Retailers and supplier brands around the world are grappling to understand disrupted paths to purchase, and these co-dependent parties must now seek deeper insights than sales data alone. The power dynamic between retailers and brands can be unbalanced, but Clare Rees, intO’s Communications Lead, predicts that rebuilding the customer’s retail experience will demand close collaboration.
Coronavirus has delivered a new consumer context, presenting businesses with fresh opportunities and threats. If businesses align themselves with their customers now, they will be best-placed to take advantage of the emerging opportunities. If they do not, they risk losing touch or being leapfrogged by competitors. Chloe Amos-Edkins, intO's Research Director, believes that Investment in qualitative research has never been so essential.
As this year has taught us, there’s nothing quite like a global pandemic for disrupting international business plans. As companies around the world are postponing or pivoting their growth strategies, intO’s Business Director, Jonny Jiang, offers five research-led pathways forward.
