Resources Library by ANA

What's the future of category management?

It is our opinion that the category management initiative, as a whole, has not unfolded as we had expected 15 years ago. With the benefit of hindsight, it is unlikely that it would proceed in such a fairytale fashion.The road to adoption of category...

Catalogue: Retail 2007

Author: Stephen P. Needel

February 19, 2007

Retail audit panels, international brands and advertsing expenditure in Hungary

The paper is divided into three parts. The first one describes the retail structure pre- 1989 and the rapid developments in the last 3 years in terms of the numbers and profile of retail outlets. The sources are official statistics and a retail...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Marketing Integration Of West And East Europe

Authors: Yiannis Papadopoulos, George Sphiktos

June 15, 1993

A bull in a China shop

The economy in China is growing at an unprecedented rate. It is forecast that its GDP will overtake the USA by the year 2030. While agricultural output is threatened by mass migration to the cities, the industrial, retail and financial sectors are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1995: Making The Decision

Authors: Kate Shanahan, Trevor Sharot

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1995

Mergers and acquisition

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, and develop a framework, which would provide directions for a successful merger. In the context of a spurt in the number...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Global Healthcare 2001: Changes In Competitive Dynamics

Authors: Suday Karkera, Trilochan Raval

April 1, 2001

How to measure and improve the performance of the marketing research function within user companies?

This document describes the method of survey and analysis used to evaluate the performances of the "market research" function in twelve companies belonging to the BSN group. The principal objectives of this project were the following: - to formulate...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1990: Using Research For Marketing In The 90's

Authors: Denis Lindon, Jean-François Boss

September 1, 1990

Analysis of retail audit data with expertise systems

The present service of market research institutes constists of providing extensive reports and charts for their clients on a periodical basis. The corresponding market research department within the client's company as well as the market researcher...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: Do New Technologies Help Or Hinder Marketing Decisions?

Authors: Oliver Beys, Stefan Müller

Company: GfK

June 15, 1992

Loyalty card databases

The paper describes how the development of store loyalty programmes enabled the emergence of a new kind of data allowing analysis of consumer behaviour at the point of sale.This information is of course first used to develop purchases of the store's...

Catalogue: Retail 2007

Authors: Matthieu Jolly, Laurent Battais

Company: MarketingScan

February 19, 2007

Building best in class insights capabilities

Inspired by Boston Consulting Group's 2016 report on 'Rewiring Customer Insight to Generate Growth', the Philip Morris International team in The Philippines took a journey to amplify the value of the insights function. In this paper we would like to...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2019

Authors: Charisma de Jesus, Tony Li

May 22, 2019

Marketing advertising patterns

This paper is based on retail store audits covering the consumer sales movement of 101 established brands of food, household and toiletry products over a seven to ten year period ending 1970-1972. Consumer sales are expressed as a share of market for...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Author: James O. Peckham

September 1, 1974