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Can market research help the world embrace a post-growth economy by understanding consumer lives, needs, and diverse economic models while fostering stakeholder engagement?
Insights from the Future of Yesterday
6 min readKey themes and take aways from the "Future of Insights Summit".
Supercharge means “to make faster or more powerful.” Supercharge is also the theme for ESOMAR’s 2023 Global Congress, held in Amsterdam 10th-13th of September.
The shift towards a post-growth economy challenges businesses to prioritise societal contributions over profit accumulation. Are we close to seeing its fruition?
Ignite your knowledge and amplify your impact in the ever-evolving world of data and insights at this year's ESOMAR Congress in Amsterdam.
As we embark on the exciting journey of technological progress, we ask ourselves how can we in insights take advantage of AI rather than have it take advantage of us? How much can it amplify our capabilities?
Why insights professionals should stop blaming consumers for the sustainability say-do gap. Part 2.
3 min readThis is the second half of our article on sustainability say-do gap. Part 1 explained why we shouldn’t hold consumers responsible for it. In this second part, we look at where we should focus our efforts.
Gustavo Alvarez discusses the role market research plays in the food and nutrition industry across Latin America, how insight innovations are impacting the industry and how brands effectively connect with consumers.
We have outlined five key traits that we believe will help young researchers thrive in the market research industry.
Innovation in statistics
6 min readHappily, a lot has happened in the field of statistics since the Roaring Twenties, when writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Ernest Hemmingway were getting their careers underway.
Why insights professionals should stop blaming consumers for the sustainability say-do gap. Part 1.
5 min readThose pesky consumers. If only they would really do what they say they will – buy the sustainable product, do the recycling, eat a plant-based diet – we would be able to save the planet, right?
Discover the latest companies who have chosen to join the ESOMAR community as corporate members.
Room 101: Marketing jargon to bin
5 min readThere’s so much jargony, and empty noise in marketing. And most large corporates have their own suite of impenetrable acronyms to complicate matters further.
Understanding consumers' emotional connections with a product or brand is increasingly critical
Make social media social again!
7 min read“No algorithms, no tracking, no personalized Ads ‒ just a safe space for you and your friends to hang out online!”
Super Bowl advertising is the biggest platform of the year, but does it resonate with all the different consumer audiences? The Super Bowl, in 2022, had roughly 112 million viewers with over 40% of them from diverse groups and women.
When we hear that inflation is high, or the exchange rate is down, or that unemployment is up, we start thinking about the general economic situation. And – more specifically – how it’ll affect our own business.
Brands that don’t embrace diverse advertising and LGBTQ+ inclusion can alienate consumers and hurt sales.
The 2023 Insight250 features innovators and leaders from over 50 nations spanning six continents. This year, almost 75% of the honorees were first-time winners.
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.