Resources Library by ANA

1500,000,000:100,000,000:150: Editing the customer-centricity gene for the next century

Find out how you can bring together the power of community, collaboration and uncommon customer Insight to create sustainable value for your stakeholders and lead your category.

Catalogue: Fusion 2018 (Big Data World + Global Qualitative)

Authors: Adrian Terron, Kavita Mahto

November 11, 2018

Reconciling contradicting facts by instituting a "hierarchy of truth" to bust myths

See how J&J leveraged data and intuition by applying control systems engineering techniques and deep qualitative insights in its Vision Care franchise. Given market structure complexity, learnings apply across FMCG/regulated categories.

Catalogue: Congress 2018

Authors: Vittorio Raimondi, Pavi Gupta

September 23, 2018

What's the future of category management?

It is our opinion that the category management initiative, as a whole, has not unfolded as we had expected 15 years ago. With the benefit of hindsight, it is unlikely that it would proceed in such a fairytale fashion.The road to adoption of category...

Catalogue: Retail 2007

Author: Stephen P. Needel

February 19, 2007

Building customer loyalty on knowledge

This paper addresses the difficulties faced by food retailers in recent years. Category management is the latest magic formula but the success of category management is completely dependent on the quality and relevance of the information provided....

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Authors: Wolfgang Lenzen, Claus Patzke

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1998

From identifying need states to testing in virtual reality

Category management (CM) presents challenges to suppliers and retailers which are further exaggerated by efficient consumer response (ECR). The benefits of category management for supplier organisations are maximised when a purchase marketing...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Authors: Maureen Johnson, Paula Felice

September 1, 1998

New insights for retail range development in the toiletries market

This paper discusses an approach to retail range development and category management for the toiletries and cosmetics sector on a multi- country basis. The paper develops a retail structure model for a number of national markets. Having looked at the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: The Changing Retail Scene

Authors: Mike Harris, Remi Vazeille

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1997

Category management and effective consumer response

As we know, all that has changed and we now have a very cautious, discerning and rational shopper. The push economy has finally become the pull economy. Just as marketing has become a business term, category management is becoming the business term...

Catalogue: Seminar 1997: The Changing Retail Scene

Authors: Bob Qureshi, Jenny Baker

June 15, 1997

Developing new panel services for retailers

This paper describes how consumer panels in Great Britain have been developed in recent years to provide a wide range of services that are of specific relevance to grocery retailers. The paper will go on to describe in more detail three new services...

Catalogue: Revolutions In Panel Research 1997: New Questions, New Solutions

Author: Allan Breese

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

February 1, 1997

Turning swords into plough shares

Category Management is essentially a partnership between retailers and suppliers, leading to the manufacturer driving a category through the retailer's stores rather than an individual brand. Manufacturers share information with retailers to help...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Authors: Danielle Pinnington, Maureen Johnson

September 1, 1996