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BC or AC: Before Coca Cola or after Coca Cola

This paper addresses certain ways in which anthropology may be applied with relevance to market research. Four main topics are discussed: the development of semiology as a powerful potential tool for understanding the dynamics of advertising; the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Janet Gruber

September 1, 1988

How does the trade see manufacturers? Results of a representative survey of the central organisation in German food retailing (German)

This paper presents the results of a representative survey conducted in 1985 with 40 chief buyers of the central organizations in German food retailing. The study was initiated by Hildmann, Simon, Rempen & Schmitz/SMS and conducted by GfK. The...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Jörg Rehorn

September 1, 1988

How to predict the sensitivity of demand to price

The purpose of this paper is to describe how a user can predict sensitivity of demand to price for consumer products. The trademarked name for the technique is $9.99 Price Testing. However, the technique itself is simply an application of classic...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Joel N. Axelrod

September 1, 1988

Productivity in international research

The main argument is that the methods and the facilities for designing and controlling multi-country research have evolved from the primitive approach of the 1950's to a sophisticated and versatile methodology which is still being developed and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Michael Wilsdon

September 1, 1988

Territorial marketing or marketing tailored to the needs of local government

This article shows how a town that wants to attract business investment, or the developer of a leisure park who wants to find out more about his clientele, can analyse the power of attraction of his image or project before going ahead with his...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Authors: Caroline Lioret, Denise Vaubrun

September 1, 1988

The effects of simulated price change on consumers in a retail environment (German)

The following paper deals with the psychological price research and shows a strategy to increase the effectiveness of price creation under consideration of psychological rules. By varying the price of a certain trial product the effects on behavior...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Siegfried Högl

Company: GfK

September 1, 1988

The ethical dilemmas of the market researcher

The success of the market research industry over the past 40 years has led it into techniques and applications which were not anticipated by its original founders. As a result an increasing number of researchers are becoming involved in other related...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Authors: Mary Bartram, Peter Bartram

September 1, 1988

Is marketing research going another way? (French)

Marketing research is developing rapidly. This paper attempts to give the up-to-date situation on recent developments both as regards new technologies and methods. The field of retailing, neglected by marketing research for a long time, is now...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Gerard Hermet

Company: GfK

September 1, 1988

The effects of simulated price change on consumers in a retail environment

The following paper deals with the psychological price research and shows a strategy to increase the effectiveness of price creation under consideration of psychological rules. By varying the price of a certain trial product the effects on behavior...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Siegfried Högl

Company: GfK

September 1, 1988