Monthly Archives: August 2015
POV : Will Big Data Disrupt Marketing Research?
There’s been an ongoing popular debate among insights professionals regarding the utilization of behavioral data (BIG DATA) as a surrogate for or even a disruptor of traditional market research. The disruption argument gets the headlines, but it strikes me that the more thoughtful discussion should be about how the two complement each other. Behavioral data […]
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Who You Talkin’ To?
In his August 2015 column, SLRG President Jon Last offers guidance and surfaces the potential dangers that sports marketers can encounter if they fail to properly frame the respondent sample for research. It wasn’t that long ago that marketing research and consumer insights were largely afterthoughts in the world of sports marketing. Who needed research? […]
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2015 Golf Market Outlook
Highlights from the recent Golfer Market Segmentation research conducted with Sports Illustrated Golf Group, along with SLRG’s sixth annual consumer outlook for the golf market, were presented by SLRG President Jon Last at the PGA Merchandise Show on Wednesday January 22nd. Each study was culled from surveys of over 1,000 respondents. More in depth results are also available on a custom basis. Please contact us for details.
2015 Winter Sports Omnibus
Results and trending from our annual study of 1,500 sports fans and their attitudes, perceptions and opinions, reveals thoughts on competitive balance, “One and done” college basketball stars, the shifting popularity of various sports as well as broader perspectives on the impact of the U.S. economy on fan behavior.