Bonsai the ISM Global Dynamics team takes over

Bonsai Research continues to grow: We take over proven methods, models and employees from ISM Global Dynamics. Prof. Dirk Frank and a large part of his staff are moving to Bonsai Research to strengthen the Strategy team. The background and details are explained by Bonsai CEO Jens Krüger and Prof. Dirk Frank, Head of Strategy, in an interview with planung & analyse.

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Many OTC manufacturers have an image problem with pharmacies

The Bonsai Pharmacy Sales Survey shows that over-the-counter and OTC manufacturers are not really rated well by pharmacists:inside. Just two examples: The recommendation rates leave much to be desired and a large part of the advertising materials lands unused in the garbage. In an interview with Healthcare Marketing, Bettina Mertens-Danowski, Head of Bonsai Health, explains what the manufacturers can do most effectively.

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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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New consumer behavior - new brand management

Consumer behavior in 2023 - first Corona, then the Ukraine war and its consequences: How consumers are reacting to these developments and what this means for brand management is revealed by experts such as Jens Krüger, CEO of Bonsai Research in the current issue of "Markenartikel".

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Elke Loew
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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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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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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Delivery emergency at pharmacies - press reports on Bonsai ApoVote

New results from Bonsai ApoVote - among others in the Saarbrücker Zeitung, MDR, Finanznachrichten and in the pharmacy trade media. The topic hits the nerve of the time: All pharmacies in Germany suffer from supply bottlenecks. 93 percent state that they have to deal with supply problems on a daily basis. Five percent are affected several times a week, the rest less frequently.

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"Zu Tisch" - The Gastro Talk: Making Start-ups Successful

In this new format on YouTube (and on all podcast platforms), Thomas Beers, CEO of ABConcepts, talks about current topics in the wholesale catering industry. This time with Kyra Thiele, Head of Bonsai Sales & Food Service, among other things about how we at Bonsai support start-ups to get off to a successful start in gastronomy and wholesale.

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Is inflation becoming a brand killer for pharmacy products?

Bonsai Health today published the latest figures from Bonsai ApoVote - the representative survey of pharmacists in Germany. The first result: savings are being made on the subject of health. Exciting for the pharmaceutical companies and for the trade press: 57 percent of pharmacists say that their customers ask more often for cheaper product alternatives. In these cases, the manufacturers' advertising investments pay more to the category than to the brand.

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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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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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