When Advertising Consistency Kills Curiosity Distinctive Brand Assets (DBAs) have become the go-to tactic for many marketers. And rightly so. The theory is sound: use consistent, recognisable cues like colours, logos, sounds and characters to help people quickly identify your brand in a cluttered media world. The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute has made a strong case, and brands have listened. Recognition drives recall, and recall is a prerequisite for effectiveness.

A New Standard of Intelligence We have grown used to AI as a smooth-talking oracle: confident, responsive, often correct and occasionally overconfidently wrong. Yet it has always remained sealed. Even at its best, the large language model has been a closed circuit. It speaks but does not show. It appears to know but cannot explain how. This opaque fluency has defined the past generation of AI systems. They are impressive in performance, yet ultimately unaccountable in nature

Retail media, including digital in-store ads, is gaining importance for brands aiming to drive sales at the point of purchase. While it enables precise targeting through retailers' first-party data, measuring its impact remains challenging due to fragmented metrics and attribution complexity.

Emotions are powerful predictors of consumer behaviour. Yet understanding and measuring them effectively is a complex challenge. In a recent webinar hosted by DVJ Insights, Professor Dr. Bob Fennis from the University of Groningen shared the academic state of emotion measurement. Lucas Hulsebos, CEO of DVJ Insights, followed by translating these insights into real-world, scalable applications.

Is the One They See First In every aisle, the pack is the first thing a shopper notices. It’s what catches the eye, starts the decision and shapes the choice. While it doesn’t get media spend, it still speaks every day to every buyer in every store.

When Adidas moved all their media spend to digital in an effort to become “digital first,” it seemed like the obvious move. Consumers were flocking to online platforms, traditional media was supposedly dying, and everyone was preaching digital transformation. But a few years later, Adidas quietly reversed that decision. Why? Because it didn’t work. Their brand salience suffered, and their business results showed it. The campaign didn’t break through the clutter the way they h

The Twin Goals of Innovation: Effectiveness and Efficiency Innovation has long been one of the hottest debated topics in business. With...

Hvad vil det sige at være en loyal kunde? Og endnu vigtigere, hvad driver den loyalitet i første omgang? Vi kigger ofte på kommercielle brands for at finde svaret, men indsigterne fra Dansk Erhverv, Danmarks næststørste erhvervsorganisation , giver et overraskende friskt perspektiv. I en nylig samtale med Annette Bentzien Bastidas, Data Analysis and Insights Manager hos Dansk Erhverv, undersøgte vi, hvordan en erhvervsorganisation uden traditionelle »produkter« opbygger menin

Hamburg, May 1, 2025 – DVJ Insights proudly welcomes Gabriele Herrmann (Gabri) to its growing German consultancy team. With a background...

Oslo, May 1 ,  2025  - DVJ Insights continues to expand its international consultancy team with the addition of Alexandra Brendan in...

We’ve grown accustomed to AI as a responsive tool, an intelligent mirror reflecting our queries. Ask, and you shall receive. But a subtle shift is underway, one that may redefine the boundary between automation and autonomy. Enter the era of AI agents. While platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok have made headlines for their language capabilities, their most transformative potential lies not in conversation but in initiative. Not what they say, but what they do. At the cor

An Ever-Changing Way to Shop Nordic grocery shopping used to be predictable. Not anymore One minute customers are filling their baskets with cut-price canned goods at REMA 1000. The next they are splurging on organic, hand-churned butter at Meny. Nordic grocery shoppers are switching between budget and premium. Sometimes on the same trip. It is a trend retailers cannot ignore.

In today’s media landscape, attention is fleeting and memory is selective. With every second of airtime, brands fight not only to be noticed, but to be remembered. Yet amid all the noise, one of the simplest, most effective tools for reinforcing memory often goes overlooked: the tag-on. A short follow-up message, usually shorter, aired after a competing ad, and designed to reinforce or expand on the original message. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t start from scratch. It builds

Brand activation is evolving, shifting from short-term sales drivers to essential tools for long-term brand growth. In this interview, we speak with Sanne Demir, Communication & Behavioural Strategist at De Combinatie van Factoren (DCVF), a Dutch activation agency known for combining creativity, behavioural science and retail design into impactful brand experiences. From developing concepts to 3D retail design and production, DCVF helps brands bring their strategies to life w

The challenge of breaking through with new products Think back to your recent grocery shopping trips: If your answers suggest that only a small fraction of new products stood out to you, you’re not alone. Many consumers navigate stores in "automatic mode," overwhelmed by the sheer volume of options – which easily can be around 30.000 SKUs (stock keeping units) compared to only around 300 articles a shopper stores at home. So, the reality is that most new products struggle to

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Information has never been more abundant, but the ability to extract meaning from it remains as elusive as ever. AI deep research tools promise to transform how we access, synthesise, and apply knowledge. Instead of manually searching for sources, reading papers, and compiling insights, a well-structured research plan is generated in seconds. ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity have all introduced their own versions, each attempting to redefine what research means in the AI

Tighter Competition Demands Better Preparation for Success In sports, competition is becoming increasingly intense, with athletes separated by mere milliseconds or millimetres. Success is no longer achieved by optimising just a few aspects of preparation — it now requires a holistic approach encompassing physical training, nutrition and hydration, mental preparation, performance analysis, rest, recovery and many more. Some athletes go to extraordinary lengths, focusing on eve

Decisions Decisions Buying the usual is easy. It’s autopilot. But buying something new? That’s work. You’re in the chilled drinks aisle, staring at a lineup of probiotic potions. You’ve heard they’re good for gut health maybe from a friend, a podcast, or some influencer who looks suspiciously well-lit. But which one? You don’t know the brands. One screams ‘science,’ another looks like a children’s yoghurt. Some promise immunity, others talk about ‘live cultures’ as if they’re