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In marketing, “tradition” and “innovation” are often placed in opposite corners. As if, if you’re “traditional,” you’re not allowed to be modern. If you’re “digital” and “new,” you’re not allowed to have roots. In reality, consumers don’t think in black and white, and the brands that grow and endure are, most of the time, paradoxical: […]

Ask someone: “What is a Romanian brand to you?” In the first few seconds, the answer seems simple. After two or three more questions… things get complicated. In our research on Romanian brands, we discovered something interesting: Romanians don’t think of “Romanian-ness” in black or white. Instead, you get shades like: “it’s half,” “it’s from […]

In an increasingly complex and competitive market, talking about the "average consumer" no longer makes sense. People are diverse, with very different needs, motivations, and behaviors. This is where segmentation comes in: a process through which amorphous masses of data are transformed into clear groups of customers with distinct traits and attitudes. And we are […]

A client asked me whether, with a 9% response rate, the resulting sample from surveying a customer database can still be considered representative. Situation: We have 1,400 unique contacts—customers who purchased online in 2023. The product is industrial, sold in large volumes but with low frequency, meaning customers return to purchase multiple times a year […]

When we sample a subset from a population instead of surveying the entire population, we aim for the measured value in the sample to be as close as possible to the true value in the population. When we say "value," we refer either to an average (e.g., the average height of individuals in the population) […]

See the first three steps here. 4. What is the sampling frame? In essence, I am answering the question, "Where can I find the eligible respondent?" Bank employees can be reached via email, as the bank provides the contact list. Moreover, the bank has decided to invite all 2,800 employees, without applying any additional selection […]

In the first two articles (1, 2), we focused on providing arguments for why sampling for a face-to-face (F2F) study in Romania is conducted following the rules/methodology of multi-stratified sampling combined with cluster sampling. Essentially, we answered the question, “How do I reach the respondent?” When I think about sampling, regardless of the study, we […]

Now that we’ve established the context, I feel that we can return to our discussion about multi-stratification. Stratification is employed when you can divide the population into sub-groups which are heterogeneous, disjunctive. They do not overlap. This separation is very clear. It somewhat helps to break a large population or area into smaller, more manageable […]

Stratified sampling and cluster sampling are two of the four types of probabilistic sampling. I suggest we combine them... it might seem weird, yet it really helps with managing random samples. One thing is certain regarding Romania and managing population data records – there is no possibility to draw a random sample of citizens from […]

The two pandemic years differ regarding the reasons people chose to paint their walls. 2020 saw wall painting soaring. The consumers, being at home for extended periods of time, apart from the concern for cleaning (54%), sanitizing (35%) or their walls’ yellowing (25%) also expressed a desire to change the color palette or decor of […]

The study was carried out by Wisemetry Research between October 30th and November 4th 2020 and aimed to highlight the challenges caused by the mobility restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus. The study touched on topics such as the organization and challenges of telework, the care and education of children and […]

The study was carried out by the Wisemetry Research between October 30th and November 4th 2020 and aimed to highlight the challenges caused by the mobility restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus. The study touched on topics such as organising remote work, the care and education of children and gender imbalances […]

The study, which was carried out by Wisemetry Research between October 30th and November 4th 2020 aimed to highlight the challenges caused by the mobility restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus. The study touched on topics such as the organisation of remote work, care and education of children and gender imbalance […]

This week’s question is “What will the Black Friday sales look like this year? Will they reach last year’s level – by far its best performance, an increase of 30%, will they be higher or perhaps lower?” eCommerce has grown organically throughout 2020 in an accelerated manner Throughout the year several reports forecasted an increase […]

The root of this article was a simple question and resulted in a small quest for providing a straight answer. What should we change in our schools to get better results at PISA*? In 2018, OECD conducted TALIS - Teaching and Learning International Survey. This survey is set to help countries face diverse challenges in […]

The 4-day work week could be a solution to improving work productivity while also reducing office crowding in the post-pandemic Romanian workforce landscape.  Experiments undertaken in several countries support this argument, results showing a boost in work productivity coupled with other benefits: improved traffic congestion and less crowdedness in public transportation, reduced carbon footprint, reported […]

The question on everyone’s minds is what to expect from a financial standpoint in 2021. Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic threw off all the economic forecasting announced at the beginning of 2020, as the impact of the measures taken to limit the spread of the virus has yet to be fully understood or evaluated. […]