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The use of market research as positive aid to improving promotional strategy, execution and evaluation within a total communication concept and specifically in relation to advertising

This paper summarises a market research programme that was carried out before, during and after the Martini 'Wonderful World' promotion in England in the spring of 1975. In our experience it is all too often true that promotional material is...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Authors: Michael J. Franklin, David Wilding

June 15, 1976

At least sixty percent of promotion material is wasted!

Our study was based on representative samples of important groups of the food trade: 50 interviews among wholesale companies: 50 interviews among central offices of chains and 333 interviews among retailers with an annual sales volume of DM 200.000...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: Wolfgang Schaefer

Company: Schaefer market research GmbH

June 15, 1976

The use of micro market testing in the evaluation of alternative promotional strategy

This paper reviews Mini-Test Market experience in the field of consumer promotions testing and concludes that pre-evaluation of alternative promotions or indeed of any alternative marketing action needs a valid test method which in turn offers...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: Tom Blackett

June 15, 1976

Recent trends and future considerations for the promotions industry

In considering what might happen to the promotions industry in the future, it is essential to go back to the latter part of 1973 at the start of the economic crisis and continuing period of difficult marketing and trading conditions. It is important...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: Michael J. Franklin

June 15, 1976

Utilization of the Nielsen panel for evaluation of promotions

In starting to write this paper, I had some doubts: "Should I really talk to an Assembly of Researchers and Professionals of the Promotion about distribution checks, consumer sales and other basic items?" A short review of a few dozens of promotion...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: Pierre Strauch

Company: Nielsen

June 15, 1976

Promotion and the retailer

ESOMAR has asked me to make some comments on "Promotion and the Retailer". In short I was to face you as a retailer and present you with some personal experiences and comments on the subject of promotions. So far so good. When I read the papers...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: K. J. L. Alberdingk Thijm

June 1, 1976

The state of the art

This paper seeks to show what kind of marketing objectives promotions are able to achieve and how the researcher can help the marketer in defining promotional goals and measuring the results.

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: The Contribution Of Research To Decision Making Promotions

Author: Yves Castagnol

June 15, 1975

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

Opening of the seminar

These trends have led retailers to assume more of the marketing functions previously undertaken by manufacturers. Retailers are encouraging store rather than brand loyalty through promotional and media expenditure, through own label brands and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1974: Management Information For Retail Organisations

Author: Martin Simmons

April 1, 1974