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Explore the latest contributions from the community published on Research World to inspire and provoke your thinking.
AI offers the chance to transform our understanding and broaden our horizons. It not only streamlines value but also motivates us to elevate our standards and aspirations, encouraging us to reach new heights beyond the status quo.
Unlocking Energy Resilience
5 min readThermal Energy Storage Systems Market to Surpass USD 102.6 Billion by 2034
In Argentina, socioeconomic level (NSE) was assessed through characteristics, avoiding direct income questions due to cultural biases.
Since 2019, marketing and research associations in Peru have collaborated to promote industry growth and societal well-being.
Research World’s A Day in the Life of a Researcher series, curated by Sandeep Dutta, highlights the daily lives and challenges of researchers shaping the industry's future.
AI is changing how we generate insights, but not all AI-driven methods are the same. Relying solely on 'synthetic data' can be misleading and unhelpful, as it should not be treated as a catch-all term for all AI outputs.
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.
Fraud in market research is a major threat, with nearly one-third of respondents flagged as fraudulent in a recent study. Evolving tactics like device spoofing and AI-generated text are outpacing traditional defenses.
After the 2023 ESOMAR Associations Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City, five Latam associations decided to study how front-of-pack food labeling affects buying habits in the region.
Surveys are falling short. A new method, AI-moderated interviews or AIMI, is proving that the future of research is voice, not checkboxes.
The influence of rare, high-impact events, or "wildcards," like COVID-19 and 9/11, on consumer behaviour and market research. A better understanding and classification of these events is needed to anticipate future changes in consumption patterns.
Redundant in my 20’s?: Speculation from a young insights professional at the dawn of the AI epoch
10 min readAs one researcher portentously said to me recently – “What if I don’t want to be a prompt engineer?”
5 Trends Shaping Market Research in 2025
2 min readThe market research landscape is evolving rapidly. As we near 2025, innovative brands are embracing new trends to stay competitive.
An estimated £9bn is spent annually on market research in the UK. This article describes three behavioural science reasons why organisations don’t always maximise value from this investment.
As 2024 ends, experts from WIN highlight challenges like integrating AI and supporting employee well-being, emphasizing lessons learned for the future.
2025 Trends
8 min readMarket and opinion research provides a snapshot of current conditions. In today's VUCA world—volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous—decision-makers need data that informs both the present and the future.
The COM-B model helps understand and influence customer behavior, supports the growth of behavioral science in business, and increases the likelihood of audiences acting on research findings as well as clients commissioning proposals.
Market researchers may not be technologists, but their ability to implement technology is now career-defining, writes Infotools’ John Bird
De Beers needs a method to process vast data from millions of transactions and about 1,000 retailers in the complex jewelry industry to drive growth and improve efficiency.
“Insights on the Brink” by Brett Townsend and Tim Hoskins encourages insights professionals to transform their work into revenue-generating assets, emphasizing the necessary shifts in mindset, organization, and skills to drive real business impact.