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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

Ad intel helps with creating reports for competitive data. This data is helpful when targeting demographics for specific brands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

Not as user friendly as you would hope. I have used other programs for competitive data and is a much user friendly program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Able to view competitors data which benefits other brands Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Nielsen Global Connect?

Nielsen is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy.

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Nielsen is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy.


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Nielsen
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Luis Carlos A.
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Luis Carlos A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best tool for FMCG data analysis"
Incredible tool to perform data analysis by evaluating the performance of the category, brands, SKU, and if proper used, you can improve the assort...
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4.0 out of 5
"Great for sorting data"
It was very easy to sort through data in dive deep into a category. I could identify product trends very easy from using the data from Nielsen
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5.0 out of 5
"Best panel "
Facilité. Clés d’entrées hyper simple.
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Luis Carlos A.
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

Incredible tool to perform data analysis by evaluating the performance of the category, brands, SKU, and if proper used, you can improve the assortment on different points of sale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

Sometimes if the product is not well cataloged can led you to wrong analysis Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Improving distribution performance, leading to increase of market share and revenue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

The upsides of working with NIelsen are the amount of data. It has al the market information of our dutch FMCG market. Also the amount of possible analyses are perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

I dislike the PDF function. Sometimes parts of the matrix dont fit at the PDF/ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nielsen Global Connect:

When u are a data anlysist Nielsen would be perfect for you. For me instead I could sea almost al the market information, like sales, rotations, promo budget and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problems that I solve with Nielsen are market related, like wich product do i need to sell. Or how is the market doing. For me instead, i used it for problems in the retail wine market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

It was very easy to sort through data in dive deep into a category. I could identify product trends very easy from using the data from Nielsen Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

It took some practice to sort through the filters to narrow in on the specific catergories I was looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to market our products in the best light possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food Production
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

Facilité.

Clés d’entrées hyper simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

L’absence d’une dimension shopper intégrée. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Comprendre les comportements des marchés. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steven C.
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Associate Marketing Manager - Big G Strategic Growth Channels
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

There are a lot of available data points, and the functionality exists to search for an individual SKU by UPC code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

The user interface is clunky, old, unattractive, and many selection screens are not very user friendly. In addition, it's frustrating to encounter bugs in the system that require me to log off and log back in again, wasting valuable time. The reliability of running a refresh is disappointingly low. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Understanding trends in sales volume, honing in on specific time periods and products, understanding competitive dynamics in the category Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

Nielsen platform is very easy to use and the data is very rich for retail analysis. We used it for category analysis for presentation to retailers to help them manage their category and products. The data is very easily to obtain and integrate with other internal data sets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

There is nothing seriously I dislike about it. Sometimes, there is some confusion about hard coded periodicities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used it for category analysis for presentation to retailers to help them manage their category and products. The data is very easily to obtain and integrate with other internal data sets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hugo Z.
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

Ease-of-use, soft on the eyes, great business tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

Fast on Wi-Fi, slow on personal data. Slow start-up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nielsen Global Connect:

none Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Faster data input, I'm the fly problem solving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Great tool for sharing files quickly
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

I like in the Ad Intel section how you can filter your request for information/data precisely down to what you need and it send back what you requested in an orderly manner with creative that is being run by competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

I dislike how long it sometimes takes to get back the information that you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Understanding competitor actions and progression. Great for strategizing a plan of action. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

Gets me to quick, actionable insights that I can use on the go when in customer selling meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

The interface for excel needs an update. It looks like it hasnt been changed since the 90s. Also, instead of the abbreviations, writing things out plainly would be helpful. I dislike havig to guess abbreviations and acronyms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Nielsen Global Connect:

Use their answers on demand platform over excel extractions - it's a much better interface! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

Every month when new data is available I pull Nielsen to see how my brands and products are doing. This allows me to have more meaningful conversations about opportunities, innovation decisions and where to put my bets for trade dollars. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christina G.
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Brand Trade Marketing Manager, US Retail Hair
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What do you like best about Nielsen Global Connect?

I like that it is a web based service and you are able to access and use from wherever you are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Nielsen Global Connect?

I do not like the layout function of the software. It is not intuitive and takes quite a bit of manipulation to ensure you are actually laying out your data selections appropriately in order to return the data you are looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Nielsen Global Connect solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Nielsen most frequently to monitor new item launches and also conduct deep dives on promotional activity to understand where there are optimization opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.