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Market research: ALFA SmartWatch Made by Andrew Wilkerson, Federico Cottafava, Antonio Conte and Lorenzo Gaggini AGENDA: 1. Our Product 2. Secondary Analysis 3. Primary Analysis a. Qualitative i. Focus Group ii. Depth Interview b. Quantitative i. Internet Survey ii. Mall Survey 4. Consumer Behaviour 5. Conclusion 6. Appendix (all work until now) 1. Our Product For our work group we have decided to launch a revolutionary product that will create a new segment of the market. Our new technology will be able to ease people lives and change consumer behaviour. We are developing a market research about a touchscreen watch, endowed with an internal MicroSim so it can works with needing to be connected to other devices. It is able to make phone calls, surf the internet, and listen to music and other features as the most powerful existing smartphones. Its name is ALFA SmartWatch (the only thing you will need ever). 2. Secondary Analysis First, we analysed the secondary sources, which are cheaper than the primary. We analysed both the macro and micro environments. We have analysed all the points of the micro environment following Porter also: Company: our firm focus only on the production of smartwatches; Suppliers: wide and different components, so many suppliers; Intermediaries: advertising, shipping and stores; General Public: investors and environment agencies;

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 Market  research:    ALFA  SmartWatch  

 Made  by  Andrew  Wilkerson,  Federico  Cottafava,  Antonio  Conte  and  

Lorenzo  Gaggini        

AGENDA:  1. Our  Product  2. Secondary  Analysis  3. Primary  Analysis  

a. Qualitative  i. Focus  Group  ii. Depth  Interview  

b. Quantitative  i. Internet  Survey  ii. Mall  Survey  

4. Consumer  Behaviour  5. Conclusion  6. Appendix  (all  work  until  now)  

     1.  Our  Product      For  our  work  group  we  have  decided  to  launch  a  revolutionary  product  that  will  create  a  new  segment  of  the  market.  Our  new  technology  will  be  able  to  ease  people  lives  and  change  consumer  behaviour.  We  are  developing  a  market  research  about  a  touchscreen  watch,  endowed  with  an  internal  MicroSim  so  it  can  works  with  needing  to  be  connected  to  other  devices.  It  is  able  to  make  phone  calls,  surf  the  internet,  and  listen  to  music  and  other  features  as  the  most  powerful  existing  smartphones.  Its  name  is  ALFA  SmartWatch  (the  only  thing  you  will  need  ever).        2.  Secondary  Analysis      First,  we  analysed  the  secondary  sources,  which  are  cheaper  than  the  primary.  We  analysed  both  the  macro  and  micro  environments.  We  have  analysed  all  the  points  of  the  micro-­‐environment  following  Porter  also:      

• Company:  our  firm  focus  only  on  the  production  of  smartwatches;    • Suppliers:  wide  and  different  components,  so  many  suppliers;    • Intermediaries:  advertising,  shipping  and  stores;    • General  Public:  investors  and  environment  agencies;    

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• Competitors:  no  direct  competitors,  because  we  are  going  to  lunch  a  new  product.  There  are  high  capital  requirements,costly  research  and  legal  patents  protecting  such  innovations,  but  in  similar  markets  there  are  already  strong  firms  like  Sony,  Apple  and  Samsung  that  could  enter  in  this  market  with  few  difficulties  due  to  their  strength  and  knowledge  in  technological  fields.  There  are  other  similar  products,  in  general  smartphones,  tablets  or  watches  that  connect  through  Bluetooth  to  mobile  phones,  but  nothing  that  can  do  what  our  product  can;    

• Customers:  B2B  like  retail  stores  and  B2C  without  any  intermediaries  (for  example  on  line  store).    

 Then  we  moved  on  to  analyse  the  various  elements  of  the  macro  environment,  drawing  upon  news  on  the  outside  of  our  company  (External,  published  materials,  computerized  databases,  syndicated  databases).  We  used  different  sources  in  order  to  obtain  more  reliable  data  (for  example  www.ine.es).    Since  we  decided  to  launch  our  product  in  Spain,  we  analysed  the  points  according  to  this  country.    

• Demographic:  we  have  seen  how  the  population  is  divided  according  to  our  target;    • Economic:  we  have  seen  how  the  country's  economic  situation,  what  are  the  salaries,  

what  is  the  public  debt;    • Ecologic:  we  have  seen  how  the  country  uses  renewable  energy  and  how  is  the  cost;    • Technological:  we  have  seen  what  is  the  use  of  technology  and  how  industrious  they  

are  present  in  the  high  tech  industry;    • Political/Legal:  we  have  seen  what  is  the  social  and  political  situation  of  the  country;    • Social/Cultural:  we  have  seen  such  as  sport  is  very  popular  in  Spain,  with  football  in  

the  first  place  and  how  the  cinema  has  fallen  in  recent  years  but  remains  an  important  part  of  the  social  aspects.    

 Throughout  this  analysis  was  used  to  understand  many  things  about  the  launch  of  our  product,  such  as  the  fact  that  since  football  is  a  cornerstone  of  Spain  and  our  product  allows  you  to  see  results  in  real  time,  this  is  an  advantage  for  us.        3.  Primary  Analysis      Finished  analysing  the  secondary  sources  we  passed  to  analyse  primary  sources.  As  we  all  know  the  primary  sources  can  be  qualitative  and  quantitative.  We  started  with  the  quality  requirements  are  not  numerically  measurable  as  for  example  focus  groups  and  depth  interviews,  then  move  on  to  the  quantitative  with  a  survey  that  is  useful  to  collect  numerical  information  about  individual  aspects.      3ai.  Focus  Group:  14  of  October  we  did  the  focus  group  with  5  students,  3  girls  and  2  boys.  We  made  them  questions  trying  to  catch  their  attention  and  curiosity  and  trying  to  get  answers  based  on  3  aspects:  technical  aspects,  physical  aspects  and  price  and  distribution.  Lasted  approximately  32  minutes.  At  the  end  of  the  focus  group  project  we  used  some  techniques  such  as  association  test  words,  sentences  and  pictures  completion  responses.  These  have  been  very  helpful  to  understand  that  form  the  guys  prefer,  what  colour  and  what  occasion  could  use  our  product.  

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   3aii.  Depth  Interview:  Because  our  product  has  a  target  population  of  up  to  70  years  old  and  realizing  that  our  focus  groups  have  participated  only  students  aged  between  21  and  24  years,  we  decided  to  figure  out  what  he  thought  an  adult  of  our  product.  So  we  did  another  qualitative  research  with  direct  approach,  individual  depth  interviews.  We  interviewed  a  worker  of  48  years,  submitting  10  questions  similar  to  those  in  the  focus  groups.  We  derived  from  this  that  there  are  some  points  of  difference  between  the  2  segments.      3b.  Quantitative:  Finished  analysing  the  primary  qualitative  we  switched  to  quantitative.  The  quantity  can  be:  survey  based  methods,  observation  and  experiments.  We  chose  to  use  the  survey  method,  that  allows  gathering  of  information  from  a  sample  of  individuals,  selected  from  a  larger  target  population  from  which  the  respondents  not  have  been  drawn.  So  based  on  the  qualitative  research  (FG  and  depth  interview)  we  have  defined  the  problem,  we  have  chosen  the  type  of  survey  to  use,  we  wrote  the  questions  and  we  did  a  pre-­‐test  to  eliminate  bugs  and  implement  it.  Choosing  the  type  of  survey  we  saw  that  there  are  2  types:  Periodic  and  Ad-­‐Hoc.  We  opted  for  the  Ad-­‐Hoc  having  little  time  (the  periodic  takes  a  long  time)  and  having  little  money  available,  we  opted  for  an  internet  survey  and  mall  intercept  (being  telephone  interview  and  door  to  door  interview  more  expensive).    We  decided  to  use  this  two  types  because,  as  in  the  focus  group,  the  majority  of  the  respondents  of  the  internet  interview  was  young  students.      We  chose  structures  questionnaire,  appropriate  for  quantitative  research.  The  majority  of  questions  was  multiple  choice,  so  closed-­‐end  question;  2  questions  were  mixed  question,  closed  questions  with  option  “others”  (nominal  scale);  3  questions  were  measurement  scale  (likert,  ordinal  scale);  2  were  continuous  scale  (interval  scale)  and  1  was  direct  question  (ratio  scale).  1  was  a  special  circumvent  question:  asking  indirectly  in  a  hidden  way.      3bi.  Internet  Survey:  We  used  www.qualtrics.com  as  platform  to  develop  questions.  The  internet  survey  consists  in  20  questions,  arranged  logically  like  that:    

• 4  Personal  questions  to  get  information  about  the  respondents;  • 9  Questions  about  the  product  (Aesthetic,  Technical,  about  the  package  and  about  the  

brand  itself);  • 2  Questions  about  Price;  • 3  Questions  about  Placement  (Where  and  When  purchase);  • 2  Questions  about  Promotion  (How  to  promote  and  effectiveness  of  a  slogan).  

 The  method  of  sampling  was  non-­‐probabilistic  by  convenience  and  by  judgement,  respondents  were  selected  from  Facebook  friends  lists,  UC3M  and  University  of  Bologna  students  group,  relatives  and  more  groups  of  acquaintances.  The  results  of  all  60  respondents  were  collected  and  then  analysed  by  us.      3bii.  Mall  Survey:  We  were  aware  that  restricting  the  sample  as  we  did,  having  mainly  students,  could  mislead  results  not  to  realistic  conclusions.  We  faced  a  lack  of  professional  

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and  random  people  (cluster  sampling).  So  we  decided  having  also  personal  ad-­‐hoc  interviews  with  Spanish  professionals  chosen  from  customers  of  Orange  Mobile  Phones  shop  at  Sol,  during  Monday  morning.  The  aim  was  seizing  people  unfamiliar  with  the  internet,  adults  with  a  stable  work  and  local  people.  A  sample  of  10  individuals  were  asked  to  answer  20  questions  arranged  in  the  same  way  as  the  internet  survey.    

   4.  Consumer  Behaviour      Which  need  are  we  addressing  with  the  purchase  of  a  SmartWatch?  The  two  needs  directly  satisfied  by  ALFA  are  socialization  and  entertainment.  Even  if  the  most  important  advantage  we  provide  to  buyers  is  a  device  able  to  easing  the  fulfilment  of  so  many  other  needs.  Because  people  want  the  most  up  to  date  technology  and  they  are  always  looking  for  the  easiest,  most  convenient  means  of  satisfying  their  needs.  We  were  not  able  to  lead  a  neuromarketing  study  giving  more  objective  and  precise  results.  The  analysis  we  are  going  to  present  is  based  on  data  we  collected  from  previous  stages  of  this  marketing  research.  Our  brand  is  new  in  the  market,  has  no  past  good  (or  bad)  feelings  to  be  remembered  by  people.  We  are  not  a  brand  with  a  basic  culture,  something  that  could  trigger  real  consumer  preference  into  different  behaviours.      ICABS  Analysis    •  Information  search:    In  our  situation  there  is  no  internal  source  for  people  (no  memories  or  maybe  little  knowledge  about  other  similar  products).  The  only  possible  way  to  look  for  information  is  externally  (Word-­‐of-­‐mouth,  advertising  on  the  Internet  or  during  promotional  events,  from  our  webpage  or  from  retail  stores  newsletters…).  No  brand  awareness  recalling  us.  We  are  starting  from  zero  and  because  of  that  we  should  focus  on  strengthening  our  recognition  and  building  our  Brand  Equity.  One  way  can  be  an  extensive  advertising  campaign  to  promote  our  product.  As  we  are  the  first  ones  offering  this  product  we  have  a  little  technological  margin  that  allows  us  to  make  an  extensive  (long  lasting)  promotional  campaign  without  being  overcome  in  the  short  run  by  stronger  competitors’  intensive  actions.  Our  ideal  path  could  be  in  the  middle  of  an  intensive  and  an  extensive  action,  relying  on  a  word-­‐of-­‐mouth  promotion  for  ALFA  SmartWatch,  hoping  to  get  the  sufficient  attention  thanks  to  the  innovative  aspects  of  our  product.  The  amount  of  details  we  will  spread  must  be  proportional  to  people  needs  of  information  to  purchase.  We  expect  high  needs  and  high  involvement  during  the  decision  process,  depending  on  the  high  importance,  high  uncertainty  as  a  newcomer  in  the  market  and  the  risks  (time  and  financial  losses;  psychological  risk)  resulting  from  a  bad  purchase.    Reassuming  ALFA  SmartWatch  requires  a  high  purchase  involvement,  not  a  routine  behaviour  but  an  extensive  one.  Meaning  that  people  would  make  an  effort  gathering  technical  info  about  ALFA  performances,  looking  for  the  right  model  (the  one  that  fits  on  personal  preferences)  at  the  best  price.  •  Cognition:    In  this  stage  our  possible  clients  will  evaluate  ALFA  SmartWatch  and  its  target  message,  if  it  can  be  considered  as  a  possible  answer  to  satisfy  their  aroused  needs.  If  we  want  to  become  one  of  those  candidates  we  have  to  avoid  first  negative  impressions  on  people,  avoid  a  first  negative-­‐shocking  impact  that  can  bias  future  perceptions  of  our  product.  

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In  fact  short  term  memory  will  build  up  consumer  long  term  memory  information  about  ALFA.  And  then  next  time  consumers  would  have  to  make  decisions  about  our  product  they  will  recall  from  long  term  memory  the  positive  beliefs  from  the  first  time.  •  Affect:    Between  the  variables  that  describe  an  ALFA  SmartWatch  the  emotional  aspect  is  really  sensible  for  us.  We  don’t  have  previous  emotions  to  rely  on  as  differentiating  factors,  to  put  our  product  higher  in  the  consideration  set  of  possible  consumers.  The  brand  evokes  the  feelings  that  we  want  people  to  feel  or  the  ones  they  personally  develop  on  their  own  for  the  first  time.  We  don’t  have  tradition  or  culture  in  our  past,  so  the  emotions  we  want  to  achieve  inside  people  are  surprise  about  the  innovation,  admiration  of  technical  features  and  feeling  the  real  difference  from  other  similar  products.  The  final  choice  of  relevant  perceptual  dimensions  is  really  difficult  to  define,  consumer  perceptions  could  be  more  sensible  about  the  product  itself,  or  maybe  about  their  own  needs  or  even  about  brand  image.  Or,  as  in  the  case  of  a  complex  product  as  our  ALFA  SmartWatch,  we  have  to  consider  a  mix  of  all  those  attributes  of  perceptions,  developing  a  multi-­‐attributes  model  to  analyse  more  easily  all  the  variables  of  consumer  preferences.  One  of  these  methods  could  be  a  conjoint  analysis  of  the  factors  that  shape  consumers  utility  functions,  measuring  attributes,  comparing  alternative  products  and  finding  interactions/trade-­‐offs  between  all  of  them.  •  Behaviour:    This  is  the  stage  where  Demand  merges  and  purchases  happen.  After  having  ranked  ALFA  SmartWatch  against  competitors  people  face  social  and  affordability  constraints,  if  they  can  afford  to  buy  our  product  or  if  they  have  to  shift  to  a  less  preferred  but  cheaper  competitor.  •  Satisfaction:  We  always  presented  ALFA  SmartWatches  as  the  best  in  the  market,  one  of  the  main  technological  developments  of  this  moment,  in  other  words:  a  must-­‐have  product.  These  descriptions  enhance  previous-­‐trial  expectations  about  our  product,  in  so  doing  we  are  assuming  a  big  risk  if  perceived  performance  will  not  match  consumer’s  expectations.  But  satisfaction  is  necessary  to  carve  out  a  share  of  the  market  since  the  beginning,  we  need  a  positive  word-­‐of-­‐mouth  to  increase  knowledge  and  trust  about  our  brand.    We  will  know  about  consumers  satisfaction  or  dissatisfaction  only  after  they  will  have  reached  the  post-­‐purchase  phase,  when  the  will  finally  be  able  to  see  if  expectations  were  matched  by  our  ALFA  SmartWatch  performances.  Only  if  the  results  will  be  positive  we  could  start  speaking  about  brand  loyalty  to  ALFA.      FCB  Matrix    ALFA  SmartWatch  is  a  product  that  requires  a  high  involvement  along  the  purchase  decision  process.  Mainly  due  to  the  relative  big  amount  of  money  related  to  the  purchase  and  due  to  a  time-­‐expensive  gathering  of  information  about  ALFA’s  features  and  about  other  similar  products  in  the  market.    The  typical  decision  process  should  be  from  a  learning  step  to  finally  implementation  of  the  decision  (do),  passing  through  a  feeling  stage  less  important  than  the  others  two.  But  from  our  qualitative  analysis  we  found  that  a  quite  large  number  of  respondents  would  purchase  our  SmartWatch  for  fun-­‐usage  (as  a  trend)  or  for  an  emotional  involvement  with  this  segment  of  the  market  (collecting).  Therefore  we  got  to  the  conclusion  that  ALFA  should  be  classified  as  a  high  involving  product  that  stays  between  the  Informative  and  the  Affective  dimensions,  shifting  the  decision  process  to  a  more  relevant  Feeling  stage  and  lower  intellectual  involvement.    

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   Elasticity    In  the  first  case  considering  elasticity  of  demand  relative  to  price  we  found  that  demand  for  ALFA  SmartWatches  could  be  slightly  inclined  towards  being  elastic,  quite  easily  changing  as  prices  fluctuate.  The  reasons  of  ALFA  elasticity  (but  not  so  strong)  are  settled  in  some  characteristic  of  the  product  itself:  the  facts  that  there  is  a  large  competition  on  similar  products  (even  if  we  are  the  first  in  this  precise  sector)  and  that  represents  an  expense  relatively  large  related  to  an  average  income  are  factors  strongly  pushing  towards  elasticity  of  demand.  But  we  have  to  consider  that  its  uniqueness,  its  final  advantages  and  the  halo  of  quality  and  prestige  brought  to  owners  of  an  ALFA  SmartWatch  make  our  product  really  desirable,  probably  above  small  changes  in  price.  In  a  second  instance  we  consider  elasticity  of  demand  related  to  changes  in  income.  ALFA  SmartWatches  can  be  clearly  considered  as  luxury  goods,  meaning  that  if  income  increases  people  will  be  more  able  and  likely  to  buy  our  product.      Segmentation  and  positioning    Since  our  quantitative  analysis  we  started  trying  to  find  a  reference  market,  broadly  identified  in  all  male  and  female  people  between  16  and  70  years  old  in  need  of  a  technological  device  easing  their  lives.  Then  further  segmentations  were  made  by  social  status  (young  students  against  professionals  with  a  stable  job)  and  by  the  differences  in  usage  that  people  would  do  with  our  ALFA  SmartWatch  (fun,  fashion/trend,  sport,  work,  collection…).  Analysing  each  of  those  segments  we  could  start  developing  our  product  and  our  promotional  campaigns  based  on  the  characteristics  of  the  most  attractive  segments  (the  feasible  and  profitable  ones)  that  we  have  chosen  as  a  target.  

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Once  identified  the  attributes  relevant  to  each  selected  segment  (young  students  -­‐>  price  and  customization;  workers  -­‐>  technology  and  comfort)  we  try  to  match  those  important  attributes  into  an  ALFA  SmartWatch,  focusing  on  development  and  promotion  of  value  adding  features  specifically  for  each  segment.  This  process  is  named  Positioning.  Following  the  Boston  Matrix  ALFA  SmartWatch  can  be  classified  as  a  question  mark.  In  a  second  phase  of  ALFA  life  cycle  we  would  like  to  obtain  a  greater  share  on  the  market  and  then  to  be  considered  as  star  product.  But  in  the  long-­‐run  will  almost  be  impossible  for  ALFA  to  reach  an  established  cash  cow  stage  (it  is  a  very  dynamic  market,  with  high  competition  and  fast  technological  changes).        5.  Conclusion      Secondary  Analysis    For  secondary  analysis  we  looked  at  both  micro  and  macro  environments  through  online  research.    From  the  micro  environment  research,  we  learned  that  there  are  similar  products  to  our  SmartWatch,  but  none  that  can  do  what  our  does  which  is  important  because  we  will  have  differentiating  factors.  This  being  said,  the  possible  competition  was  still  the  biggest  threat  we  found  when  analyzing  the  micro  environment.  Companies  like  Google,  Apple,  and  Microsoft  could  enter  this  market  fairly  easily  so  we  must  make  sure  our  product  cannot  be  duplicated  or  improved  upon  by  these  huge  corporations.    The  macro  environment  is  something  we  can’t  necessarily  control,  but  it  is  important  to  learn  about  it  and  adjust  our  plans  accordingly.  We  had  a  few  options  to  start  with  when  considering  where  to  launch  our  product,  but  after  some  research  we  decided  to  launch  it  in  Spain.  A  big  reason  is  because  we  realized  it  would  be  easiest  to  obtain  information  from  Spanish  consumers.  Based  on  the  demographic  information  we  learned  that  we  can  equally  target  males  and  females  with  our  product  with  their  being  basically  50%  of  each.  A  possible  downside  of  launching  here  in  Spain  is  that  the  economy  is  in  such  rough  shape.  It  is  potentially  bad  because  people  don’t  have  as  much  disposable  income  as  they  do  in  other  markets.  However,  we  also  noticed  that  most  people  in  Spain  tend  to  have  smart  phones,  and  there  are  many  technology  stores  and  vendors.  The  point  we  are  making  is  that  if  Spanish  consumers  could  buy  a  better  and  more  convenient  product  than  a  smartphone  (ours)  for  less  money,  they  would.  With  alternative  energy  on  the  rise  in  Spain,  we  concluded  that  if  possible  and  affordable,  to  have  our  watch  be  solar  powered  would  be  huge.  Also  that  would  be  a  big  advantage  over  other  similar  products  as  they  need  to  be  charged  nearly  every  day.  Another  thing  our  macro  environment  research  led  us  to  is  that  our  SmartWatch  should  be  at  least  somewhat  geared  to  the  sports  fans.  That  being  said,  most  everyone  in  Spain  is  a  soccer  fan,  and  many  in  our  target  market  also  play  sports  and  exercise  so  we  chose  to  include  apps  to  not  only  watch  sports  and  check  scores  and  statistics,  but  also  to  enhance  the  workouts  of  those  active  people  in  our  target  market  by  keeping  track  of  progress,  repetitions,  etc.        Primary  Analysis    Qualitative:    • Focus  Group–  We  gathered  an  incredible  amount  of  good  information  from  our  focus  

group.  From  the  feedback  we  received,  we  were  able  to  conclude  that  we  were  correct  when  we  included  the  sports  and  fitness  functions  but  we  also  learned  a  few  new  things  

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that  are  important  to  the  younger  spectrum  of  our  target  market.  Thing  like  physical  appearance  of  the  watch,  customization,  and  social  media  were  new  functions  that  we  learned  are  very  important  to  our  users.  After  going  deeper  and  asking  questions  to  find  our  more,  we  were  able  to  conclude  that  the  big  features  that  we  did  not  already  include  were  Gps  maps,  Bluetooth  headset  make  and  receive  calls  hands-­‐free,  email,  the  ability  to  share  files  via  Cloud  as  the  current  smartphone,  impermeability  for  use  outdoors  and  during  exercise,  camera  for  picture  and  video,  and  choices  between  different  watch  faces,  and  different  bands  (both  color  and  material).  The  size  and  weight  of  our  product  were  very  important  issues  for  members  of  our  focus  group,  and  we  concluded  that  it  should  be  big  enough  to  navigate  the  touch  screen  easily,  but  not  much  bigger  than  current  watches.  We  want  our  product  to  not  only  be  functional,  but  fashionable  as  well.  We  were  also  able  to  set  a  price  on  our  product  of  300  euros,  as  we  learned  here  that  most  people  would  not  buy  our  product  if  it  was  more  than  a  smart  phone,  and  300  euros  is  less  than  a  brand  new  smartphone  today  such  as  the  iPhone  5s  can  be  up  to  600  euros.  The  last  conclusion  we  made  from  our  focus  group  was  product  placement.  We  learned  that  consumers  would  most  likely  expect  to  be  able  to  buy  our  product  in  electronics  stores,  cellular  retailers,  or  online.  

• Interview  –  As  our  focus  group  was  only  with  young  people,  we  decided  to  do  an  interview  with  an  adult  to  see  if  we  were  correct  in  assuming  such  a  wide  range  for  our  target  market.  Based  on  our  interview,  we  decided  to  mainly  focus  our  product  towards  younger  people,  but  also  some  towards  professionals  such  as  businessmen  and  women.  The  average  adult  though  would  probably  be  slow  to  adapt  to  a  new  technology  such  as  this,  as  we  learned  in  our  interview  that  the  interviewee  thought  it  would  be  hard  to  change  people’s  buying  habits  from  smartphone  to  smartwatch.  The  feedback  wasn’t  negative,  but  seeing  as  the  young  people  in  our  focus  group  were  much  more  excited  about  our  product,  we  concluded  that  we  should  focus  more  on  that  demographic.    

 Quantitative:  • Internet  Survey  &  personal  ad-­‐hoc  survey  in  street/outside  shop–  Based  on  the  results  from  

both  surveys,  we  have  decided  to  launch  two  separate  product  lines.  One  for  younger  people  that  care  more  about  visual  customization,  social  networks,  pictures,  and  another  for  professionals  that  care  more  about  functionality  and  simplifying  their  busy  lives.  Moreover,  we  also  concluded  that  we  definitely  need  to  have  customization  available  to  our  users.    So  we  decided  to  make  customization  part  of  our  buying  experience.In  stores,  we  will  have  pre-­‐designed  models  of  the  most  popular  choices,  but  also  we  will  give  consumers  the  ability  to  “build”  their  own  personalized  watch  from  in-­‐store  stations  as  well  as  through  our  website  online.  With  this  option,  we  will  be  able  to  charge  more  money  for  a  custom  watch,  as  there  is  a  lot  of  value  in  the  ability  to  create  whatever  you  want.  In  some  cases,  we  will  even  charge  less  if  for  example  someone  wants  a  bare  minimum  touchscreen  watch  without  very  many  of  the  capabilities  such  as  camera  or  gps.  

 Overall  Conclusions    After  our  market  research  project,  we  have  turned  an  idea  into  a  ready-­‐to-­‐launch  product.  We  have  had  many  changes  along  the  way,  but  here  are  our  final  conclusions:  

1. We  are  sticking  with  ALFA  SmartWatch  for  the  name  of  our  product.    2. Our  product  will  be  able  to  do  everything  a  smartphone  can  do  but  from  your  wrist.  

This  includes  browse  social  media,  email,  take  pictures,  send/receive  calls  and  messages,  download  and  use  multiple  applications,  and  more.    

3. We  will  launch  our  product  in  Spain  

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4. We  will  be  primarily  targeting  the  age  group  of  16-­‐35  years  old  as  this  generation  adapts  well  to  new  technology  and  will  get  the  most  use  out  of  our  product  as  it  will  make  their  busy/active  lives  much  easier.  Secondarily  we  will  target  the  35-­‐60+  year  old  professionals  who  could  make  great  use  of  our  product  in  the  workplace  especially.    

5. We  will  be  unique  in  a  few  ways  a. Our  SmartWatch  will  be  able  to  function  without  Bluetooth  connection  to  a  cell  b. Customers  will  have  the  ability  to  build  their  own    watch  choosing  between  

different  hardware  (shape,  size,  material,  camera,  gps,  etc.)  and  software  (wide  selection  of  applications  and  functions)  

c. We  will  produce  two  separate  product  lines:  One  for  younger  people  and  another  for  professionals.  

d. We  are  a  new  company  so  we  need  to  attract  as  many  clients  as  possible,  knowing  that  we  must  be  able  to  maintain  our  relationships  with  clients  in  the  future.  From  our  previous  studies  we  know  that  it  is  5  to  10  times  more  expensive  to  get  new  customers  than  keep  the  already  existing  ones.  So  we  will  try  to  develop  our  product  around  the  needs  of  the  customer.  We  can  obtain  this  through  the  development  of  a  “loyalty  membership  card”  with  our  company:  we  could  use  this  card  to  track  the  individual  customer's  purchases,  and  then  reward  loyal  customers  with  a  free  gift  or  discounts  on  accessories  (e.g.  bands)  or  apps  after  a  certain  number  of  purchases.  In  this  way  we  could  create  a  long-­‐term  customer  loyalty  program  and  we  can  follow  the  preferences  of  customers  to  develop  new  strategies  for  marketing  and  promotional  purposes.  

6. The  starting  price  for  our  product  will  be  300  euros  but  will  be  subject  to  change  if  the  consumer  wants  more  or  less  out  of  their  watch.  Ex:  higher  quality  camera  and  longer  battery  life  will  cost  more  and  no  camera  or  gps  capability  will  cost  less.    

7. We  will  sell  our  product  in  retail  stores  (electronics  and  cellular)  as  well  as  online.                  

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6.APPENDIX  

 SECONDARY  ANALYSIS  –  ALFA  SMARTWATCH  

Made  by  Andrew  Wilkerson,  Federico  Cottafava,  Antonio  Conte  and  Lorenzo  Gaggini    

1) We  are  going  to  launch  a  revolutionary  product  that  will  create  a  new  segment  of  the  market.  Our  new  technology  will  be  able  to  ease  people  lives  and  to  change  consumer  behaviour.  We  are  developing  a  market  research  about  a  touchscreen  watch,  endowed  with  an  internal  MicroSim  so  it  can  works  with  needing  to  be  connected  to  other  devices.  It  is  able  to  make  phone  calls,  surf  the  internet,  and  listen  to  music  and  other  features  as  the  most  powerful  existing  smartphones.  Its  name  is  ALFA  SmartWatch  (the  only  thing  you  will  need  ever).  

2) The  main  needs  ALFA  is  going  to  satisfy  are  communication,  socialization  and  entertainment.  People  want  the  most  up  to  date  technology  and  they  are  always  looking  for  the  easiest,  most  convenient  means  of  satisfying  these  needs.    

3) MICRO  ENVIRONMENT  a) Company:  Our  firm  focus  only  in  the  production  of  SmartWatches,  it  is  a  middle-­‐large  

size  business.  As  the  target  market  is  broad,  our  company  is  established  in  New  Zealand  but  production  is  spread  all  over  the  world.  Our  product  has  a  premium  price  because  of  its  production  process  and  research  that  are  very  expensive.  

b) Suppliers:  ALFA  SmartWatches  are  complex  products  with  so  many  specific  components,  so  the  range  of  suppliers  is  wide  and  different.  Supply  factors  are  essential  for  the  company,  but  there  are  a  lot  of  substitutes  preventing  suppliers  to  impose  their  prices  and  sizes  of  orders.    

c) Intermediaries:  Advertising,  shipping  and  cell  phones  companies  to  promote  our  product  and  increasing  sales.  Cell  phone  companies  can  sell  to  customers  SmartWatches  branded  by  their  own  logo.  

d) General  Public:  People  and  groups  interested  in  the  well-­‐being  of  the  company,  like  investors,  labor  unions,  different  governmental  and  environmental  agencies.  Our  company  will  be  sure  to  follow  all  laws  and  regulations  pertaining  to  these  agencies,  while  also  appealing  to  investors.  

e) Competitors:  There  is  no  direct  competition  because  we  are  creating  a  new  segment  of  market,  but  there  is  potential  competition  in  the  future.There  are  high  capital  requirements,costly  research  and  legal  patents  protecting  such  innovations,  but  in  similar  markets  there  are  already  strong  firms  like  Sony,  Apple  and  Samsung  that  could  enter  in  this  market  with  few  difficulties  due  to  their  strength  and  knowledge  in  technological  fields.  There  are  other  similar  products,  in  general  smartphones,  tablets  or  watches  that  connect  through  Bluetooth  to  mobile  phones,  but  nothing  really  like  that.  No  direct  competitors  but  only  some  similar  products  well  established  in  the  market,  for  example  Iphone,  Samsung  Galaxy  and  Nokia  cell  phones.  Also  there  are  a  lot  of  innovative  watches,  but  nothing  really  like  ALFA  SmartWatch.  

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f) Customers:  The  company  drives  its  business  in  two  ways:  the  B2B  one  and  the  B2C.  For  example  through  the  B2B  ALFA  sells  to  retail  stores,  cell  phone  companies  and  other  intermediaries.  The  B2C  way  is  lead  through  internet  sales  without  any  intermediaries.  The  range  of  possible  ages  of  consumers  from  16  to  70  years  old  in  Spain.  Customers  are  well  organized  because  of  high  expectations,  high  quality  demand  (due  to  knowledge  by  consumers  about  similar  products/markets  as  smartphones  or  tablets)  and  competitive  price.  One  point  in  our  favour  is  that  we  are  offering  something  new.  The  differentiation  from  other  products  does  not  permit  customers  to  have  a  complete  term  of  comparison  with  other  devices.    

4) How  we  differentiate  -­‐  There  are  no  other  products  quite  like  ours.  There  are  other  Smartwatches,  but  they  require  a  connection  to  a  cell  phone.  Our  watch  is  meant  to  replace  the  traditional  cell  phone  as  a  more  powerful,  more  convenient  solution  to  the  communication  need.  With  an  arsenal  of  innovative  and  never-­‐before-­‐seen  features,  our  watch  will  completely  change  communication  and  human  interaction  as  a  whole.    

5) MACRO  ENVIRONMENT  a) Demographic:  According  to  www.ine.es  our  target  market  of  ages  16-­‐70  equals  

33.568.216  (50.2%  male  and  49.8%  female)  people  out  of  46.704.314  total  in  Spain.  This  means  our  target  market  accounts  for  about  72%  of  the  total  population.  For  education,  Spain  spends  4.4%  of  GDP  on  education.  The  average  adult  has  spent  7.3  years  in  school,  and  Spain  is  ranked  in  the  top  20  countries  in  the  following  categories  -­‐  Class  size,  enrolment  ratio,  expected  duration  for  education,    primary  teacher  salary,  reading  literacy,  scientific  literacy,  spending  per  primary  school  student,  and  universities  >  top  500.  In  2011,  220,583  (58%  female  42%  male)  students  completed  their  schooling.  Over  half  of  the  students  were  less  than  25  years  old,  and  the  most  popular  age  was  21  (roughly  15%).  The  students  graduated  with  degrees  in  Architecture,  Health,  Education  Sciences,  and  Business/administration.  Population  is  growing  in  Spain  –  the  most  recent  stat  from  2011  shows  a  0.57%  increase.  After  2012  seems  decreasing.      

b) Economy:  With  Spain  being  in  an  obvious  economic  struggle,  new  businesses,  products  and  entrepreneurial  ideas  like  ours  are  part  of  the  solution  to  digging  this  country  out  of  the  hole.  The  GDP  (Gross  Domestic  Product)  at  the  end  of  2012  was  US$  1.349  trillion  and  in  August  2013  was  estimated  decreasing  about  1,6%.  Inflation  in  2013  is  2,04%  and  the  long  term  interest  rate  per  annum  of  government  bonds  until  August  2013  is  at  4,50%.For  credit  availability  Spain  is  rated  53  out  of  185  countries  for  possibility  of  getting  credit  (http://www.doingbusiness.org).  Regarding  the  economic  cycle  Spain  is  in  a  period  of  recession,  recovery  is  not  so  easy  because  of  high  public  and  private  debt  (http://www.economy.com/dismal/map/).  Public  debt  is  79%  of  GDP  and  public  deficit  is  -­‐6%  (2012).  Annual  disposable  income  in  2012  is  US$  827.949,5  million.  Total  public  spending  is  42,7%  of  GDP  (http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/oct/16/government-­‐spending-­‐countries-­‐gdp  ).    

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In  2012  employment  was  at  75,8%,  and  around  58%  of  people  aged  15  to  64  (working  able  population)  have  a  paid  job,  below  the  OECD  employment  average  of  66%.  64  %  of  men  are  in  paid  work,  compared  with  53%  of  women.  Young  people,  aged  15-­‐24,  are  facing  important  difficulties,  with  an  unemployment  rate  of  56%  (August  2013)  much  higher  than  the  OECD  average  of  23%.  The  average  household  net-­‐adjusted(after  taxes)  disposable  income  is  22.847  USD  a  year,  decreasing.  To  be  used  by  a  person  to  buy  goods  and  services.  People  in  Spain  work  1  690  hours  a  year,  less  than  the  OECD  average  of  1  776.    

c) Ecology:  Renewable  energy  in  Spain  accounts  for  10%  of  total  energy.  With  this  in  mind  we  are  integrating  solar  technology  into  our  watch  to  use  the  suns  energy  to  charge  our  SmartWatch.    Overall  23%  of  Spain's  electricity  were  generated  from  wind  and  solar  in  2010.  Spain  is  the  world's  third  biggest  producer  of  wind  power,  after  the  United  States  and  Germany,  with  an  installed  capacity  of  20,661  megawatts  (MW)  April  2011,  a  rise  of  1,609  MW  for  the  year.  More  than  11%  of  Spain's  electricity  came  from  wind  power  in  2008.  In  2005  Spain  became  the  first  country  in  Europe  to  require  the  installation  of  photovoltaic  electricity  generation  in  new  buildings.  With  the  construction  of  the  PS10,  located  near  Seville,  Spain  became  the  first  country  to  ever  have  a  commercial  solar  energy  power  tower  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Spain).    Cost  for  the  energy  for  industrial  consumers  is  0,0361€  per  Kwh  for  natural  gas  (under  EU  average)  and  0,1022€  per  Kwh  for  the  electricity  (above  EU  average)(May  2013).    

d) Technology:  In  2010,  there  were  a  total  of  58,119  companies  in  high  tech  sectors.  Technology  is  getting  more  and  more  popular  -­‐  it´s  common  to  see  kids  with  iPhones.  As  technology  is  a  major  driving  factor  in  market  progression,  there  is  clearly  a  market  for  our  product  not  only  in  Spain  but  all  over  the  world.  Internet  users  in  Spain  are  34.623.500,  74%  of  total  population,  with  an  increasing  rate  nearly  3%  compared  to  total  Internet  users  in  2012.    

 e) Political/legal:  Spain  is  a  democratic  country,  which  essentially  means  that  the  people  

have  the  power  to  elect  officials  to  make  and  implement  laws  and  regulations.  A  big  story  in  Spain  politics  is  how  the  Basque  region  wants  to  declare  independence  from  Spain.  With  no  foreseeable  change  in  the  near  future,  we  continue  to  view  our  market  as  Spain  as  a  whole.  Spain  being  a  free,  first-­‐world  country  makes  it  just  about  as  good  as  any  country  to  market  our  innovative  product  line.      

f) Socio-­‐Cultural:  Sports  are  a  huge  part  of  Spanish  culture.  “Futbol”  is  obviously  the  most  popular,  with  basketball,  handball,  volleyball,    and  tennis  also  getting  some  attention.  With  this  in  mind,  our  Smartwatch  will  make  it  easy  to  watch  games,  keep  track  of  scores/stats,  and  more.    For  fitness  minded  people,  there  will  also  be  workout  apps  to  keep  track  of  different  exercises,  recommend  specific  workouts,  etc.  Cinema  has  seen  a  downturn  with  the  economic  crisis,  but  remains  part  of  the  Spanish  culture.  With  our  product,  people  will  be  able  to  use  apps  to  purchase  tickets  and  download  them  to  their  wrist  eliminating  need  to  wait  in  long  lines  to  get  tickets.    

 

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 NEXT  STEPS  

The  next  steps  we  are  going  to  work  are  Primary  Sources.  Primary  sources  can  be  qualitative  or  quantitative.  The  first  one  can  be  group  gatherings,  deep-­‐dive  interviews,  projective  techniques  and  observation;  the  secondo  ne  can  be  survey,  experiments  and  observation.  The  second  one  are  more  precise  than  the  qualitative.  The  qualitative  objective  is  to  gain  a  qualtative  understanding  of  the  underlying  reasons  and  motivaions;  the  quantativa  is  to  quantify  the  data  and  genarlize  the  results  from  the  sample  to  the  population  interest.  

     

   

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QUALITATIVE  ANALYSIS  -­‐  FOCUS  GROUP  &  DEPTH  INTERVIEW  –  ALFA  SMARTWATCH  

   FOCUS  GROUP  DESCRIPTION:      On  Monday  14  of  October  we  had  our  focus  group  meeting  to  get  primary  qualitative  information  about  the  future  market  of  our  product,  ALFA  SmartWatch.  We  wanted  to  collect  preferences  and  ideas  from  a  defined  segment  of  the  market:  5  young  people,  precisely  students  from  UC3M  between  21  and  24  years  old.  We  didn’t  make  any  distinction  based  on  sex  or  income,  grouping  together  3  girls  and  2  boys.  Our  focus  group  lasted  32  minutes,  we  obtained  the  relaxed  and  comfortable  level  of  debate  that  we  expected.  The  first  part  was  designed  to  induce  the  interviewed  people  into  curiosity  and  doubt.  Then  some  previously  decided  questions  were  asked  to  people,  giving  them  freedom  and  time  to  reply.  Finally  we  involved  interviewed  people  in  some  projective  techniques  like  words  association  test,  sentences  completion  and  pictures  response.  The  place  setting  where  FG  happened  is  the  room  18.B.1.9  belonging  to  the  library  of  building  18  inside  Getafe  campus  of  UC3M.    

 FOCUS  GROUP  TECHNICAL  ASPECTS:    Regarding  the  technical  aspects,  we  found  different  needs  of  the  participants  at  the  focus  group.  Our  smartwatch  must  have  the  same  functions  of  the  current  smartphones,  implemented  of  some  features  related  to  sports.  The  participants  have  focused  their  attention  on  the  fact  that  the  smartwatch  must  be  equipped  with:  -­‐  Gps  maps:  to  be  able  to  locate  their  position:  -­‐  Bluetooth  headset  to  respond  more  nimbly  to  calls;  -­‐  Touch  screen  to  scroll  quickly  through  applications;  -­‐  Camera  to  take  pictures  and  video.  It  must  also  be  equipped  with  specific  applications  for:  -­‐  E-­‐mail;  -­‐  Access  to  social  networks  to  share  life  with  friends;  -­‐  Share  files  via  Cloud  as  the  current  smartphone.    All  participants  recognized  that  this  product  would  be  particularly  suitable  for  all  sports'  lovers;  therefore  to  get  this  market  segment  should  have  new  features  and  highly  innovative  features  such  as:  -­‐  To  be  impermeable  (even  at  great  depths),  to  be  used  in  water  sports;  -­‐  A  series  of  app  dedicated  to  different  types  of  sports,  in  order  to  be  used  by  any  type  of  athlete.  In  addition  to  key  features  highlighted  by  the  participants,  almost  all  reported  a  technical  /  aesthetic  problem  related  to  the  size  of  the  screen:  a  small  screen  does  not  allow  to  share  images  and  videos  with  friends,  and  not  to  be  used  for  interactive  games.  The  same  participants,  however,  recognized  that  a  large  screen  size  would  be  unsightly  and  should  be  a  damage  to  the  product  design.    

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AESTHETIC  and  PHYSICAL  IMPROVEMENTS  SUGGESTIONS:    

 

During  our  focus  group  people  often  highlighted  problems  and  relevant  facts  about  physical  and  aesthetic  aspects  of  ALFA  SmartWatch.  They  mostly  gave  attention  to  Size  and  Weight,  saying  that  they  were  positively  impressed  by  the  huge  range  of  possible  features,  but  at  the  same  time  they  were  worried  that  such  a  variety  of  characteristics  could  affect  negatively  size,  shape  and  weight  of  the  product,  making  our  Smartwatch  to  seem  too  little  as  a  watch  and    too  much  as  a  smartphone.  Dimensions  of  the  screen,  length  of  the  battery  and  the  presence  of  a  camera  were  identified  as  main  wants  that  on  the  other  hand  represent  factors  pushing  ALFA  towards  a  bigger  size.  People  that  purchase  a  SmartWatch  expect  a  product  above  average,  something  to  be  different  and  have  the  latest  innovations  on  their  own  wrist  without  having  a  strange  look  because  of  the  size.    People  underlined  evident  difficulties  due  to  reduced  dimensions  of  the  screen,  for  example  not  allowing  share  of  contents  from  the  SmartWatch  with  physically  surrounding  friends  or  in  general  people.  Moreover,  was  suggested  to  take  off  from  the  wrist  ALFA  and  use  it  as  a  joystick.  Also  the  idea  of  a  camera  came  out  during  the  focus  group.  It  was  suggested  to  put  it  on  the  wristband,  on  the  external  side,  making  it  easy  to  use  directly  from  the  touch  screen  of  the  SmartWatch.  Along  our  meeting  we  discovered  some  interesting  preferences  and  ideas  about  the  shape  of  cases  (the  body  of  a  watch).  Someone,  mostly  girls,  were  missing  the  rounded  traditional  shape  of  a  watch,  the  one  that  make  it  feel  leaner.  And  came  out  that  this  shape  could  be  resembled  by  some  apps  producing  the  same  rounded  effect.  For  example  the  clock  of  our  ALFA  SmartWatch  it  will  certainly  be  digital,  but  we  could  make  an  interface  with  circular  appearance,  as  real  watches.    As  expected  exist  differences  in  shape  preference  between  men  and  women.  As  reported  early  girls  were  more  inclined  towards  thin,  rounded  and  simpler  designs,  instead  boys  thought  they  would  fit  better  with  squared  and  more  complex  designs.  But,  as  highlighted  also  in  projective  techniques  (Picture  Response),  a  common  ideal  was  not  to  develop  so  many  styles,  just  one  for  Business,  one  for  Sports,  one  Casual  for  boys  and  one  for  girls.  This  was  considered  enough  by  interviewed  people,  who  gave  more  significance  to  customization  under  those  macro-­‐designs.  They  were  all  favourable  on  having  a  wide  choice  of  colours  for  cases  and  wristbands,  and  of  course  they  would  value  very  much  a  wide  choice  of  optional.  Between  all  of  them  the  extra  that  gained  more  attention  was  an  enlargeable  wristband  useful  mainly  for  sporting  purposes.  People  agreed  in  unison  about  the  examples  of  running  and  swimming.  Such  a  wristband  could  be  put  higher  on  the  arm,  near  to  the  ears,  easing  connection  through  earphones  and  so  on.  This  enlargeable  watch-­‐band  has  been  viewed  as  a  very  powerful  competitor  of  iPhone’s  features,  or  even  better,  because  it  could  be  simply  put  on  the  arm  without  additional  strings.  And  lastly  but  most  importantly,  we  debated  if  this  ALFA  could  easily  enter  in  interviewed-­‐people’s  worlds.  From  the  technologically  point  of  view  young  students  said  they  are  really  used  to  have  smartphones  and  tablets  in  their  hands.  But  what  strongly  interested  us  was  from  the  lifestyle  point  of  view.  They  showed  that  ALFA  SmartWatch  could  have  an  easy  integration  in  habits,  because  it  is  small,  portable  anywhere,  easy  to  access,  and  you  can  bring  everything  with  you  at  little  expenses  without  needing  pockets  anymore.    

 

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PRICE  AND  DISTRIBUTION  

 

About  the  price  range  in  which  we  should  place  our  product,  all  participants  have  agreed  and  answered  that  they  expect  a  lower  price  than  smartphones  (around  €  300).  About  the  retailers,  the  majority  of  participants  would  expect  to  be  able  to  buy  it  in  a  electronics  store  or  in  a  store  dedicated  to  the  sale  of  the  this  particular  type  of  product.    Moreover  they  said  that  they  would  not  buy  it  for  gift  because  of  its  relatively  high  price,  but  instead  they  would  buy  it  for  themselves  to  take  advantage  of  this  innovative  technology.    

 

 

HOW  WE  USED  PROJECTIVE  TECHNIQUES  

 There  were  a  number  of  projective  techniques  that  we  used  in  our  focus  group.  We  used  a  handout  that  contained  the  different  methods  we  saw  best  fit  to  obtain  valuable  information.  First  –  We  used  a  list  of  stimulus  words  to  get  the  participants  started.  We  didn’t  only  use  words  that  applied  to  our  product  so  the  participants  could  remain  unbiased  and  respond  to  each  word  or  phrase  as  honestly  as  possible.  Second  –  we  used  sentence  completion  to  give  participants  some  creative  freedom  to  tell  us  what  they  thought  about  our  product  and  how  we  could  improve  it.  The  last  two  methods  we  used  visual  stimuli  for  the  participants.  We  showed  them  different  examples  of  smart  watch  and  asked  them  to  identify  which  ones  were  the  most  similar  to  what  they  were  picturing  –  this  was  helpful  in  getting  feedback  as  to  whether  or  not  we  had  successfully  communicated  our  vision  for  the  product  The  final  method  was  a  sort  of  branding  exercise.  We  asked  the  participants  to  choose  from  a  variety  of  photos  (different  people  representing  different  markets)  what  best  represented  the  ALFA  SmartWatch  brand.  From  this  we  learned  that  our  product  should  be  marketed  to  mostly  young  people  but  not  necessarily  targeting  one  group  specifically  like  students  or  athletes.  This  exercise  reaffirmed  that  our  product  should  be  marketed  as  an  overall  life-­‐simplifying  device,  not  just  a  tool  for  certain  people,  but  a  tool  for  all.    

 IN-­‐DEPTH  INTERVIEW  –  ALFA  SMARTWATCH  

   The  purpose  of  our  In-­‐depth  interview  was  to  analyse  the  market  segment  of  professionals.  After  we  had  a  focus  group  with  5  students  we  asked  some  questions  to  a  professional,  a  48-­‐years-­‐old  woman  working  as  a  receptionist  in  Fernando  de  Los  Rios  Residence-­‐Hall.  The  interview  consisted  in  10  questions  about  her  lifestyle,  her  preferences  and  about  possible  usages  for  ALFA  SmartWatch.  We  introduced  the  topic  with  some  general  questions  about  habits.  She  doesn’t  use  so  much  her  watch  and  also  her  mobile  phone,  she  also  only  got  cell  phone  shared  in  two  with  her  husband.  She  doesn’t  need  to  watch  so  many  times  the  time  on  the  clock  because  she  doesn’t  want  to  be  dependent  from  the  time,  and  in  general  she  doesn’t  like  having  a  watch.  

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Main  usage  of  actual  smartphone:  phone  calls,  SMS,  Videos,  Photos.  Expected  features:  The  same  as  a  smartphone,  music,  internet…  But  all  easier.  Positive  aspects:  It  is  similar  to  a  smartphone,  you  have  it  always  with  you,  but  nothing  special,  mainly  the  most  useful    thing  for  her  is  that  you  cannot  forget  it  and  lose  it  anymore,  because  you  have  all  tied  at  your  wrist.    Negative  aspects:  Not  so  many,  probably  the  balance  goes  more  towards  positive  aspects  compared  to  common  smartphones,  but  in  her  opinion  the  weight  of  all  those  advantages  is  not  so  strong  to  produce  a  change  in  purchases’  preferences.  Our  interviewed  underlined  how  ALFA  could  gain  a  relevant  share  of  the  market  focusing  on  dimensions  perspective,  answering  that  she,  as  a  possible  non-­‐buyer,  could  imagine  a  future  world  where  SmartWatches  could  overcome  Smartphones.  From  her  point  of  view  she  suggested  not  to  focus  on  a  broad  choice  of  customizations  for  professionals  segment  of  the  market,  f.e.  not  so  many  colours  and  extras.  Just  to  put  all  the  efforts  on  dimensions,  size  and  features  aspects,  to  allow  professionals  having  an  all-­‐in-­‐one  object  and  not  having  functions  spread  in  thousands  different  devices.  On  a  more  general  level  we  tried  to  discover  with  our  interviewed  person  which  segment  of  the  market  could  be  more  profitable.  And  we  came  out  with  Students,  Sportsmen  and  Managers  as  being  the  most  believed  possible  purchaser  and  users  of  an  ALFA  SmartWatch.  Finally  asked  her  to  establish  a  price  that  she  could  expect  to  face  for  our  product.  She  valued  ALFA  as  much  as  other  smartphones,  giving  same  price,  300€  or  more,  and  place  to  buy  it,  in  large  retail  stores  or  mobile  phones  shops.  Due  to  the  big  price  she  only  thought  buying  it  in  special  occasions,  like  son’s  birthday  or  as  a  Christmas  present,  but  she  would  not  buy  one  for  her  own  in  a  casual  purchase.  

 NEXT  STEPS  for  our  Marketing  Research    We  will  develop  an  ad-­‐hoc  survey  to  collect  information  related  with  conclusions  from  our  focus  group.  Our  purpose  is  to  have  a  formalized  set  of  questions  to  obtain  data  we  need  from  respondents,  chosen  among  various  ways.      

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 QUANTITATIVE  ANALYSIS  -­‐  SURVEY  -­‐  ALFA  

SMARTWATCH    Market  research  by  Andrew  Wilkerson,  Federico  Cottafava,  Antonio  Conte  and  

Lorenzo  Gaggini    The  previous  step  was  the  qualitative  analysis.  We  had  a  profitable  focus  group  that  underlined  main  topics  in  which  we  should  have  gone  more  in  depth.  It  came  out  that  aesthetic  and  technical  aspects  needed  to  be  classified  in  order  of  relevance  by  customers,  because  from  the  beginning  we  had  to  face  the  problem  of  dimensions,  weight  and  shape  affecting  ALFA  SmartWatch  appeal  on  people.    Then,  aside  from  product  features,  the  FG  we  discovered  some  interesting  things  about  price,  placement  and  promotion  regarding  our  ALFA  SmartWatch.  Starting  from  those  qualitative  guidelines  we  developed  the  quantitative  research  to  have  numerical,  precise  and  reliable  sources  of  information  to  carry  forward  our  marketing  research  project  about  ALFA  SmartWatch,  towards  the  implementation  of  the  production  for  the  general  market.    

About  the  Survey    

We  chose  an  ad-­‐hoc  structured  survey  method,  made  up  by  several  static  and  prearranged  questions  designed  to  quantify  the  results  of  our  previous  focus  group  with  a  broader  number  of  respondents.  Mainly  due  to  the  technological  nature  of  the  product,  and  from  the  need  of  a  large  amount  of  answers  in  a  short  time  period,  the  way  we  carried  out  the  survey  was  split  in  2  different  types.  The  first  way  was  through  Internet  interviews,  we  built  the  questionnaire  thanks  to  the  Web  site  www.qualtrics.com  that  easily  allows  respondents  to  take  part  in  the  online  answering  process,  just  simply  clicking,  ranking  lists  or  rating  objects.  Then  with  the  aim  of  having  a  more  precise  picture  of  the  environment,  ruling  out  or  just  lowering  non-­‐probabilistic-­‐sampling  weakness  (as  from  judgemental  or  convenience  sampling),  we  developed  a  personal  interview  carried  out  in  a  face-­‐to-­‐face  way  outside  a  mobilephones  shop.      

• Internet  Interview    

 

As  said  before  the  main  part  of  the  quantitative  analysis  were  developed  by  Internet  Interviews  using  www.qualtrics.com  as  platform  to  develop  questions.  

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Considering  that  we  are  students  we  selected  this  kind  of  interview  because  it  is  cost  effective,  easy  to  get  respondents,  quick  to  collect  answers,  very  intuitive  for  respondents,  offers  a  wide  variety  of  questioning  methods  (through  graphics  and  ratings)  and  it  is  geographic  flexible.  The  internet  survey  consists  in  20  questions,  arranged  logically  like  that:    

• 4  Personal  questions  to  get  information  about  the  respondents  • 9  Questions  about  the  product  (Aesthetic,  Technical,  about  the  package  and  about  the  

brand  itself)  • 2  Questions  about  Price  • 3  Questions  about  Placement  (Where  and  When  purchase)  • 2  Questions  about  Promotion  (How  to  promote  and  effectiveness  of  a  slogan)  

 Before  officially  running  the  survey  on  the  Internet  we  made  a  pre-­‐test  collecting  a  random  sample  and  we  proved  that  our  questionnaire  had  only  few  errors.  One  of  them  was  the  absence  of  the  possibility  for  respondents  to  add  their  own  free  opinion  at  the  end  of  some  crucial  questions  (“Others”).  Another  error  was  the  one  with  sampling,  considering  mostly  acquaintances  and/or  students,  involuntarily  ruling  out  professionals.  We  recovered  from  this  mistake  having  Personal  interviews  picking  random  people  with  a  stable  work.    Finally  we  implemented  our  final  version  of  the  survey,  having  established  a  total  number  of  respondents  of  60  people.  The  method  of  sampling  was  non-­‐probabilistic  by  convenience  and  by  judgement,  respondents  were  selected  from  Facebook  friends  lists,  UC3M  and  University  of  Bologna  students  group,  relatives  and  more  groups  of  acquaintances.  The  results  of  all  60  respondents  were  collected  and  then  analysed  by  us.    

 

 

Results:  The  first  section  was  to  determine  personal  information  of  the  participants.  Firstly  asking  the  age  of  the  participants.  Out  of  our  60  participants,  13%    were  19  years  old,  32%  were  20,    36%  were  between  21  and  23,  12%  were  between  24  and  26,  and  the  remaining  8%  were  between  the  ages  of  48  and  64.  Next  we  asked  for  the  gender  and  found  that  67%  were  male  and  33%  were  female.  The  last  personal  question  was  to  find  what  our  participants  do  for  a  living;  the  vast  majority  were  students,  with  only  5  professionals  participating.  This  is  about  what  we  wanted  as  we  determined  our  target  market  to  be  the  younger  generation  with  a  little  focus  on  professionals.      The  next  section  was  the  biggest  and  most  important  in  terms  of  data  received.  In  this  section  we  asked  questions  about  different  aspects  of  our  product.  In  terms  of  shape,  57%  said  they  would  prefer  a  squared  smart  watch  as  opposed  to  43%  choosing  rounded.  With  there  not  being  a  clear  favourite,  it  would  most  likely  be  advantageous  to  give  our  customers  options  for  shape  of  their  watch.  We  provided  many  options  for  colors  for  the  participants  to  choose  from  for  the  color  of  the  watch  and  they  could  choose  as  many  as  they  wanted.  We  found  black  to  be  the  clear  favourite  with  70%  choosing  black,  but  blue  white  and  grey  were  also  somewhat  popular  scoring  58%,  48%  and  50%  respectively.      

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Next  we  asked  about  the  preferred  material  for  the  watch  band.  Steel  and  leather  combined  for  71%  as  the  2  most  popular  answers  with  rubber  coming  in  at  23%  and  only  5%  chose  fabric.    Next  we  asked  participants  to  put  3  qualities  in  order  from  most  important  to  least  important  to  get  an  idea  of  what  is  most  important  between  battery  life,  screen  dimensions  and  camera  quality.  We  found  that  battery  life  was  the  most  important  with  screen  dimensions  coming  in  a  close  second  with  not  too  many  people  being  concerned  about  camera  quality.    

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In  a  similar  fashion,  we  next  asked  participants  to  rank  8  of  the  most  important  potential  features  of  our  watch  on  a  scale  of  one  to  ten.  The  results  were  as  follows  (average  score):  Impermeability  9.03,  touch  screen  8.27,  GPS  maps  7.48,  apps  for  mailing  7.38,  apps  for  social  networks  6.78,  cloud  storage  6.23,  sports  apps  6.13,  Bluetooth  headset  5.87.        

   

 

 

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We  asked  about  the  packaging  of  the  product  and  found  that  most  people  do  not  place  too  much  importance  on  the  packaging  with  30%  saying  it  is  somewhat  important,  27%  saying  they  do  not  care  one  way  or  the  other  and  25%  saying  it  is  somewhat  unimportant.  Also  in  terms  of  packaging  73%  of  participants  expected  the  packaging  to  be  minimal  with  only  the  logo  and  model  with  the  remaining  27%  expecting  a  more  extravagant  package.      

 

   

 

When  we  asked  about  the  same  “Alfa  SmartWatch”  32%  said  they  felt  neutral  while  16%  said  they  felt  it  was  inappropriate  and  45%  said  it  was  appropriate  which  is  encouraging  that  the  majority  was  positive  feedback.  Unfortunately  our  logo  only  scored  2.73  out  of  5  in  terms  of  appealing  to  our  participants,  which  means  we  may  want  to  consider  a  different  logo.      The  next  section  was  to  find  what  type  of  price  participants  would  expect  to  pay  for  our  product.  We  found  that  50%  would  expect  to  pay  between  200  and  250  euros,  34%  would  expect  to  pay  between  275  and  350  euros  while  the  remaining  16%    would    expect  to  pay  between  400  and  500  euros.  We  also  asked  how  much  they  are  planning  to  spend  on  their  next  smart  phone  and  the  majority  of  them  said  over  500  euros,  meaning  that  they,  in  general,  would  expect  a  smart  phone  to  cost  more  than  a  smart  watch.    Following  price,  we  asked  about  placement,  and  most  people  preferred  electronics  stores  as  opposed  to  mobile  phone  shops  or  dedicated  shops  for  the  product.  They  scored  63%,  12%,  and  25%  respectively.  Then  we  asked  who  they  would  buy  our  product  for  and  42%  said  they  would  buy  it  for  both  themselves  and  someone  else  as  a  gift  while  37%  said  they  would  buy  it  

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just  for  themselves  and  22%  said  they  would  buy  it  just  for  someone  else  as  a  gift.  Most  people  said  they  would  buy  our  product  to  use  for  fun,  work  and  sports,  which  is  good  because  these  were  the  general  intentions  of  use  for  our  product.    Also  encouraging  was  only  1  out  of  60  said  they  would  not  buy  it.  As  far  as  advertising,  most  people  said  we  should  focus  on  internet  ads,  which  makes  sense  because  most  of  our  target  market  spends  a  crazy  amount  of  time  on  the  internet.  For  our  slogan  “Everything  changes  again:  SmartWatch,  the  only  thing  you’ll  ever  need”  45%  said  it  had  a  strong  impact  on  them,  and  35%  said  it  had  neutral  impact  and  20%  said  it  had  a  weak  impact.  We  would  like  to  improve  on  the  response  to  our  slogan  so  we  may  need  to  tweak  it  a  little.  Overall  the  feedback  from  the  online  survey  was  very  helpful  for  some  small  things  we  need  to  fix  but  also  gave  us  confidence  that  we  will  have  a  successful  product  launch.    

 

• Personal  ad-­‐hoc  survey  in  street/outside  shop    

We  were  aware  that  restricting  the  sample  as  we  did,  having  mainly  students,  could  mislead  results  not  to  realistic  conclusions.  We  faced  a  lack  of  professional  and  random  people.  So  we  decided  having  also  personal  ad-­‐hoc  interviews  with  Spanish  professionals  chosen  from  customers  of  Orange  Mobile  Phones  shop  at  Sol,  during  Monday  morning.  The  aim  was  seizing  people  unfamiliar  with  the  internet,  adults  with  a  stable  work  and  local  people.  A  sample  of  10  individuals  were  asked  to  answer  20  questions  arranged  in  the  same  way  as  the  internet  survey.    

 

Results:  

 We  interviewed  13  people  between  32  and  66  years,  with  an  average  of  47.92  years.  62%  of  respondents  were  male  and  the  remaining  38%  were  female.  They  were  all  workers,  with  different  professions.    With  regard  to  physical  characteristics,  responding  to  the  question  "what  shape  would  you  prefer  for  your  SmartWatch?",  69%  responded  square  and  the  remaining  round.    

 

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77%  chose  the  color  black  for  the  cases  and  watch  bands,  but  a  great  success  also  had  the  color  blue  (69%),  grey  (62%),  brown  (54%),  and  white  (38  %).    About  the  material  of  the  watch  band,  a  clear  majority  (69%)  prefers  leather  followed  by  a  minority  who  would  wish  rubber  (15%).    With  regards  to  the  technical  characteristics,  the  preference  of  the  majority  went  to  the  life  of  the  battery  followed  by  the  size  of  the  screen  and  the  quality  of  the  camera.    Also  the  most  important  characteristics  for  the  respondents  are  in  order  of  preference  from  1  to  10:  waterproof  (average  of  9.69);  sports  apps  (9.62),  touch  screen  (9:31);  Bluetooth  handset  (9:23);  app  for  mailing  (7,69).  And  all  the  other  features  were  given  less  importance:  apps  for  social  networks,  could  storage;  GPS  maps.    Then  we  focused    our  attention  on  package,  that  was  neither  important  nor  unimportant  by  the  majority  of  respondents,  with  69%  preferring  a  minimal  package,  no  pictures,  only  with  logo  and  model.    We  also  asked  about  the  name    "Alfa  SmartWatch",  judged  by  54%  of  respondents  with  a  neutral  impact.    Regarding  our  logo,  it  scored  an  average  of  2.92  on  a  scale  from  1  to  5.    About  the  purchase  price  for  the  majority  of  individuals  is  among  the  200  €  (23%)  and  300  €  (15%).    

   

 

The  majority  of  respondents  (38%)  expect  to  find  this  product  on  mobile  phones  shops  like  Movistar,  Vodafone,  Orange  etc.    46%  of  respondents  said  they  would  buy  our  product  for  themselves  and  38%  would  buy  it  both  as  a  gift  and  for  themselves.    To  the  question  "why  would  you  buy  this  product?",  77%  responded  sport,  and  66%  said  work  and  fun.    With  regard  to  the  promotion  of  the  product  most  people  recommend  in  stores  (46%)  and  advertising  on  the  internet  (23%).    We  also  asked  each  of  them  to  evaluate  our  slogan  "everything  changes  again:  smartwatch,  the  only  thing  you'll  ever  need",  and  we  found  that  69%  of  them  considered  this  with  a  strong  impact.      

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• Conclusion    

Overall  we  received  a  lot  of  good  feedback  from  both  surveys.  Based  on  the  results,  we  have  decided  to  launch  two  separate  product  lines.  One  for  younger  people  that  care  more  about  visual  customization,  social  networks,  pictures,  etc,  and  another  for  professionals  that  care  more  about  functionality  and  simplifying  their  busy  lives.  We  learned  that  waterproof,  touch  screen,  sport  apps,  and  apps  for  mailing  are  absolute  must  haves  for  our  product.  We  also  are  able  to  conclude  that  our  price  should  not  be  more  than  that  of  the  average  smart  phone,  as  people  expect  to  pay  less  for  our  product  that  a  smart  phone.  We  learned  that  people  will  in  most  cases  be  buying  our  product  for  themselves,  and  will  expect  to  buy  it  in  electronic  stores  which  is  very  important  information  when  considering  an  advertising  campaign.  Also  for  advertising  we  learned  that  we  should  focus  most  of  our  attention  on  online  ads  and  promotion  in  stores.  While  there  are  a  couple  things  that  did  not  get  outstanding  feedback,  they  are  relatively  easy  changes  and  in  general  the  results  of  the  surveys  gave  us  confidence  that  we  will  have  a  successful  product  launch!    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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We are going to launch a revolutionary product that will create a new segment of the market.We are going to launch a revolutionary product that will create a new segment of the market.We have developed a touchscreen watch, endowed with an internal Micro-Sim so it can workWe have developed a touchscreen watch, endowed with an internal Micro-Sim so it can workwithout needing to be connected to other devices. It is able to make phone calls, surf thewithout needing to be connected to other devices. It is able to make phone calls, surf theInternet, and listen to music and other features as the most powerful existing smartphones.Internet, and listen to music and other features as the most powerful existing smartphones.

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FabricFabric

What shape would you prefer for your smartwatch?What shape would you prefer for your smartwatch?

Which colours would you like to have as choices for customization of cases and watchWhich colours would you like to have as choices for customization of cases and watchbands?bands?

RedRed GreenGreen BlackBlack PurplePurple

BlueBlue PinkPink WhiteWhite Light BlueLight Blue

YellowYellow OrangeOrange GreyGrey BrownBrown

What kind of material do you prefer for the watch band?What kind of material do you prefer for the watch band?

Arrange these features in order of relevance for the usage of the product that you would do:Arrange these features in order of relevance for the usage of the product that you would do:

(drag and drop to rank them from the first to the last).(drag and drop to rank them from the first to the last).

Which of the following technical features are basic in your smartwatch?Which of the following technical features are basic in your smartwatch?

Dimensions of the screenDimensions of the screen

Battery lifeBattery life

Camera quality (placed on the watch band)Camera quality (placed on the watch band)

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Very UnimportantVery Unimportant

Somewhat UnimportantSomewhat Unimportant

Neither Important nor UnimportantNeither Important nor Unimportant

Somewhat ImportantSomewhat Important

Very ImportantVery Important

Minimal (without image, only logo and model)Minimal (without image, only logo and model)

Complex (images, features of the product, name of the brand and model)Complex (images, features of the product, name of the brand and model)

Evaluate the importance of the following technical aspects from 1 to 10 (where 1 is "not at allEvaluate the importance of the following technical aspects from 1 to 10 (where 1 is "not at allimportant" and 10 is "very important").important" and 10 is "very important").

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GPS MapsGPS Maps

Bluethooth headsetBluethooth headset

TouchscreenTouchscreen

App for mailingApp for mailing

Apps for socialApps for socialnetworksnetworks

Cloud storageCloud storage

ImpermeabilityImpermeability

Sports appsSports apps

Is the package important in your opinion?Is the package important in your opinion?

How do you expect the package to be?How do you expect the package to be?

Is the name "ALFA SmartWatch" appropriate for this type of product?Is the name "ALFA SmartWatch" appropriate for this type of product?

InappropriateInappropriateSomewhatSomewhat

InappropriateInappropriate NeutralNeutralSomewhatSomewhatAppropriateAppropriate AppropriateAppropriate

Rate from 1 star (minimum) to 5 stars (maximum) if this logo is appealing and original for thisRate from 1 star (minimum) to 5 stars (maximum) if this logo is appealing and original for thistype of product:type of product:

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Electronic storesElectronic stores

Mobile phones shops (Orange, Vodafone, Movistar, T-Mobile etc.)Mobile phones shops (Orange, Vodafone, Movistar, T-Mobile etc.)

Dedicated shops for this productDedicated shops for this product

As a GiftAs a Gift

For myselfFor myself

BothBoth

Assuming that our product could be a potential substitute for smartphones, having superiorAssuming that our product could be a potential substitute for smartphones, having superiorfeatures compared with a digital clock. Which of the following prices do you think is mostfeatures compared with a digital clock. Which of the following prices do you think is mostappropriate for ALFA SmartWatch?appropriate for ALFA SmartWatch?

PRICES ARE STATED IN EUROS (€).PRICES ARE STATED IN EUROS (€).

How much are you going to spend to buy your next smartphone (if you are planning to buyHow much are you going to spend to buy your next smartphone (if you are planning to buyone)?one)?

In which place would you rather buy this product?In which place would you rather buy this product?

Would you buy an ALFA SmartWatch:Would you buy an ALFA SmartWatch:

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WorkWork

SportSport

FunFun

CollectionCollection

Other reasonsOther reasons

Internet (advertising through social networks and Youtube)Internet (advertising through social networks and Youtube)

TV adsTV ads

Promotions in storesPromotions in stores

Events or promotional activitiesEvents or promotional activities

OtherOther

Weak impactWeak impact

NeutralNeutral

Strong impactStrong impact

Why would you buy this product?Why would you buy this product?

In which way would the promotion of the product be more effective?In which way would the promotion of the product be more effective?

"Everything changes again: SmartWatch, the only thing you'll ever need." "Everything changes again: SmartWatch, the only thing you'll ever need."

Evaluates the impact that this slogan could have on potential customers.Evaluates the impact that this slogan could have on potential customers.