Here's something fun we found in today's "Business Insider" column from the Detroit News:
"Back in the late 1990s, market research folks at General Motors Corp. apparently warned the automaker not to build the notoriously ungainly Pontiac Aztec SUV, but their pleas went unheeded.
The snippet of automotive history came from John Krafcik, vice president of product development and strategic planning for Hyundai Motor America, as part of a presentation on the value of market data in product development in Traverse City.
Krafcik said Hyundai interviewed a researcher involved in the Aztec project as part of an effort to improve its data gathering.
"For whatever reason, the advice wasn't followed," Krafcik said. "And the rest was history.""
So we guess sometimes it pays to follow the research. [via Detroit News]