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Authentic Multicultural Representation On Television

Television reflects the attitudes of society while also helping to influence what people think and believe, so keeping a pulse on television shows can give insight into understanding your consumers’ attitudes and what should be important for your brand. Consumers are looking for authentic multicultural representation from their entertainment, so you can bet they are looking for it from brands, too, when deciding where to spend their dollars.

Making A Difference In Our Community: 10 Years Of Partnership With The Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

Angela Roberts, Vice President

In 2012, we established an internal ChicagoCAC committee at C+R to head up our fundraising efforts and to manage volunteer assignments for different events at the Center’s facility.

How to use Agile Methods with In-Person Qualitative Research

Even though we’re seeing a surge in agile qualitative with online research, we believe that in-person qualitative will survive, and actually thrive in this new environment.

Making a Difference in Our Community: Inspiring Our Youth Through Mentorship

Angela Roberts, Vice President

Another youth-focused organization that C+R Research started working with in 2017 is iMentor. iMentor’s motto that “Every Student Deserves a Champion” is what drives them to manage a program that enables adults to mentor high school students with the goal of getting them into college.

Smarter Segmentation Research – The Time is Now!

Paul Metz, Executive Vice President

It's important to do all research right, but this is especially true for segmentation studies. Does your company put the right amount of priority, attention and resources behind your segmentation research?

Making a Difference in Our Community: Partnering with Cristo-Rey

Angela Roberts, Vice President

More than a decade ago, we at C+R challenged ourselves with these questions, “How can C+R make a difference in the community? One of our more recent partnerships was formed in the summer of 2017 is with the Cristo-Rey Work Study Program.

Black History Month Spotlight: #BlackGirlMagic – The Legacy of Black Women and Why Marketers Should Care

Ashleigh Williams, Senior Qualitative Analyst

This past year has brought women into the spotlight. Black/African American women are both in the forefront and the background with other brave women who have contributed to the revelation and discussions of the most sensitive topics, with the goal of pushing progress forward.