Consumer

Articles in Consumer

Advertising:

IKEA’s Preroll Ads Are So Boring That They’re Pure Genius

What happens when a brand uses reverse psychology on its consumers to not skip ads? IKEA has hit the ball out of the park with its latest campaign…

Advertising:

Gonzalo Fuentes asks “Is Brand Building Advertising Dying?” at #ZeeMelt 2017

No consumer, on any screen, at any time, wants to consume advertising. Kantar Insight's Gonzalo Fuentes on how advertisers can tackle this insight.

Research:

Sarah Owen on Engaging Millenials & GenZs at #ZeeMelt 2017

What are the key priorities for Millenials and GenZ consumers, and where do they overlap? WGSN's Sarah Owen spills the beans.

Marketing:

Dion McKenzie on “The (New) Digital Consumer” at #ZeeMelt 2017

How do you define today's digital consumer? Dion McKenzie, Group Director - Marketing & Communications, Iron Group breaks it down in this session at the Disruptive Marketing hall at Zee MELT 2017.

Research:

The India Mobile Video Report at #ZeeMelt 2017

In a first of its kind report for the Indian market, the India Mobile Video Report combines the strengths between Kantar IMRB and Culture Machine to share insights on who's watching what, how, and where?

Research:

Point Of View: Is Your Brand Doing Justice To Its Sermon?

What the world once trusted, it now doubts. The mainstream media has lost its monopoly on authority. Societal and economic fears are dominating the conversation, especially concerns about job loss, immigration restrictions, and the rapid pace of innovation. The chasm between views held by the elites and the mass population continues to widen.

Research:

Point Of View: ‘Born On The Web’ Brands Understand Customer Service

When everything is going well, no one notices. It is when things go wrong that reputations get built. One of my bosses, the founder of Direct Marketing, R Sridhar, published a booklet titled, ‘Life begins after the coupons come in.’ I think we can safely update it to ‘Brands get built when customer service kicks in.’

Media:

Burning Issues: Does Your Brand Have A Voice?

The voice must be original, interesting and, above all, experimentative. If ever a torrential deluge of content has threatened to drown us, it’s now.

Marketing:

Consumers Do Not See Themselves In Demographics

The moment we use the word ‘target’ we have already conditioned our system to think that there is someone outside an environment – the viewer looking at it – the object and trying to aim at it and doing something with it.