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Strategy workshops with depth: translating change into impact with Sweet Spot

Sweet Spot thinks strategy from the goal: not as a theoretical concept, but as a powerful decision-making aid in everyday business life. In customized workshops, interdisciplinary teams of psychologists, strategists and digital experts work with participants to develop flexible strategies that can be implemented immediately.
Consumption study Unilever rheingold

Between "living well" and "surviving" - how crises show up in the shopping cart

Crises shape everyday life - and the shopping cart. A recent in-depth psychological study conducted by the rheingold Institute in Cologne on behalf of Unilever shows how consumer behavior changes in uncertain times - shopping in the area of conflict between "survival" and "a better life".
Use whole cocoa beans - side streams

Food upcycling: making side streams successful with the right communication

By-products of food production are a trend; what used to be considered waste is now becoming the basis for innovative products. But communication requires psychological sensitivity.

MIA - rheingold's AI avatar enriches psychological research

MIA is a digital AI avatar that, as a "representative of the future", combines advanced technology from Repon with the in-depth psychological expertise of the rheingold Institute. In this way, MIA provides valuable insights into the consumer behavior of tomorrow.

EM study - domestic vs. Chinese sponsorship

Flash study by the rheingold Institute on sponsorship impact at UEFA EURO 2024 shows preference for everyday and domestic sponsorships.
Organic carrots

Why the biopipe was no longer allowed to be evangelical

Consumers are ambivalent, wanting to drive SUVs and save the planet at the same time. Brand managers also have to deal with this ambivalence. Stephan Grünewald puts forward these and other theses in the Brand eins podcast "Sustainable Brand Stories.
Beauty Trends 2023

Beauty trends 2023

INSIDE beauty asked market research and communications insiders about the most important trends. In this interview, Judith Barbolini reveals what we should look out for this year.
Will the Seamless Consumer change the future of shopping?

The end of brands?

In the future, shopping will be driven more by the desire for personal development and solutions to life problems. Companies urgently need to rethink.

Brand communication in the crisis

Birgit Langebartels on the current mood of people in Germany, how brands should react to it and why the trend towards nature is unbroken.

2nd Screenforce Expert Forum

In the current situation of the Ukraine war and the energy crisis, the outcome of which cannot be predicted, brands convey stability and confidence, thus becoming a psychological support for people.

Psychological turning point - also for brands

War and the permanence of crises shake us and lead to surprising forms of coping. What makes consumers tick in these highly emotional times?
Innovation development with rheingold

Innovation development with rheingold

The conditions for innovation development are good - especially with the end of the Covid 19 crisis it is time to take off.
Brands give consumers inspiration

Brands give consumers inspiration

Despite the coronavirus crisis, the opportunities for brands are greater than ever. "They are one of the main suppliers of new role models, ideas and innovative solutions. They give consumers inspiration," says Judith Behmer. She was a guest at Screenforce's 2nd Expert Forum 2020 "Economy, consumer climate and marketing: how corona determines our future". How marketing is adapting to the "new normal"...
Brands as signposts of the new everyday life

Brands - as signposts of the (new) everyday life

In the current phase, brands can point the way like a GPS transmitter and make meaningful offers for the new everyday life.
Cross-industry growth opportunities

Cross-industry growth opportunities - leveraging the increased importance of sports and outdoor

New corona-driven motivations and needs from the sports and outdoor industries hold cross-industry growth opportunities.
Advertising in podcasts

The new listening - how advertising in podcasts works best

Podcasts can create high levels of engagement and loyalty among their users, as well as drive behavior change.
How brands become lighthouses

How brands become lighthouses

How brands become beacons in times of crisis and why promises of sustainability are misleading in these times.
Consumer prospects in the crisis

Consumer perspectives in the crisis - a rheingold in-house study

Consumers crave backing and confidence in the future, and brands can deliver.