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Allison Polanis

About Allison Polanis

Allison’s market research work, focused in recent years on restaurant and retail clients, is bolstered by her background in economics and math – she spent one year working at the Federal Reserve Bank. Clients appreciate her ability to consistently provide excellent work, often ahead of schedule. With experience in both quantitative and qualitative analysis, Allison is also an exceptional resource for automation tools.
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Billions and Billions Served Yet Still Focused on Product Innovation

Early this summer my husband and I, along with our dog, will be driving to the southeast coast for a beach vacation with our extended family – parents, brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We’re typically not huge fast food

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Brand Strategy: How do brands react when their story gets told by others?

Social media has become an incredibly powerful tool for brands. Not having a Facebook page and Twitter account makes a brand feel dated and out of touch. Television commercials now feature the Facebook and Twitter icons (if not more social

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Are Your Commercials a Slam Dunk with Consumers? An Ad Testing Buzzer Beater

This post is part of the Method a Month Series. Look for a new post each month and learn how our unique methods can help you with custom market research solutions and brand decision clarity. I have a very sports-centered

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Color Wars: Creating Differentiation through Gender Marketing

I’m a pop culture junkie and enjoy reading various websites to keep up with what’s going on in the world of television, movies, and celebrities in general. One morning, I was interested to see an article about Hasbro’s new line

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Don’t Eat Your Words – Create a Message that Resonates

This post is part of the Method a Month Series. Look for a new post each month and learn how our unique methods can help you with custom market research solutions and brand decision clarity. I’m headed to Washington, D.C.

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When it Comes to Consumer Insights, How Much Data is Too Much Data?

As a researcher, I’m constantly asking my team for more data. “What’s the minimum sample size?” they ask. More often than not, the answer is “More is always better.” More in general isn’t really what you want. More good quality,

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This Year’s Super Bowl Commercials: Boom or Bust?

Commercials during the Super Bowl are big business. This year, 30-second ad slots sold for up to $4 million. In the week before the Super Bowl, NBCNews.com had no less than half a dozen articles on just the ads themselves,

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How to Get a “Clean” Vision of Your Customers with Market Research

This post is part of the Method a Month Series. Look for a new post each month and learn how our unique methods can help you with custom market research solutions and brand decision clarity. I love Clinique’s face soap

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Driving Customers to Your Brand through Market Research

This post is part of the Method a Month Series. Look for a new post each month and learn how our unique methods can help you with custom market research solutions and brand decision clarity. A few weeks ago I

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Developing Strategies for Crisis Management

Much news has come out this fall regarding the safety of energy drinks. The Food and Drug Administration released adverse report records on three of the most common brands consumed – Monster Energy, Rockstar Energy, and 5-Hour Energy. The report

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