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Brand stretching

The subject of brand extensions is looked at and, in particular, the idea of 'brand stretching', in order to answer the question, "How far can a mother brand stretch, by extending itself within and across brand categories and sub-categories?" The...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1996: Changing Business Dynamics

Authors: Yaman Akalin, Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

September 1, 1996

Consumer behaviour prediction and the modelling approach

In this paper, traditional methods used by market researchers to predict consumer behaviour are criticised and the argument put forward that a formal modelling approach is the only way that reliable predictions can be made. Such an approach may...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Author: Peter Sampson

September 1, 1974

Data collection approaches for old and new research techniques

In recent years a number of new data collection approaches have emerged. These include quite new questioning formats as well as modifications to established data collection practices. These developments have occurred because: 1. Research thinking in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

November 1, 1977

The debate continues but the emphasis is more about 'quality'

The Monograph will try to explain what is meant by 'quality' and how it may be achieved and improved upon. Its contributors argue that to achieve real quality requires discipline - in the design, execution, analysis, interpretation and presentation...

Catalogue: New Monograph Series Vol.4: Qualitative Research

Author: Peter Sampson

January 1, 1998

Let's take a new look at brand image measurement

The measurement and monitoring of brand image is a major requirement of marketing management and a major preoccupation among market researchers. It has been for almost fifty years. The ways in which brand image is measured have not changed much in...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1994: Success Through Adaptation

Author: Peter Sampson

Companies: Burke, Inc.,

September 1, 1994

Exploration

This paper is in two parts. Part one is concerned with a consideration of exploratory research techniques, in particular, 'depth' or intensive interviewing and group interviewing. It is argued that if expertly conducted, they can be extremely...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1969

Author: Peter Sampson

June 15, 1969

The evaluation of below-the-line activity by ad hoc field research

The author has attempted to show that conducting ad hoc survey research to determine the effectiveness of below-the-line activities is a viable, but difficult field to work in. Once a decision has been made as to what performance criterion variables...

Catalogue: Seminar 1971: Below-The-Line Activities

Author: Peter Sampson

May 19, 1971

Conducting research amongst small sectors of consumer markets

This paper discusses a problem that is frequently encountered in consumer market research. It is the requirement to obtain 'usable' samples of small minority market sectors where cost and time constraints exist. The author has not found the answer to...

Catalogue: Seminar 1981: Sampling Problems And Data Collection

Author: Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

May 1, 1981

Dynamic segmentation

The paper looks at traditional ways of segmenting consumers and suggests that, with increasingly complex markets and with changing patterns of consumer behaviour, they are inadequate. A new approach to segmentation 'modal' or 'dynamic' segmentation...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: Building Successful Brands

Authors: Brian Hooper, Hans-Erik Anderssen, Peter Sampson

Company: Burke, Inc.

June 15, 1994