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Forecasting the sales impact of new product improvement

This paper summaries the authors' experience in estimating the sales impact of product quality improvements, made to new products. The paper describes the manner in which a particular forecasting technique takes account of product evaluation in its...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Micro And Macro Market Modelling

Authors: Lynn Y.S. Lin, Stephen Factor

Company: Burke, Inc.

October 26, 1987

Data gathering and forecasting difficulties in the developing countries

This paper considers the problems of collecting data for sales forecasting and marketing decision making in the developing countries. Included in the discussion is an evaluation of the sales forecasting experience of a small number of Canadian firms...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Research In Arab Countries

Authors: Erdener Kaynak, Gillian Rice

June 15, 1987

Estimating sales volume potential for new innovative products with case histories

Estimating sales volume potential for new innovative products is generally quite difficult. Traditional comparative measurement methods of presenting to potential consumers some competitive products along with the new unique product is obviously not...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

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

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1986

A new type of copier

At the end of 1984 Canon, represented in Switzerland by W. Rentsch AG, decided to launch a completely new type of copier: the Canon Laser Copier 9030. This machine has a wide range of new features based on digital principles. Primary research was...

Catalogue: Seminar 1986: Problem Solving In Industrial Marketing

Authors: René Egger, Paul E. Dobler

June 15, 1986

Analysis of sales of price promoted consumer goods using scanner data

In this paper the following problem is tackled: Assumed, a pattern of individual item sales and corresponding prices by week is known for a certain period of the past. What sales can be expected if planned price strategies including price cuts are...

Catalogue: EMAC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: Methodological Advanced In Marketing Research In Theory And Practice

Authors: Martin Both, Wolfgang Gaul

June 15, 1984

Monitoring recession effects on sales of gas in North West England

This paper is concerned with the research carried out to assess the impact of the recession on gas sales in the North West of England, and to use this information as an aid to predicting the future sales trend.

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

Author: H. G. Berrisford

June 15, 1984

Predicting the sales potential of new products

The paper reviews the applicability of the main market research methods which predict the sales potential of new products in fast-moving consumer goods markets. In particular, it examines a class of techniques - Simulated Test Markets - usage of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1983: Demonstrating The Contribution Of Research

Authors: Simon Godfrey, Jon Wilkinson

June 15, 1983

Forecasts in pharmaceutical product-groups

The findings presented in this performance refer to the sales-development of pharmaceutical product-groups in national markets. All findings are based on experimental experiences, combined with our know-how in long range forecasts. By the here...

Catalogue: Seminar 1983: Information For Decision Making In The Pharmaceutical Industry

Author: Lothar W. Schirp

June 15, 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