Lewiston, MAINE, January 24, 2012 – TFCinfo today announces the completion
of its “Projector
Brand Customer Perception and Preference Study 2012.” This
report marks the 11th year that this annual projector brand
benchmarking study has been conducted. In
this year’s installment some interesting movement is seen among the brands in
the three measurable areas of brand strength: awareness, image, and intent.
These areas are analyzed across the five most important market segments
in the projector industry--large
corporations, SMB (small and medium business), SOHU (small office/home user),
education, and government.
Awareness
Most notable, Epson and NEC post gains in unaided free recall this year
across each of the market segments surveyed, and some of these gains are
considerable (NEC up 10% education). Epson,
the #1 brand in sales, maintains their top spot in education and takes the #1
spot in government for the first time this year.
Unaided free
recall is extremely important to ensure that your brand comes to mind to be
included in the important pre-purchase research.
Some
strong increases are also seen this year for brands that have previously
suffered from lower overall unaided brand awareness.
Awareness for Optoma, Dell, and Hitachi is improving greatly and
beginning to reflect their current market share.
Image
A clear picture is forming with regard to some of the most important projector purchasing factors and the brands that are being associated with them. When asked which brands could be described as offering excellent quality and reliability, Panasonic and Sony are the brands that are most highly rated.
“Measuring
brand strength and tracking your position in relation to your competitors is
especially important in today’s projector market.
With so many affordable options
more businesses have access to projectors and competition will only increase,
especially when facing further competition from other large area displays such
as plasma and LCDs,” states
Tanya Lippke, TFCinfo director of survey market research. “Understanding customer perceptions, preferences and the
factors that are driving purchase decisions is critical
to the
brand management process, and therefore to the growth and profitability of your
brand. These customer perceptions can have
significant influence in their purchase decisions.”
Intent
Panasonic
is the most considered projector brand for purchase overall this year, NEC does
well again as the most considered brand for purchase among those in large
corporations, while Epson continues their dominance in the education market.
Sony, InFocus, and even Sharp hold their own on this measure posting
gains in important market segments.
“Many brands post great scores
this year, even some of the lesser known brands such as Barco and Christie,”
states Tanya Lippke, “It is especially positive if these brands can take this
consideration and turn it into an actual purchase. In order to do this, consumers must also have a
clear understanding as to what your brand offers in correlation to the
purchasing factors that are most important to them.
This report reveals
what messages the major brands are delivering and how these perceptions are
affecting them in the market-place.”
Many brands were researched in-depth and each show significant strengths and weaknesses in certain areas. Brands that are analyzed in depth include: 3M, Dell, Dukane, Eiki, Epson, Hitachi, InFocus, Mitsubishi, NEC, Optoma, Panasonic, Runco, Sanyo, Sharp, and Sony.
This
extensive 360 page report reveals detailed customer insights and analysis that
will help manufacturers to build
and sustain an advantage in the marketplace.
The research will
give companies the tools needed to successfully measure the effectiveness of
brand investments and marketing, and will aide managers’ ability to guide
business decisions over the long term.
This report analyzes:
· Unaided brand awareness
· Aided brand awareness
· What do customers think of when they think of your brand?
· Brands used
· Brand consideration set (Is your brand among a select group of brands considered first?)
· Superior brands (Is your brand always considered?)
· Inferior Brands (Is your brand never considered?)
· Buying criteria
· Importance rating of buying criteria
· Brand affinity (How strong is your brand strength on key purchasing attributes?)
·
Brand associations (What type of projector use is your brand most
associated with?)
·
Brand image index (How strong is your brand compared to average
and your competitors on important purchasing factors and affinity attributes?)
·
Plus: Projector use and purchasing (How are projectors used in
each market segment, what benefits are realized from using a projector, what are
the downsides, how many hours are projectors being used, where are consumers
getting information about projectors and brands, where are they buying most, who
are the gatekeepers of purchase, does your brand measure up on the most
important purchasing factors?)
· This report also includes market trend graphs for each market segment that tracks the movement of top brands over the past seven years in important areas such as: unaided and aided awareness and brand consideration.
For a complete brochure and outline of this study, or for more information on purchasing, please contact Tanya Lippke, Director of Survey Market Research, at (207) 783-0055 or tmlippke@tfcinfo.net.
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