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Attitude drives innovation: key learnings from the Insight Show CEO panel Posted on March 21, 2018 by Iosetta Santini

By Adam Warner (originally posted on RW Connect) The Insight Show is now firmly established as the UK market research industry’s top exhibit. For me, much of that success comes from its placement adjacent to Marketing Week Live. This is a fine metaphor for the industry as a whole. Additionally, the Insight Show also has a strong commitment to content. Many speakers are there on merit, rather than pay-to-play. For a free-to-attend event this is admirable. In particular, the presentations on the International

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Help us celebrate your workplace: ‘Best place to work in MRX’ WIRe survey and award Posted on March 21, 2018 by Iosetta Santini

Here at Keen as Mustard, we’ve teamed up with WIRe (Women in Research) to help acknowledge and reward the best place for women to work in MRX. WIRe aims to inspire women in market research to advance their voices in the industry while providing the tools for professional development and opportunities for building connections. To achieve this, it’s important to establish what employees value in their workplace. So, WIRe has launched its Workplace Study, which will establish the experiences and

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IIeX Europe: a young industry member’s perspective Posted on March 15, 2018 by Iosetta Santini

By Jennifer Redfern (originally posted on RW Connect) According to Jacob Ayoub of Salesforce, ‘Insights driven business will take $1.2 trillion a year by 2020’ (Forester Research). I’ll admit that I’m not sure what proportion of that figure accounts specifically for market research. However, after just three months in the industry I’m pretty convinced that market research is increasingly crucial in informing marketing and business decision making. Being offered a ticket to IIeX Europe therefore seemed like a great opportunity to get my head

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When insight makes a BIG difference Posted on February 15, 2018 by Iosetta Santini

By Jennifer Redfern (originally published on the BIG blog) We all know that Market Research is important for advising day to day business decision making, but it also has the power to inspire change within the heart of a business. This was the impact when The Sound collaborated with Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading event organiser, to explore how digital tools could enrich and evolve the experience of attending a B2B event. Stuart Knapman, The Sound’s Managing Director and Layla

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Chillin’ in CA: Quirk’s West Coast 2018 Posted on February 9, 2018 by Lucy Davison

Thanks to e-Tabs, our partners in crime at Keen as Mustard for the Viz-Fest event each year, I was given a ticket to the Quirk’s event in Orange County last week. Given it felt like we had suffered weeks of particularly cold, grey and wet weather here in Northern Europe, needless to say I was overjoyed to take this opportunity to reacquaint myself with the sun. But that was not my only reason for attending. I was interested to experience

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Give a warm welcome to Jen, our newest Mustard Seed! Posted on January 25, 2018 by Iosetta Santini

Over at Mustard Towers, we’re growing and welcoming new clients from all over the world. So, we recently expanded our team to include a new PR assistant – meet Jennifer Redfern! Jen joined our team after completing her degree in American and English literature at the University of East Anglia, in the home of Colman’s Mustard, Norwich. A perfect fit? We’d say so. Plus, her favourite mustard is Colman’s, obviously. While at university, Jen spent a year in the US,

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