Resources Library by ANA

Touching smells, sniffing colours, tasting odours

This paper looks at two aspects of fragrances which roughly correspond to sociological and psychological perspectives.In the first section, it examines the sense of smell and the human experience (sensory and social) of fragrances.The second section...

Catalogue: Fragrance 2007

Authors: Alan Branthwaite, Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

November 14, 2007

Joining the 4th dimension

Consumer Insights are the most important factors associated with effective product development. Qualitative research methods are well suited to understand the consumer, most importantly needs, dreams, desires and the feelings and provides the...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2007

Authors: Catherine Genter, Andera Gadeib

Company: Dialego AG

November 12, 2007

Research World (April 2007)

Most modern businesses have established processes in which a range of disciplines, such as ergonomics, design, business management and market research, collaborate in a structured fashion. The specification of requirements, which forms the basis of...

Catalogue: Research World 2007

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

April 1, 2007

Consumers at the heart of innovation

Consumers should be at the heart of client innovation initiatives. This paper provides brand owners with a fresh perspective when thinking about how to involve consumers in processes linked to innovation, to arrive at both cutting edge ideas for new...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2007

Authors: Helen Wing, Raymond Crook, Sunanda Brahma

March 12, 2007

Brand Malaysia’

Everything is branded these days! Brand Malaysia is a unique brand building effort that defied the conventions of the 'est' syndrome (biggest, largest, richest, etc.).Brand Malaysia encapsulates the idea of 'redefining the conventional'. It is about...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2007

Author: Ratna Pratik Thakar

March 12, 2007

Optimal assortment and planogram development

Adopting a reach optimising approach to category assortment development presents significant advantages over a simplistic volume based solution. In evaluating category reach, however, we must take into account both the purchase and consumption...

Catalogue: Retail 2007

Author: Ian Addie

Company: Nunwood

February 19, 2007

From inspiration to the shopping cart

Successful NPD is one of the foremost challenges that the marketing fraternity grapples with today. Always an uncertain territory, it has become even more of a battle in the present context, with a fatigued consumer overloaded with sameness. An...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2006

Authors: Shashikala Raj, Anjali Puri

Company: Nielsen

October 8, 2006

How to turn Latin American trends into market opportunities

Based on GfK Roper Reports' Worldwide (RRW), a survey conducted annually since 1997 in at least 25 countries including major Latin American countries, the paper identifies consumer lifestyle trends and reveal their consequences in terms of market...

Catalogue: Latin America 2006

Author: Jean Christophe Salles

Company: GfK

October 8, 2006

Greenhousing with caring consumers

Developing innovative products and creating different ideas has never been a problem for Unilever. The company spent years and years investing in internal techniques and processes to ensure the development of innovative products for the marketplace....

Catalogue: Qualitative 2006

Authors: Karina Meyer, Rony Rodrigues

Companies: Unilever, Box1824

October 8, 2006