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The importance of being the first in a rapidly growing market

Sanoma bought Tecnopress in the beginning of 1983 with the aim of broadening its range of publications, which consisted largely of family and women's magazines. Negotiations between Tecnopress and Sanoma produced agreement to the effect that there...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Quality In Publishing

Authors: Jukka Miettinen, Jorma Sairanen

November 27, 1985

Horse racing sponsorship

The choice of horse racing sponsorship can solve the problem of being in touch with the most difficult target: the wealthy. The cost effectiveness of this operation is, by large, at the top of the scale. That's why it seemed worthwhile to consider...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Below-The-Line And Sponsoring

Authors: Tino Biglia, Ruggero Mazzini

November 6, 1985

Research for more effective product assortment decisions

The main purpose of this paper is to describe how specific research methods were used to support the decision making regarding the very recent introduction of new cooking equipment on the Dutch market. Specific characteristics of this market...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1984: What We Have Learned From The Recession

Authors: René Striekwold, Wytze J. Feringa, Rob R. van den Heuvel

Company: Philips International

June 15, 1984

A programme of business research across Europe, with critical decisions on capital investment and marketing activity dependent on the results

The brief for this research project came from the Brussels based product manager responsible for commercial stationery products. A new commercial product had been launched with great success in the USA in 1980 and then gradually released to Europe,...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Authors: Roy Haworth, Margaret Holmes

June 15, 1984

A launch test programme designed to predict market performance for new youth magazines

Test marketing new magazine ideas is not an economically feasible operation for I.P.C. Magazines' Youth Group. However, I.P.C.'s editorial and marketing expertise, gained over many years of publishing in the youth market, enables it to minimise the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: Publishing A Better Product

Author: Hilary Cross

November 23, 1983

The mail on Sunday

The object of this paper is to tell the story of the launch of The Mail on Sunday and how it nearly came to disaster; was relaunched and how it arrived in the position in which we currently find it which is the fastest growing newspaper in Fleet...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: Publishing A Better Product

Author: Mike A. Newman

November 23, 1983

The international newspaper

In the Spring of 1981, the 1980 European research programme was adapted and used in South East Asia. The main objective of this study was to look at the impact of the launch in S.E. Asia and to check that the editorial content of the newspaper was...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: Publishing A Better Product

Authors: David S. Mitchell, Barbara R. Lewis

November 23, 1983

Assessing new product opportunities in international markets

This paper reviews some methods for assessing foreign product opportunities and presents a sample case (introducing a North American beer in Europe) of international market choice. The paper shows that by following a methodological approach the firm...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: New Product Development

Author: Nicolas Papadopoulos

November 2, 1983

New product sales forecasting recent bases model experiences in Europe and in the United States

This paper shows that a standardised concept/in-home use test, if properly designed, executed and interpreted, can provide a very accurate data base for forecasting new product sales volume and its sales components. To reduce the risk of introducing...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1982: Fitting Research To Turbulent Times

Authors: Lynn Y.S. Lin, Alain Pioche, Patrick G. M. Standen

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1982