Can effective qualitative research be conducted remotely?

The health crisis is speeding up the migration of marketing research tools to digital and mobile. Yet digital tools have long been associated with the written word. Today, new tools combining voice and image are enhancing data collection techniques. All of these tools are highly agile and can be used in a variety of ways to [...]

Toys that are no longer the stuff of dreams

Toys that are no longer the stuff of dreams? La Grande Récré in suspension of payment, Amazon's nth victim", was the headline in the press at the beginning of March 2018, like a warning signal; a few months earlier, the American giant Toys "R "Us had declared bankruptcy, followed by the English company Maplin. With a snap of his fingers, Eliott closed his tablet and [...].

The great return of magical thinking

La décennie qui se termine aura très certainement été marquée par le grand retour de la pensée magique, alors même que notre monde semble embarqué dans une immense fuite en avant technologique – et rationnelle donc. Antonio Damasio, dans L’erreur de Descartes, avait souligné le rôle des émotions et des sentiments dans des prises de […]

What research is being done on brands in the digital age?

How can we renew our approach to brand research? At a time when brands have an omnichannel presence, on the web, in-store and on social networks, new digital monitoring tools and evaluation techniques that reflect the reality of customer journeys and targets already exist. The challenge is to learn from them. [...]

A new paradigm in brand relations: a meeting with a brand historian

New forms of brand relationships Editor-in-chief of La Revue des Marques, Jean Watin-Augouard describes himself as a 'brand historian': we meet on the subject of trust, or rather distrust, in brands. Adwise: Recent studies have highlighted the growing distrust of brands, particularly in the financial sector [...].

The hidden face of the IoT (Internet of Things)

The hidden face of the IoT (Internet of Things) Cisco regularly publishes its forecasts for the future of global Internet traffic, highlighting the disparities between countries: for example, while the percentage of Internet users will rise from 44% to 58% of the global population in 2021, it will barely reach 27% in Africa (South Africa [...].

Restoring trust in insurance brands: an insurer's point of view

Restoring confidence in insurance brands: an insurer's point of view... The banking and, to a lesser extent, insurance sectors have never fully recovered from the 2008 crisis in terms of image, and mistrust still prevails in the minds of consumers. Interview with an expert: [...]

Advertising investment: cautiousness at every level!

Last week, IREP presented the figures for the advertising market in 2016: zero growth, nothing to be proud of! For 2017, we can hope for... nothing better: election years are not favourable in this respect. Has French industry recovered badly from the 2008 crisis? There's no excuse not to invest! At the end of 2016, [...]