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Fantastic Agency Training on Semiotics

Thanks to Dr. Nick Gadsby, a commercial semiotician and founder of ‘The Answer’ for delivering some fantastic agency training on semiotics. Great to understand how broader cultural influences and trends affect consumer decision making and brands – we’re looking forward getting our teeth into new semiotics design and analysis very soon! Here our initial thoughts… Read more »

What’s next? Building strategies for growth

They say that a week is a long time in politics, and the past 4 weeks have certainly been testament to that. Now the dust is beginning to settle on the referendum result, and the new political landscape is unfolding, our clients are starting to consider the implications that Brexit will have for their business…. Read more »

Finalists in our Midst!

We are delighted to announce that our work on Loyd Grossman Pan Melts has been shortlisted for the prestigious AQR Prosper Riley Smith Excellence award.

Our paper showcases how a simple twist to a research methodology along with a splash of rebellious brilliance helped Premier Foods re-think and re-frame their NPD.  Sometimes… Read more »

Work starts on our next Lunch & Learn

At One-MS we never stand still. For this year’s Lunch and Learn topic we have chosen Upward Influencers. We have enlisted the aid of a Clinical Psychologist to help get us closer to the minds of our family audience aiding weight to our thinking around human behaviour. We are very excited about this new development… Read more »

Is your brand thinking about its innovation pipeline for 2016 and beyond?

It’s about this time of year when brand planning has finished and companies are turning their attention to their brand plans for 2016 and beyond. Our Concept Kitchen methodology is a superb tool for optimising and prioritising a breadth of early stage NPD. Sometimes innovation research can leave you with more questions than answers. Our… Read more »

One-MS goes intrepid

One-MS joined forces with a raft of other marketing agencies as part of Pizza Hut’s marketing review & team building day. Pizza Hut has spent the last 12 months optimising & evolving its estate and we have supported them on this journey, ensuring consumer insight is firmly at the heart of the strategy. As part… Read more »

One-MS celebrates 10 years

Hard to believe,  but we are ten years old, so we celebrated informally with cake, bubbles and bunting!  From humble beginnings we now are a team of 10 strong with a solid point of view on what it takes to create resilient brands, and some great bespoke tools and techniques to help furnish our clients… Read more »

Junior Apprentice

School pupils from our neighbouring infant school enjoyed a taste of the working world of market research as part of a special enterprise week project developed by teachers.  A group of nearly 60 six and seven-year-olds were invited to use our state of the art studio facilities at Babble Research Studios.  Children were set the… Read more »

Powering Sales Growth

Our work continues to get recognised in advertising and commercial circles.  We are proud to be a long standing research partner of Müller Dairies who last month won The Grocer’s coveted Brand of the Year award.  By its own admission Müller was out of touch with its consumers and over reliant on promotions.  2013 brought a triumphant… Read more »

Shaping success through building strong propositions

A staggering 4 out of 5 new products fail.  Building product propositions underpinned with strong consumer insight is essential to win at the shelf.  Shoppers are drawn towards new products and retailers remain keen to bring new products to the supermarket shelves.  One-MS has honed our response to proposition testing to  ensure that the outputs… Read more »