When everyone already knows your brand, the challenge is no longer awareness; it’s affection. For Hanneke Berghoef, Head of Marketing at Audax Retail, the company behind Bruna and Read Shop, brand growth starts with building an emotional connection. In this interview, she shares how Bruna is working to evolve from a “cold” brand into one that people love, despite limited budgets, legacy store formats, and the changing dynamics of retail media. From Well-Known To Well-Loved Fe

The Imbalanced Embrace Few concepts have captured the marketing world’s imagination quite like Category Entry Points (CEPs). Introduced by the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute through ‘How Brands Grow’, CEPs provide a powerful way to understand how and when consumers access categories in their minds – the moments of need that trigger brand recall and choice.

What does it take to grow a brand in a category dominated by private labels, shifting consumer habits, and ever-increasing commercial pressure? For Jeroen Stirnberg, Marketing Director at GranFood, the answer lies in disciplined decision-making, sharp consumer relevance, and unwavering strategic clarity, not in flashy campaigns or chasing trends. In this conversation, Jeroen shares how Grand’Italia, the Netherlands’ leading pasta and sauce brand, navigates brand growth throug

Oslo, 4. november 2025   - Nylig åpnet DVJ Insights sitt kontor i Norge for å støtte den europeiske veksten. Forrige uke ble DVJ anerkjent av Financial Times  og Statista  som en av Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions 2026 . Denne anerkjennelsen er en spesiell utmerkelse til de 300 selskapene i Europa som har vist enestående vekst de siste ti årene. Utmerkelsen kommer samtidig som selskapets åttende påfølgende FD Gazelle , som også viser den stabile veksten over tid. Strateg

We are proud to share that DVJ Insights has been recognised by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Europe’s Long-Term Growth Champions 2026. This recognition is a special reward for the 300 companies in Europe that have shown exceptional growth over the past 10 years. DVJ has been able to realise a consistent annual growth for a period of 10 years! This recognition comes at the same moment as our 8th consecutive FD Gazelle, also showing the consistency of our growth. W

Blog post by Lisette Kruizinga-de Vries, based on the master thesis of Rong Shen (HEC Paris - MSc Data Science & AI For Business) The Battle For Attention In today’s media landscape, attention is one of the hardest things to get from consumers. Younger audiences in particular dislike long ads and often skip them or do other things at the same time (Duffett, 2017). Traditional TV advertising, once seen in a passive, one-screen setting, has now become time-shifted, watched on m

We’re proud to share that DVJ Insights has been shortlisted in two categories at the MRS Awards 2025  — a recognition of our continued commitment to turning research into real-world impact. Our nomination in Media Research highlights our breakthrough work in retail media, where we combined innovative exposure measurement with creative testing to show how in-store advertising truly drives sales. By linking shopper behaviour directly to purchase data, we revealed that strong c

What makes intelligence? Is it the ability to solve puzzles, recall facts, or predict outcomes? A compelling view is that intelligence emerges from the union of two core abilities: the use of language and the use of memory. Language gives shape to thought. A sommelier can detect and describe subtle differences in wine not only because of sensory skill but also because of vocabulary. Words sharpen perception, making distinctions visible that might otherwise go unnoticed. Memor

When the Most Promising Waters Turn Red You may be familiar with the “football theory of inflation,” an analogy introduced by economist William Nordhaus. It describes how spectators stand up to gain a better view, prompting others to follow suit, until eventually everyone is standing. No one’s view has improved, yet everyone is less comfortable. A similar effect can be seen in traffic jams: when navigation systems recommend the same detour, too many drivers take it, creating

It’s one of the least inspiring but most important truths in marketing: big brands have an unfair advantage. Not because they shout louder or spend recklessly, but because they’ve already built something smaller brands are still chasing: existing ad stock to fall back on . The pivotal work from Paul Dyson, amplified by Mark Ritson, already a similar case: brand size is the most important factor for campaign impact. In his meta-analyses across thousands of campaigns, he found

We are proud to share that DVJ Insights received an ESOMAR Award for Best Use of Data. The project integrated AI-generated cognitive...

Blog post by Lisette Kruizinga – de Vries, based on the master thesis of Ny Thi Ha Dao (University of Groningen) Introduction: Why...

How Strategic CDT Thinking Is Used To Guide Shoppers and Leverage Brand Strength... In today’s competitive retail landscape, visibility...

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For over a year, AI development seemed to revolve around refinement rather than reinvention. Each new release promised improvements: lower latency, smoother interfaces, more expressive conversations. It gave the impression of rapid progress, but underneath, the same foundation remained in place. GPT-4 was still the model powering it all, even when presented under new names like GPT-4 Turbo or GPT-4o. What changed was mostly how the model was delivered, not how it was taught.

DVJ Insights kunngjør med stolthet den offisielle lanseringen av sin neste generasjons shopperdatasystem, Spenderlog, i Danmark, Sverige...

Marketers have always craved one thing from their media investments: effectiveness. Are we getting results? Are we driving brand growth? And, most frustrating of all, are we spending too much, or not enough? Yet despite this obsession, most marketers are still steering their media using outdated KPIs. GRPs and spend are the go-to metrics, but here’s the thing: they don’t tell us what we actually need to know .

Managing hundreds of SKUs with a lean team might sound like a logistical nightmare to some, but for Aleks Fiege, Marketing Director at...

Discover which predictive metrics for market success outperform purchase intention. Learn how DVJ validation reveals stronger KPIs for innovation impact.

Utrecht, 4 September 2025 - DVJ Insights is proud to announce the appointment of Stefan Bliekendaal as Global Director of Research and...