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The creative role of research in developing new marketing opportunities

The theme of the paper is the use of research as a creative tool in the development of new products and methods of marketing them: In this case, of course, the 'products' are financial services. In order to illustrate the theme the author shall be...

Catalogue: Seminar 1975: The Use Of Market Research In The Financial Fields

Author: J. H.M. Cockayne

Company: Acumen Fieldwork

February 1, 1975

Predicting product performance on the basis of consumer opinions

Over the last 18 months, empirical studies have been conducted by Scantest Research Limited using a research technique called Scantest. This technique attempts to predict, from consumer opinions, rank order sales and absolute percentage sales for...

Catalogue: Seminar 1974: Fashion, Research And Marketing

Author: William Arthur Dunning

December 4, 1974

Psychological problems relative to the coordination and gathering the efforts of leaders in the woman's ready-to-wear field

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the investigation made on the specific problems the creatives and executives of promotional strategy have met for several years in the woman's ready-to-wear market. The operation "Style and Way of Living"...

Catalogue: Seminar 1974: Fashion, Research And Marketing

Author: A. Crépy

December 4, 1974

Research for the non-household market for goods and services

This paper is based on a study dealing with one of the three segments of the non-household market for goods and services: the segment consisting of "work-locations". Initiated by Douwe Egberts B.V., this study was carried out for the first time by...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: W. G. M. Steur, Jean F. K. Dinjens

September 1, 1974

The baptism of the trade off model in Europe

Two main themes are pursued in this paper. Firstly, we discuss how a new research method: the trade-off model was used in the context of a major project, focussing particularly on the problems encountered and how these were solved. Secondly, we...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: Dick Westwood, Peter J. Hayes

September 1, 1974

Public policy and measuring the 'open-ended' situation

The object of this paper is to illustrate how research can assist in the field of public policy. The problems inherent in measuring open-ended situations where demand can be infinite are discussed. The need to use a variety of secondary measures to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: Mike Arnott, Emer Rodnight

September 1, 1974

Clustering by product usage

Segmentation is one of several multivariate analysis methods which can be applied to market research data; it can be carried out in several ways. This paper discusses briefly some of the possible techniques. The purposes of segmentation which we have...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: Simon Broadbent, Susanna Segnit

September 1, 1974

The telephone in consumer research

If someone asks for a recommendation on interview technique the consumer researcher will probably mention personal, postal and telephone in that order. If someone ask specifically about telephone interviewing the researcher will probably say "quick...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: David Miln, David Stewart-Hunter, Len J. Marchant

September 1, 1974

Research for public transport investment

This paper discusses two major aspects of research for public transport investment. These are the provision of comprehensive and detailed journey data by all modes of transport for individual origin/destination areas, and the measurement of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Author: Mervyn Flack

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

September 1, 1974