How the cosmetics industry can benefit from social trends

Bonsai is a new supporting member of the VKE cosmetics association, where Jens Krüger was already active as an advisory board member. In a current expert article, the Bonsai-CEO deals with the question of how companies in the beauty segment can successfully react to megatrends such as individualisation, sustainability and ethical consumption.

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Media professional Michael Voß moves to Bonsai

Bonsai expands media and advertising impact research..: Michael Voß started work today at the market research specialist Bonsai . As a Client Partner, he strengthens the Media & Analytics division. Michael Voß was previously at Kantar, where as Associate Director Media Research he managed projects for media marketers in particular.

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Bonsai takes on experienced researchers from Kantar

Sabine Hedwig Mohr writes in planning&analysis about the new developments at Bonsai: "Customer Experience and the Bonsai Lab are being strengthened. Further acquisitions are announced". marktforschung.de reports on Bonsai: "The most advanced so far is the further development of the Customer Experience/Mystery Research division."

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Green Week Berlin: Food Start-ups - Reinventing Food Business

For the first time in its 95-year history, the International Green Week took place as a purely digital event in Berlin on 21 and 22 January. More than 20,000 users took advantage of the IGW platform. Jens Krüger spoke at the event "Reinventing Food Business" about how large retail companies have to change in order to establish real customer proximity.

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Ethical Consumption Established in the Mainstream - Otto Group Trend Study

Ethical consumption has arrived in the middle of society: For more than two thirds of Germans, ethical criteria play an important role in their purchasing decisions. This is a result of the 5th Trend Study on Ethical Consumption by the Otto Group and the Trend Bureau (market research: Bonsai).

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Sparkassen Innovation Hub: How banks must respond to the change in values

In its new white paper, the Sparkassen Innovation Hub highlights eleven current trends and theses on the changing understanding of values and the resulting opportunities and challenges for savings banks and banks. It is based on the Values Index 2020 and other studies by Trendbüro, Bonsai Research, Kantar and measury.

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Entrance ticket for German trade

How do products from other countries enter the German market? The best way is with a system: that's why Bonsai is now researching successful marketing and pricing strategies for Greek products. How the tool works and how start-ups can use it to minimise market entry risks:

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Pharma study for Facebook: How digital advertising affects sales

For the first time, a study proves the direct effect of digital video advertising on the sales of health brands. The video ads on Facebook and Instagram were specifically played in test markets and linked to real sales figures from the Bonsai pharmacy panel. The first result: where the brands were advertised, sales in stationary pharmacies increased by five percent on average.

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Living between Conscious Life and New Hedonism

How sustainably will people's behaviour change as a result of the Corona crisis? And how can companies react to the sometimes contradictory developments in consumer behaviour? Five implications for companies are shown by Bonsai-CEO Jens Krüger in his expert article in the current issue of the magazine markenartikel.

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What the change in values means for business areas in the health market

Andrea Buzzi, CEO & Founder of The Medial Network, talks to Bonsai-CEO Jens Krüger about the importance of the value of health - on the way from self-optimisation to self-care. How are people's attitudes changing and what implications does this have for companies in the health sector?

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Column by Jens Krüger: Innovate, verticalise!

The people out there, the consumers, have the power and they have the choice. Also, but not only, when it comes to sausage. Rügenwalder Mühle recognised the signs of the times in good time and is now, for the first time, doing more with substitute products than with meat products. One of a few good examples.

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Bonsai Lab - for all those who want to dare to think outside the box again

The Bonsai Lab brings together all relevant stakeholders needed to work creatively and result-oriented - experts, consumers, retail partners. We combine data, forecasts, in-depth analysis with social media and community research in a holistic co-creation process. More about this in the new video.

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The price question: What comes after the price war?

"Hello! Are you completely crazy now?" asks Bonsai-CEO Jens Krüger in his column on marktforschung.de: "The trade and the current pricing policy seem to be getting out of hand. We, the market researchers in this country, should intervene. Now, before it's too late and we all have to pay the price for the cheapest price."

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Bonsai meets Fritz Classen - Consumer Segmentation 2020

Bonsai combines the Values Index with a value-based segmentation. What insights the linking of the largest social media analysis with a modern consumer classification offers - and what is behind the idea and the cooperation with the strategy consultancy Fritz Classen.

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