The Hungarian airline Wizz Air has grown from 2 million passengers in 2005 to 39.8 million last year. However, due in part to this rapid ascent, the airline hit some turbulence in between August 2019 and August 2019: Congested airspace Unexpected technical delays Cancellations Weather events Air traffic controller strikes. This led to negative online […]
At the Quirks Event in London, Finn Raben, the Director General of ESOMAR, shared research from HERE Technologies (which collects GPS data from vehicles), Buzzback (the lead agency), and Cint (the sample provider) on consumer attitudes towards privacy. So much of our life now takes place digitally. In an Internet minute, there are 87,000 tweets, […]
At the Quirks Event in London yesterday, Nadja Böhme of Factworks and Pete Cape of Dynata shared tips for designing research for “Generation Overload” with techniques to minimize the effort required by survey respondents. The goal is strike the right balance between simplicity and substance. “Research should be like a clock – simple at the […]
At the Quirks Event in London yesterday, Rick Kelly and Calista Corley of Fuel Cycle discussed the rise and transformation of UX (User Experience) research. “Digital is the new battleground for customers,” Calista said. “We all have mobile experiences and our journey as consumers matters greatly to brands and their success.” She offered the following […]
While Choice-Based Conjoint (CBC) works great for many research problems, its models are limited to making an independent choice: one phone compared to other phones, for example. If you want to model dependent choices, such as a phone and then a cellular plan, or a meal (appetizer, entrée, dessert), you’ll need Menu-Based Conjoint (MBC). At […]
At the Quirks Event in London today, Jon Puleston of Kantar discussed the challenges with using traditional personality tests in commercial market research. Ogilvy now emphasizes cognitive segmentation rather than demographic segmentation, as advertising has shifted from demographic targeting to microtargeting. At the behest of Ogilvy, Kantar profiled 30,000 panelists around the world using the […]
David Smith, Finn Raben, Adam Phillips, Reg Baker, and Vanessa Oshimam conducted depth interviews with industry leaders to better understand what we should be doing to showcase the value of our customer insights. At the ESOMAR Annual Congress in Amsterdam today, David provided seven strategies derived from these IDIs for how to ensure your customer […]
At the ESOMAR Annual Congress in Edinburgh today, Kajoli Tankha, a senior director in Microsoft’s insights group, shared her personal journey of taking on a new leadership position. “New jobs can be dangerous to your career! Almost half of executive transitions are regarded as failures, and four out five execs feel unprepared for their new […]
In a breakout session in Edinburgh today, in the lead up to the ESOMAR Annual Congress, Quentin Dunstan, the Organizational Resilience Market Development Manager at BSI, shared the results of BSI/Cranfield research on resilience. The traditional metaphor of organizational resilience was bouncing an egg off the pavement without breaking it. What do you have to […]
A common thread running through many of the presentations at last week’s Insights Associations NEXT conference was the role of emotion in understanding customer journeys. Anne Beall of Beall Research shared her firm’s research into how emotions affect a customer’s journey through purchase interest, repeat purchase, and brand advocacy. “Consumers don’t think their way through […]