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The search for knowledge

A combination of growing prosperity and technological advances has brought a vast increase in complexity to many markets. Inevitably this has had a major impact on market research. Many simple techniques which used to work adequately now no longer do...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Stephan Buck

Company: Kantar TNS

September 1, 1998

Brands, retailers and consumers

Within Britain the dominance of leading supermarket chains continues to grow, as does the market share of own label brands. A new study shows generally favourable consumer attitudes towards these products. As a result, premium brands are widely...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1997: Learning From The Future

Authors: Judith Passingham, Stephan Buck

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

September 1, 1997

The growing strength of the retailer and the effects on FMCG brand manufacturers

This paper takes as its starting point the UK and uses consumer panel data to examine the trends in retailer concentration and own lable on a long and short term basis. It considers the extent to which recent trends in the major multiples are part of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/JMA/ARF Conference 1995: Triad 2000

Authors: Stephan Buck, Richard Piper

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 1995

Marketing to an ageing population

For Europe the major demographic change expected over the next thirty years is the growth in the proportion of the population over 50. This trend must be of importance to marketers, and this is particularly the case as there is growing evidence that...

Catalogue: Seminar 1989: The Untapped Gold Mine

Authors: Stephan Buck, John Gabriel

June 15, 1989

Single source data

In this paper we look at two such developments, one affecting the way in which people use television and the other their purchasing patterns, related particularly to grocery products. We then consider the ways in which market research has to adapt...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: New Developments In Media Research

Author: Stephan Buck

June 15, 1986

The future of television audience measurement in Europe

The objects of this paper are firstly to consider the key elements associated with the choice of research techniques (Section 2) and then to examine the recent changes taking place and their effects on consumer choice of broadcast material and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1982: Improving Media Research

Author: Stephan Buck

June 15, 1982

Operating effective panels for TV audience measurement

Panels offer certain advantages over sample surveys in providing TV audience measurement information more precisely and economically. As planning requirements for TV advertising become more sophisticated therefore, demand for TV panels is likely to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1973: The Application Of Market And Social Research For More Efficient Planning

Author: Stephan Buck

June 15, 1973

The interviewers' role with new methods of data collection

Recent advances in data collection and interpretation, especially electronic metering devices, have interacted with the work of the interviewer. Long-running panel operations have made it possible to assess the value of differential changes to the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1972: Marketing In A Changing World

Authors: Stephan Buck, J. G. Boggis

June 15, 1972

Measuring the effects of promotion on sales in theory and practice

Against the background of price inflation in the UK in recent times, it is not easy to objectively compute the effects of promotions on sales. This paper presents some case histories on a number of product fields which throw light on the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: The Business Of Advertising

Authors: Stephan Buck, Jeffrey H. Frankel

June 15, 1970