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Co-branding
6 min readHow to combat potential pitfalls using behavioural research
Conscientious costs
4 min readDo people shop ethically when times are hard?
Marketing planning often focuses too much on past sales and market share, which doesn't indicate future competitiveness. To gauge a brand’s potential, it's crucial to assess its current marketing performance.
An eye-watering nine million adults in the UK are economically inactive. The UK is the only G7 country still with a smaller economy than pre-COVID.
Hope as a useful solution or another hyped piece of technology that will eventually fall by the wayside?
Empathy and its link to EBITDA
7 min readIn a world where consumers say that they wouldn’t care if 74% of the brands they use disappear and feel that less than 27% of brands improve their lives and well-being, the need to bond more closely with consumers is becoming more urgent.
AI was once the least exciting subject area in tech. We wanted cyborg pets and robot manservants. What we had was reliable data transfers and more targeted email marketing.
There are now many thousands of statistical tools, and new methods are being developed at an increasingly rapid pace
In Part Two, we looked at how this is changing the way in which insight operates within the strategy, marketing and insight disciplines, introducing the seven ‘Power Skills’. In this final instalment, we put the spotlight on each of these skills.
Alexa, stop spying on me
6 min readNew research shows that brands need to focus more than ever on earning people’s trust in how they use data.
Top tips
6 min readReviewing the top tips of 2022 ( Part 1)
ESOMAR’s collaborator Jackie Rousseau-Anderson interviews Pål Malmros, partner at Verdane about what elements make the insights industry interesting for investors.
Discover some of the companies that have chosen to be a part of the ESOMAR community as corporate members.
Unser Brand Love 2022 Report zeigt 2022 erneut, welche Marken die Herzen der Verbraucher im Sturm erobern.
Understanding consumers' emotional connections with a product or brand is increasingly critical
Market research for academics
4 min readHow academic institutions can integrate advanced market research tools
What do an apathetic cartoon monkey, the first tweet ever tweeted, and the viral noughties video ‘Charlie bit my finger’ have in common? They’re all NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) sold for £900k, £2.1m, and £53k, respectively.
Invisible to Invaluable – How research and behaviour change communication is helping increase respect for and dignity of waste pickers in Bengaluru, India: Part 1
Word-of-mouth marketing has been essential for brands which thrive without traditional advertising. Social media and augmented reality (AR) enhance product discovery and strengthen connections.
Insights in Asia Pacific
5 min readDifferent reactions to the pandemic



















