems problems

Sampling theory is well developed and well known. The most satisfactory methods are also simple. Unfortunately the theoretically sound and simple methods can seldom be applied in practice in sampling human population. It is often impossible to find...

Catalogue: The European Marketing Research Review 1966

Author: Leslie Wilkins

August 1, 1966

The co-ordination of the research and creative functions in a large advertising agency

Ogilvy & Mather Limited is a large UK advertising agency, part of a group which includes large agencies in three other countries with smaller offices in a further three countries. Six months ago the London agency reorganised the way in which...

Catalogue: Seminar 1966: The Role of Market Research In The Creation of Advertising

Authors: Mick Williamson, Julia Ann Burdus

Company: Ogilvy

June 1, 1966

The seven deadly sins in advertising research

Year after year industry invests ever increasing amounts in advertising, in order to keep up with the great competitive struggle. The sums thus spent go into hundreds of millions. Advertising should and must create advantages in competition. That's...

Catalogue: Seminar 1966: The Role of Market Research In The Creation of Advertising

Author: Herbert Flögel

June 1, 1966

The use of market research in international marketing management

In the context of this paper, I have restricted the term "International Marketing" to cover only the marketing of consumer goods with substantial advertising appropriations, i. e. appropriations aimed at and intended to create consumer demand for a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Conference 1965

Author: Roger Goldsmith

June 15, 1965

Methods of measuring the difficulty of language used in advertising copy

This report describes the principal methods used for measuring the difficulty of language, makes a critical survey of the circumstances in which they can be used and discusses the problems associated with adapting some of them to other languages....

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Conference 1965

Author: Pompeo Abruzzini

June 15, 1965