A recent article in the Asia Research quarterly reports a fall in optimism for the opportunities market research has to offer. “Most pessimistic are researchers working in one of the big 4 global firms” – it reports. In my opinion, this change of fortune for […]
Over the last year, TapestryWorks has been helping many clients decode the complexity of human behaviour to optimise marketing plans, brainstorm behavioural promotional campaigns, audit in-store execution, and understand shopper behaviour. We’ve worked across many different categories, and one of the most common questions is […]
The recent referendum held to determine whether Scotland should become a separate country from the United Kingdom returned a decisive “No” vote. With a record turnout of 85% of the electorate, 45% voted to become a separate country, while 55% voted to stay part of […]
By the time you read this article, the 2014 Asia Research stakeholder survey will have been run, won, dissected, and reported. As this is the third such survey, we should be able to note any trends and recurring themes. Has the more positive client sentiment, […]
After years of exceptional growth, a slowdown in luxury retail spending in Asia has been reported recently, in “Rich Pickings”, a report on the Asian luxury goods market by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The report and many other media outlets stated that this can […]
In theory, market research firms should be good investments. With the exception of the unusual shock of the Global Financial Crisis and its immediate aftermath, the industry has seen consistent growth over the decades. More importantly, there continues to be remarkable growth in emerging markets […]
As the Market Research Industry battles redundance in a digital world, this article will try to investigate how the Market Research industry is impacted by the all-digital economy and how it can take advantage of it. This post will try to define threats posed by digital […]
Since first initiating an on-the-ground presence within China in 1996, we at B2B International have witnessed a very clear transition in terms of the requirements of clients for research into the Chinese market. Furthermore, we believe that these changes have not ceased and are continuing […]
What’s better than street food in Ho Chi Minh? ESOMAR’s Asia conference (well, nearly). Overall, it is a conference with a fantastic spirit. I enjoyed presenting our paper Brands Without Borders (read the summary here, or get the whole paper here), which I wrote with my American counterpart, Philip McNaughton. […]
In Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman provides a comprehensive and highly readable overview of how we all make decisions. In doing so he completely buries the already tarnished view of human behaviour as ‘homo economicus’ (rational decision maker) and demonstrates clearly and precisely that […]
