DATA This, DATA That, DATA, DATA, DATA!

  The final project Assignment for Marketing Research:  Find an actual client and get permission to perform Marketing Research Data Collection. Data Dogs, “Chewin’ Up Research Like a Dog on a Bone!” (our student research team), in conjunction with  the Western Technical College Recruitment Department has been asked to conduct research on their Program Shadow Best…

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On-Line Shopping Buying Habits (by the %’s)

This assignment led me to a neat article written by Khalid Saleh and published by www.invespcro.com  featuring a number of graphs, pie charts, maps, and tables (which in my opinion, are fun to read). The subject of this article titled, Trends Impacting Consumer Buying Behaviors, is a list of  traits which influence you and I while…

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Visual Merchandising: “Appealing to the ‘Sense’s’!”

My subject for this assignment?  Visual Merchandising, and it’s Vital Importance in SALES!  All information gathered within the following is accredited to Author:  @kellymolson – Managing Director and  co-founder  in 2003 of @ www.rubbercheese.com“A Design Agency based near to Essex who work hard to make our clients ideas and visions some alive!” Article Titled:   The Importance of Visual Merchandising The…

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The STAIRWAY TO Retail Location SUCCESS!!!

The information contained in the blog is accredited to research done by George Cosmin Tanase, an economics major and blog writer from Bucharest, Romania.  The article is titled, Trading Area Analysis and the Importance of Location to Retail Companies.   There is a lot of information contained within this article so I chose to use tables in…

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“Digging Deep” – Groundwork for Marketing Research

The following is my Info graph of our class project titled, 8 Steps in Conducting Marketing Research.  The instructor randomly placed the assignments (w/o identification) throughout the room and asked students to rate their 3 favorites in terms of 1) informational content, 2) visualization, and 3) simplicity, Of the 13 assignments handed in, my fellow classmates chose my project…

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E-commerce Home Improvement Trends Statistics for the La Crosse Area

This post is directed toward La Crosse area retailers with the hope of informing them about the importance of tracking E-commerce home improvement trends.  The details contained within this post are accredited to Kim McLynn in an article that she wrote on May 9, 2017 for NPD Group, a leading global information company. Within the…

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