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Lifestyle Study 2008

Groundbreaking research providing socio-marketing segmentation.

Sociobus 2010

Follow up to the Lifestyle Study, linking brands to segments

Tracking

Continuous study on a variety of themes: media, retail, finance...

Retail audits/Censuses

Powerful retail research optimizing firms' distribution functions.


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Lifestyle Studies 2008
Description
  • Break through socio-type research methodology
  • Developed jointly with Bernard Cathelat (CCA, France) and IPSOS Ocean Indien
  • First deployed in Mauritius in 2008
Technical Details
  • Classification of Mauritians by identifiable socio-types (14).
  • Multi-regression based.
  • Sample: 1,381; 15+
  • Interview: face-to-face and self-administered
  • Free update every 2 years
Benefits
  • Innovative socio-type classification of the Mauritian adult population
  • Effective consumer profiling for optimised marketing and communication
  • Reading of societal trends impacting consumer decisions
Additional Information Request

Contact our Product Owner: Jean Vincent Staub
vincent.staub@dcdm.intnet.mu
Tel: (+230)2029595


Depuis plus de 20 ans, j'ai eu l'occasion de collaborer avec de nombreux instituts d'études d'opinion et de marketing, dans plus de 20 pays à travers le monde, pour réaliser des études de "Socio-Styles de Vie" selon une méthode que j'ai développée.

A l'ile Maurice, depuis 2007, j'ai connu l'expérience d'une très enrichissante coopération avec l'équipe de Jean-Vincent Staub chez DCDM Marketing Research. J'ai trouvé chez eux le courage raisonné d'investir dans une enquête innovante, pour offrir ensuite à leur client un outil exclusif.

Sur un plan technique, j'ai trouvé la qualité du réseau d'enquêteurs irréprochable, alors que notre énorme questionnaire est certainement le défi le plus difficile à relever. Sur le plan intellectuel, j'ai apprécié leur talent de toute cette équipe pour adapter mon questionnaire international à la réalité de la sociologie mauricienne, puis pour interpréter les résultats, en me guidant dans une meilleure compréhension du contexte de ce pays. Sur un plan humain enfin, je retiens une expérience riche et amicale de collaboration multinationale, exemplaire de l'ouverture d'esprit mauricienne : une des partenariats professionnels les plus productif que j'ai eu l'occasion de vivre. L'outil de segmentation socio-commerciale qui est ressorti de cette enquête est en tous points de qualité équivalente aux meilleurs instituts européens ou américains.

Bernard Cathelat
Docteur en Psychosociologie.
Consultant en Socio-Marketing
Auteur de la méthode "Socio-Styles Systeme"
Paris, France



Sociobus 2010
Description
  • Findings presented by socio-types as identified in the "StyledeVie" research
  • Syndicated and/or exclusivity-based results (omnibus)
Technical Details
  • Sample: 1,000; 15+; Quota-based
  • Interview: face-to-face at respondents' homes
  • Coverage: consumer products/household equipment and services
Benefits
  • Innovative: life style/socio-type based
  • Adapted to young and fast changing consumer societies
  • Responsive to societal trends
  • Cost effective
Additional Information Request

Contact our Product Owner: Jean Vincent Staub
vincent.staub@dcdm.intnet.mu
Tel: (+230)2029595




Tracking
DescriptionA continuous measurement tracking tool with multi-coverage :
  • Banking Module (Banks and Banking products)
  • Media Module (Any product/brand)
  • Filling Station Module (Petrol Companies and Stations)
  • Retail Modules (Retail outlets)
  • Insurance Module (Insurance products)
Subscribers can also order tailor-made, specific modules based on their respective sector
Technical Details
  • Syndicated and multi-subscription based
  • 7,200 stratified quota-based sample of 15+ individuals
  • Daily phone interviewing [20 per day]
  • Quarterly and yearly trend reporting*
  • +/- 2.4 % margin error for quarterly results, +/-1.2% margin error for yearly results
*Based on Client's requirements, data can be reported on a monthly basis as well
Benefits
  • Cost-effective, flexible and reliable
  • Continuous since 1st July 2008
  • Ideal for measuring market penetration and shares, trends and advertising impact
Additional Information Request

Contact our Product Owner: Murray Van Rossom
murray.vanrossom@dcdm.intnet.mu
Tel: (+230)2029561




Retail audits/Censuses
DescriptionPOS census covering Mauritius/Retail Audit in retail outlets
Technical DetailsCensus:
  • By type: retail outlets/petrol stations/hotels/restaurants/canteens/pharmacies/hair saloons/casinos/hardware shops
  • By characteristic: shop floor area/opening days& hours/facilities/contact details
  • By status: ownership/affiliation
Retail Audit:
  • Sample-based analysis of market dynamics and distribution measures in key trade channels
BenefitsCensus:
  • Cost-effective: syndicated and modular
  • Reliable: physical visits
  • Exhaustive: census based
  • Regularly updated
  • Dedicated, exclusive data gathering on category/brand presence
  • Unique photography of Mauritius' retail landscape by region/district/town/village/locality
Retail Audit:
  • Tracks Category/Brand/Versions share in volume/value
  • Variables defined with Client: region, outlet classification...
  • Enables corrective measures in distribution channel management
Additional Information Request

Contact our Product Owner: Henri Lamaletie
henri.lamaletie@dcdm.intnet.mu
Tel: (+230)2029871