Increasingly, market researchers are talking about System 1 and System 2 thinking, and the differences between standard market research approaches and more ‘advanced’ ap- proaches, from implicit association tests to measuring brain activity. I believe this dichotomy is mistaken, and that we can and should […]

Sending a letter across the world once took 10 weeks. Today we can send a WhatsApp message the same distance within 10 seconds. But as the communication evolution continues, the huge volume of digital engagements consumers have on a daily basis makes it difficult for […]

Survey Writing 101 Clients often tell us that their quant surveys have been neglected over the last few years, left behind in the wake of research innovations focusing on online qual, or technologies like text analytics or facial coding. As a result, they’re still asking […]

Across the world we are seeing a rise in individualism. This might feel like a recent phenomenon driven by Millennials, the ultimate ‘me generation’, yet in reality individualism has been on the rise globally for several generations, with recent figures putting growth in individualistic practices […]

The word ‘disruption’ is commonly used to describe innovation in market research and other industries, but how can we differentiate incremental improvements from changes that are truly disruptive? Many breakthroughs in market research have shaken the industry up, as emerging technologies and ideas often do. […]

There’s no doubt that mobile video is becoming increasingly prevalent in research. It delivers richer insights compared to open questions; helps to bridge the gap between businesses and their customers by bringing the consumer to life, in context; and allows us to create show-stopping outputs. […]

The standard model of market research has relied on language as the main medium for understanding behaviour for more than 100 years. But recent discoveries in psychology and behavioural economics suggest that behaviour is driven more by emotions than reason, so is language still the […]

Most brands rely on a brand tracker to monitor the health of their brand and competitors over time. While these trackers can lead to insights about trends affecting your brand and your competitors, they usually explain very little about causality, how and why a brand […]

Little by little, the past few years have seen a weakening of the dominance of multi-national brands in Asia, as local players win consumers’ hearts with greater understanding of local culture and its importance in consumer decision-making. For example, beauty is big business in Asia, […]