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Retail & eCommerceJun 2026

The Loyalty Economy

68%
weigh a past good experience above any discount when they buy again.
Experience68%
Convenience42%
Price35%
Discount20%
n=1,000nat. representative±3.1% at 95% CI
As cited in
ForbesFast CompanyThe AustralianInc.Retail Week
Why it works

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Major outlets will not run guaranteed placements. They will cite original research. That is the whole idea.

1,000+
typical national sample per study
~3 days
to field a study on a real panel
100%
of studies published with full method
0
placement guarantees, by design
How it works

From a question to a headline in three steps.

1

Design the study

We turn your angle into a neutral, non-leading questionnaire built to produce a defensible, newsworthy finding.

Angle → Questionnaire
2

Field on a real panel

We run it on a named commercial panel, weight the data, and calculate the margin of error. Human respondents only.

Panel → Clean data
3

Publish and pitch

We publish the study in full, then pitch the finding to the journalists who cover your world.

Study → Coverage
Method in the open

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Every study carries its full workings, so a reporter can stand behind the number when an editor pushes back.

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  • Sample size, description, and margin of error
  • Full question wording, no leading questions
  • Commissioned work labelled as commissioned
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PanelConsumer panel
Samplen=1,000 · nat. rep.
Fielded10–13 Jun 2026
Margin±3.1% (95% CI)
WeightingAge, gender, region
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Founder Confidence IndexQ2 2026

706050 61.4 Q1'25Q2Q3Q4Q1'26Q2
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