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The blog of the market research agency IntoTheminds lists opinionated articles, examples of alignment with marketing theory, highlights and bad buzz, carefully selected by Pierre-Nicolas Schwab, his team and influential experts.
Amazon is seeking to transform the competitive landscape in logistics
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
As early as 2014, we announced that Amazon would become a competitor to traditional delivery companies such as DHL and FedEx. The last five years have proven us right. After launching its network of automatic lockers, Amazon is putting additional…
Market research: the evolution of credit card ownership in Europe
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
If you need to realise market research in the financial sector or on more generally on a B2C market, the data below may be of some help. I compiled data on credit card ownership in Europe to better understand the…
A new generation of electric bicycles: the match between France and Belgium is being replayed
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
After the marketing of electric bicycles and the spread of electric scooters in large cities, it is time for connected and high-end electric bikes. As this sector is trendy and entrepreneurial projects are multiplying in the field, we thought that…
Boco Brussels: the reasons behind the failure
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Boco Brussels is over. The franchise was held by Star Food Company, who initiated legal reorganisation proceedings before the Brussels Commercial Court. This is the end of the Boco adventure in Belgium, a concept we have been following since its…
French economy ministry uses data to predict bankruptcy and help firms
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Anticipating the failure of businesses is a challenge both for entrepreneurs and for the State itself. Did you know that a bankruptcy, beyond the financial and emotional cost it represents for the entrepreneur, also represents a burden for the State?…
Customer Experience: Polette puts sex toys in a shop window display
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Last week, a shop window display aroused my interest as I walked through the streets of downtown Brussels. I was not the only one to stop in front of the Polette store, rue du Marché aux Herbes. How could it…
Major Retail Outlets in City Centres
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
After many years of focusing on opening stores on the outskirts of major cities, Ikea opened this week in Paris, on May 6, 2019, 23 Boulevard de la Madeleine in the 1st arrondissement, its first retail outlet adapted to city…
Customer satisfaction: can it be measured based on facial emotions?
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
During a recent programme on a French television channel (BFMTV), Paul Hermelin, the big boss of Cap Gemini, described the fantastic current technologies that were impacting his group and mentioned a project that surprised me. With the help of Cap…
Net Promoter Score (NPS) : to include in all satisfaction surveys or not?
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
How to design a customer satisfaction survey? An in particular, should a NPS (Net Promoter Score) question always be included in a satisfaction survey? While we at IntoTheMinds highly recommend to do so, I had to to re-think my position…
The secrets of conducting market research or how to ensure the success of your (future) business: Part 1
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
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The secrets of conducting market research or how to ensure the success of your (future) business: Part 2
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
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The secrets of conducting market research or how to ensure the success of your (future) business: Part 3
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Market research: changes for consultancy subsidies in Brussels
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
[buzz]The rules concerning the consultancy subsidies (which apply to market research projects) have just changed substantially for the Brussels region (see here the official website in French or in Dutch). On 31 January 2019, a new regional decree was passed…
Customer experience: This Lisbon store uses a magical recipe to make you buy
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Rarely have I seen a store that used marketing so efficiently to unconciously make people buy. "O Mundo Fantastico Da Sardinha Portuguesa" is a a store located on Praça Rossio (Rossio square) in Lisbon which seels sardines in box. Boxes…
Qualitative studies: The Critical Incident Technique
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
After having explained how open-ended and closed-ended questions work and the contexts in which they are applied, we return in this article to the Critical Incident Technique as part of market research, using the Sage Encyclopedia on methods for qualitative…
World Packaging Organisation: our eye on the Awards
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
The well-known World Packaging Organisation (WPO) will announce the winners of the World-Star Packaging Awards 2019 next month, on the 15th of May. Considering the role of packaging on purchase decisions, we have chosen some of the finalists and analysed…
Hospitality: why it’s important to answer online customer reviews
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Social media is an unmissable way to connect customers and firms. It has also become a privileged channel to raise complaints and engage in positive and negative word-of-mouth. In today's article we propose to analyse one aspect of electronic word-of-mouth…
Qualitative research: open-ended and closed-ended questions
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
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SEO 2019: A look at the fundamentals
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Having recently attended a conference focusing on SEO, I thought it very appropriate to share with you the lessons to be learned for 2019. This article will detail the points raised by the various speakers who shared their knowledge of…
Find & Order turns ‘Picking’ into child’s play
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
We have interviewed Arthur Guelton, co-founder of Find & Order, an indoor guidance solution for retail and supply chain businesses. In this article, we return to the creation and characteristics of this pioneering application. Summary Find & Order at a…
Music streaming: the primary source of income for the music industries
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
While the sales physical formats are suffering, the SNEP (National Union of Phonographic Publishing) report reveals that only the sales of vinyl’s are on the rise in France, attracting consumers to their vintage and authentic side. More and more music…
How to turn a crazy idea into reality: Savour Histoires de Gourmets, our interview with Jérôme Fourest
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
After having analysed the creation of the Savour Histoires de Gourmets boutique in Vichy, a shop resulting from the association of 3 French brands (Comtesse du Barry, Nicolas, De Neuville), we interviewed Jérôme Fourest, General Manager at Comtesse du Barry,…
Marketing research: the 4 dimensions of online customer experience
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
There is a lot of debate around the definition of customer experience. Despite intense marketing research there is for instance still no valid scale to measure it. Seeing a paper on online customer experiences published in the Journal of Marketing…
Ryanair: can provocation pay on the long-term?
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
It has been a long time (3 years to be exact) since I had travelled on Ryanair. Not having been particularly attracted by the customer experience I have avoided this company as much as possible, but last weekend it was…
