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Measuring minority groups using mainstream surveys

This paper describes the ways in which the United Kingdom's radio audience research system (RAJAR) has been developed and modified since its beginnings in 1992 to improve representation of minorities. Primarily its coverage relates to the measurement...

Catalogue: ARF/ESOMAR Worldwide Electronic And Broadcast Audience Research Symposium 1996

Authors: Roger Gane, John Stockley

June 15, 1996

Mobile telephone

The paper outlines one of the major programmes of market research conducted by Mercury One 2 One prior to the launch of its mobile telephone service in the United Kingdom. It describes some of the research techniques and procedures used in the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: Telecommunications In A Dynamic Market Place

Authors: Pauline Knox, Barrie Parker

June 15, 1996

Fine tuning the media vehicle selection

This paper attempts to provide marketing and media professionals with a new way of looking at how their money is being spent. When multi-million dollar decisions are taken on advertising spend, markerers tend to fall back on a traditional approach to...

Catalogue: MENAP Forum 1996: Pressure On Profit

Author: Stan Sthanunathan

March 1, 1996

Farmer's needs and expectations in regard to technical and service innovations

This study was conducted by BVA in the Spring of 1994 in 7 cereal producing regions of the European Union. Farmers were brought together in a total of 8 small focus groups. The participants were comparatively young cereal growers with at least 5...

Catalogue: Seminar 1996: European Agri-Business Under Pressure

Author: Sylvie Darier

Company: BVA Group

February 1, 1996

Who is in bed with Madonna?

Conventional research methods tend to lack efficiency as they do not take into consideration the specific quality of moving images: their sequentiality, and the resulting sequence of perception. Therefore it seems futile to further develop aspects of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Looking Through The Kaleidoscope

Authors: Michael Altrogge, Eva Schabedoth

December 1, 1995

Scanner-based data applications for improving FMCG sales and marketing efforts

Electronic Point Of Sale (EPOS) data from grocery store scanners have led a revolution in the way manufacturers and retailers use data for strategic and tactical decision making. The industry continues to change, with more robust, actionable...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Author: Thomas Harris

September 1, 1995

A bull in a China shop

The economy in China is growing at an unprecedented rate. It is forecast that its GDP will overtake the USA by the year 2030. While agricultural output is threatened by mass migration to the cities, the industrial, retail and financial sectors are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Kate Shanahan, Trevor Sharot

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1995

Positioning one thousand brands in their respective markets

The Market Radar is a new and efficient way to link market research with marketing. It answers a key question in research: Who is the buyer? By doing that it demonstrates the position of a brand or service and allows for efficient marketing planning....

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1994: Success Through Adaptation

Author: Werner Wyss

Company: DemoSCOPE

September 1, 1994

Customer satisfaction application in the information technology sector

If we had to sum up this telephone survey in three words, they would be: simplicity, speed and performance. The research has been carried out on a continuous basis in year-long waves. It relies heavily on PCs: not only for the actual interviews, but...

Catalogue: B2B Marketing Seminar 1994: Reengineering Of Traditional Market Research

Author: Luciana Traversari

Company: DOXA

June 15, 1994