The Case of the Dead Cat: Curiosity Not to Blame

At the NewMR Virtual Festival, Rosie Campbell of Campbell Keegan presented “The Case of the Dead Cat: Curiosity not to Blame”.In this murder case, Curiosity is not a suspect but is in fact a hero of the tale! “What seems to be the problem? As...

The Rise of the Digital Shopper

Ian Ralph of Marketing Sciences talked about the rise of the digital consumer at the NewMR Virtual Festival, discussing how new ways to shop require new ways to research: Who is the digital shopper? The digital shopper “is a savvy consumer who uses all of the...

Neuromania: The 8 Fallacies of Fanatical Neuromarketers

David Penn of Conquest presented “Neuromania: Why We Need to Re-humanize Research” at the NewMR Virtual Festival. “You’ve probably heard of neuroscience and neuromarketing. As for neuromania, you probably haven’t heard of that.” Some definitions: Neuroscience is “the...

Surveys Without Scales – NewMR and Facial Imaging

At the 2011 NewMR Virtual Festival, Alistair Gordon of Gordon & McCallum discussed NewMR and facial imaging and how it could be revolutionary for new market research. As with my NewMR presentation, Alistair was a defender of surveys. “Survey are simple...