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The marketing mix of retailing firms and its strategic and research problems

In order to know the real mechanics of distributive structures, and particularly of their evolution, it is first necessary to identify and analyse the functions they have to fulfil and the way in which they are (or are not) fulfilled. Every retailing...

Catalogue: Seminar 1974: Management Information For Retail Organisations

Author: Giancarlo Ravazzi

April 1, 1974

The Iguassu project

The Iguassu Project is a market research study which faces a unique situation: the strategic repositioning of a tourist region very important to three countries - Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay - seeking to construct a new and international brand for...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Authors: Julio Cesar Tannus, Roseli Stier Azambuja

Company: Ogilvy

September 1, 1996

Strategic use of trends in the youth market

The paper looks at the importance of a strategic approach to understanding markets, and the constant relevance of youth culture as an indicator of the long term development and impact of trends, not just for themselves now, but for their coming...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: How To Be Number One In The Youth Market

Author: David Cox

October 22, 1997

Strategic use of trends in the youth market

Several years ago, I delivered a paper to an ESOMAR Congress on the subject of trends in the youth market. In it, I made a number of observations and predictions concerning patterns of young people’s behaviour over the forthcoming decade.

Catalogue: New Monograph Series Vol.9: Researching Youth

Author: David Cox

August 1, 2000

A new challenge: Strategic research (French)

My objective is neither to deliver a case history of the utilisation of surveys for strategic purposes, nor to present a new, revolutionary method. Rather, on the grounds of my dual experience as a Manager and a Consultant in the area of strategic...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1985: Broadening The Uses Of Research

Author: Louis Tuvee

June 15, 1985

The contribution of research to a successful new brand

The paper illustrates the launch and development of the Heinz 'Weightwatchers' brand from 1985 to 1990 with particular attention paid to the contribution of research to this development, i.e. why research was necessary and how the results impacted on...

Catalogue: Seminar 1990: New Product Development

Authors: Sue Nicholls, Alison Hollinrake

Company: Kraft Heinz Company

June 15, 1990

Strategic issues in European cross border mergers and acquisitions

Acquisitions are a principal way in which companies grow and expand. Therefore, the strategic implications of them are of considerable importance. However, reasons for acquisition are not always strategic in nature. The decision to acquire a company...

Catalogue: Seminar 1990: Countdown to 1992

Author: Willem van Someren Gréve

June 15, 1990

How to be a future shock absorber

This paper highlights the way a more strategic approach to marketing intelligence can dramatically improve ability to predict the future. The professional marketing intelligence team (both the client and agency side) need to apply critical market and...

Catalogue: Congress 2006: Foresight

Authors: John Marinopoulos, David Smith

September 17, 2006

New consumerism

The world is facing a power shift: emerging countries are affecting the way the people consume on a global level. This "new consumerism" has a direct impact on revenues, but there is no clear understanding of how these changes affect consumer...

Catalogue: Latin America 2016: Research Renovation

Authors: Steve August, Alejandro Tanco

April 13, 2016