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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 by Robert de Bruijn

Lessons from the recession 

Jeff Hunter, director of consumer insights at General Mills, looks at what we have learned about customer preferences and future business strategy. 

We are moving towards a more stable economy, but there are still concerns about the impact of high unemployment levels and the availability of cash to invest in business growth. Jeff presents eight observations: 

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BAQMaR/MOA Event 03/03 (Antwerpen) – How to make sense of the data explosion!

Monday, February 8th, 2010 by Tom De Ruyck

Gebruik van klantendata, online forum discussies & ‘behavioral tracking’ data in marketing onderzoek!

3 Maart 2010 – Hangar 26: ‘Barcelona’, Antwerpen (BE)

Voor het eerst organiseren onderzoeksassociaties BAQMaR ( www.baqmar.be ) & MOA ( www.moaweb.nl ) een grensoverschijdend event in Antwerpen ( http://www.barcelona-meeting.be ) met zowel Vlaamse als Nederlandse sprekers.

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The Overlap of Open Innovation and Experience Co-Creation

Monday, February 8th, 2010 by Volker Bilgram

In my post on „The Value of Co-Creation“ I pointed out a couple of value dimensions beyond the innovation-related benefits, for instance, the effect co-creation initiatives have on employer branding. Following up my observations I took a closer look at two major underlying domains: new product development and experience marketing. Both fields have started to opened up towards consumers and have become more interactive and compelling particularly in virtual environments. Two terms have been coined for the open approaches: open innovation and experience co-creation.

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Funny Fridays: GroupThink – Episode 1 (& an interview with the actors)

Friday, February 5th, 2010 by Tom De Ruyck

Groupthink is a workplace comedy web series about two best friends Cynthia and Pilar, who have recently acquired a marketing research company by way of Cynthia’s unfortunate recent divorce. Their mission is to make Groupthink the most successful market research group in the San Fernando Valley area … without killing each other first.

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Online shopping drastically changed in 2009

Thursday, February 4th, 2010 by AnkeMoerdyck

90% of European internet users go online weekly to search for information. More than 4 out of 10 consumers search for information on brands and products via comparison, expert and user review sites. Meanwhile the web is the platform for a lively peer-to-peer economy, a third of European internet users have sold something to another user via online classified or auction sites.

These are some of the results of the MC DC report (Marketers & Consumers, Digital & Connected), conducted in 16 European countries. Click here to read the full article.

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