Anne Beall

Anne Beall

Anne E. Beall, PhD is the CEO and Founder of Beall Research, Inc, a consulting firm that uses data and research to discover trends and create solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Author of Strategic Market Research: A Guide to Conducting Research that Drives Businesses (3rd Edition) and 7 other books on reading body language, gender dynamics, human-animal relations, and fairy tales, Anne previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She received her MS, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University. A lover storytelling and running, Anne lives in Chicago.

One Consumer Need Brands Must Meet to Thrive in COVID-19

At first glance, McDonald's new ads reminding customers about the restaurant's contact-free options such as home delivery and drive-through takeout during the pandemic is a straightforward example of how brands are adapting to the COVID-19 crisis. However, the ads are a lot more clever than that. In fact, they're speaking directly to a major — but…