Who we are

Since more than 15 years, we consel the most beautiful brands in luxury, cosmetics and selective distribution.

Our survey and consulting demarche is based on:

1. The scientific rigor of our demonstration: the model that analyses brand performance comes from university researches initiated by Pr Philippe Jourdan.
2. The objectivity of our analyses: thanks to our knowledge of practices and markets, both in France and abroad to provide you a useful clarification for your brand’s strategies.
3. The operability of our recommendations: all our consultants have an experience in institute and at an announcer, which make their clients appreciate their double culture.
4. Inquiring mind: a worth the price survey has to be usefully clarified with a precise knowledge of the issues and actors in a permanently evolving world.

Our methodology Monitoring Brand Assets® has been acknowledged as particularly innovative and awarded several times as it provides:

1. An evaluation of your brands based on the only view that counts: your clients’.
2. A customization of the survey to perfectly meet your needs and take into account your activity’s specificities.
3. An individual ("disaggregated") measure of your brands’ value, which allows a sharp targeting for your action plans.
4. A synthesis of brand equity’s main indicators that reconciles the two main Anglo-Saxon currents of research: Aaker and Keller.
5. An easy reading of the results thanks to indexes that can interpreted by everyone.
6. A normative database with more than 1.500.000 questionnaires.
7. Sharp image levers to act on corporate, retail, offer and digital.
8. The elaboration of KPI that can be interpreted by every Department in your company and favor a better transverse piloting.
9. A simulation software of your marketing action plans to make the survey’s lessons operational with your teams.

Standard and abstract consumer studies won’t do anymore.
Brands and Maisons are now looking for factual information
and practical solutions that will help them connect further
to their customers and boost their desirability.

However, Consumers’ behaviors,
attitudes and needs are increasingly complex…
and brands are thinking twice before investing!

Beyond providing you with a consumer study,
Promise Consulting brings you the rigor
and support you need to make the right decision.

Thanks to a made-to-our measure offer
and acclaimed scientific expertise.

Promise Consulting is a recognized expert:
We have our own R&D committee made of 50% academics and 50% marketing professionals. Our committee is constantly producing international academic papers, exploring and developing new methods and softwares and making sure our studies are up to ethical standard.

Several yearly publications in renowned academic press, both in French (Marketing Decisions, Research and Applications in Marketing, the French Marketing Review, etc.) and in English (Canadian and American press).

Major book publications by the managing team,
especially by Professor Philippe Jourdan.

10 prizes won in 7 years for our innovative consumer study tools and 3 “best reseach papers” awards that testify our professional acclaim.

Our parti pris is to always provide tailor made consumer studies
that are totally adapted to our clients’ concerns.
The scientific study models we have conceived are merely tools
and frameworks that we may suggest and customize, but never impose.

The 3 P’s of Promise Consulting’s customization are:

Pragmatic :
We always provide the best offer for each budget
Present :
We walk you through step by step, from A to Z
Patient :
We explain, we deliver simple and short reports,
we are precise but not technical

PAXTON
Founded in 2010, the strategy consulting firm Paxton has the objective: “To sell high-value products that generate margin.” We help leaders to pursue this objective, using various growth levers such as value-added innovation, adequate pricing policies, efficient marketing spend, and carefully-managed supply and distribution. Paxton was honored by Capital magazine as one of the best 2017 consulting firms in the consumer goods and retail industry.
www.paxton-mc.com

Jean Piquet – CEO

IGC
ICG is an international provider of premium management consulting and project execution services delivered by a 21st century unbundled model. We help our clients by combining curated experts, publications, methods, learning and development, and services from a single global platform. When combined this A-Team of client and ICG components delivers a level of agility not seen from traditional models.
www.internalconsulting.com

David Moloney – Founder and CEO

FEIDA CONSULTING UK
Feida Consulting is a consultancy firm specialized in supporting business leaders in the definition of their strategy and performance improvement between the countries China and France, and more widely in Europe. Feida Consulting intervenes in in multiple areas: “Go-to-market” strategy, partnerships, commercial relationships, or performance improvement, primarily covering the following sectors: luxury, cosmetics & FMCG, tourism, leisure & services. Feida Consulting also provides coaching sessions, intercultural trainings and trainings in Digital Transformation for business leaders from various sectors.
www.feidaconsulting.com

Chunyan Li – Founder and CEO of Feida Consulting, author of the book “Succeeding in the Chinese market” (Eyrolles, speaker on China and Sino-French business.