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‘I’m in My AI Era’: The evolving role of market research in an AI era

Everywhere we look there is a discussion of an AI-powered future. Well, the time is here: I’m in my AI era. This session will flesh out the greatest challenges facing [...]

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‘The best half an hour I’ve spent’: Customer closeness in a low-engagement category

The need for customer centricity has soared to the top of the list of organizational priorities for most businesses. For many, it is a philosophy and a pledge which is [...]

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“Trust the strategy, optimize the execution:” How we leverage neuroscience to drive stronger ROI for your ads

Technology has dramatically improved our ability to target advertising, but creative quality remains at the center as the main media multiplier or eraser. However, are we really getting better at [...]

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“So, is that a good score?”: A Hershey’s and Dig Insights case study

We’ve all run concept tests before, looking for data that indicates you have the next big thing and will change the consumer landscape. And then when the data comes back, [...]

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2023 Consumer insights from user generated content

In the world of the digital revolution, consumers are not only users of digital assets but also creators of new digital content. On the other hand, consumer knowledge and awareness [...]

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2024 trends in research: Fact or fiction?

With budgets refreshed and initiatives set, how do you know if you’re driving the right strategies for success? Join Sago CEO Reed Cundiff as he leads an expert panel to offer [...]

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3 essentials to enhance your web designs

User-centric web design is essential for success with digital touchpoints. But did you know that a lot of the browsing process is unconscious – and outside of the awareness of [...]

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5 strategies to achieve feasibility and high-quality respondents

Delivering insights you are confident in is becoming more critical while finding high quality respondents is becoming increasingly challenging. This challenge is further complicated because we don’t have a consistent [...]

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7 facts about humans that will change the way you do research

Human beings are not rational. In fact, a lot of the time when they make decisions they are not even thinking consciously. In a world that is getting faster, more [...]

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A case study in AI-powered social data for product innovation

We’ve entered a new age of product innovation, one in which, instead of asking a handful of consumers survey questions, we harness millions of online social media conversations to gain [...]

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A fireside chat: How Madewell found the perfect fit through communities with PA Consulting and Recollective

Madewell, a J. Crew brand, partnered with PA Consulting to gain a deep understanding of the trends and influences driving consumer fashion purchase decisions. Using the Recollective qualitative research platform, [...]

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A leap forward or a societal menace? Tracking changes in American sentiment of AI technologies over time

While AI dominates headlines and boardroom discussions, the real question remains: What do consumers actually think? As conversations around AI reach a crescendo, it’s time to take a step back [...]

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A new era: How John Deere is harvesting deeper insights with conversational, mobile-first communities

John Deere is the world leader in agriculture, forestry and roadbuilding equipment. For almost 200 years, the company has produced technology-enabled products that help meet the world’s increasing need for [...]

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A new world disorder: Opportunity in a polycrisis

As 2023 opens, we’ve emerged from a global pandemic — only to find ourselves immersed in a looming financial crisis, a climate crisis, a war waged by Russia on Ukraine [...]

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A potent match: How to get better insights with AI and conversational research

Since the explosion of popularity of ChatGPT, we’ve seen an influx of AI capabilities flooding the market research and insights space. While some of these announcements sound impressive, they miss [...]

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A roadmap to improving accessibility

Are you missing out on 25% of the population in your research? Whether qual or quant, there are improvements that can be implemented when designing and reporting research to be [...]

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A splash of flavor in product testing excites new developments in beverages

Kraft, the original innovator behind flavored water enhancers, teamed up with Curion to develop a novel co-creation method that saved multiple rounds of testing while delivering a product profile that [...]

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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. case study: Unlocking empathy at scale with high-trust AI

While it may seem ironic, one of the biggest benefits of AI for insights leaders is to better understand how consumers really feel and why. But researchers also need to [...]

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Accelerating your brand with pladis Global

If you look in your pantry right now, chances are you’ll find a bag of Flipz pretzels. Did you grab them once as an impulse purchase and they turned into [...]

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Achieving launch success: Unlocking the full potential of an innovation

The appetite (so to speak) for classic comfort foods might feel universal to many of us. But when translating a brand new offering from Europe to North America, cultural context [...]

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Action-focused innovation tracking: How to get in the driver’s seat?

Launching a new product or brand is just the beginning: it takes agility and vision to achieve long-term success. Tracking is supposed to monitor an innovation’s performance, but traditional methods [...]

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Against all odds: Shaping a future once thought impossible

Join a client-side brand builder and Hotspex to discover how they have changed the effort-value equation via automation and AI to take best-in-class behavioral packaging, brand communications and design thinking [...]

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Agility on the line: Sweet insights are the icing on the cake

When you’re up against big challenges with quick turnarounds, crafting the right accelerated approach is essential to charge forward to success. The multi-national food company, Grupo Bimbo, constantly innovates to deliver [...]

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AI and the new researcher hierarchy of needs

The AI revolution isn’t coming; it’s already here. And if you’re a researcher who hasn’t experimented with AI tools, you’re already behind. It’s a business truth that organizations are trying to [...]

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AI anxiety: Embracing AI. But how?

As researchers, we find ourselves caught between excitement, concern and caution about the future of AI in research analytics. Mercury Analytics’ Ron Howard and Leigh Kessler highlight lessons learned from [...]

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AI FOMO: It’s real and we have some practical ways to get started

Murray Hill National, a qualitative research firm, underwent a profound transformation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, MHN transitioned from being an in-person research provider to one that is 80% [...]

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AI for insights is a game changer

Market Logic’s next step is to lead the market in AI for insights solutions. More data, more questions, fewer resources and an expectation for near real-time answers – that is the [...]

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AI for market researchers and Marketers: A practical guide

Hearing about trends and innovations in AI can be as exciting as it is overwhelming. The potential seems profound, but AI’s promise is only as significant as our ability to [...]

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AI-Driven empathy: Supercharging Coca-Cola’s brand identity with behavioral insights

Join us as we unveil the power of empathy amplification and AI-driven decision-making in one of the world’s most iconic beverage companies. Discover how Coca-Cola has harnessed the potential of [...]

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AI-powered consumer insights: Maximize the impact of your research

Delivering the experiences your consumers want is not easy as it seems. Intense competition and a plethora of delivery channels make it very challenging for decision makers to take GTM [...]

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AI, ML and data quality

At Toluna, our uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning are guided by three overarching principles: AI-driven insights trump AI-driven efficiency. We use AI and ML to guide users and clients to [...]

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AI: The promise and threat for research

The recent proliferation of AI has direct implications for the consumer insights sector. As such, the Radius innovation team has been tracking the space for a while now and has [...]

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Aligning with CXOs for insights that drive growth!

What differentiates CEOs at high-growth companies from everyone else? How can insights better align with fast-growing firms? Research Innovation and ROI will discuss new research among CXOs with respect to elevating [...]

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ALT, CTRL, SHIFT and UNDO: The 4 keystrokes that define the Gen Z worldview

Our presentation shares how Gen Z has different values, preferences and approaches and how marketers and researchers can reach this unique and savvy group of consumers by understanding how distinctly [...]

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America’s most wanted: Addressing current challenges in market research data collection

If you are like most of us, you’ve noticed that conducting research, particularly quantitative research (consumer and B2B), has become more difficult. It has become more challenging to provide the [...]

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Applying agile software principles to drive successful (physical) product development

As a venture-backed software organization, Highlight is here to share some learnings about how we translated the core principles of agile software development and embedded them into agile product development. Agile [...]

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Applying the MRS client-side EDI best practice guidelines

The MRS Guidelines cover sampling, language and methodologies and offer advice to client-side researchers. This session looks at the learnings from these guidelines and provides practical advice for implementation. Key takeaways: Awareness of [...]

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Are bots driving your brand love? – Quantifying the effect of fraud in market research

How confident are you in your data quality? Most researchers deploy some combination of attention checks and data cleaning to try to isolate and remove bad respondents, but as tech-enabled [...]

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Around the world in 80 days: Discover how Unilever, Mondelez and more leverage smartphones to gain actionable insights from across the world

Imagine if you could tap into a global database of in-store products and use the data to make smart decisions. Sales performances could skyrocket as a result. Leveraging over 5 million [...]

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Around the world! How Expedia Group and Luth Research traveled together on an international consumer journey

Expedia Group partnered with Luth Research to understand the motivations, behaviors and preferences for different types of travelers and identify similarities and differences between countries. With a mix of digital [...]

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Audio rituals: How contextually relevant audio advertising drives business results

The majority of U.S. adults (74%) make time for audio (radio, streaming or podcast) in their daily lives and for 40%, audio is a daily ritual in itself. These deeply [...]

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Augmented intelligence: Transforming research with automation

Join Todd Eviston of C+R Research as he introduces two organizations working in partnership to redefine the future of data analysis. Together with Dave Homer of ATP Canada Software & [...]

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Automated innovation: Greater efficiencies for client reporting

Learn how BVA BDRC are leveraging automation to achieve greater efficiencies in their reporting processes. Key takeaways: What to look for and plan when automating your reporting of large projects. How you can [...]

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Automated insight reporting done right

Report automation is often thought of as limited to just mass generation of charts, but it can be so much more! Bellomy is a full-service market research firm. Their work [...]

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Automated reporting done right!

Automated reporting has reached new levels from just basic “auto-charting.” In this joint client presentation we’re going to explore new breakthroughs in automation: We will explore case study examples of [...]

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Avengers assemble: Putting the Marvel superhero strategy at the center of Mars sensory insights to drive winning innovations

In any team, fostering a culture of continuous learning is paramount to staying ahead in the field of innovation. This involves not only acquiring new knowledge but also integrating it [...]

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Avoiding research limbo: How to keep your research from sitting on the shelf

The dollars spent on market research are valuable – we all want to do everything possible to use those dollars to effectively make decisions that drive the business forward. Join us [...]

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Awakening a sleepy category: Leveraging emerging signals and need states to inspire consumers to engage with a burden category

Like many durable consumer products, mattresses are seen as a high-risk and low-reward category plagued by a sea of sameness and brand confusion. Ensuring that consumer insights stayed front and [...]

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Be the change: Prioritizing social research at points of cultural inflection

In the midst of massive cultural change, consumers expect companies to engage. When DEI, CSR and ESG are all baseline expectations, how can we prioritize research that helps us to [...]

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Behavioral insights made actionable: The four behavioral science insights needed to solve any brand growth challenge

Using behavioral science research to uncover new, smart, actionable insights isn’t easy, but it is necessary in 2024. Fortunately, there are only four critical behavioral science insights that are needed [...]

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Being human: How to traverse highly emotional territory in marketing research

How can a moderator most effectively handle an emotionally charged interview topic? How does one maneuver when an interview suddenly becomes emotional for the respondent? Dealing with emotional content can be [...]

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Believe in better: A journey to embedding cultural insight at Sky

Understanding cultural shifts is key in delivering the vision of a future-focused company like Sky. This session will outline the journey to embed cultural insight in the business, its impact [...]

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Best shopper recession strategy: Raise prices or decrease volume?

All the new pressures of this crisis have led to similar challenges brands had to make two years ago – shortages, supply chain issues and consequently, prioritization of product distribution. [...]

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Better brand health basics with Florida’s Natural: Grow your brand using mental availability

Tracking research, particularly brand health tracking, is a key initiative for many brands. However, there hasn’t been much innovation in tracking since concepts like brand awareness were developed in the [...]

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Better together: How market research and UX research support product and service development

User experience (UX) research and market research are two important disciplines that are often used in conjunction to inform the design of products and services. Both fields aim to provide [...]

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Between two bushes with MANSCAPED: Building a brand people LOVE

Join Ipsos and MANSCAPED for an inspirational and entertaining session on taking branding by the balls and being unapologetically consumer-centric in creating a brand strategy and product lineup that speaks [...]

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Beyond HHI: Redefining consumer households, wealth and purchasing power

Currently, household income (HHI) is used almost universally in consumer market research for screening, profiling and data segmentation. Can you recall ever seeing an online survey, bulletin board or community [...]

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Beyond KPI’s monitoring: How Pernod Ricard leverages social listening in a consumer-centric strategy

At Pernod Ricard, social listening is at the heart of our consumer centric strategy. In order to follow the evolution of the performance of our brands and products online, seven brand [...]

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Beyond storytelling: Creating an insight-driven culture

For years, debates have focused on how data and insight can just get a seat at the executive table. That’s a position of influence and input, but not demonstrative of [...]

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Beyond survey research: The strategic impact of AI on insight teams

Everyone’s talking about the opportunities and threats posed by AI for survey research. But the success of client-side insight teams depends on far more than our ability to carry out [...]

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Beyond surveys: Leveraging online communities for business growth

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, companies need to stay connected to their customers to maintain a competitive advantage. This requires gathering valuable customer feedback and insights to make informed [...]

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Beyond tacos: Understanding the diverse and dynamic Hispanic population

The presentation discusses the rapidly growing influence and economic power of the U.S. Hispanic population, emphasizing the imperative for marketers and researchers to better understand this diverse community. It highlights [...]

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Beyond the data: Influencing with intuition and storytelling

Often even more important than quality research and insightful learnings is our ability to take that information and influence people and ultimately, businesses. A successful ability to influence is grounded [...]

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Beyond the obvious: Harnessing generative AI to analyze quantitative survey data, both current and historic

In the realm of market research, the convergence of AI with implicit testing, behavioral science and emotional understanding is revolutionizing strategic insights. We’ve created an interconnected AI ecosystem that seamlessly [...]

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Beyond trackers: Protobrand’s breakthrough approach to brand health for Pladis

Protobrand believes in the power of winning brands. Brands that stand out by establishing a personal connection through emotional, symbolic and functional attributes. Brand trackers often fail to capture this [...]

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Body love: Can the right activities get us out of a negative body image spiral?

Low body confidence is a wide-spread issue, with one in four U.K. women affected. It goes beyond being unhappy with your body – women with low body confidence feel trapped [...]

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Bogey to birdie: The positive impact of COVID-19 on the changing golf industry

For nearly two decades, golf as a sport for non-professionals was on the wane. Rounds of golf played declined by over a hundred million annually and thousands of golf courses [...]

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Breaking barriers not bonds: Unveiling the dos and don’ts of marketing to Hispanics and effectively impacting your reach

Natalia Infante Caylor, PhD will show how brands misunderstand the multifaceted layers of the Hispanic culture, affecting the ability to reach this important segment in a culturally sensitive way. The presentation [...]

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BREAKING NEWS…Respondents are not robots! Why humanizing market research leads to better business decisions

ChatGPT is cool and all…but respondents aren’t robots – they’re people! The most powerful thing that sets people apart from robots is our emotions, feelings, experiences and memories and if [...]

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Breaking the mold: How blending methodologies will ignite your growth in 2023

In a world obsessed with big data and algorithms, we’ve sacrificed the human context. Research professionals have fallen into a pattern of accepting the social norms of our trade and [...]

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Breaking the mould: How blending methodologies will ignite your growth in 2023

In a world obsessed with big data and algorithms, we’ve sacrificed the human context. Research professionals have fallen into a pattern of accepting the social norms of our trade and [...]

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Breaking the status quo: How PepsiCo and Black Swan Data are rewriting the new product innovation rulebook

In this session, we will explore the challenges of the traditional innovation process and how PepsiCo and Black Swan Data are developing new capabilities in terms of speed, accuracy, and [...]

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Bridging the $300 billion divide: Mining the gaps with Black consumers

Most brands unknowingly leave revenue on the table that is more accessible than any new-product launch will ever be. That opportunity lies in closing their gaps with Black consumers. Dawn [...]

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Bringing empathy through metaphor

Amongst all the bubble and squeak about AI, a lot has been claimed about what AI cannot do as well as what it can. Most discussion is more or less [...]

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BTS: Journey to the Metaverse

Get a behind-the-scenes look at a year-long body of work involving the metaverse at Warner Bros. Discovery and lessons learned along the journey. We’ll spotlight learnings from pitch to presentation [...]

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Bubbling to the top: Getting a taste for consumer shopping behaviors to develop data-backed pack strategies

Hard seltzers have bubbled to the top of alcohol consumption over the last half-decade. What started as a handful of disruptive brands, led by White Claw, now sees more than [...]

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Building brand trust with consumers in an uncertain world

In today’s complex and uncertain market, building trust with customers has become more important than ever. Consumers are facing a wide range of stressors and they need brands that they [...]

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Bundling for growth: Modeling optimized food and beverage bundles in small format

Identification of data-driven recommendations on optimized bundles of beverages and prepared foods in small format retailers to drive revenue for both company and retailers. Addressed customer objectives to drive prepared [...]

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Business insights that save lives: Choice modeling with first responders to drive innovation with Bullard

First responders answer the call to emergencies while often putting themselves at serious risk, saving lives and property. Such emergencies often involve entering burning buildings or structures under peril of [...]

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Busting organizational myths: What works, what doesn’t and how to avoid myths in the future

A panel discussion with industry researchers around how to recognize organizational myths, the ways that addressing these organizational myths has worked and not worked, and ways that we may be [...]

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Bye-bye burnout: A researcher’s guide to thriving in work and life

Burnout remains a pervasive issue in the industry, particularly among market researchers striving to meet stakeholder/client expectations while balancing personal well-being. In this talk, we will explore practical strategies and [...]

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CANCELED: Delivering the goods: How enterprise orgs use ResearchOps for better insights

This session has been canceled due to the speaker being unable to attend the event. Please select a different session at this time slot.

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Captivating consumer minds: Unveiling the power of attention in the e-commerce landscape

Not too long ago, social media and eCom were separate worlds. These worlds are colliding. Amazon is one of the fasted ad platforms, and social media platforms like TikTok and [...]

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Career development in a changing market research industry: A global study by MRII|UGA of market research professionals about their profession and how it is impacting work and career prospects

With the fast pace of change in the research industry, learning is critical for career advancement and to stay ahead of developments in the profession. In this state of the [...]

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Case study of Carat: Revealing the world’s most emotionally intelligent brands through AI-powered mass qual

DVJ Insights and Carat have collaborated to reveal the world’s most emotionally intelligent brands by using mass qual techniques to holistically measure people’s experiences and emotions, spanning the importance of [...]

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Case study: Unlocking empathy at scale with high-trust AI

While it may seem ironic, one of the biggest benefits of AI for insights leaders is to better understand how consumers really feel and why. But researchers also need to [...]

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Centralizing insights in a decentralized global enterprise: Winning with global CX measurement

Will customer loyalty metrics like Net Promoter Score ever disappear? Perhaps not, but your ability to align on a success metric and build global methodology standards could be advantageous for [...]

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Changes in consumer sentiment, confidence and ever-changing spending habits: An exploration of global and regional trends for 2024

Join Cara Edwards as she presents the Toluna Global Consumer Barometer Wave 24. The ongoing study features insights from over 16,000 consumers in 20 markets across the world on topics [...]

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Changing a brand position using behavioral science

Protobrand believes in the power of winning brands. Brands that stand out by establishing a personal connection through emotional, symbolic and functional attributes. Business brands often fail to capture this [...]

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Changing hearts and minds in the home connectivity category: Leveling up digital experience by building a beta community

Consumer demand for reliable home connectivity and high-quality digital services has undergone an acceleration. In today’s post-pandemic world, evolved consumer lifestyles and a digital revolution mean connectivity is king, inside [...]

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ChatGPT: What we know, what we don’t know and what iResTech is doing to address the threat

ChatGPT is a powerful new tool with diverse and incredibly powerful applications to transform our world for the better, but at a cost of difficulty distinguishing people from machines. The [...]

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ChatGPT: What we know, what we don’t know and what IRT is doing to address the threat

ChatGPT is a powerful new tool with diverse and incredibly powerful applications to transform our world for the better, but at a cost of difficulty distinguishing people from machines. The [...]

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ChatGPT: What we know, what we don’t know and what IRT is doing to address the threat

ChatGPT is a powerful new tool with diverse and incredibly powerful applications to transform our world for the better, but at a cost of difficulty distinguishing people from machines. The [...]

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ClearSeas.AI transforms post-syntax surveys into insightful AI-powered dashboards

Delve into the groundbreaking capabilities of ClearSeas.AI, the state-of-the-art solution for converting post-syntax survey responses into dynamic filterable dashboards. With our session we will demonstrate how ClearSeas.AI seamlessly integrates generative [...]

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Closing the loop with your customer

One of the biggest drivers of customer satisfaction is closing the loop – aka telling the customers what we are doing with their data. Although it is a huge driver, [...]

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Co-creating brand magic with HOKA: Tips and tricks for successful stakeholder/consumer co-creation

Well-designed market research can identify actionable insights and innovation areas. But what’s next? Creative thinking can sometimes hit us out of the blue, but it doesn’t have to be an [...]

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Collaborative partnerships lead to stronger actionable insights

The speed at which the marketplace is changing means that there is little room for error in quickly developing actionable insights from research. This makes it even more important for [...]

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Combining research tools with TikTok to better understand Gen Z

Entertainment marketing firm Trailer Park Group Strategy is refining our approach to youth consumer insights using data and research in combination with examples from across the TikTok landscape to build [...]

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Community 2.0: How Diageo, Samsung, Dell, John Deere and Brunswick are modernizing their insight communities through mobile chat-based research techniques

Coming of age in the early 2000’s, online Insight Communities have become one of the most widely used research solutions, helping brands to connect with consumers for efficient, on-demand insights. [...]

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Community 2.0: How McCormick evolved their insight community to better connect with consumers around the world

McCormick is a global leader in flavor the largest producer of spices and seasonings worldwide. To connect with consumers, they established an online community of Flavor Enthusiasts in 2015 and [...]

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Conducting fast-paced, innovative research in uncertain times

Join Tech Leaders, Bonnie (Glassdoor), Alanna (DoorDash) and Jordan (BCG X) as they share their experiences and insights on leading teams and conducting fast-paced, innovative research during these uncertain times. We [...]

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Connecting the dots to deliver creative that drives full funnel awareness and business results

There are a range of elements that impact the success of brand marketing campaigns and creative quality is the single element that has been found to have the greatest impact [...]

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Connecting with the new experiential consumer

Nearly half of Americans now say that experiences are more important than possessions – and “enjoying life” has grown to become a core value among U.S. consumers. After three years [...]

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Consobox: Unlocking the power of historical data to drive insight, innovation and partnership

L’Oréal is committed to augment our traditional evaluation methods through digital and algorithm science to reach consumers in a deeper and faster way. Consobox, a worldwide online platform, was created [...]

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Consumer closeness: Driving faster, more confident decision making from boardroom to service frontline by elevating insight with human understanding

Behind every great brand is a deep understanding and empathy for the customer. To create and deliver for customers, brands must understand what they want and how they think feel [...]

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Consumer co-creation: How using real-time consumer feedback allowed Conair to launch a successful new product in five months

Conair will highlight the agile innovation strategies and techniques used to launch the Curl Secret 2.0 in only five months. During this presentation, we’ll show a live demo of how [...]

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Consumer insights for user-generated content

In the era of the digital revolution, consumers not only consume digital assets but also actively contribute by creating new digital content. This shift in consumer behavior has raised doubts [...]

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Content that makes an impression: How primary research can enhance storytelling and marketing

Join insights leaders from aytm and Rocket Central as they explore how to extract compelling stories from primary research and leverage data-driven insights for content marketing, public relations and more. Key [...]

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Content with impact: How Vox Media leverages insights technology to develop high-performing content

Join Edwin Wong, SVP of insights and innovation at Vox Media and SightX Co-Founder, Naira Musallam as they explore the methodologies, psychological frameworks and technologies they’ve used to create content [...]

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Contextual intelligence: Guiding business success by reframing business challenges and perceptions of people

Before Copernicus proved that the earth revolved around the sun, all astronomers used the wrong baseline assumption that the sun revolved around the earth so every observation and all their [...]

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Contextual intelligence: Guiding business success by reframing business challenges and perceptions of people

Before Copernicus proved that the Earth revolved around the sun, all astronomers used the given baseline assumption that the sun revolved around the earth so every observation and all their [...]

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Convincing a boardroom of accountants to invest in brand: A story of insight effectiveness

In 2018 Skipton Building Society (SBS) had sights set on expansion. A traditional, some-might-say parochial brand from a Northern backwater, SBS nevertheless had a strong local following and service reputation. [...]

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Coolest Brands! We’ve spent the last year answering this question: What makes a brand truly cool for kids?

We’ve spent the last year answering this question: What makes a brand truly cool for kids? We’ve done this by gathering spontaneous mentions from hundreds of hours of interviews with [...]

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COVID’s impact on purchasing emotions towards hygiene and disinfecting products

OvationMR teamed with Reckitt to uncover the variances in B2B purchasing emotions of hygiene and disinfecting products. With COVID causing fluctuation to revenue and supply chain, it is necessary to [...]

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Creating a better B2B survey: Business professionals speak out

Response rates for online research, particularly surveys, have declined in the past several years. This issue affects B2B surveys more than B2C, given the smaller and more specific populations that [...]

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Creating a better B2B survey: U.S. and U.K. respondents speak!

Response rates for online research, particularly surveys, have declined in the past several years. This issue affects B2B surveys more than B2C, given the smaller and more specific populations that [...]

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Creating a more human-centric research process: Putting people back in insights

People are the beating heart of market research. From respondents to researchers to end-users, humans drive the insights machine. Yet all too often the experience of each of these groups [...]

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Creating campaigns for beauty’s biggest brands with Shiseido

With a plethora of choices in the market, making sure your product stands out is key for brands. Join Jess Li, VP, consumer insights and marketing intelligence at Shiseido, and [...]

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Creating Inmarsat’s insights portal

Ross Anderson will discuss how he developed and launched Insights Space – the leading satellite communication provider’s new central insights portal. Insights Space is a single place to go for [...]

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Creating relevance with a DIY customer panel

Finding the right customer groups to survey can often be time-consuming and dollar-draining. In this session, the speakers will showcase how TechStyle Fashion Group created a DIY, inclusive customer panel [...]

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Cross-functional integration of category and shopper insights for next-level impact

Elevating the impact of the insights function with full cross-functional integration. There is a large need to integrate the category management and shopper insights function with all aspects of the business [...]

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Cultural insights and neurological immersion: A recipe for relevance

Explore Johnsonville’s research journey, where innovative methods including multicultural consulting, agile qual + quant research and neurological smartwatch immersion come together. Discover how these techniques were pivotal in crafting a [...]

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Customer salience: The road to insight driven decision-making

While talk of customer-centricity has never been more prevalent, the truth is that it’s not translating into action. U.K. customer experience and service benchmarks alike both highlight a recent drop [...]

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Customers want to be heard. Are you listening? Companies like Nespresso, Ahold Delhaize and Coca-Cola already do.

A large part of market research budgets is spent on acquiring respondents and data collection. Are you happy with your data quality? How is the engagement of those respondents? And [...]

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Dare to be different: Lessons learnt from innovating in the food, soft drink and alcohol sectors

Being ‘different’ is the main driver of above average stock market returns, from technology to finance to consumer-packaged goods, according to recent analysis from Saïd Business School at the University [...]

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Decoding e-commerce: Navigating consumer behavior and evolving digital experiences with Similarweb

Dive into the heart of digital commerce with Similarweb. Our session unveils the latest in digital consumer behavior, evolving checkout experiences and better understand the impact – and opportunities – [...]

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Decoding innovation: 3 key lessons on the testing frontier

Set out on a thought-provoking journey into innovation, where the stakes are high – only 1 in 20 ventures succeeds and consumers often resist change. Yet, the risk of not [...]

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Decoding Scotch: Unveiling consumer perceptions in the world of whiskey

In an era where the spirits landscape is constantly evolving, this study delves into the heart of consumer attitudes and behaviors towards Scotch and its counterparts within the whiskey category. [...]

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Deep, human insight in an automated world: Managing international brands on limited budgets with Distell International

The latest industry talk is dominated by messages about streamlining, fast results and the latest AI technology. Is there a risk with all of this that we lose sight of [...]

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Defeating fraudsters: One client’s solution to the survey data quality crisis

In 2021, Wilton — the leader in baking and decorating for over 90 years — experienced a significant decline in third-party survey sample quality. In response, we developed a holistic [...]

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Defending the customer during economic uncertainty: 5 best practices for getting and securing buy-in for CX investments

During times of economic uncertainty, budget owners are faced with pressure to defend, rethink or limit investments. In these times, Experience owners must make even smarter decisions on how they [...]

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Defining an insight team’s purpose in an AI-shaped world

James Wycherley, author, host of the Transforming Insight podcast and CEO of the Insight Management Academy, draws on the collective wisdom of the IMA’s 92 corporate members to get back [...]

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Delivering long lasting impact from a Customer Experience Framework at Premier Inn

Like many big businesses, our guests often have multiple touchpoints with us, from researching a future stay, to booking, to pre-stay, to the stay and sometimes post stay. These touchpoints [...]

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Demand landscape: The power of understanding consumer demand

While it’s common to view consumers linked to product categories (e.g., purchasing sweet vs. salty snacks, or casual vs. formal clothing), a demand landscape removes assumptions about the consumption process [...]

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Digestible data: Making research deliverables accessible and understandable

Data collection tools are advancing by leaps and bounds. Biometrics, AI and digital data collection platforms allow researchers to reach farther, look deeper and gather data faster than ever before. [...]

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Digitizing discovery: Understanding the challenges and opportunities that insight leaders face with digital insight

Digital insight has established its place in the needs of brands’ insight teams. Automation and remote approaches are now common currency. Self-service platforms, data analytics, AI and agile research approaches [...]

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Disney case study: Engaging young, diverse Americans with cultural intelligence

Cultural Fluency is a marketing mandate for brands given the dramatic transformation of the American consumer. Effectively engaging younger, more diverse consumers with cultural intelligence will future-proof your brand. And [...]

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Diving Deep with Quillit

Annie and Tom of Civicom walk you through the Quillit platform and then are joined by Ken Lethbridge of InsideOut Insights and Brandon Richard of The Link Group to talk [...]

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Doing more with less

Join Ipsos, Kohler and Kraft Heinz as we share insights and strategies aimed at maximizing efficiency and effectiveness within constrained resources. Our expert panelists delve into innovative methodologies such as [...]

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Doing more with less

In today’s dynamic business landscape, efficiency and resource optimization have become paramount. Join our panel to delve into insightful discussions, gain valuable perspectives and uncover innovative strategies industry leaders employ [...]

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Don’t throw away your shot! Your next presentation should be…a poem?

You’ve probably spent the last few years trying to get more storytelling into your presentations. How’s it going? Adding narrative arc and character development into a business deck is difficult [...]

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EDI best practice guidelines for client-side researchers

An overview of the comprehensive (first of their kind in the U.K.) guides published by the MRS in 2022, which aim to help client-side researchers approach more inclusive research – [...]

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Embrace the electrode! Enriching qualitative insights with biometrics

Researchers use many tools to uncover what consumers really think: asking the same question in different ways, hiding real questions inside decoy questions, using projective techniques. But even the most [...]

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Embracing customer empathy: How Abercrombie & Fitch, Co. stays connected to their customers

Brands tend to face the most challenges in times when they lose touch with their customers. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.’s brand is hotter than ever after cracking the code to [...]

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Emotional machines: How AI can give life and scale to our human stories and impact our lives as discover.ai strategists and insight leaders

This session will unpack two key types of AI at play in the research landscape today and examine the impacts of one of these on the lives of researchers and [...]

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Empowering the patient voice: How NHS organizations harness Ascribe Coder to analyze patient and public feedback

The NHS is committed to putting the patient at the heart of everything it does – it is a key tenet and included in its constitution. In this presentation, NHS [...]

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End-to-end executive engagement in market research

Do you struggle to engage the executives in your market research projects? Join this session as we share the best practices to engage leaders. We will point out, for any [...]

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End-to-end qualitative using AI enhancements

OvationMR continues to drive MarTech to enhance and optimize the B2B qualitative research experience with our clients. We are working with some of the latest end-to-end AI technologies to optimize [...]

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Entertainment habits of a hard-to-reach audience

Our research aimed to understand internet habits and usage of a specific segment of nontraditional internet customers (those who rely more on mobile service for their data needs). We wanted [...]

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Equity and inclusivity in user experience research: A necessity, not a luxury

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, understanding equitable and diverse user perspectives is no longer a nice-to-have but an absolute need-to-have. Join Eugenio Santiago, president, and Tony Moreno, director of [...]

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Establishing an international brand tracker and F1 sponsorship assessment

This presentation covers a multi-prong hands-on approach to creating an international brand tracker. The tracker measures not only brand equity metrics but also the success of major marketing investments including [...]

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Euphoria! How material leverages report automation for faster, more efficient and more accurate project reporting

Report automation is often thought of as limited to just mass generation of charts, but it can be so much more than that. Material runs many large trackers where the [...]

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Evaluating the performance and future of Emotion AI

This future-focused session pressure-tests the transformative power of Emotion AI. Drawing evidence from over a decade of research, Dr. Aaron Reid examines Emotion AI, determining whether the technology is a [...]

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Everyone loves chocolate! Reinventing competitive benchmarking to win the moment

Competitive benchmarking is essential to assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing brands. However, classical approaches are slow to implement, costly and often provide insufficient insights to understand how [...]

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Everything has changed: Best practices for hiring and getting hired in the post-COVID era

As everything has changed in the post-COVID era, we’ll identify today’s best practices for hiring – and getting hired. We’ll share effective hiring processes, how to navigate the growing employer-candidate [...]

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Evolving insights agility through people, process and partners

We live in a post-“OR” world, a world where agile no longer mandates the choice of DIY or full-service, but rather how and when to best leverage DIY and full-service [...]

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Examining equity in patient care

How does the patient health care experience vary depending on who you are and where you live? MyHealthTeam and Publicis Health Media surveyed patients in three online support communities focused [...]

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Exploring a way to use generative AI for insights

In a world where there is a lack of brand differentiation, creatively finding ways to be smart and quick in building a messaging strategy has grown in importance. Both academic [...]

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Extended reality meets market research: Introducing Rexee

In the age of immersive experiences, the rise of extended reality (XR) technologies and the changing habits of new generations has created new challenges that traditional methods struggle to handle. [...]

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Farming verticals for innovative research

Join Curion, along with Bissell, Johnsonville and Zaxby’s, as we delve into the diverse methodologies employed in market research across various categories. At Curion, we understand that each vertical, be [...]

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Fast and now generations: AI and analytics to optimize survey experience among young respondents

Conditioned by same-day delivery from Amazon and short-form entertainment from TikTok, young people have different expectations for timing within a survey research context. Based on millions of interviews conducted among [...]

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Fear, failure and learning to fly: Rewriting the innovation playbook

In our pursuit of innovation, the mantra of “fail fast” has become a rallying cry. Remarkable tales from client-side leaders in their fields reveal the wins found in epic fails and [...]

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Feeling the pressure: Consumer spending in permacrisis

We live in a world perpetually affronted with difficult news, looming recession and financial instability. What are consumers feeling, buying and looking for when living in a state of constant [...]

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Finding the ‘so what?’ behind your research

Like many industries, banking has faced many challenges in recent years, from increasing competition to shifting customer expectations – challenges that require market research to stay ahead of. However, First [...]

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Finding the diamond in the rough: Surfacing trends in the jewelry market through automated analytics

In a collaborative effort between De Beers, a globally recognized leader in the diamond industry and Inspirient, a pioneering provider of automated analysis technology, this presentation introduces a novel approach [...]

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Finding the diamonds in B2B research

Our consumer brand clients expect us to conduct consumer research at speed and scale to deliver powerful story insights. But finding the diamonds of human truth and business opportunities in [...]

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Follow that shopper! How we built an omnichannel shopper insights practice at Roku

Roku knew how owners were engaging with our Streaming Players and Smart T.V.s, but needed to better understand how consumers were shopping for our products to begin with. Where did [...]

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Forecasting demand for Guide Dogs 15 years into the future

The global pandemic put the Guide Dogs charity into a firefighting mode, forcing a short-term mind-set, but there was a need to reset the strategic horizon to build more long-term [...]

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From [gate] 0 to 100: What’s the benefit of ‘fast’ in 2024?

Speed is front of mind for all of us these days; insights and business leaders alike want answers faster than ever. But what is the real impact of being able to run research [...]

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From business questions to strategic decisions: Harnessing the power of generative AI for consumer insights

Ready or not, generative AI is here. And make no mistake, there will be winners and losers. Join Cristian Enriquez as he explores the practicalities of using this emerging technology [...]

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From clicks to conversions: The role of image optimization in e-commerce success

Why do images matter so much in e-commerce? According to MIT research, the brain processes an entire image in just 13 milliseconds, often unconsciously filling in missing pieces to aid recognition. [...]

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From Doritos to Disney – and beyond: An interview with longtime corporate researcher Pamela Forbus

Join us as M/A/R/C Research CEO Merrill Dubrow sits down for a lively conversation with Pamela Forbus, who has held insights and marketing leadership positions at PepsiCo, The Walt Disney [...]

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From insights to action: How Kraft Heinz transforms tracking data into real-world strategies meeting the needs of the evolving cream cheese consumer

Kraft Heinz’s Philadelphia Cream Cheese is the #1 cream cheese brand in America and has maintained this position over the years through a dedication to a deep understanding of the [...]

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From insights to impact: Power of AI and qualitative insights

Embark on a transformative journey with Behaviorally’s GLADYS, a revolutionary tech-enabled platform reshaping behavioral qualitative research by extracting real-time insights from the most valuable moment in marketing: the purchase transaction. [...]

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From living spaces to workplaces: Sonos’ community-led journey into commercial territory

Sonos, the sound experience brand renowned for its user-friendly premium sound system designs, has discovered a surprising trend among its consumers. Beyond the realm of home entertainment, business owners, directors [...]

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From passive observation to active prediction: ProQuo demonstrates how AI has transformed market research into a brand manager’s ultimate sidekick

The integration of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) AI techniques in market research has emerged as a game-changer for brand managers seeking strategic advantages. NLP allows for [...]

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From social listening to cultural insights: How Bacardi leveraged AI and human expertise to create consumer-centric winning in-culture strategy

Bacardi and Discover.ai will showcase how cutting-edge AI technology can be used to harness the power of social data for a comprehensive understanding of established and emerging cultural themes. By [...]

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From testing to learning: How Diageo used consumer feedback to expand in Africa

Join Deirdre van Zyl, Diageo’s head of innovation planning and insight in Africa, and Nicole Teh, strategic account director at Zappi, as they delve into Diageo’s consumer-centric approach to product [...]

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From traditional insights to AI: How Carlsberg Sweden and Sinebrychoff, part of Carlsberg Group, innovate probably the best beer in the world

Most consumer product companies are seeing a more rapid shift in consumer behavior and preferences than before. It’s why novelties and – consequently – innovation are playing a bigger role [...]

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Fueling disruptive innovation: In conversation with Pernod Ricard

The global ready to drink (RTD) alcoholic beverage market has exploded over the last few years; it’s expected to grow by 12% in volume between 2022 and 2027, achieving $40 [...]

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Fueling innovation: The value of research partnerships

This session will highlight the opportunity to improve innovation initiatives by cultivating a long-term partnership with a research team or vendor. Pam will share a client’s view of best practices [...]

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Fueling the T-Mobile Uncarrier growth story with System 1 research

T-Mobile’s Uncarrier campaign is one of the greatest growth stories of our times, adding 1 million+ new subscribers quarterly since 2012: $60 billion in incremental sales. Underlying it are continuous [...]

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Furries, Arianators, pajama moms and politicos: The power of personas in driving business

We are living in an era of hyper-personalization and endless content and choices that have allowed people to become billions of unique individuals who are defined as much by their [...]

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Future of work: Selecting optimal office spaces with location intelligence

As the debate between employers and employees about the great return to the office continues, businesses are faced with critical decisions about if – and where – to operate their [...]

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FutureLens: Feeding tomorrow by navigating the future

Our world is changing in both clear and uncertain ways and we must think differently. Global food company Kerry Taste & Nutrition partnered with Kantar Futures to explore the scenarios [...]

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Futurish: The science and art of identifying near-future trends

In this session, we will talk about how to create a systematic process to identify and monitor future trends within the context of your industry and organization and how this [...]

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Game-changer or gimmick: Do celebrity partnerships really work?

Sydney Sweeney, Martha Stewart, Rihanna. Brands spend millions of marketing dollars on celebrity endorsements each year. But are those investments paying off? In this session, John Curran and Danielle Wiseman [...]

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Gen Z in their quarter-life crisis era

In the summer of 2020, with most of the world in lockdown, something very important happened, but which hardly anyone noticed at the time: “Gen Z” became more Googled than [...]

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Gen Z unfiltered: Keeping it real with brands

Background – Allow us to reintroduce ourselves and Generation Z! From the team of next-gen researchers and creators of “IYKYK,” we are back to offer deeper insights on Gen Z [...]

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Generative AI meets text analysis for a quant and qual understanding of rugby players’ attitudes

With ever-improving new AI technology, market researchers are looking for ways to employ AI beyond efficiency gains on manual text analysis. Instead, they are for example searching for possibilities to [...]

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Generative AI: Expectations vs. reality

How can generative AI help insights teams to be more efficient? And more importantly, what new challenges could it create? In this session, Lloyd Yoo, head of North America at [...]

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Generative AI: Your new partner or the next threat?

In a world abuzz with conflicting opinions on generative AI, it’s time to demystify the true value of the technology. Join us for a discussion where we cut through the [...]

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Getting a head start: How McDonald’s uses historic data to design its next great product

From McFlurries to celebrities’ favorite meals, McDonald’s is the leading innovator in QSR. But before firing up its test kitchens, McDonald’s looks to its “secret sauce” to ideate on its [...]

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Getting the best of both worlds: Keys to successful integrated research

There are a lot of benefits to integrated market research studies that blend qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative research sharpens quantitative design and questionnaire development, and allows for exploration of [...]

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Getting the facts, faster: How you can unlock reporting insights for everyone who needs them

What if you could democratize data for your organization? And dive deeper into the tough questions? Our browser-based tool makes work easier and smoother for your team, stakeholders and suppliers. [...]

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Giving the gift of joy to consumers and research participants, as well as to yourself

The is a period of great turmoil and many people are struggling with their lives in one way or another. Brands can reap the benefits of helping consumers to live [...]

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Going beyond consumer centricity at La-Z-Boy

Consumer centricity is widely accepted as a key priority for successful organizations, but it’s only the first step in a long journey. So what comes next? The short answer: it’s about [...]

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Got coconut milk? Exploring plant-based food trends with Vita-Coco

The plant-based alternatives industry is at a crossroads. Having seen a decline in sales for multiple years, many brands are pulling away from these alternative investments. Yet surprisingly, consumers identifying [...]

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Great taste, less waste: How Grounded used SightX to help Brita in their fight against plastic waste

2,000 plastic water bottles are used every second. And by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. Brita® is on a mission to change that. While many people [...]

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Green power to the people!

Environmental issues and climate change are hot topics these days. Many of us, not just the scientists, environmental/climate activists, or some politicians, are trying to figure out what we can [...]

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Growing a new and diverse customer base in the B2B world

The session will highlight how QuickBooks is uncovering insights and using differentiated marketing techniques to grow their base of business with the diverse mosaic of new business owners who used [...]

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Growth hacking the moments that matter to create new category opportunities

Could taking an existing idea and creating something more powerful out of it yield faster growth results? We will look at an energy boosting chewing gum which helps make people [...]

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Happiest hour: How can alcohol brands meet consumers where they are amidst a major cultural drinking shift?

It’s no secret that alcohol brands are having to adjust as consumers change their drinking habits – whether it’s lower-alcohol drinks, going completely alcohol free or the sober-curious movement. Learn [...]

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Happiness factories, how brands can navigate today’s fan communities

Fan communities have never been so important. As brands look for cultural relevance in a complex world, as they seek to reach their audiences in a fragmented media landscape, and as [...]

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HEART: The Barometer of Healthy Acquisition and Retention

Measuring brand health is complex and multi-faceted. For brands with subscription business models or a need to engage regular users, visitors digitally, prioritizing which functional and emotional aspects of your [...]

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Helping the (insight) novice stakeholder make insight-led decisions

When working with insight-inexperienced colleagues, how do you get them to make better, insight-led decisions? Poh Lau shares how her insight team took Formula E from making gut-led decisions and [...]

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High-trust AI case study: How Curion generates critical insights from unstructured feedback

Can you trust AI to generate critical insights? While it may seem ironic, one of the biggest benefits of AI for insights leaders is to better understand how consumers really [...]

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Hold my latte: How Kraft Heinz went from intent to action and uncovered real consumer behavior to drive breakthrough coffee innovation

Join us to learn how Kraft Heinz leveraged Veylinx’s auction-based methodology to understand real purchasing behavior and potential for new iced latte innovation in Canada and the U.S. Dive in [...]

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How AI and CXM helped a retail brand customize product design

Our research focuses on the harmonious fusion of human experience and AI technology. We are on the journey to understand the factors that shape customer perceptions post-in-store product trials. The [...]

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How AI can deliver innovation your customers really want

Black Swan Data’s end-to-end innovation platform is rewriting the rule book for consumer-led new product development. Join Camilla Carson to learn how Black Swan Data harnesses the power of artificial [...]

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How AI is changing the landscape of research platforms

Since COVID-19, the research fraternity has seen drastic changes in its approach toward consumer research and user research. Technology adoption is at its peak and online research platforms have become [...]

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How Budweiser Brewing Group is leveraging agile technology and services to get fast, quality insights from consumers

What Budweiser Brewing Group needed from a consumer insights partner like Toluna and examples of some output from a study. Key takeaways: The importance of Insight in category management and what BBG [...]

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How Campbell’s leverages behavioral research and augmented reality to fuel innovation

By strategically implementing a multi-step research approach, Campbell’s first took the time to understand how consumers were interacting with the salty snacks category and key Campbell’s salty snacks products in-store [...]

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How can we fix brand tracking? The future of measuring brand perception

Everyone knows that in theory, investing in your brand is a key part of delivering long-term success. It helps you stand out against your competitors, enables you to charge a [...]

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How ChatGPT changes everything about how we work

Are you curious about how the latest AI technology, ChatGPT, is revolutionizing the field of market research? Want to learn how to use this powerful tool to streamline processes, generate [...]

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How Edrington U.K. optimized its omnichannel path-to-purchase strategy

Like many alcohol brands, Edrington UK emerged from the pandemic having to adapt to new shopper journeys. New consumption patterns led to a channel shift towards digital commerce. Consumers were [...]

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How Fandango uses AI text analytics for customer and digital experience

With more consumer entertainment choices than ever, staying top-of-mind and delivering an outstanding digital experience is critical for Fandango. Thier research team needed a way to quickly capture and understand [...]

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How Flixbus leverages LLMs for operational excellence

If you’re truly committed to enhancing customer satisfaction, delving into the finer details is essential. That’s just what Flixbus does: The transportation scaleup systematically analyzes over 600k open responses from [...]

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How Gen Z live well with QSR: Building brand loyalty with the digital dining generation

Generation Z lives in a digital world and this is no truer than with their dining preferences. Uncover the recipe for success to building brand loyalty with this critical consumer [...]

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How Kraft Heinz decoded the fragmented grocery e-commerce channel

The e-commerce channel experienced significant growth throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and has continued to evolve ever since. This ever-changing, rapid expansion has led to the online grocery experience becoming fragmented. [...]

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How Kraft Heinz used behavioral science to explore the meaning of ‘enhanced’ taste

Join Kraft Heinz and Protobrand for an insightful session on how they used behavioral science to enhance the taste experience of their new product line. Learn about the three dimensions [...]

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How Lowell engage with customers in problem debt

How Lowell gets engagement from customers in problem debt and vulnerable situations – How research undertaken by Lowell led to a better understanding of their customers and changed the way [...]

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How market researchers can save the day by becoming decision scientists

In today’s volatile and fast changing consumer landscape, market researchers must navigate a world where their stakeholders need to make decisions faster, navigate ever-increasing complexities and make sense out of [...]

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How Mars Innovation uses AI for quant/qual feedback at speed and scale

Cassie Jackson, regional manager of innovation insights at Mars, sits down with Knit Founder and CEO Aneesh Dhawan to show off how Knit’s AI-powered quant/qual platform is fueling Mars’ innovation [...]

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How Molson Coors uses foresight to inform the innovation pipeline

How do new brands break through the clutter? How can you get ahead of the next big thing? While you can’t predict the future, you can prepare for it. During this [...]

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How much automation is good enough?

In today’s digital age, technology has become an integral part of our lives and it has also transformed the way we conduct market research. From online surveys to social media [...]

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How Panera Bread is using the principles of R.E.D. marketing to rethink marketing strategy

“R.E.D. Marketing” is a book produced by the CMO and former CEO of Yum! Brands. In it, Greg Creed and Ken Muench explain why and how Relevance, Ease, and Distinctiveness [...]

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How Paramount is tapping into Knit’s AI to accelerate its speed-to-insight for quant/qual research

Colleen Russo Johnson, PhD, VP of digital and cultural consumer insights at Nickelodeon, sits down with Knit Founder and CEO Aneesh Dhawan to show off how Knit’s AI-powered quant/qual platform [...]

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How PepsiCo and Woxi have changed the innovation game with next-generation predictive analytics

PepsiCo set out to develop a better innovation insights and predictive analytics system. It puts sales predictive tools at users’ fingertips, allowing them to identify winners faster, make ideas stronger [...]

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How PepsiCo is uncovering next-level insights with next-gen quant research

Survey technology hasn’t kept pace with user expectations – we still field most surveys the same way we did in the 1990s, often treating respondents like cheap lab animals. In [...]

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How reaching niche audiences brings you closer to your consumers

In today’s competitive market, trustworthy insights from hyper-targeted audiences are more crucial than ever for powering tactical and strategic business decisions and growing consumer centricity. In this session, we’ll share a [...]

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How real humans with real purchases can help close the say-do gap

How confident are you that you’re talking to your consumers? Perhaps you’ve even thought: “Eh…it’s close enough.” Join us as we unpack research-on-research on data quality including how different sampling [...]

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How Roche works against insights inflation

Almost everything is called an insight nowadays. So how do you ensure that you generate quality insights for your internal stakeholders? And even more importantly, how do you ensure that [...]

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How ServiceNow aligned its UX research to maximize impact and influence

Organizing the work of a set of UX researchers is not an easy task. Leveraging agile methodologies has helped the ServiceNow digital UX research and content team align their work [...]

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How shoppers choose what product to buy in store and evaluating customer satisfaction after purchase

This case study covers the total shopper journey in the purchase of Nutritionally Complete drinks and Protein Shakes. Initially, we asked Shoppers about their attitudes and intentions when buying products in [...]

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How social data is powering Conagra’s consumer insights

Consumer behaviors are changing, forcing brands to quickly adapt to an ever-changing and ever-growing list of priorities. Megan Bullock, director of strategic insights at Conagra Brands, joins Black Swan’s Chief [...]

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How Sonos brought silent customers back to listening

Listening is at the heart and soul of Sonos. When a number of recent Sonos customers were letting their speakers sit unused at home, the company needed to understand why [...]

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How stigma is defining the new normal

Stigma is a mark or disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person. Generally, stigma is discussed in the context of mental health. However, stigma is impacting far more [...]

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How survey LOI affects respondent attention and data: A summary

Quest has conducted research-on-research to answer fundamental questions for online surveys, such as “what really happens to respondents as survey length increases? When do they stop paying attention? What types [...]

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How Thomas’ refreshed their brand to attract younger audiences

Learn how Thomas’ English Muffins used data-science platform Swayable to test messaging on younger consumers and isolate the messaging that would drive a 7%+ lift in sales as verified independently [...]

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How TikTok won Gen Z and other digital media learnings

Join Dan Frommer, founder and editor-in-chief of The New Consumer and Alastair Bruce, vice president at Toluna for their presentation on how TikTok won Gen Z, the fundamental belief in [...]

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How to address brand risks and opportunities in a dynamic marketplace

Brands are successful when they tap into important consumer needs that are effective in driving emotional and functional brand attachment. However, the relevance of these needs can be fleeting as [...]

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How to develop an insight leader’s playbook

How can insight leaders work on their teams rather than in them? How can we grow from being transactional leaders to transformational leaders? James Wycherley, author of “Transforming Insight” CEO of [...]

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How to develop an insight leader’s playbook

How can insight leaders work on their teams rather than in them? How can we grow from being transactional leaders to transformational leaders? James Wycherley, author of “Transforming Insight,” CEO of [...]

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How to increase in-store campaign effectiveness – lessons learned from the British Heart Foundation study

The in-store retail scenario continues to pose challenges and shopper attention is at a premium. Overcoming these challenges is particularly crucial for the profit and non-profit sectors alike as they [...]

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How to market market research: The art of selling insights to marketers

Insights can only realize their full value if stakeholders are engaged and commit to using them. At Samsung we’ve been able to achieve this by using key tenets of marketing [...]

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How to meet the changing needs of a new generation of customers

Compeer Financial is a Farm Credit cooperative based in the upper Midwest, serving its base of owner-customers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Throughout its existence it has enjoyed customer relationships [...]

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How to power your brand’s social media influence with market research

Social media, such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, have become increasingly popular platforms for brands to communicate with their customers — particularly Gen Z and Millennials. The most successful brands [...]

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How to predict, measure and optimize the success of your brand

Brands can no longer force-feed us a plethora of products we don’t need. To succeed, brands must transform us and the world we live in. This presentation will guide you [...]

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How to strategically apply AI to qual data sets for better accuracy

Join aha insights technology’s CEO and ResTech pioneer, Ray Fischer and VP of project management and qualitative strategist Paula Kramer for a practical how-to session that delves into the dynamic [...]

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How to successfully integrate AI into your research toolbox

In this session, Ironwood Insights Group and PersonaPanels will introduce attendees to a new era of AI-powered consumer insights. We will review innovative, AI-driven approaches that can fit seamlessly into [...]

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How to survive (and thrive) in the connected insights era

In 20 years, the insights industry has evolved from phone surveys and mail-in questionnaires to AI and computers spitting out solutions to our biggest questions from vast swaths of raw [...]

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How to use human-led AI to code your verbatim data

Open-ended survey questions have always been a double-edged sword.  We know they yield lots of useful details about “why,” and we’d like to use them more in our research, but they’re [...]

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How yoga principles can breathe life into data: 10 simple steps for deeper insights with heart

In our perpetual quest for data, it is easy to get lost in the numbers and lose sight of the real people and behaviors behind them. We can also find [...]

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How your brand can harness consumption occasions to attract more people, more often and more easily

To succeed, brands need a deeper understanding of the world we all live in and a broader sense of what brands add to our lives. Working out how context influences [...]

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Human as North Star: Seeking human truth when innovation itself wants to throw you off course

Story time! This will be a fast-moving conversation among seasoned brand insight leaders who have found payoff keeping the human consumer truth at the center of innovation decision-making process. It’s [...]

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Humanity meets technology with an AI-first mind-set

The world of AI seems to be evolving faster than we can keep up with. Countless articles explore the potentials and pitfalls of this rapidly evolving technology on a weekly [...]

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Humour: The deadly serious role it can play in market research

Humour is something not readily associated with market research. As researchers we strive to create balanced, precise and unbiased surveys. To ensure clarity, we can sometimes find ourselves using a [...]

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Hunting for growth: Insights from marketers on the role of promotions

How can promotions support long-term growth as well as immediate sales activation in a successful brand strategy? From the viewpoint of more than 2,000 marketers, you may learn how promotions [...]

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Hyundai Santa Cruz research road trip: From concept to the road

Ever wonder how all-new “category busting” products come to market that require millions of dollars in upfront investment and billions in long-term commitment? How do companies off-set this risk? With [...]

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Immersive qualitative research and experiential deliverables

The relationship consumers hold with products and brands has undergone an enormous shift. Understanding these revised relationships often requires a deeper connection than can be found on a Zoom call [...]

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Improving an insight team’s profile to increase its impact

How high is your insight’s team’s profile? How would you describe the insight brand? How well-positioned is insight in your organization’s hearts, minds and decision-making processes? James Wycherley, author, host of [...]

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Improving well-being in research: The AURA Working Well Together Charter (panel discussion)

How clients and agencies work together can affect not only the quality of the work but peoples’ well-being. With a goal to mitigate pressure points that can lead to stress [...]

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In their own words: Why open-ended feedback matters and how to manage it

Annually, Expedia Group’s traveler feedback system receives millions of unstructured feedback data from customers through surveys, reviews, chats (and more) that need to be transformed before they become actionable insights. [...]

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Inclusive journeys: An exploration of the experiences of blind and partially sighted people on public transport

Sight loss is a spectrum, and every eye condition affects someone’s sight differently. Different people will rely on different senses – sound, sight or touch – to varying degrees to [...]

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Inclusive research: Unveiling the truths of Latino consumers

Empathy is at the heart of qualitative research. Yet many factors can undermine the understanding of respondents, especially when working with participants from different cultures. Whether we are conscious of [...]

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Influence and own the most valuable moment in marketing: The transaction

Marketers spend trillions of dollars globally every year attempting to engage and influence their customers. But as Henry Ford said: “Nothing happens until somebody sells something.” Learn in this session how [...]

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Innovate. Validate. Repeat. The importance of connected research with e.l.f. Beauty

The pressure is on to innovate faster, better and more frequently. How can companies keep up? Join Katy Emerson, SVP of customer success at Suzy and Jessica Cilla, VP, consumer [...]

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Innovating for the sustainably-minded consumer: Insights from food shoppers

Sustainability has become a hot topic in recent years as governments, businesses and citizens become increasingly aware of the impact human consumption inflicts on the planet. But what does sustainability mean [...]

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Innovating icons: A Nestlé case study

Picture this: you sit down at a friend’s dinner party and see ice-cold bottles of sparkling water on the table. Doesn’t this detail make the evening feel elevated, maybe even [...]

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Innovating innovation: How PepsiCo makes agile, yet confident innovation decisions, using always-on predictive analytics and their preferred insights solutions

PepsiCo set out, with Woxi, to develop a better innovation insights and predictive analytics system that identifies winners faster and makes ideas stronger, while building better launch plans. The result [...]

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Innovation vitality: How to launch more enduring products and incremental innovations

For years, manufacturers have leaned on a success vs. failure dichotomy to evaluate their innovation performance. But this measure often proves too simplistic, ignoring the roles that comprise different innovation [...]

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Insight storytelling: Creating ideas that stick

The best storytelling within insight, is measured on our ability to capture an idea and land a message that allows the audience to understand in their own minds how their [...]

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Insights for all: How to make research more accessible for people with disabilities

People with disabilities make up ~16% of the population. Why then does research regularly exclude people with disabilities or present them with subpar experiences? Buzzback, Ipsos, NRG, Material+ and Verizon’s Customer [...]

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Insights that ignite: Principles and practices for moving your insights audience to action

In a world of too much data, meaningful insights are more valuable than ever but they only have value when they rally action. Finch Brands and Sodexo will share new [...]

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Insights-driven TikTok creative guidance: How to leverage platform features

Are you looking to introduce a spark of freshness into your advertising strategy? The next frontier for marketers around the world is to embrace the potency of brands on TikTok! [...]

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Inspiring stakeholders to take action: Leveraging storytelling and empathy to drive results

Doing a research project is an emotional rollercoaster. We want to end on a high note with the rush of inspiration from fresh thinking and discoveries whisking the team off [...]

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Integrating social listening into the research toolkit

Warner Bros. Discovery shares how it incorporates social listening and social analytics within its consumer research toolkit. The presentation underscores WBD’s commitment to staying attuned to the pulse of its [...]

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Is insight alchemy still to be found in 2023?

Jane Frost reflects on the market size and key talent dynamics as well as extracts learnings from Insight Alchemy 23 and ponders on the implications of new technology such as [...]

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Is it time to fire the qual team? The role of AI in qualitative moderation – a head-to-head case study

Clever Kevin is MDI’s AI-driven qualitative moderator who strives to take advantage of AI’s benefits – streamlining often cost-prohibitive and time-consuming research tasks. Clever Kevin aims to make qualitative research [...]

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It all comes down to people-centricity: How Colgate-Palmolive uses trends and foresight to stay in tune with consumers in a volatile and disrupted world

Colgate-Palmolive products are part of the backdrop of life for billions of consumers around the world; in fact, the Colgate brand is found in more households than any other. To [...]

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It takes two to tango: Getting the most from long-term supplier partnerships

There’s a time and place for one-time flings, but there are also a lot of upsides to a long-term relationship – in both love and research! We’ve been working together for [...]

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It’s magical! How Kantar leverages report automation for faster, more efficient and more accurate project reporting

Report automation is often thought of as limited to just mass generation of charts, but it can be so much more than that. Kantar runs many large ongoing projects where [...]

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It’s not about the product: How embracing culture turns customers from buyers to fans

When a brand embeds itself into culture, that is when buyers become fans. But many companies are being burned by their experiences here, afraid of stumbling into a divisive conversation, [...]

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It’s O-fish-ial: How Goldfish Swim School transformed its CX strategy through data-driven emotion mapping though the entire customer journey

Join Goldfish Swim School Franchising to explore how The Martec Group transformed their customer experience strategy through a combination of primary research, design thinking and KPI tracking. Martec’s patented Emotion [...]

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Just Zoom it: Status, asynchronicity and other scientific reasons you should use video conferencing

One of the major lessons from the past three years is that video conferencing is both convenient and annoying. However, too much of the conversation revolves around personal preferences or [...]

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Keeping the humans in your AI research

As AI becomes a greater tool for B2B and B2C research, how do we keep the voice of the customer in the process? Ipsos will present data about how people are [...]

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Leading with Black insights

In a rapidly evolving global marketplace, understanding and engaging with diverse consumer market segments is critical for business success. When businesses understand and cater to the unique insights of the Black [...]

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Learn before you launch: Reshape your productivity and minimize risk with Curion Score™

Krusteaz leveraged the Curion Score™, Curion’s proprietary data driven benchmarking capability to obtain deeper product insight and give greater confidence in the business decision. Often in product testing, results come [...]

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Lessons learnt from my 1st 100 days as an agency turned client-side researcher

Jake will share his honest story as a client-side researcher and what actually goes on behind the scenes as a researcher. Often stories Jake and other agency researchers would have [...]

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Let me explain Black, again (new presentation!)

Since 2021, Pepper Miller has become a frequent presenter at The Quirk’s Event for her upbeat and insightful presentations. With over 25 years of experience as a market researcher and Black [...]

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Let’s talk about market research purchasing plans in 2024

We prepared a case study based on our internal research using our global B2B panel. It mainly focused on gaining insights into how companies are planning to use their market [...]

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Leverage Spotify’s neuroscience research to better engage with audiences

There’s something magic about sound: the wonder of hearing a favorite song for the first time, the gripping climax of a riveting podcast, the hypnotic hum of white noise. But [...]

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Leveraging a global brand tracker within a complex organization

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a heritage brand dating back as far as 1534. With that come many advantages, but also some challenges with how things progress. A brand [...]

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Leveraging activity-based methods to discover your brand’s aha moments

In this informative how-to session, Ray Fischer and Paula Kramer of aha insights technology will share several pragmatic approaches to defining, designing and discovering compelling human stories within unstructured data. Key [...]

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Leveraging AI to assess voice of customer insights from unstructured online customer reviews

Customers on Amazon provide more than 1 million product reviews daily. Home Depot, Walmart, Best Buy and Google Shop are other e-commerce platforms equally rich in VOC. This data can [...]

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Leveraging AI to bring the view of the customer into the insights and design processes

Consumers are immersed in visuals, spending five hours viewing videos and images on social media platforms while also being exposed to up to 10,000 ads each day. These interactions create [...]

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Leveraging AI to create the next generation of research technology

Forsta’s managing director of market research at Manny Rodriguez will discuss how surveys, cross-tab reports, response coding and many other traditional research tools may all soon be things of the [...]

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Leveraging category entry points for enhanced user engagement on Glassdoor

Glassdoor used to just be the place for employees to review their employers and now it’s so much more! As Glassdoor continues to increase the number of community touchpoints and [...]

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Leveraging consumer narratives to build a targeted portfolio strategy

Come hear the story of how Pepsi leveraged consumer insights to shift from a single brand approach to a multi-brand portfolio approach for their Zero product line. The insights were [...]

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Leveraging employee narratives to build a better loyalty program

McDonald’s is using digital as a growth driver. In 2022, the McDonald’s app was the most downloaded food app in the world, acquiring 40 million downloads in the U.S. alone. Changing [...]

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Leveraging the CX interaction to add value to the B2B purchaser relationship

OvationMR conducts primary research with B2B audiences, including OEMs and brands as well as purchasing decision-makers along the supply chain. Over the past few years, especially since the onset of [...]

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LGBTQ+ in America

Paramount Advertising’s Audience Impact & Intelligence Team’s latest study, LGBTQ+ In America, explores the unique lived experiences of a community that has seen tremendous progress while also undergoing significant setbacks. [...]

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Like peanut butter and jelly, MR and UXR are better together

Have you ever wondered what the future of research is? It is MR and UXR working together to be more successful, not living separately. When combined, MR and UXR are [...]

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Looking back and looking forward: Steve Schlesinger and Merrill Dubrow in conversation

With over 75 combined years of experience running research businesses, Steve Schlesinger and Merrill Dubrow will discuss and evaluate their lessons learned and their considerations for the future. During this [...]

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Love of learning: Career development in a changing market research industry

How do market professionals view their profession? How satisfied are they with their careers and how do they see the future of market research? What are their priorities for upscaling [...]

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Making the magic happen: How to create the ultimate agile 360 segmentation to drive engagement and growth

Magic happens when you pair high velocity market research consulting with the most advanced survey and data processing technologies. We take you through how agility and rigorous methodology go hand-in-hand [...]

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Making the right, most impactful decisions for you and your insights organization in an ever-changing corporate environment

Michelle O’Neill, a senior client officer at Ipsos, will ask probing questions of Natasha Hritzuk, VP global entertainment insights at Warner Bros. Discovery, formerly global head of research and insights [...]

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Managing participant experience in mixed-methodology research

The research landscape is evolving and becoming more complex than ever before. With newfound technological advances in sourcing and analyzing data, mixed methodologies have become the norm for B2B research. [...]

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Mapping the buyer’s mind: Crafting personas for targeted marketing success (case study)

Discover the power of crafting buyer personas for highly effective marketing. Dive into the psychology of consumer behavior, data-driven insights and creative techniques to create detailed personas that resonate with [...]

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Market research Room 101: What will you banish?

Ever wondered what the research industry could do without? In this interactive game show, two teams of client- and agency-side industry leaders will put forward their contenders to be banished [...]

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Marketing research 2.0: The ChatGPT era

In this talk, we will explore the top 10 ways that ChatGPT, a revolutionary AI tool, will impact the job of a market researcher. We will discuss how ChatGPT can [...]

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Measuring the unmeasurable: Real strategies for research impact

As a researcher, you’re always striving to learn and explain, but what about those ambiguous, gnarly topics at the heart of your product or platform? How might you identify and [...]

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Messaging AI: Understanding and managing perceptions of AI and ChatGPT in a user-generated content community

While generative AI tools like ChatGPT and others offer exciting possibilities in the user-generated content (UGC) space, perceptions of AI range from excitement to fear. We explore perceptions of generative [...]

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Messaging that Connects: Bridging the gap between insights and creative action with behavioral science

Insights teams often get asked to provide research guidance to drive messaging by uncovering consumer pain points, current states and desired end states. These hard-earned insights are handed over to [...]

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Michaels MakerPlace.com: Built and powered with consumer insights

MakerPlace.com by Michaels is a one-of-a-kind site that allows artists and craftspeople to sell handcrafted goods, teach a class and/or create how-to guides for projects. Site visitors can purchase handmade [...]

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Modeling the 360º Consumer Experience: Learn how you can measure each step of your consumers’ brand and product journey, to focus on what really impacts customer delight and repeat purchase

Food and beverage companies operate in a heavily competitive space and today’s consumers are always on the lookout for healthier, more sustainable and affordable products … that still taste great. [...]

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Moja: Fueled by insights and upping the stakes in the insurtech revolution

Moja is AXA’s new digital-only car insurance brand, born from a deep understanding of digital natives – it’s the new kid on the block, delivering fairness and simplicity 24/7. Since launch, [...]

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Money talks: How the cost-of-living crisis is impacting mental health and how brands can help

We are well aware of how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting people’s ability to put food on the table and pay their rent. But these immediate and tangible impacts are [...]

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Multi-step workflow for customer segmentation

Attempting to use resources in a parsimonious way, leaders and decision makers should stay focused on how to make the best out of their business. People are different and behave [...]

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Nascent Startups: How to spend your first 100 days and $100 when you have an idea for a tech business (hint: leverage market research superpowers)

You want to create an impactful business – maybe even a “unicorn” worth $1B. You’re at the nascent stage: you’ve got the kernel of an idea, but no customers, no [...]

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Navigating a research career: Stories from the frontline

Join us as industry experts regale us with tales from their careers and share their experiences, passions and challenges. Designed especially for early-to-mid careerists, attendees will gain valuable insights into [...]

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Navigating advocacy marketing: Building brand strength with purpose

In today’s dynamic marketplace, consumers seek more than just products – they crave authentic connections with brands that align with their values and champion causes close to their hearts. Through momentum, [...]

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Navigating the Great Respondent Revolt

In today’s business landscape, the relentless pursuit of customer feedback has led to survey overload, resulting in diminishing response rates, increased costs, and subpar feedback quality. This presentation will delve [...]

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Navigating the impacts of the rising cost of living: The AXA Customer Lifestyle Report

With the rising cost of living, AXA UK wanted to find out what it looks and feels like to live in these changing times. In response, AXA UK has produced [...]

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Navigating the storm: Lessons from the insurance industry in fostering a customer-centric approach amidst a challenging scenario

Join us in an enlightening session that delves into the dynamic landscape of customer experience, drawing inspiration from the resilience and adaptability of the insurance industry. Explore the nuanced strategies [...]

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Navigating tomorrow: How to effectively use generative AI for your insights operations

Generative AI is here. Are you ready? Join us at the forefront of innovation as we dive into the practicalities of utilizing this new technology in consumer insights. Discover cutting-edge strategies, [...]

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NBC News: Unlocking a constant stream of the consumer voice through iterative research

In this session, hear how the research team at NBC News are able to provide executives with a constant stream of consumer insights to grow and maintain dominance in the [...]

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Neurodiversity: Understanding the largest target audience you’ve never considered

Understood.org researchers will get you thinking differently about the estimated 70 million Americans who learn and think differently (ADHD, dyslexia, etc). We’ll share insights on learning and thinking differences to [...]

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Next-gen empathy: Amplifying consumer voices in the new era of market research

Join Katie Angier, global consumer insight and analytics lead at Reckitt, alongside Jilleun Eglin, senior director of product at Discuss, for this session on revolutionizing consumer empathy in the current [...]

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Not just a place to sweat: Transforming to meet members in a shifting landscape

COVID-19 changed a lot of things – from the way we think about our homes, schools and offices, to how we think about work-life balance. But nothing changed more than [...]

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Online qualitative: Where to from here?

With nearly three decades of experience in the online qualitative arena, Jeff has witnessed the evolution of online qualitative platforms and the somewhat rocky adoption curve of those capabilities. His [...]

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Overcoming imposter feelings as you rise, as a woman, in your research career

Context: the gender gap in the research industry. Why is feeling like a fraud holding you back and what’s the cost? The three mistakes fueling imposter feelings. Five ways to rise as a [...]

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Own the most valuable moment of Influence: A case study session with KraftHeinz

Marketers spend trillions of dollars globally every year attempting to engage and influence their consumers. But as Henry Ford said: “Nothing happens until somebody sells something.” Learn in this case study session [...]

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Painting an accurate political picture for a polarizing presidential election: How MaristPoll reaches the right respondents at the right time

After the 2016 presidential election, the way political pollsters approach their work has changed.  With another upcoming polarizing U.S. presidential election – where those with loud opinions are shouting from both [...]

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Panel fraudsters uncovered: An in-depth look at who they are and their impact on your investment

Fraud has grown exponentially in the online word in recent years and the panel industry is no exception. But who’s committing panel fraud? Why is it beneficial for these fraudsters? [...]

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Panel: Trends, challenges and opportunities for 2023

Generative AI, hybrid work, insights democratization, human centricity. These are just a few of the current hot topics in the insights industry. But what opportunities and challenges do they bring? [...]

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Partnering in research: Five essential elements of successful client/supplier partnerships

Join Tanya Pinto, principal UX Researcher at Microsoft and founder of Baal Dan Charities, and Marc Goulet, partner at Russell Research, as they share some of the essential elements of [...]

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Partnering with Kraft Heinz to innovate into new spaces

You can’t leave growth to chance, brands must intentionally look for new spaces in which to innovate. Those spaces must be meaningful and different from your competitor and incremental to [...]

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Patient communities: A case study about the realities of this approach

Ferring Pharmaceuticals, who built its business on reproductive and maternal health, has been moving into gastroenterology with a revolutionary treatment for Clostridium difficile, better known as C. diff. In order [...]

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Pioneering HFSS research: Rethink promotion and positioning in store

With new regulations to restrict the promotion of HFSS products by volume (e.g.no ‘buy one get one free’) and location for both online and in store and a watershed for [...]

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Plugging into people and pushing boundaries: Driving commercial impact

With budgets tightening and a focus on prioritization, it’s easy for brands to play it safe for short-term wins: research shifts from the truly exploratory to churning out regenerative propositions [...]

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Practical career advice for consumer insights professionals

The consumer insights (CI) function is evolving rapidly in response to changing customer expectations, market dynamics and technological innovations such as generative AI. CI professionals need to adapt their skills, [...]

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Predicting the pulse of the world: Understand culture with generative AI and predictive analytics

We can learn a lot about people from how they communicate online. Not by looking at the number of engagements with a post or the amount of retweets but by [...]

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Predictive AI goes to the Super Bowl

Quilt.AI has developed a fine-tuned an advertising analysis machine learning system, that allows the prediction of ad performance across standardized evaluative criterion. In addition, they have layered it against a [...]

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Premium vs. value: A cross-category client roundtable

Is premium part of your strategy? In a world of inflation and pressures around costs, are you trying to get consumers to trade up to more meaningful experiences with premium [...]

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Privacy included? What researchers should know before implementing AI solutions

With the proliferation of AI tools designed to make researchers’ lives easier, how does one understand the potential privacy and confidentiality ramifications? This talk will provide researchers a foundation to [...]

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Product testing innovation: Evolving from CLTs to real-world learnings with Clorox and Highlight

Step into the world of cutting-edge product testing innovation with Clorox and Highlight. Join us as we unveil the fascinating evolution of Clorox’s innovation process and explore how the Highlight [...]

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Products speak louder than words

What if consumers’ soap could speak, their toothpaste talk and their wine whisper? As researchers, we’ve all wished we could truly understand consumer behavior passively – naturally and unbiased – [...]

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Propelled by insights: How Gatorade utilizes foundational research to drive brand growth

Over 20 years ago, Propel was successfully launched as the first fitness water on the market. In 2023, the brand is getting renewed attention with breakthrough marketing and a full [...]

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Propelling your brand to the forefront of retail innovation with concept testing

Concept testing serves as a pivotal element within the retail industry, providing a vital mechanism for businesses to validate, refine and optimize their ideas before introducing them to the market. [...]

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Protocepting: Turning great ideas into great product

Taking an idea from a written concept to a full-blown product can be challenging, especially when dealing with Big “I” innovations. The product development process can drag on, become a [...]

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Proven step-by-step methods to layer cultural context into your research for increased competitive advantage

It has never been more important for brands to view their research through the correct cultural lens. Additionally, the global economic headwinds have created additional pressure on all of us [...]

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Providing ‘meat on the bones’: The value of qualitative research

In this presentation, we will share how the KNow Research team empowered Peace by Piece International – a small nonprofit seeking to transform corporate gifting – to make data-driven changes [...]

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Purdue global: Building a higher education brand for working adults

Inspired by Purdue’s land-grant mission — to offer educational opportunities to those who had traditionally been excluded from higher education — the Purdue University Board of Trustees resolved in 2017 [...]

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Putting your consumers first: How first-party data can help create highly engaged consumers and strong brand equity

First-party data is used more than ever to build successful relationships between brands and their customers. It’s not just about selling a product, it’s about creating a personal bond with [...]

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Qualitative data analysis: Using Braun and Clarke thematic analysis approach

The presentation will be a discussion of how thematic analysis was used to summarize large amount of qualitative data. You have over 500 pages of transcripts from interviews…what now?  How do [...]

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Qualitative research in action

The 2022 winner of the AQR Qualitative Excellence Award demonstrates how tactical research in an unfashionable, largely commoditized category (in this case, ham!) can deliver significant financial growth for clients. [...]

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Quality quest: Navigating the challenges of opt-in samples through hybrid solutions

In the dynamic landscape of consumer research, the reliance on opt-in panels introduces myriad challenges, from inattentive respondents to the lurking presence of bots. Despite growing concerns regarding sample quality, [...]

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quantilope and The Athletic: Dominating sports media through real-time tracking

The Athletic, a subscription-based sports website acquired by The New York Times in 2022, is quickly growing from a media start-up to a dominating force in sports news. Their secret [...]

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Quantitative research in the Metaverse: M.A.Y.B.E. is real

Nowadays people can express their opinions in different places, both physical or digital environments, speaking to a friend in a café or interacting with a social media page and even [...]

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Raising Generation Alpha: How Millennial parenting is impacting the next generation and how to avoid alienating Millennial moms and dads

Our latest thought leadership study comes from a year of in-depth and substantive research with Millennial and Gen Z parents and their kids in the U.S. and U.K. These parents are [...]

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Re-positioning Mexico: How semiotic analysis helped break through cultural clichés and provide inspiring regional symbolism for three Campari brands

Few countries have as much cultural richness as Mexico, and this was both an opportunity and a challenge for Gruppo Campari. With a unique portfolio of authentic Mexican brands, Campari [...]

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Reaching multicultural audiences in today’s media environment

Reaching audiences in an increasingly fragmented and complicated media ecosystem is a huge challenge for media brands nowadays and connecting with audiences is even harder, given the rapidly changing technology, [...]

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Ready for takeoff: How Delta is democratizing insights

Insights democratization is a common ambition for insights teams. But implementing this type of widespread, sustainable change is often fraught with turbulence. In this session, Tracy Watkins, CX insights innovation [...]

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Real-world AI in action: How Fossil Group is unlocking empathy at scale with high-trust AI

While it may seem ironic, one of the biggest benefits of AI for insights leaders is to better understand how consumers really feel and why. But researchers also need to [...]

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Real-world AI in action: How Tillamook accelerates insights and empathy

Join Tillamook and Canvs AI to explore AI’s transformative role in consumer research. Learn how Tillamook uses AI to analyze unstructured feedback across its research operations, accelerating insights and deepening [...]

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Reclaiming the 3D you: Mirroring, pheromones and other scientific reasons you should be there in-person

One of the major lessons from the past three years is that there is no substitute for in-person interaction. But why is that? Much of the conversation revolves around personal [...]

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Recruiting and retaining a world-class insights team for a disruptive world – a guide for insights leaders

In a continuously disrupted and ever more competitive world, insights leaders need to be agile and adaptive in how we attract new talent to the profession and grow the competencies [...]

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Reimagining community: How Warner Bros. Discovery is embracing an agile, mobile-first approach to get high-quality insights, fast

Warner Bros. Discovery is a premier global media and entertainment company, offering audiences the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and [...]

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Reinventing brand health tracking at The Wonderful Company: A FIJI Water case study

The Wonderful Company is a privately held $5 billion company committed to offering high-quality, healthy brands and helping consumers make better choices, every day. Our iconic portfolio of brands includes [...]

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Reinventing NPS: A new way to measure perceived customer value for LinkedIn

LinkedIn ran an internal NPS tracking program among customers of its B2B products. However over time, they recognized that NPS was not a true indicator of perceived value within a [...]

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Relationships and trust for long-term engagements: A view from the client side

Long-term and profitable client engagements can be difficult goal in any economic climate, but more so in the current fiscal tightening on research spend. In this session, we will explore [...]

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Research innovation: How Condé Nast is using AI-powered quant and qual to explore emerging trends among future consumers

Maja Benedict, director of global custom insights at Condé Nast, sits down with Knit Founder and CEO Aneesh Dhawan to show how Knit’s AI-powered quant/qual platform is fueling Condé Nast’s [...]

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Research on research: The impact of generative AI on market research

Generative AI is no longer “new news.” We already have plenty of evidence for how generative AI is enabling market researchers to deliver BETTER as well as faster and cheaper. [...]

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Research that tells a story

The ability to translate raw data into interesting insights and memorable narratives is one of the most valuable skills you can have as a research practitioner. Gareth Lofthouse, co-founder of [...]

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Research with international flavor: Wendy’s shares recipes for successful studies around the world

What does it take to gain insights that transcend borders? International quantitative research requires acknowledging cultural differences, and innovative methodologies and engaging survey design can make all the difference. Join [...]

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Researching the other: The challenges and opportunities of cross-cultural research

The history and practice of researching non-western cultures is a complicated one. Concepts like the “discovery of America,” the “noble savage” and the “European explorer and traveler” aided in instilling [...]

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Revolutionizing insights with the power of artificial intelligence

Embark on a journey as we explore how AI is reshaping the insights industry, shaping our current landscape and defining the path forward. Delve into the depths of AI-driven predictions [...]

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Right time, Right approach = Right for the business

At Ulta Beauty, the consumer is at the heart of everything we do. Grounded in insights, we are committed to continually shaping – and reshaping – the future of retail [...]

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Rising costs and shrinking wallets: How shoppers are tackling inflation

In a recent Forbes article, it was stated that people often have to decide between paying more for everyday essentials, trading down to lower-cost alternatives or forgoing purchases entirely. Euromonitor [...]

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Rooting your business in the customer: A grassroots guide to segmentation

From beauty salons to online boutiques, dentists to craft breweries, Tyl by NatWest helps U.K. businesses take payments in store, over the phone and online. Customer experience is at the [...]

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Roots of the problem: How empathy helped unlock the untold story of the African American beer market

Minority consumers are sometimes underrepresented in market research efforts. Often brands’ efforts are limited to demographic and behavioral research, but these insights tell only part of the story. To reach [...]

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Run programmes, not projects to really make an impact

Tired of the ad hoc approach to customer experience? It’s time to bring an always-on mentality to stay attuned to customers’ shifting mind-sets. Join Stephen Priestnall and James Cuthbertson as [...]

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Run programs, not projects to really make an impact

Tired of the ad hoc approach to customer experience? It’s time to bring an always-on mentality to stay attuned to customers’ shifting mind-sets. Join Morgan James and Rachel Banks as [...]

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Run programs, not projects to really make an impact

Getting to grips with human insight shifts isn’t a one-time process. If a brand/organization has prioritized a program of work with insights at its heart, it’s vital that once you [...]

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Say YES to GenAI!

With generative AI moving throughout our personal and professional lives at the speed of light, whether we know it or not, every researcher should know when to say yes to [...]

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Scaling the why: How Kimberly Clark is using conversational AI to blend qual with quant

When Kimberly Clark had the opportunity to pitch to a prospective trade customer, they wanted to persuade the supermarket to stock one of their products. To do this, they knew [...]

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Scotts Miracle-Gro’s digital activation journey: Unlocking the full potential of segmentation

Segmentations are powerful tools for understanding your audience but they can be challenging to activate effectively. Join us as we explore Scotts Miracle-Gro’s journey with GfK/NIQ in activating a unique [...]

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Setting the bar high in better understanding customers’ needs

So much of market research focuses on end consumers but in alcohol, bartenders play a critical role, whether through designing menus, recommending a brand or encouraging a consumer to try [...]

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Seven major problems in insights today (and some solutions)

Our insights industry is facing critical challenges that demand immediate attention to remain relevant in today’s rapidly evolving world. Having spent 25 years in this industry, I am compelled to [...]

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Sex sells, but neuroscience does it better!

The neuro-transformation of marketing. The dawn of a new era. For the first time ever, thanks to neuroscience, it is now possible to have a direct and systematic influence on the [...]

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Should the MRX industry regulate itself or be regulated by the government?

This session provides a breakdown of impending legislation impacting the MRX community. It also covers examples of industries that regulate themselves versus those regulated by the government. The session encourages [...]

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Six most important steps to user persona development

How to better understand, empathize and communicate with your consumers using personas. Mary Kay built and leveraged UX personas to understand beauty consultant and consumer experiences, needs and behaviors. Join us [...]

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Size does NOT matter: How to deliver large-scale projects with a smaller team

Report automation is often thought of as limited to just mass generation of charts, but it can be so much more! Element Market Research is a small team who manage [...]

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Snacking made right: How Mondelēz uncovers new occasions and needs for snacking success

At Mondelēz, snacking occasions are a really big deal – and understanding snackers is a full-time obsession. The maker of Chips Ahoy, Triscuit, Oreo and dozens of other A-list snack [...]

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So you’ve gone to the client side

Relationship-driven, collaborative partnerships between research suppliers and brand insights pros is the holy grail for the industry – and clearly drives the most strategic, actionable outcomes. But how do we [...]

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Solving real-world business problems through disciplined, strategic research

Every research initiative should start with a well-defined problem or issue to be solved that goes beyond the ever too common “statement of work.” Ensuring a given project delivers a [...]

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Something to chew on: How Mars is going beyond consumer-centricity to better understand human behavior

The movement towards “consumer-centricity” has been a great step towards brands bringing consumer needs into decision-making within their businesses. However, labeling people as “consumers” forces us to think of them [...]

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Staying one step ahead of the bad actors. Fighting survey fraud while improving data quality and security for the market research industry.

Join Forsta, Research Defender and CINT for a roundtable discussion on combating fraud and staying one step ahead of fraudsters throughout the research lifecycle. Whether it’s ghost completes, jump links, click [...]

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Storytelling hacks that will turn you into a reporting rockstar

Our roles as researchers are to uncover insights that our teams can use for better decision making. But there’s a big difference between research presentations based on facts and those [...]

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Storytelling, product and purpose: Which approach provides an advantage in advertising? An analysis of creative work

Dynata’s Creative Evaluation Team has conducted an analysis of four different approaches commonly used in creative advertising. We share an analysis of how ads from 16 different brands have used [...]

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Supporting investment decisions with alternative data

Over the last decade, the use of alternative data by hedge fund managers and other investment firms has grown significantly. Alternative data is non-traditional data that is collected and used [...]

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Survey says! How to make reporting more experiential (Game show, anyone?)

In 2023, following extensive segmentation research, a client asked Wonderlust Collective to create a deliverable that went beyond a traditional PPT presentation. The research yielded great, nuanced insights but the [...]

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Sustainability: What does it even mean today?

This year, 98% of businesses¹ are aiming to orient themselves to sustainability. But as the concept becomes more comprehensive and ubiquitous, its shared meaning seems to be evaporating. That makes it much harder for companies, politics, [...]

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T-Mobile’s Magenta Status program, inspired by revolutionary qual+quant sessions – live demo with AI tech

Competition in the telecom market is fierce and every player spends millions on qualitative and quantitative studies. While T-Mobile has grown four-fold over the last decade by identifying and delivering [...]

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Take a trip into the world of text analytics: Analyzing data from surprising sources

The rising tide of psychedelics is carrying academics, journalists and even NFL quarterbacks along for the ride. But, beyond the traditional stereotypes of peace and love, is there a way to [...]

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Taking a trip through text analytics: Exploring data from surprising sources

The rising tide of psychedelics is carrying academics, journalists and even NFL quarterbacks along for the ride. But, beyond the traditional stereotypes of peace and love, is there a way to [...]

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Tapping the hidden job market for research career opportunities and elite talent

When venture capitalists are looking for investments, they target high-margin, high-growth companies. As a potential employee, those companies are more likely to pay above market, promote quickly and are less [...]

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That’s my story and I’m sticking to it: How storytelling in employee research can drive a customer-focused culture

No matter where your organization is on the customer-centricity journey, listening to and leveraging your own employees’ stories can drive you forward. At Duquesne Light Company, a robust research strategy [...]

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The 2024 election: What the will of the people says about the human condition and how brands can operationalize it

2024 is arguably the largest natural experiment in human history with more than 2 billion people going to the polls in 50+ countries. What does this tell us about the [...]

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The 42 secrets of successful corporate insight teams

James Wycherley, author of “Transforming Insight,” CEO of the IMA and host of the Insight Forums and Transforming Insight podcast, summarizes 18 years of best practice discussions with IMA members [...]

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The Art of Automation: For engaging, insightful and accurate large-scale reporting

Report automation is often thought of as limited to just mass generation of charts, but it can be so much more than that. Automated reporting is ideal for any repetitive [...]

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The art of decision-making: Practical techniques to lead in a data-driven world

The next generation of leaders needs different skills to make decisions amid rising uncertainty. Today’s challenge is not the lack of information but the judgment to use it. This session [...]

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The art of Holisticism: Designing for exceptional experiences

Our industry often talks about ‘consumers,’ ‘shoppers’ or ‘customers’ but what we really mean is ‘people’ – people that experience brands, products and services holistically. From the moment they think [...]

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The art of precision: Driving buy-in and action beyond the debrief

In 2022 we delivered ‘The Art of Spectacle: Storytelling Beyond Narrative’ designing projects for insight and impact in equal measure – delivering evidence in such a powerful way, that stakeholders [...]

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The audience-first approach to achieving and measuring impact

Winning the fight for attention is getting ever more challenging online and so is measuring the actual impact of both paid and earned campaigns. In fact, both often seem unachievable [...]

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The case for cultivating curiosity

Consumers and businesses alike are feeling the impact of a fast-changing landscape and climate of uncertainty. How can we prepare for what might come next and anticipate shifts in consumer [...]

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The CMO perspective: How to create consumer value in a rapidly changing world

The world around us is changing quickly. The context in which consumers make decisions looks very different today than just a few years ago. We are in a cost-of-living crisis [...]

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The consumer at an inflection point: Health is wealth, and food is medicine

Join Natalie Borowski, Coefficient Capital and Cara Edwards, Toluna for their presentation on how online grocery has become essential consumer infrastructure – not just a luxury connivence, how social media [...]

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The critical role of insights in achieving sustainability: A panel discussion

Climate change concerns have morphed from something far-off to something more imminent. The recently concluded COP27 Conference in Egypt marked a 30-year anniversary in the fight against climate change. A [...]

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The emotional lives of kids and families: Navigating uncertainty into the next normal

Kids and families continue to re-think, re-evaluate and re-chart their priorities in response to an ongoing pattern of disruptive events from the pandemic to the economy and the uncertainty surrounding [...]

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The evolving role of research in the digital product lifecycle: A case study with a Global health care provider

While digital solutions proliferated in the health care space during the COVID-19 pandemic, many suffered from fundamental misunderstandings of the market. Recognizing this pitfall, one global health care provider approached [...]

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The food waste imperative

The UN Environment Program indicated ~one-third of all food produced is wasted or lost each year. This equates to a staggering 1.3 billion tons of food wasted and costing the [...]

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The future of consumer-led marketing: How AI is changing the game with insights and empathy

In this fireside chat, we will dive into how implementing qualitative consumer insights early and often will be transformative for marketing effectiveness. Key takeaways: How technology is enabling near real-time qualitative insights [...]

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The future of insights is conversational: How modern insight professionals use mobile and conversational approaches to capture immersive and authentic feedback

Consumers who are most likely to provide authentic, trend-setting insights are least likely to participate in traditional research. Why? Because traditional research feels more like taking a test than a [...]

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The future of qualitative research: Driving change through innovation

Qualitative research went through a seismic shift during the global pandemic. Methods that were once deemed unrealistic or sub-optimal became the de facto standard. Now that four years have passed, [...]

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The future of shopping with Synchrony and Ipsos

What does the future of retail hold and what will shoppers be seeking from brands? Ipsos partnered with Synchrony, the consumer financial services company which issues credit cards for retailers [...]

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The great unlock with gen AI – next-gen qual research

The landscape of market research is continually evolving, and with the advent of generative AI, we are on the brink of a revolutionary leap forward in qualitative research methodologies. In [...]

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The importance of industry-specific approaches

As businesses continue to face unprecedented challenges and opportunities, it becomes imperative to embrace a range of traditional and modern market research methodologies to stay ahead in this competitive environment. [...]

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The importance of research in branding and packaging redesign

Whether qualitative or quantitative in nature, checking in with consumers on a redesign of a brand or packaging not only provides important details to the creative agency, but can save [...]

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The invisible opportunity: Reconnecting with your lost audience

Learn how to reconnect with audiences and unlock lost opportunities. Not representing your “true” audience could mean you are missing out on vital growth for your brand, product or service. Representation [...]

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The journey of revamping our brand

Developing a new brand identity is always a delicate process. For over 40 years, Herbalife has changed lives by providing nutrition products around the world and offering the business opportunity [...]

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The key role of iterative insights in times of economic uncertainty

Everywhere we turn, there’s news of layoffs, fear of recession and continued inflation (eggs cost how much!?). This uncertain economic climate means it’s more critical than ever for brands to [...]

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The key to unlocking consumer decision-making

The discussion will revolve around actionable insights that serve as the gateway to understanding consumer decision-making processes. King and Wu will guide participants through the intricate consumer journey, elucidating the pivotal [...]

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The marketing research team as a growth engine: Insights from five Fortune 500 companies

The Marketing Research/Consumer Insights team typically has the best understanding of the people a business is seeking to acquire in order to grow. However, these teams are still not as [...]

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The meaning of meaning

Polymath and acclaimed speaker David Intrator is back! Winner of Best Presentation at Quirk’s 2018 with “What Does It All Mean?,” this year he’ll explore the meaning of meaning itself, [...]

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The new rules of engagement: Influence and impact in a hybrid world

The world of work has changed. Recent data suggests the changes brought forward by the COVID-19 pandemic are here to stay. Today, more than 50% of all U.K. office workers [...]

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The organization has questions. How can we help them find answers?

In this panel, corporate researchers will address some of the issues that arise when internal clients submit a research request. When should you look outside the organization and engage with [...]

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The path to cultural relevance is paved with branded content

Cultural relevance can be table stakes at a time when culture is the main conduit for connection and deep engagement, yet brands find it harder to keep up when culture [...]

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The payoff of making delight intentional: First ever rigorous study

Delighting customers is a goal of many companies but few make significant investments because finance is skeptical. Customer Care Measurement & Consulting (CCMC) has executed the first-ever rigorous study of [...]

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The power of agile insights: How Sakura of America drives consumer-led innovation  

Having the right insights is key to making successful decisions. In this session, you’ll learn how Sakura, an art and writing instruments company, built a data-informed culture that helped them [...]

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The power of AI in coding open-end responses

Are you under pressure to code market research results faster and with more accuracy, while also reducing costs? Are you concerned about leveraging AI and losing control of the results? Ascribe’s [...]

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The power of you: Personal branding essentials for success

In the corporate environment and beyond, your most potent asset is you. This talk is designed for corporate research professionals eager to harness the power of personal and professional branding. [...]

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The quest for quality: Benefits of behaviorally targeted sampling

It’s oftentimes hard to remember what we did yesterday, let alone what we purchased last month. Yet, much consumer research relies on consumers’ ability to recall their actual behavior. If [...]

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The real story on language models in practice: Successes, struggles and lessons learned

Join David Boyle, founder of Audience Strategies and the author of the PROMPT series of books on large language models, for an honest discussion on how language models like ChatGPT are [...]

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The rise of deliberative and collaborative research: Agency and client joint session

The water sector struggles to connect with consumers on complex issues. However, Relish and Southern Water have achieved considerable success on this in recent times. Their innovative, deliberative and collaborative [...]

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The Roaring 20s, a new era: Exploring the Ozempic impact, the influence of TikTok Shop and other 2024 trends

Join Cara Edwards as she presents the New Consumer’s latest Consumer Trends Report. Built in conjunction with Co-efficient Capital, Cara will explore key 2024 topics, including use of GLP-1s and [...]

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The scary side of excellence: What if your brand’s medical messaging was accidentally scaring people away?

Using St. Louis Children’s Hospital as an example, we will show you how an evidence-based psychological theory known as Terror Management Theory can positively shape storytelling, tone and visual aesthetic [...]

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The science behind how we buy and how to predict it with AI

In this session, we’re diving into how decision science, neuroscience and marketing come together. Phil Barden, the author of the bestseller “Decoded,” will share the latest findings from behavioral economics, [...]

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The shift from artificial to augmented intelligence

Join us for a thought-provoking session that opens the path from artificial to augmented intelligence in market research. We will explore how we, as an industry, can transcend traditional AI’s [...]

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The sky is falling! Why didn’t anyone tell us?

It’s one thing to see future possibilities. It’s quite another to bring them to life and make them actionable in the present. Too often insights into macro trends and the [...]

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The supermarket sweep: How General Mills uses behavioral experiments to wow consumers, delight retailers and slay its snacking competition

Don’t miss this chance to see how General Mills Snacks is breaking the rules to unlock millions of dollars in growth opportunities. Join us on a journey to hear firsthand [...]

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The true cost of (poor) quality: How fraud and bad data impact the bottom line and send clients packing

Discussions around data quality in the research industry often overlook a crucial aspect: the true cost of bad data. This session directly addresses this overlooked issue. It delves into the [...]

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The universal truths of ag (and research!): Relationships and uncertainty are the name of the game

What do the ag industry and market research have in common? They are both relationship-based industries full of uncertainty. But user research and market research can work together to inform [...]

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The urge to splurge: Differentiating unplanned and impulse purchases

Shoppers’ e-store navigation combined with their physiological responses have shown significant differences among planned, unplanned and impulse purchases in terms of shoppers’ emotional engagement and cognitive involvement in the decision-making [...]

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The value of simplification and focus when working on complex projects

As humans, we tend to overcomplicate things in our lives when there are typically some relatively easy solutions to be found. If we could step outside of ourselves and look [...]

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The Virgin Media O2 SME audiences: An example of a great segmentation

“Every segmentation is a huge challenge and many of them fail to live up to expectations, even today. The two biggest issues are: A framework that is fundamentally not fit for [...]

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This is how you deploy AI in qual consumer insights

Before AI gained the mainstream recognition it has today, GetWhy developed their own generative AI model and have since deployed the technology to completely change the game of qualitative consumer [...]

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Thriving through the unexpected: Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall on a career of listening and learning (45-minute session)

In this conversation with MARC Research CEO Merrill Dubrow, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall will draw on her nearly four-decade career with AT&T and five years as the NBA’s first [...]

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Tips and tricks for elevating your internal partners’ IQ

Learn ways to elevate the Insight Quotient (IQ) of Johnson & Johnson Vision teams and internal partners. When we deepen understanding of insights and how to get them across our [...]

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Top 3 insights into insights: Ask the right questions before, during and after an analysis

The session entails best practices for delivering actionable and timely insights to business partners when answering variety of business questions using multiple data sources in CPG and retail industry. Key takeaways: What [...]

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Training session: Solve for the future with Lighthouse Academy

It’s no secret that technology is continuing to change everything around us at a rapid pace and market research is no exception. The more automated and sophisticated consumer insight survey [...]

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Transformation: Leveraging your research superpowers for a mid-career pivot

Researchers develop many transferrable skills throughout their careers; come hear how one researcher leveraged her superpowers to pivot throughout her career and learn best practices for you to apply as [...]

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Transformational innovation with jobs-to-be-done and behavioral science

The typical mindset guiding product innovation is to build a better mousetrap. This mindset is based on the assumption that a better product will beat the competition. While tangible product [...]

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Transformative tech: How Kent Pet is leveraging technology to bring actionable insights to their organization

When done right, insights can transform an organization from the inside out. But you’ve got to own your research, dig deep into your findings and advocate for data-driven change. And [...]

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Transforming insight at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

IMA chief executive, James Wycherley, talks to Hazel Nicolson about her work transforming the Insight team and its impact at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Key takeaways: How to assess the opportunity for Insight [...]

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Transforming insight at Lloyd’s Register

Caroline van den Bos, insight and client experience director at Lloyd’s Register, joins Insight Management Academy CEO James Wycherley to describe her journey setting up a new global insight function [...]

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Transforming insight at News UK and eBay

Parveen Bdesha, former insight lead at News UK and eBay Europe, talks to Lisa Dutton, head of team development at the Insight Management Academy, and reflects on her work to [...]

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Transforming insight at NPR

IMA chief executive, James Wycherley, talks to Lori Kaplan about her work transforming the insight team and its impact at National Public Radio. Key takeaways: What does it mean to be a [...]

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Transforming insight at Virgin Atlantic

Debra Walmsley, head of insight at Virgin Atlantic, talks to Insight Management Academy CEO James Wycherley about her work to transform the impact of insight at Virgin Atlantic. Key takeaways: How Debra [...]

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Transforming insight communication: Shaping, sharing and zhoozhing

Lisa Dutton, head of team development at the IMA, and subject matter expert on storytelling, summarizes insight team communication best practice as seen amongst the IMA’s 80 corporate members. Key takeaways: Why [...]

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Transforming insight generation at Transport for London

IMA chief executive, James Wycherley, talks to Renate Brockes about her work transforming the Insight team and its impact at Transport for London. Key takeaways: How to assess the opportunity for Insight [...]

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Transforming insight strategy at Carlsberg

IMA chief executive, James Wycherley, talks to Nick Rich about his work transforming the Insight Team and its impact at Carlsberg Breweries. Nick will focus in particular on his work [...]

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Transforming insight strategy at Deliveroo

IMA chief executive, James Wycherley, talks to Hayley Ward about her work transforming the insight team and its impact at Deliveroo. Key takeaways: How to assess the opportunity for insight in your [...]

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Transforming the impact of insight at Nestlé

Carolina Otero, head of group insight, UK&I at Nestlé, talks to Insight Management Academy CEO James Wycherley about her work to transform the impact of the insight team at Nestlé. Key [...]

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Triangulating the truth: Leveraging multiple sources and methods to arrive at high-quality data

Data quality is top of mind for most market researchers today. Inattentive participants and fraudulent respondents harm data quality and jeopardize our ability to make data-driven business decisions. In this [...]

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Turbocharge your client relationship: A conversation on better investing with clients to build relationship equity, a TurboTax case study

TurboTax Insights leadership will share their principles on how to best collaborate with suppliers, providing an understanding of what matters most beyond costs and timing. We’ll open the book to [...]

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Turning off the fire hose: The importance and art of synthesis in a data-driven organization

In too many companies, research doesn’t achieve its potential to influence change because it is delivered by the pound, in silos or doesn’t reconcile conflicting points of view from other [...]

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Unboxing beautiful insights: Dunelm’s segmentation revolution

Join us for an insightful exploration of Boxclever’s collaboration with Dunelm, a leading homewares and furniture retailer, to redefine their market segmentation approach. Facing challenges in customer growth and retention [...]

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Uncover category barriers with behavioral science

In our pursuit of category growth beyond just market share, Colgate-Palmolive embarked on a thorough examination of potential consumers interested in whitening benefits but not currently purchasing whitening products. In this [...]

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Uncovering hidden links: Using sensory data to predict consumer behavior with mascara

Ever struggled connecting consumer needs and motivation to product attributes? While this is a complex process, it is nonetheless necessary to provide clear direction during product development. To make it [...]

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Uncovering the recipe for a joy-filled life

We certainly need more joy in the world, and to a large extent we are each responsible for finding our own joy. But it’s not always easy – challenges come [...]

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Uncovering the thread between personal and brand values: Connecting beliefs with behaviors

Join a presentation led by Tripp Hughes, senior director of consumer strategy and insight at Organic Valley, and Katelyn Ferrara, vice president of client development at quantilope, focused on understanding [...]

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Uncovering the truth: Mental health and the combined power of narrative inquiry and strategic sample blending

Mental health awareness has made strides in reducing stigma in mainstream media, but negative attitudes toward mental illnesses persist. When combined with traditional gender roles and expectations of masculinity, the [...]

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Understanding consumer choices in a cost of living crisis

Its hard to escape that the U.K. is in the midst of a cost of living crisis just after life had returned to normal post pandemic, so consumers are making [...]

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Understanding the consumer world at the speed of online reviews

In this dynamic session, dive into the world of consumer insights based on online reviews. Discover how technology plays a part in understanding the consumer world and cutting through the [...]

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Understanding the future of series

Television series have become a dominant art form of the 21st century. But with seemingly infinite options to choose from, how can your series (and platform) stand out from the [...]

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Understanding what customers do (and don’t) want from offer propositions

Daniel Taylor, manager of growth insights from Comcast, and Kevin Korgaonkar, senior research director from MarketCast, will discuss the importance of using the right metrics for offer proposition research in [...]

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Understanding your consumer is everything: How a disruptor is positioning to win

My/Mochi is a delicious, multi-textural sensation of cool, creamy premium ice cream wrapped in a sweet, pillowy rice dough. More importantly, this challenger brand is quickly capturing share in the [...]

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Unleash the power of AI and let’s transform the industry

Discover the untapped potential of AI in the insights industry and unlock a world of opportunities. Join us for a captivating session where we will share the five key takeaways [...]

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Unleashing the Microsoft-Voxpopme partnership: ChatGPT integration and the future of qualitative insights

Microsoft and Voxpopme have partnered to bring together cutting-edge capabilities to transform the landscape of qualitative research and insights. Through this collaboration, we are proud to announce the integration of [...]

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Unlocking advertising success: How AI can deepen consumer insight and ignite creativity

In a world being reshaped right in front of our eyes, all indications point to generative AI rapidly becoming a commonplace tool used across nearly every aspect of advertising in creative, media and measurement. In fact, [...]

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Unlocking impact at scale: How knowledge management elevates the role of insights at AT&T

How can knowledge management elevate the role of insights? And how can you unlock that impact at scale? During this session, Cristian Young, AVP, insights and knowledge management at AT&T, and [...]

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Unlocking strategic opportunities with B2B customers: How Visa are partnering with Dynata to empower SMBs across Europe in their digital transformation

In 2020, Visa announced a multi-year goal to digitalize 50 million small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide. As part of its efforts to better understand the needs and expectations of [...]

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Unlocking the power of AI in coding open-end comments

Wondering how to leverage AI to analyze open-end comments faster, while maintaining quality results? Feeling overwhelmed by the rapid advancements in technology? Join Ascribe and Screen Engine, a data analytics [...]

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Unlocking the power of AI in verbatim coding

Do you think AI is the future of verbatim coding or are you more of a traditionalist and side with human expertise? Ascribe’s coding technology provides the best of both worlds! [...]

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Unlocking the power of ResearchOps!

Join us for an insightful event session where we delve into the intricate world of operationalizing research at scale within enterprise organizations. In an era dominated by data, the ability [...]

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Unmasking the shadows: How ChatGPT is being exploited to hijack online surveys

AI has clearly touched all corners of our industry in the past year. Is it a threat, a friend or a frenemy? An equally important question is, how is it actually [...]

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Unraveling data quality mysteries: Technology’s role in market research execution

In this engaging presentation, The Logit Group, a leading market research execution company, dives into the crucial realm of data quality. Discover how they harness innovative technologies to maintain data [...]

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Unveiling shopper desires: Targeting survey research based on verified shopping behaviors for more relevant, consumer-centric insights

In this insightful session, we delve into the dynamic realm of retail by exploring the intricacies of shopper preferences and aspirations. Retailers don’t always understand what their shoppers truly want [...]

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Urban cycling: Behaviors and perceptions across the mobility ecosystem

As more and more Americans pick up cycling as not only a hobby but also a means of transportation, cities and fellow users of the road have had to evolve [...]

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UScellular, on a mission to find US

In the midst of the growth of technology; social and cultural changes, UScellular continues its’ quest of connecting people. As the fourth largest wireless carrier in the U.S. which was founded [...]

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Using AI to drive stronger product performance: Learn how top CPG brands like Coca-Cola, Carlsberg and Nestle use AI to guide, predict and improve their innovation success

The vast majority of product launches within CPG continue to fail. This is something that has been and is still tolerated by many large CPG companies, who explain away this [...]

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Using emotion analytics to better understand how real people are experiencing today’s economic turbulence

Everyone has an opinion on the state of our country, the economy and societal evolution. Everyone is impacted in some way by the subsequent turbulence we see in our daily [...]

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Using insight at UKHSA to support people most impacted by health threats

This session introduces the Insight team at the UK Health Security Agency and provides an overview of the types of research that we carry out to support the agency’s decision-making. [...]

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Using research to improve the Team DetermiNation experience for the American Cancer Society

DetermiNation is the American Cancer Society’s event endurance program, spanning a variety of sports including cycling, running, hiking, yoga and more. Team DetermiNation wanted to explore the experience among its [...]

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Using segmentation as an engine for growth and regeneration

Explore how segmentation isn’t just a tool for customer categorization, it’s a catalyst for brand growth. A case study by Pentland Brands and Endura, presented alongside our research partner, ImpactSense. Over [...]

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Vanishing acts: Demystifying no-shows in health care

In the labyrinth of health care systems, patient no-shows pose a significant challenge, disrupting efficiency and impeding optimal patient care. This presentation embarks on an investigative journey into the intricate [...]

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Video + ChatGPT: The future of qualitative insights with Microsoft and Voxpopme

According to Google, 7 out of 10 CEOs are actively investigating how they can leverage ChatGPT for a competitive advantage. If you are a marketing research professional, it’s time to [...]

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Walk a country mile (in your customers’ boots): Decoding the hidden values of rural Americans

This session offers a rich, captivating dive into the psychology of rural American consumers and why they matter to brands more than ever before. As rural identity has grown to [...]

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Walmart: Unlocking brand love

To drive brand love, the BAMM team took a deep dive into Walmart fans’ world. What are the sources of their love and how might Walmart amplify them further? Brand love [...]

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Want to save the human race? Stop talking to customers about sustainability

I heard an interesting comment the other day – that we need to prepare for a ‘George Floyd moment’ when it comes to the climate; a collective wake-up call that [...]

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Want your brand to capture their hearts? Identify and address buyers’ emotional needs

Emotional connections with brands drive purchasing behavior, but what sparks it? We have previously shared a model of how brands trigger emotional responses and emotional identification in consumers. But what [...]

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We aren’t using the numbers, the numbers are using us: The impact of quantification on MR, credibility and professional control

Quantification is a process so inherent to the work of consumer insights that we often neglect to consider it as a cultural practice in itself. The literature on the sociology [...]

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We need to talk about Sydney!

We need to talk about Sydney. AI is changing the game in our industry and beyond. And it’s happening right now. Think about it. How many times have you wished for [...]

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Welcome to research 2.0 : AI-Powered research platforms

Since COVID-19, the research fraternity has seen drastic changes in its approach toward consumer research and user research. Technology adoption is at its peak and online research platforms have become [...]

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What do they think about Cannabis: A deep dive into feelings and opinions of consumers from the Netherlands and newly legalized Thailand

Presentation of research that Savelsberg Research together with his local Thai research partner conducted with Thai and Dutch nationals living in their respective countries. We asked them about the online [...]

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What does branding taste like? Simply Good Foods explored their own ‘brand taste’ to uncover the consumer psychology behind this common-yet-strange effect

Do you know what your brand tastes like? Simply Good Foods and Curion partnered to explore this question on products in the “better for you” and traditional snack categories. By [...]

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What happens when purpose doesn’t drive business

Sustainability is a crucial challenge for all organizations but the elusive “win-win” of planetary responsibility and brand growth rarely surfaces. We want our brands to say more about social or [...]

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What makes vertical video ads a success? The dos and don’ts of ads on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube

TikTok is still being considered as something of an unknown space when talking about ad effectiveness and audience reach. By combining the results of its recent case study with a [...]

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What moderating now means in a world of influencers

Influencer marketing fundamentally changes the direct-to-consumer sales model and wait, why should marketing get all the innovation? By studying how influencers attract and maintain their followers and audiences, the marketing [...]

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What’s next in AI: 2025 trends and predictions

In the wake of the 2023 AI hype, 2024 is witnessing a surge in global AI adoption, poised to revolutionize various facets of society, with all signs pointing at even [...]

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When transactional meets relational – the rubber hits the road

When 1 + 1 equals more than 2, magic happens. DHL Global Forwarding and Forsta worked together to bring two different methodologies together into an all-in-one customer system. Together, the [...]

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Why (and how) the era of generative AI will change search

How would your work change if search evolved from a transactional tool to an inspiring co-creator that sparks creativity and fosters a learning mindset? With the seismic shift in the development [...]

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Why good enough isn’t good enough: Sample quality changes your research outcomes

In a time where data is abundant and time is finite, it can be easy to opt for data that is “good enough.” 84.51° embarked on a journey to understand [...]

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Why is there a firewall between CX and MR and how do we bridge the gap?

MRX (market research) and CX (customer experience) are two related but distinct disciplines that focus on understanding and improving different aspects of a company’s operations. MRX and CX often overlap [...]

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Why luxury brands continue to invest in insights and innovation during tougher economic times

The last three years have been a roller coaster ride for luxury goods manufacturers, including manufacturers of high-end products in the alcohol beverages category. A deep slump in restaurant and [...]

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Why we are comfortable with store-brand paper towels but not laundry detergent: GroupSolver and PWC dive deep into customer attitudes toward private-label brands

The pandemic years followed by rapid inflation have shifted our attitudes toward the brands we buy every day. From cleaning supplies to salty snacks, from medicines to pet food, the [...]

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Wide-open listening: Stop focusing on gathering data and let the consumer lead the conversation

When conducting qual or quant research, the first study questions that are asked can put constraints on what people will share and could even taint the ultimate research findings. You also [...]

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Women talk 9.7x more about packaging, but men want to look cool: How text analysis reveals what your choice of vape says about you…

Brands have always looked to categorize their consumers through persona targeting, but typically only do so using quantitative and very limited qualitative data. This leads to target audiences being defined [...]

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Would you like actionable recommendations with that? Insight from two McInfluencers

Telling a compelling story, and influencing key stakeholders at the right times, is the ask of all insight professionals. At McDonald’s, tailoring our insights to our broad mix of audiences is [...]

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Your consumers are talking. Are you listening? How consumer-centricity sparks innovation ideation at Mondelēz

At Mondelēz, understanding how and why people snack is a full-time obsession. The maker of Chips Ahoy, Triscuit, Oreo and dozens of other A-list snack brands focuses year-round on discovering [...]

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Your participants are your MOST valuable asset. Are you wasting your time and theirs?

If you have yet to learn by now, the monetary honorarium is not as powerful of an incentive as it once was for qualitative research. Even before the pandemic changed [...]

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