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Measuring editorial needs

In November 1978 a new tabloid newspaper was launched in the Midlands and Northern areas of England. It was positioned directly against existing popular newspapers. Marplan, on behalf of The Sun, monitored its launch in order to predict its sales...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: Publishing And The Communications Industry

Author: John Clemens

Company: Marplan Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

November 1, 1979

Star track

This paper describes the thinking and planning that lay behind the launch of Britain's newest daily newspaper, the Daily Star, and the role played by research in the overall marketing operation. The main research project described in this paper was...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: Publishing And The Communications Industry

Author: Iain McLellan

November 1, 1979

Planning and monitoring a successful magazine launch

The research activities surrounding the successful launch in September 1978 of COMPANY, a monthly magazine aimed at independent young women and currently selling 300 copies, fell into three phases.

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: Publishing And The Communications Industry

Author: Michael Bird

November 1, 1979

The launching of two special interest magazines

This case tells about the launches of two special interest magazines and the results obtained. These launches were the very opposites to each other. One of the magazines was started very spontaneously on the solid insight and belief of its makers....

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: Publishing And The Communications Industry

Authors: Matti Peltonen, Patrick Elg

November 1, 1979

The success of Hjemmet in the general magazine market in Norway

The paper tells how a family orientated women's weekly, Hjemmet, widened its audience dramatically through a coordinated editorial/marketing effort. During a 5 year period after 1974 circulation almost doubled, without reducing sales of the main...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: Publishing And The Communications Industry

Authors: Helge Boekenes, Mette Moe

November 1, 1979

New products

This paper is concerned with the generation and screening of new product ideas. It does not concern itself with the development of products, brand names, packaging or advertising of the ideas which survive the screening process and is thus only the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: New Product Development

Author: Ronald W. Artingstall

October 1, 1979

Tactical contribution made by research into retail banking

Belgium's leading bank, the Societe Generale de Banque, operates on the international market, the corporate market (businesses large and small) and the private customer market. In 1974 a market survey showed that on the private customer market, the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1979: The Marketing Of Financial Service In A Competitive Environment

Author: Philippe Kaisin

June 15, 1979

Testing children

The aim of this paper is to look into the possible relationship which exists between market research and product development on the one hand and the market success of newly launched products on the other. The author is going to present a case study...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Researching Children

Author: Gernot Schwentner

Company: Unabhängiges Meinungsforschungsinstitut INFO GmbH

October 1, 1978

Analysis of new products on basis of results from several minor analyses and creative interpretation

My notes relate to the introduction of Alt om Mad in Denmark in the Autumn 1977. Comprehensive analyses were preceding the introduction, ensuring a minimal risk by the launching. We carried out the following test programme: 1) Test of potential and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1978: Value For Money In Market And Social Research

Author: Torben Larsen

September 1, 1978