Resources Library by ANA

Getting into the real world of the shopper

For years we tried to get a hold on the shopper decision tree by traditional quantitative and qualitative research techniques using verbal measures (U&A, diary method, in shop observations, etc.). Nevertheless, the proliferation of SKU's turns...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Author: Wim Hamaekers

Company: Rogil Marketing & Sensory Research

September 15, 2010

Shoppers of Asia

Asia today has a population of more than 4 billion people, a market size which very few marketers can afford to ignore. As the region grows and the markets mature further, understanding and accommodating the various tastes, culture and the vast...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2010: Eyes on Asia

Authors: Himanshu Vashisthaz, Aruni Ghosh, Korakoj Nirutnapaphan

Company: Nielsen

April 20, 2010

Against all odds!

The challenge of establishing a leading brand in terms of market share and pharmacist recommendation in the OTC segment of pain relievers proves to be the ultimate task for marketing and market research: the coping strategies of sufferers seemed too...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2010: Trends And Innovation Booster

Authors: Dirk Frank, Marcus Neureiter

Company: GSK

March 3, 2010

Effective communication through market research

The pharmaceutical industry is a sector that has been undergoing a number of changes over the past few years. the most evident change is related to the increase in competition, resulting in a great number of mergers and acquisitions. In order to...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2010: Trends And Innovation Booster

Authors: Fábio Henrique Garcia Boscatti, André Hisao Muranaka

Company: Roche

June 15, 2008

An ocean of brands

As markets evolve it is becoming more difficult for brands to differentiate. They are competing in the same ocean, with sharks and species as dangerous and aggressive as they are. Brands with a strong emotional link will be at the top of its...

Catalogue: Latin America 2008

Authors: Laura Ruvalcaba, Deborah Elkes

May 13, 2008

Automotive dealerships in China

In recent years, China has surpassed Japan and the major European car markets, and rapidly become the second largest automotive market in the world. Only in the United States of America are more vehicles sold every year, and even this will change in...

Catalogue: Automotive 2008

Authors: Thorsten Amann, Klaus Paur

Companies: KANTAR TNS Malaysia, KPMG

March 3, 2008

Finding and developing new talent

There is now general agreement that market researchers need a broader skill set in order to cope with today's complex business environment. But our industry has been slow to make a breakthrough in developing training for newcomers in these wider...

Catalogue: Congress 2007: Excellence

Authors: Mario van Hamersveld, David Smith

Company: DVL Smith Ltd

September 19, 2007

Scalpel or hand grenade?

The market research industry spends a great deal of time and effort to understand how their clients' consumers make decisions what needs their clients' products satisfy, what choices consumers make versus their clients' competitors, how communication...

Catalogue: Congress 2007: Excellence

Authors: Subhransu Rout, Sangeeta Gupta

September 19, 2007

Creativity

This paper shows how brands facing deep marketing challenges such as repositioning, brand extension or competitive attack require creative solutions to engage consumers in entirely new ways.The paper describes an approach to identify real business...

Catalogue: WM3 2007

Author: Eric de Rugy

June 3, 2007