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Köpfe der Markforschung: Glückwunsch Alexandra von Cukrowicz!

Wir gratulieren Alexandra von Cukrowicz, Head of Bonsai Lab! Sie wurde vom BVM als einer der „Köpfe der Marktforschung 2025” ausgezeichnet. Und das hat sie – unserer Meinung nach – so was von verdient! Nachzulesen ist die Würdigung im Jahrbuch der Marktforschung des BVM, in dem Christian Thunig schreibt: „Alexandra von Cukrowicz ist qualitative Forscherin mit Leidenschaft für Innovation. Sie verknüpft kreativ verschiedene Datenquellen…

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KI verändert alles – auch die Beziehung von Kunde und Institut

Spannendes Thema auf dem BVM-Kongress im ebenso spannenden, neuen Format: „Die Neudefinition des Kunden-Dienstleister-Verhältnisses: Wie der Umgang mit KI die Perspektiven und beruflichen Kontexte verändert.” Ein Thema, über das beide Partner idealerweise gemeinsam sprechen. Und genau das taten Claudia Kleyboldt, Head of Market Research and Insight Management bei der Rügenwalder Mühle, und Alexandra von Cukrowicz, Head of Bonsai Lab, auf dem Branchenevent des BVM.

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Countdown to the week of market research

The sixth Week of Market Research (#WdM25) starts this year on May 19 and runs until May 27, 2025. We are represented at WdM25 with three great topics. Our Qual researchers from Bonsai Lab are all about Decoding Culture. Our colleagues from Bonsai Strategy are at the start with the topic of Mental Availiability and Bonsai Future with the topic "Values. Change. Growth", which is all about how companies can shape the future on the basis of research.

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Understanding target groups: What makes GenZ tick?

"Decoding target groups" is the cover topic of the current issue of "markenartikel". In the magazine for brand management, four target group experts from market research share their expertise on the topic, including Ina Komischke, Client Partner at Bonsai Research. "GenZ wants to be able to make decisions quickly and satisfactorily and therefore prefers direct and uncomplicated communication. Older generations appreciate more detailed information and have more patience for more complex messages," says Ina Komischke: "In our qualitative studies, we see time and again that GenZ questions its brand and consumer decisions more closely.

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Co-creation for the agriculture of the future

Exciting challenges for the agriculture of the future result in an exciting project for Bonsai. We tackled this topic of innovation in the agricultural sector in a co-creation workshop with the Forum Moderne Landwirtschaft at the end of November. The background: In 2050, agriculture will have to feed ten billion people, while operating in the most climate-friendly way possible, promoting animal welfare and biodiversity and adapting to changing consumer habits.

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Bonsai - Inquiring: Quotes from consumers

To really understand consumers, we follow an almost revolutionary concept at Bonsai Lab: listen, listen, ask, listen again. And because a personal statement sometimes says more than 1,000 numbers, we let you listen in on what people have to say in our studies every month. In original sound. Today, the question is: How important will cars be for you in the future?

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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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Complementing Qualitative Research with AI

"Cool buddy AI" - under this title Alexandra von Cukrowicz (Head of Bonsai Lab) and Stefka Mihaylova (Director Europe Entropik Technologies) report in Planung & Analyse about the innovative AI application Decode. With Decode, the voice and facial expressions of group discussion participants are analyzed with the help of AI. A twelve-country study shows what the innovative tool can do.

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The Bonsai Lab - just take a look

The Bonsai Lab is the creative space where we try out new things. And on our website we show - now also new - in short videos what we have to offer: Our holistic approach that combines qualitative inquiry with implicit methods and semiotic & cultural analysis. Our Qualitative Classics, Innovation Development and the Future Studies made by Bonsai. And on YouTube you can find an "animalistic" introduction of the Bonsai Lab team.

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Bonsai - Inquiring: Quotes from consumers

To really understand consumers, we follow an almost revolutionary concept at Bonsai Lab: listen, listen, ask, listen again. And because a personal statement sometimes says more than 1,000 numbers, we let you listen in on what people have to say in our studies every month. In original sound. Today, the question is: What influence do online reviews have on your purchase decision?

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QVC study Next Home - the future of living

The home is becoming a multifunctional control centre, the technology largely invisible. Hybrid forms of work are gaining ground. While robots are taking over everyday tasks, do-it-yourself is becoming a meaningful counter-trend. These are just some of the keywords of the QVC future study "Next Home - How will Germany live the day after tomorrow", which is now available for download.

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