Gates has
grown into a full service market research agency
offering specializations in qualitative as well as in
quantitative research.
Mystery
shopping, desk research and expert interviews, observation,
psychological methods of promoting individual and group expression,
neurolinguistic programming, multidimensional, multivariate and other metric
analyses and various mapping techniques are used, depending on how much they can
contribute to the efficiency of the research.
Quality standards: Gates Marketing Research
& Consultancy respects the code
of ethics of Esomar. Gates is member of
ESOMAR.

Individual interviews or group
discussions
Observations
and accompanied shopping
. Strategic research:
.
Potential development axes for financial
company
. Potential
focusing for a leading retail holding
. Opinion leaders barometer for an important manufacturer, ...
. Corporate reputation barometer, ...
. Brand positioning research for a leading dairy products
company, for touristic regions, for cigarettes,...
. New product concept for
dairy products, cosmetics,
children,...
. Concept test for chocolate products, canned fruits,
telephone services, new transport service, on-line services,...
.
Social acceptability on smoking,....
. New product development for pharmaceuticals, ...
. On-line services development, ...
. Image and awareness survey for
leading insurance company
. Usage and Attitudes for a foreign Tourism Office,
pharmaceutical company, burotics provider,...
. Pre (post)-advertising test for a car manufacturer, for candy
bars, for an anti-smoking product, for sports events,
for a
motorbike manufacturer, for all food products, for a
telephone provider,...
. Pack test for jam, water,
dairy products,...
. Problem detection surveys for cleaning services,
medical services, ...
. Advertising development research for candy
bars, chips, cars, smoking materials, banking,...
. Website optimization
. Mystery shopping:
. Evaluation of points of sale for chains of supermarkets, car
centers,
do-it-yourself stores,
restaurants, car dealers,
banks....
. Hall tests:
. Computer-aided concept test for baby products,
cosmetics
. Computer-aided cigarettes pricing test
. Product tests for foods, services, ...
. Pack test for video cassettes, for a newly introduced
toothpaste, ...
. Face-to-face interviews:
. Brand monitoring for cigarettes, ...
. Habits and attitudes of immigrants
. Placement concept product test for cigarettes, cheese, ...
. Youth barometer on attitudes and leisure
. Tracking surveys on consumer satisfaction
. Beverages tracking survey since 10 years for one of the
leading worldwide beverage manufacturers
. Consumer barometer in the press sector, ...
. Image
survey for major Belgian shopping center
. Website
development for portal, car dealer, bank,...
. Buying
attitude for media and communication materials,...
. Telephone surveys:
. Customer satisfaction for one of the most
luxurious
hotel chains in France,
..
. Problem detection for business-to-business
. Usage and attitudes for pharmaceuticals,
incontinence
products,...
. Image
survey for major Belgian shopping center