Entries in Bonsai Public
Kindernothilfe study: 82 percent of citizens want children's rights in the Basic Law

According to the latest Kindernothilfe survey on Children's Rights Day on November 20, two thirds of people in Germany would like children's rights to play a greater role in political decisions. Four out of five of those surveyed by Bonsai Research would like to see children's rights enshrined in the Basic Law.  

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GLORY Payment Report 2024: For the first time, Germans prefer to pay by card rather than cash

Exciting POS trends from the GLORY Payment Report 2024: 60 percent of people now use the option to withdraw cash at the supermarket checkout (last year it was only 44 percent). Card payments have replaced cash as the most popular payment method in Germany for the first time this year. What's more, artificial intelligence would also be in demand in bricks-and-mortar retail: the majority of consumers would like to see digital assistants in stores that make product recommendations, or would at least try them out.

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New ways for fundraising ...

The cover story of FUNDStücke, the members' magazine of the German Fundraising Association, deals with new approaches to fundraising and the future of the donor market. Interview: Jan Borcherding, Head of Bonsai Public, and Lena Laaser from the donation livestream Friendly Fire. Background: the German Donations Monitor, which is compiled by Bonsai Research.

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Autarq Energy Transition Report 2024 – Bonsai interviews owners

Our studies don't make it into the "stern" every day. The topic of the Autarq Energy Transition Report 2024, the Bonsai was exciting not only for us, but also for "stern" and its readers. After all, what property owners think and know about the energy transition will have a significant influence on development and thus also on climate protection.

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Value index 1/2024 - what companies should know

Around 50 company and press representatives gathered online for the presentation of the Values Index 1/2024, the largest social media study on social change - around a dozen were guests at Bonsai Research in Hamburg. In addition to the exciting results, the main focus was on how companies need to react to the most important manifestations of the change in values - using best practices, of course.

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Great response to the Deutsche Bank Standard of Living Study

The newly developed study "Deutsche Bank Standard of Living Index 2023", which was implemented and surveyed by Bonsai Research, met with broad media interest. The Frankfurter Allgemeine, Saarbrücker Zeitung and Südwestpresse, among others, reported on the study. Articles were also published in the trade press (marktforschung.de) and the business press (Geldanlagen Nachrichten).

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German Donation Monitor - Spiegel and Süddeutsche report

Der Spiegel reports on the German Donation Monitor 2023, which is conducted by Bonsai Research for the German Fundraising Association. Der Spiegel writes: "According to a survey, donation behavior in the country differs according to political preference. According to the survey, supporters of the Greens are the most generous (...). Voters of the AfD are significantly less willing to donate than those of other parties." Just one result of the German Donation Monitor that shows how many interesting details about the donation behavior of the population the study contains.

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Deutsche Bank: How satisfied Germans are with their lives

More positive than expected: citizens rate their current standard of living as "still good" (2-): This is the result of the newly developed "Deutsche Bank Standard of Living Index 2023", which was implemented by Bonsai Research and surveyed in September 2023. Exciting - among many other things: The mood varies from state to state.

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Insights for retailers: GLORY PAYMENT REPORT 2023

The new Glory Payment Report shows that consumers have become much more open to new (self-service) technologies. Many expect them, as the report's new Bonsai study shows. The barriers to self-service have never been so low. The principle of self-service is now accepted, and the technology has arrived. The use of AI has also long since ceased to be a taboo subject for the vast majority.

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German Donation Monitor: More is being donated!

Increasingly precise market research methods enable organizations to get to know the donations market and thus the behavior of their target groups better and better. Jan Borcherding, Head of Bonsai Public, has been in charge of conducting the German Donation Monitor for many years. He highlights current developments in the magazine FUNDStücke of the German Fundraising Association.

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Otto Trend Study Ethical Consumption 2023 - "From the Optimism of Action".

For the sixth time, the Trendbüro presents the study on ethical consumption, which is initiated and published by the Otto Group and for which Bonsai Research has taken over the market research part.One important result in advance: Ethical consumer behavior remains capable of gaining majority support. For 62 percent of people, it is an integral part of their purchasing considerations - although the value has fallen by eight percentage points in view of the crises.

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Bonsai Launches Bonsai Public

Bonsai Research bundles its expertise and innovative research projects with social relevance - for companies, NGOs and other institutions. marktforschung.de and planung & analyse report on this today. Bonsai Public shows where and how companies can get involved and position themselves "correctly" in the social context.

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Values index: freedom becomes most important value - great media coverage

People's longing for ease and freedom has grown enormously in permanent crisis mode. The problem is that the quest for individual freedom threatens to divide our society. The exciting results of the new values index update met with a great response in the media. On 13.01. more about this at an online presentation of Bonsai.

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Creativity as a success factor drives companies forward

Yesterday saw the publication of "Success Factor Creativity," the first study in Germany to measure the effect that business creativity has on companies in a competitive environment. The most important result in advance: Creative companies are demonstrably more successful. The central question: What do creative companies do differently than others? Our answers met with great interest in the trade press.

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