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TRC – The Research Corner is a marketing consultation & research firm providing unique and creative solutions to meet the clients’ needs in the MENA region.
With unprecedented in-house IT infra-structure & operations excellence, TRC meets clients’ business objectives with relevant, accurate, reliable, and valid market insights.
From strategy to execution
encompassing feasibility studies, business planning, comprehensive custom research, and marketing activities implementation
TRC experts show the best direction.
About us…
Multinational Brains, National Hearts
Through decades of expertise we’ve learnt that success is always achievable by planning, passion,and persistence. We embed, pour, and adhere to those three basic values in our everyday interaction with each other, be it colleagues or clients.
Meet The Founder…
Ahmed Abdelgalil – CEO
- 24+ years of proven track record in both Agency and Client sides with a double perspective in Brand Management and Marketing Research.
- 13+ years of experience in C suite levels, mainly in multinational organizations across the MENA region
- Global standard exposure and management across Commercial, Production and support functions -HR, Finance, and IT.
- MBA holder, Maastricht School of Management – the Netherlands 2002-2005
- Part-time instructor, in post-graduate (MBA) and undergraduate studies in prominent universities.
Solutions & Services
The Research Corners’ scope of solutions and services are classified under four main corners which are:-
CONSULTATION
We deliver fundamental marketing and management solutions. There are common questions business owners ask with regards to:
investments, strategies leading to objectives, employees abiding to job flow and documentation, over/under staffing ?
The above are merely examples out of hundreds that we can address and resolve through our solutions below…
- Feasibility Studies
- Business Plans for new business or launches
- Strategic Planning for existing business
- Employees Engagement Modules
MARKETING ACTIVITIES EXECUTION
We act as an extended execution arm for SMEs -Small and Medium Enterprises.
We assist SMEs by not only formulating Strategies and business plans; yet, by executing operations, tactics, and activities of commercial and marketing nature.
- Marketing outsourcing (management and / or execution)
- Below the line execution for retail trade activities
- Digital Marketing
- Graphic Design and Art Work
- Industrial Pack Design
CUSTOM RESEARCH
TRC provides full in-house Qualitative research methodologies (Focus Groups, In-depth interview, In-Home Visits, Ethnography), and Quantitative research methodologies (Face to face, PAPI, CAPI, CATI, CAWI, CLT and Diaries’ management).
Our in-house “Capabilities” give us an edge as we are equipped with a high-end international call center and qualitative facilities where both are remotely accessible for clients via audio / video online -active- streaming.
TRC has extensive expertise in the following studies:
- Market Segmentation
- Usage & Attitudes – Market Understanding
- Brand Health Tracking
- Brand Positioning
- Marketing mix Optimization
- Customer Satisfaction and NPS
- Advertising Research (Testing/Effectiveness/ Tracking)
- Media Habits & Research
- Performance Measurement
- Pricing & Elasticity
- Testing & Screening (concepts, products, packaging, taste, etc..)
- Mystery Shopping
RETAIL RESEARCH
Costly distribution efforts done by brand owners, producers, and distributor are considered the only profit center in their marketing mix.
Hence, retailers ‘Modern and Traditional’ and wholesalers are increasing in importance.
Fighting for shelf share, building up stock volumes, maintaining proper planograms with full range of flavors, pack sizes and pack types, tracking the assets usage, all have become daily battles that take place where the supply meets the demand -at Retailers. Measuring the distribution efforts, optimizing the costs of distribution and increasing the revenues are all key factors to track.
For sectors such as: FMCGs, Durables, Consumer, Electronics, Painting, Cosmetics
We provide a full range of retail trade research:-
- Retail Research
- MICRA “Micro Custom Retail Audits”
- RETRAC “Retail Trade Census”
Sectors & Industries…
We posses extensive knowledge and expertise across various sectors and industries…
Countries …
TRC is a registered corporation in Egypt, UAE, and Morocco with operational reach to 21 countries
GET IN TOUCH…
To arrange a consultation or workshop, send us a message.
UAE Office
Dubai – United Arab Emirates
Al Ghurair Centre, office tower | # 735
For directions to our office, please check Our office location in Dubai
M +971 50 242 8046 T +971 4 294 1919
Cairo Office
15 Al-Rahala Al-Baghdady St., Ard Elgolf , Heliopolis
11586 Cairo, Egypt
For directions to our office, please check Our Office Location in Cairo
T +20 2 2414 9390 F +20 2 2414 9375