Category: Blog

Did you ever imagine that one day you might talk to your sunglasses? Neither did we until BEAM International were asked to orchestrate the largest consumer product test the international team had ever seen.   Market research agency Appen needed 500 recruits to product test new AI-integrated sunglasses for a leading brand. These next-generation shades take… Read more »

Leading insights and innovation development agency Spinnaker Insights appointed BEAM International to test consumer perceptions of Vileda’s new-to-market spin mop. The aim was “to dive a bit deeper into barriers and drivers towards spin mops”. Finding the perfect venue to host the research was essential and our first challenge.  We scoured Manchester for the perfect… Read more »

Market research is all about improvement – for the brand, their consumer and all who actively or passively consume along the customer journey. As a concept it’s fairly simple, there’s an opportunity to improve your business, your research team curates the killer questions, the respondents have the ammunition for you to load, and you squeeze… Read more »

I’ve spent the week at BEAM Fieldwork undertaking my year 12 work experience placement and it has been extremely insightful experience into the world of market research, and the role recruitment plays within market research. I first stumbled across BEAM Fieldwork when looking at market research companies within the Manchester area. They happened to pick… Read more »

I have recently returned from supervising hall tests for a vaping company in the bright lights of Sutton Coldfield. It was a few days of ‘firsts’ for me – first time away for work without colleagues, first time overseeing hall tests, first time in Birmingham (well, its suburbs) and my first ever Taco Bell. All… Read more »

So, we’ve just about made it through the first week of 2022! Well done everyone! We returned to the (virtual) office on January 4th, well-rested and ready for an exciting year ahead. Although being loudly greeted by the alarm clock that morning was a bit of a shocker after nearly two weeks of lie-ins, it… Read more »

We’ve all fished before. Fished for compliments, fished for approval, fished for the perfect dessert to accompany your Sunday roast. Some of us have even been on Plenty of Fish, trying to hook a date with the perfect partner. But here at BEAM, we’ve gone fishing to find the perfect participants to take part in… Read more »

My garden. It is my haven, my sanctuary and my ultimate happy place. It provides me the opportunity to get out into the fresh air, a reason to get some well needed exercise and to thoroughly ‘blow away the cobwebs’ for three seasons every year. There are a whole host of reasons as to why… Read more »

Happy ‘World No Tobacco’ Day – celebrating our team, our clients and our wonderful respondents who are helping to change, develop and improve the UK vaping industry.

It’s ‘World Bee Day’, and like any Queen Bee, I’ve been asked to lead by example and write a blog about it. At first I thought “great topic – thanks!” (with a huge amount of sarcasm added in), but then I got thinking about the research industry, my team and the global economy (yikes) and… Read more »