The March/April edition of La Fleur’s Magazine (a lottery and gaming publication) features an article entitled Measuring Consumer Attitudes Via Traditional & Wired Channels in which Sharon Bohn (Vice President, Market Strategies, Inc.) discusses advantages of using the Perception Analyzer for lottery & gaming research as well as in other […]

Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge has an interesting article about breathing new life into old brands and contains a checklist of “Twelve Musts” for product turnarounds.

This site allows you to find and read local newspapers online by drilling down by country and worldwide region. For many, this may be helpful for finding and preparing for international business opportunities.

The Media Center at the American Press Institute concludes that 70% of media consumers use multiple forms of media at the same time. The goal of the study was to provide “quantifiable data on consumer media behaviors as an alternative to traditional audience measurement techniques, which at best capture bodies […]

For years, we at MSInteractive have been saying (and our clients agree) that using the Perception Analyzer® in focus groups helps eliminate “group-think” by allowing everyone to respond to questions based on their own opinions and not be influenced by the more vocal respondents in the group. It also facilitates […]

Creatively capitalizing on the whole makeover trend, Xerox, in conjunction with Entrepreneur Magazine, has launched an office makeover contest. Of course, the winning office will be stocked with state-of-the-art Xerox products and Thom Filicia (from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) will help design the space. IMHO, brilliant!

U.S. household broadband penetration of 18% significantly lags behind other nations according to this Business Week article.

According to a new report by Nielsen/NetRatings, home Internet access penetration jumped from 66% in February 2003 to 75% today. However, the important caveat from the report is, “Internet access penetration is defined as the percent of people aged 2 and over living in households equipped with a fixed line […]

While most of us already know this, an article by Fast Company offers some interesting statistics – two that caught my eye: By 2010, spending by people 40 and older will be a trillion dollars greater than spending by people between the ages of 18 and 34 — $2.6 trillion […]

Much is being made of the impact DVR’s are going to have on television viewing, subsequent ratings and ad buys. TelevisionWeek has a very comprehensive article on what the future may look like.