Peter Foster

Founder/Director, field&track Research

Overview

We offer integrated research solutions combing Qual & Quant approaches across a breadth of sectors. Our approach & ethos utilises a range of ‘in the moment’ qualitative techniques to capture the heart of consumers emotionally driven attitudes, behaviours &needs

Services

field&track RESEARCH partner with brands & agencies to deliver culturally relevant insights that drive competitive advantage.

We provide project leadership & support from research design, fieldwork, through to delivery of final recommendations. We offer stand alone or  integrated research solutions combining Qual and Quant approaches.

Our approach & ethos utilises a range of ‘in the moment’ qualitative research approaches, including digital, face-to-face and observation, which utilise implicit research techniques so as to capture the heart of consumer’s emotionally driven attitudes, behaviours, needs and motivations.

We combine this with intelligent survey design & data analysis to aid clear decision making onbrand health, campaign performance, and customer satisfaction, as well as building a stronger picture of your customer profile, and their evolving needs.

Experienced in running both UK & International research projects globally

Specialism: 

  • Category dynamics & cultural context
  • Kids & Teen research
  • Consumer deep dives, profiling & segmentation.
  • Creative testing & development
  • Brand evaluation/equity research
  • Customer journeys and decision making
  • Concept development /product testing and NPD
  • Consumer deep dives, profiling & segmentation.
  • Shopper/In-store (path to purchase & touch point analysis)
  • Ethnography & in & out of home client immersion session
  • Brand positioning, Brand tracking, NPS & customer experience

About

Peter is a seasoned Qualitative researcher  (with an appreciation for Quant) with  20+ years of UK & International market research, comms & brand strategy experience, across a breadth of audiences, categories, and business challenges. In a nutshell I am a safe pair of hands that can manage a project from start to finish.

He has worked both in communications planning agencies (Carat, OMD, WaytoBlue) & held senior positions in research agencies from boutiques like (2cv to TNS, Millward Brown Firefly & Ipsos Mori) in the UK, Dubai & Melbourne.

He has worked across a wide range of categories from media & entertainment, technology, automotive, finance, healthcare, retail & leisure. He enjoys working on both UK & International research projects and moderated in the US & Canada as well as observing research and debriefed for projects across Europe, Middle East and Asia.

He is a Dad trying to keep his finger on the pulse, much to the amusement of  his 10 year old daughter! He is a keen cyclist participating in long distance events for charity, and enjoys travel, good food and wine.