New CX study from Bonsai: What does Gen Z say and which industries need to catch up?

Bonsai In its current customer experience study, Research asked those whom the topic really concerns: the consumers. W&V, Internet World, E-Commerce Magazin (title: "Why Gen Z doesn't feel taken seriously") and Markenartikel ("These industries have some catching up to do in customer experience management"), among others, report on the results.

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Bonsai-Test markets show what newspapers can do

Successful presentation: For six days, Klosterfrau presented its herbal cough remedy Bronchicum® Elixir in the regional daily newspapers of the marketer Score Media. Bonsai Research tested the effect of the media deployment. In the test markets, sales increased by 25 percent compared to the control markets during the newspaper campaign.

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Market research - Do something different!

"Market research has to struggle for new things, for new methods, for new models of cooperation, for diversity in thinking and acting," writes Jens Krüger in his column on marktforschung.de. This is what Bonsai stands for. Again and again. Currently, we have combined our test market research with data-supported sales. We are now also sales representatives with a focus on foodservice. Exciting?

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Bonsai establishes new sales unit

Bonsai Research is expanding its test market and distribution concept beyond the retail sector: "Bonsai will in future also offer start-ups and established companies distribution in the food service sector, i.e. in gastronomy, communal catering and wholesale," reports markenartikel. Kyra Thiele (previously Lunch Vegas) is responsible for the food service sector in the new unit.

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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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Call for vaccination! 150 brands are changing their claims. So are we.

Brands against Corona: Germany needs a vaccination initiative! 150 major brands have joined forces and are changing their well-known claims. From "Square. Practical. Geimpft" to "Freude am Impffen" and "Have a break, have a pieks" to "Dann geh doch zum Impffen". Great initiative by the Mercedes lead agency Antoni. Inspired us to turn "SEE. UNDERSTAND. MAKE." into something new

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The "new" Bonsai - Interview at marktforschung.de

Holger Geißler from marktforschung.de spoke with CEO Jens Krüger about the further development of Bonsai Research, the integration of the many new colleagues who came on board this year, the challenges posed by Corona and what lies behind the formula Bonsai = Data + x. More about the "new" Bonsai - and the complete interview on marktforschung.de:

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Young target group - research beyond stereotypes

The GenZ is also pigeonholed and pressed into buzzwords. The desire to describe young consumers in simple stereotypes and key figures has so far survived every generational change - including that from the so-called Generation Chillstand to Generation Greta. Ina Komischke, Client Partner Bonsai Lab, pleads for differentiated, qualitative target group research in the current issue of planning&analysis.

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After the pandemic is before the next problem

In the new Sales Magazine, Thomas Hoch, Head of Brand Strategy at Bonsai, has drawn up a 10-point programme for emotional brand management. Because between the end of the world and "business as usual" lies the "new normal". It's about shaping this new normal - for consumers as well as for brands. And that can be really fun. Really now? Really now!

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Get to the cream pots - half of men have an affinity for cosmetics

Katharina Hartwich (Cosnova) and Alexandra von Cukrowicz (Bonsai) presented the innovative men's cosmetics study: "How we got men to talk about beauty" at Qual360. As part of the qualitative WhatsApp survey, the participants photographed their beauty products, among other things, and thus provided not only numbers and statements, but also special insights into Detschland's bathroom. More about the study and the method will be available on Thursday at Succeet2021 in Munich and here:

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They (not) just want to play: How Petlando conquers the pet market

The end consumers are animal demanding. Mistresses and masters are the target group, the pet shop the only customer. Petlando is rolling up the pet supplies market with innovative products. Without an online shop of its own. CX expert and Petlando marketing director Dr Peter Pirner reports in the current Bonsai sales magazine how Petlando is conquering market shares.

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Bonsai and go2market - Reports on the cooperation and the first study

Our new cooperation with the innovative test supermarket go2market is the topic of "markenartikel" and "marktforschung.de", among others. With RAWBITE, the fruit-nut bar from the Bahlsen Group, the first study has also just started. What we can offer in cooperation with go2market - and how RAWBITE tests with the new tool ...

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QVC Future Study Next Home: The Home Becomes a Control Centre

The pandemic has accelerated the change to virtual everyday life as if in fast motion. This is also changing our homes. The QVC future study "Next Home - How will Germany live the day after tomorrow?" shows that many things will remain and change in the way we live in the future. Because in 2040, our home will be an all-rounder, a place for retreat and departure in equal measure.

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RAWBITE tests with Bonsai in go2market

Yesterday, the fruit and nut bar RAWBITE launched its first trial with Bonsai Research in Cologne's go2market, a test supermarket for product launches, relaunches and optimisations. RAWBITE is the first client to use the new go2market module of the Bonsai Launch Pad - our toolbox for exploring the opportunities of new launches and potential changes to established products. How does this work and what do we do for RAWBITE?

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