ADV Post test
To provide a measure of the combined effect of media weight, buying effectiveness of the target audience and quality of the advertising or creative execution.
Concept screening
To assess the potential of different concept positionings, in-depth investigation is needed that goes beyond mere liking and deeply explores all the aspects underlying the success (or failure) of a concept: the real understanding of the core message, the relevance of promises and benefits, the empathy of the insight, the product profile conveyed. With Ales you can be sure to "bet on the winning horse".
Brand equity and brand image
Profiling of a brand personality in its iconic features, identity, functionality, value and reputation, through qualitative-quantitative and innovative research approaches and effective investigation tools (app, community).
Customer satisfaction/ loyalty
Customer Satisfaction is used to measure the degree of customer satisfaction with the aim of improving the product or service offered. Customer loyalty is used to understand how much the consumer is attached to the brand, analyzing their purchasing behavior.
Concepts Optimization
Everything can be improved. To make a concept completely 'tailor-made' to consumers, to help them identify and trigger them to purchase, Ales offers meticulous concept reworking in terms of content, structure and semantics, based on consumer feedback and the broad researcher experience.
Shopper
A behavioural science approach to retail that aims at identifying nudges and biases that intervene in the buying process with both a qualitative and quantitative approach.
Drivers & Barriers
How to motivate consumers to take action to buy your product? Not only by communicating the benefits your product offers them, but also by focusing on reassuring them on the consumer doubts currently hindering purchase of your product.
Creative lab
To generate new ideas/concepts that are truly responsive to consumer expectations, needs and desires and that stand out in the competitive scenario, it is necessary to go beyond one's own beliefs and expand thinking by involving all the players (consumers, expert researchers, clients, agencies, visualisers) in a co-creative and co-participative process that ignites the spark of innovation!
Shelf test
Standing out on shelf, being recognizable, attracting consumersโ attention. The best way to test these elements is the shelf. Ales proposes several technological solutions as an alternative to the physical shelf.
Marketing mix assessment
Estimate volumes in order to assess the marketing mix factors (price, communication, distribution and product).
Tracking study
Keeping track of the effectiveness of a creative and advertising solution within a consumer sample, in order to identify variations in intention to buy among consumers.
Price positioning
Determining the optimal price that maximizes value share and evaluating the effect of promo prices is never easy. Ales can help you with our price sensitivity models.
Concept development & workshop
A method of innovation that aims, through guided Concept Writing sessions with consumers and/or customers, at creating (or optimising) structured marketing, communication, product or service or packaging concepts.
Marketing Mix Mode
An analysis of sales data to estimate the impact of different marketing mix scenarios.
Net Promoter Score
A tool to assess customer loyalty and satisfaction in their relationship with a brand or product.
Consumer observations & connection
To bring unmet needs & relevant insights to light, it is essential to "see the world through the consumer's eyes". Ales can help you immerse yourself in your target's daily life at every moment of purchase, consumption or when the need arises!
Copy pre-Test (quali e quanti)
An advertisement is effective, able to move the target to purchase only when it is able to work on both the consumer's rational side (convince) and more emotional and deeper side (persuade). Ales has developed an ADV pre-test tool capable of deeply analysing all the qualitative and quantitative indicators at the basis of a creative route's success.
Design Thinking
A creative methodology aimed at generating innovative and actionable solutions to marketing problems, thanks to the strategic activation of the collaborative intelligence of end-users, business stakeholders, specialized partners.
Brand Assessment
The most direct way to understand the state of health of your brand, as well as identify strengths and areas of improvement for the development of your brand and your business.
Pack Test
We evaluate both the graphics and the pack functionality, by letting consumers try the pack in a controlled environment, to obtain useful insights. These are useful not only for communication, but also for the R&D departments working at the packs.
U&A
The exploration mode to get to know consumers, their habits, their needs and the way they buy and use products.
Habits study
Even the most impulsive consumers can be predictable in their purchasing decisions. By discovering the factors that drive the target's buying habits, you can sell the consumer what they want before they even know they need it.
Post launch monitoring
In order to create a successful brand, not only is it necessary to develop and launch a new product, but also to monitor and optimise the product once it is available on the market. Understand the brand's health, measure effectiveness of the advertising campaign and anticipate the competition's counterattacks.
Workshop & Courses
We organise training course at ALES or at our client location:
Creation of insights and development of new ideas
Today it is important to have new insights and generate new ideas. Ales can help you in this process, providing you with its expertise to develop new creative ideas.
New concepts (writing and screening)
It is important to have new ideas, but it is equally important to put them in writing. Ales works with you to write your concepts in the most appropriate way and to evaluate how they resonate with consumers.
Consumer Connection, observation and etnografy
Getting into consumersโ minds is not just an easy job. At Ales we have wide experience in getting into consumersโ minds and co-creating with them.
Statistics for market research
One of the characteristics of Ales is that we play with numbers every day. But we realize that some analytics and data are not always easy to understand. We will explain the statistics in a very simple and effective way.
Funnel and other methodologies (qualitative and quantitative
Funneling is a very useful methodology for evaluating brand performance over time. You can identify your strengths compared to your competitors.
Customer profiling: when to use it
The starting point of any marketing strategy is the identification of its target. Ales is at your disposal to help you understand who your users are, what their habits are, where to find them and when to โtarget" them with your strategy.


