Conde Nast, General Motors Research Advances | RBDR

August 21, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) Conde Nast explains how neuroscience research has validated the value of its branded videos on YouTube and Facebook by measuring its memory encoding.

2) General Motors’ head of Customer Experience efforts, Dave Mingle, reveals some of the changes he made in 2014 when hired to run the division.

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“Brake” vs “Fuel” MR models; Consumer cos must have MR; Buck Weaver Award (RBDR–7/3/14)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Mondelez Director of Brand Strategy for the APAC region discusses the negative impact of “Break Research” and the positive contributions of “Fuel Research.” 2) Vision Critical EVP & MD for Asia Pacific, Peter Harris, emphasizes the role MR must play for companies that want to understand customers and their evolving demands. 3) The 2014 Buck Weaver Award, sponsored by General Motors Corp., was presented to Stanford Professor Emeritus & Optimal Strategix Group CRO Seenu Srinivasan.

GM recovering w/consumers? TiVo: impressive timeshifted viewing (RBDR–4/28/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) YouGov claims that General Motors has turned the corner in getting past continuing consumer concerns with its “Switchgate” controversy, but social media consultant Candida McCollam reaches an opposite conclusion from her examination of social media. 2) TiVo Research’s examination of viewing of the top network television programs four to seven days after their live presentation shows additional viewing that adds up to $88 million in uncompensated watching. 3) The proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger has a media data component that has not been publicly considered, but media research guru BillHarvey shares it with RBDR.

Using MR to sway PepsiCo Board of Directors; GM data swirling (RBDR–3/17/2014)

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Today: 1) Trian Fund Management is flexing its $1.3 billion worth of PepsiCo shareholder muscles using market research data to try and convince the PepsiCo board to make corporate and brand changes. 2) General Motors’ ignition switch scandal opens a look at available market data that can assess consumers interest in GM products. 3) Glenn Weissman, who served the MR industry for over 30 years, died last week.