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Validating the potential for in-store sales: Market Mind simulated test markets in shopper labs

Simulated test market in an experimental store

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Your new product has gone through the stages of your development process and, before deciding to launch it, you need to evaluate the performance of the final mix.



This is a decisive step, and there is no room for mistakes. In Vivo BVA's Market Mind is the most reliable, most innovative simulated test market around:

  • The only one to integrate personalized features into its sales forecast model.

  • A highly reliable estimate of sales volume: 87% of volumes estimated by Market Mind are confirmed at +/-9% of actual sales


CHOOSE THE BEST SPOT IN YOUR DISPLAY SPACE


CLOSER TO CONSUMERS: SHOPPING AT IN VIVO BVA'S EXPERIMENTAL SHOPPER LABS STORES
  • How visible is it on the shelf?
  • How appealing is the package when it is on the shelf?
  • What impact do price, advertising, promotions have on purchasing behavior?

OPTIMIZING SHELF IMPACT AND APPEAL


EYE TRACKING AND TACHISTOSCOPE
  • Teaser value on the shelf: short exposure to packaging using tachistoscopes. To understand the reasons behind on-shelf visibility.

  • Communication value: evaluating the packaging compared with the competition using eye tracking on a photo or mock-up. To understand the packaging's ability to communicate competitive advantage in a purchasing situation.


MEASURING CONSUMERS' REAL ABILITY TO ADOPT PRODUCTS FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD


HOME USE TEST: CLOSER TO THE CONSUMER
Monitoring the use and appreciation of the product over time through Conso'Blog.
Observation of at-home product use, collection of appreciations over time
  • Consumption: who, when, how, where?
  • Satisfaction: overall appreciation, whether it met the expectations raised by the packaging/advertising, possible points to be optimized.
  • Inclination to repurchase: how easily does the household make a habit of buying the product

BANKING ON RELIABLE SALES POTENTIAL CALCULATION


A UNIQUE WAY OF MODELING INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR
A computer algorithm that fits with actual shopping approaches:
  • A next-generation computer process that includes people's buying habits and their socio-demographic characteristics.
  • Input measured in real purchasing situations: visual impact, in-store purchase rate.

MARKET MIND’S ADVANTAGES


  • More reliable sales forecasts: no unpleasant surprises because the volume estimate is based on a real in-store purchase and takes into account actual packaging performance on the shelves: visibility in the retail display space, value of communicating benefits at the time of purchase.

  • A more operational assessment of the mix, with relevant and concrete recommendations for each aspect of the mix. PACKAGING: how to optimize visibility and appeal at the time of purchase on the shelf; PRODUCT: how to increase its capacity to meet expectations from packaging and advertising; ADVERTISING: how to optimize its efficiency compared with packaging.





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