Charles Vila, the VP of North American consumer insights for Campbell Soup Company, opened the Insight Innovation Exchange in Philadelphia by stressing the need for brands to become “digitally fit”. In an age where digital is reshaping the life of consumers, it needs to reshape the insights role as well. Children are more likely to own a smart phone than a book, Facebook is blamed for 20% of divorces, and over 30% of 18 to 35 year olds check Facebook immediately after having sex. Similarly, digital is changing consumers’ relationships to brands: “Digital is influencing the entire path to purchase–living, planning, shopping, experiencing.
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Jeffrey Henning
Jeffrey Henning, IPC is a professionally certified researcher and has personally conducted over 1,400 survey research projects. Jeffrey is a member of the Insights Association and the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers. In 2012, he was the inaugural winner of the MRA’s Impact award, which “recognizes an industry professional, team or organization that has demonstrated tremendous vision, leadership, and innovation, within the past year, that has led to advances in the marketing research profession.” In 2022, the Insights Association named him an IPC Laureate. Before founding Researchscape in 2012, Jeffrey co-founded Perseus Development Corporation in 1993, which introduced the first web-survey software, and Vovici in 2006, which pioneered the enterprise-feedback management category. A 35-year veteran of the research industry, he began his career as an industry analyst for an Inc. 500 research firm.
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