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Circling the square

The presentation demonstrates how qualitative research can unearth consumer insights and convert them into actionable recommendations. The case study presented illustrates the manner in which consumer insights have been translated and activated in...

Catalogue: Consumer Insights 2009: The Pragmatic Approach

Authors: Crystal Nathan, Johanna Campbell

Company: Nielsen

February 11, 2009

Me, myself and I

The question 'who am I?' is especially pertinent during adolescence. MTV Networks wants to understand identity construction among youngsters aged between 13-17 in a changing media landscape. The rise of social networks and other new internet...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Joeri Van den Bergh, Veerle Colin, Annelies Verhaeghe

Companies: InSites Consulting, Viacom International Media Networks

November 20, 2008

Technography/ethnography in the real world

The projects we will draw upon throughout this paper have all been conducted within the technology sector. Historically, this sector has been driven more by product or technology led innovation processes than by allowing innovation to be driven by...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2008: Consumer Choice

Authors: Judith Staig, Rose Tomlins

Company: GfK

November 20, 2008

A world of chicken flavors

During the spring and summer of 2007, Givaudan sponsored and QualiData executed a global ethnographic study to support the discovery and development of novel chicken flavors. Aiming for intensive consumer immersion at the point of flavor creation,...

Catalogue: Congress 2008: Frontiers

Authors: Michael P. Cook, Hy Mariampolski

Companies: QualiData Research Inc., Givaudan

September 26, 2008

Chinese frontiers

China is the greatest and most challenging new frontier facing international marketers today. It goes without saying that China is the major challenge for the 21st century with a population of 1.3 billion, GDP of RMB 24,661.9 billion ($3,570.33...

Catalogue: Congress 2008: Frontiers

Authors: Peter Cooper, Simon Patterson, Katie Zhou, May Qiu, John S. Pawle

Companies: DiagAid Marketing Research Co., Ltd, QRi Consulting Ltd.

September 26, 2008

Real environments

Video has become ubiquitous. Shooting in a digital video format is now within the realm of the mass consumer. All it means is that researchers need to lose their chains of objectivity and start looking at research as a form of narrative. Identify and...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2008

Authors: Prashant Ramachandran, Kunal Sinha

April 9, 2008

Of heads and hearts and cultures apart!

Culture, as we all know (sometimes rather disastrously!), is a powerful mediator across a range of marketing activities. The aim of this paper is to present thoughts on enhancing communication effectiveness for the Indian market by sensitivity to key...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2008

Authors: Sangeeta Gupta, Ranjan Samanta

Company: PepsiCo

April 9, 2008

Image subjectivities

China's online population is on the brink of overtaking the United States as the largest in the world. Growing at six million users a month (10 times the pace of US internet growth), China's internet users, who are predominately of a young age, will...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2008

Authors: Jerry Clode, Jim Poppelwell

Company: Anovax Marketing & Research Consultants

April 9, 2008

Grasping the moment of truth

Classic automotive market research today is still very technology-oriented and product-driven. This typically becomes apparent in study designs which are rather detached from reality and everyday life, for example when car drivers are asked about...

Catalogue: Automotive 2008

Authors: Sigrid Schmid, Christoph Palmer

March 3, 2008