MERCAPLAN Central America

Your partner for marketing research for Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua providing marketing insight for consumer and industrial markets, through quantitative and qualitative research.

For immediate service click:

jorge@mercaplan.hn


About The Agency

MERCAPLAN Central America was founded in 1987 with one purpose in mind: to help our clients solve their marketing problems and discover new opportunities. We are a company that provides general marketing expertise but focuses specifically in marketing research. Our information services provide actionable results for managerial decision-making.

 

 

 

Our Services

MERCAPLAN Central America provides ten major types of research projects. It is very important to emphasize that these can be customized to meet our clients' specific information needs.


Advertising Research

Fieldwork

Mystery Shopping

Omnibus Service

Pantry Checks

Product Development

Public Opinion Polling

Qualitative Research

Retail Tracking

Usage & Awareness

 
 

About The Region

MERCAPLAN Central America provides accurate marketing intelligence for this 40million people marketplace, through its network of offices in every Central American country. 

           

       

About The Team


MERCAPLAN Central America
’s team is formed by 31 full-time employees: including Research Directors, Project Managers, Field Directors, Supervisors, Data Processing Supervisors and Data Entry Personnel. Plus, office staff contributes to provide clients with the “best service” experience.


Research Director, International Client Service

Jorge Martín Frech

Jorge holds an M.B.A. from the State University of New York, concentrating in marketing management, corporate finance and international business. Attended undergraduate studies in marketing and tourism at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico. His previous experience is retail marketing and advertising and has been Marketing Research Director since 1992 and responsible for handling major local and international accounts. Also Jorge serves in the post-graduate faculty of the Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras and the Universidad de San Pedro Sula.

Representative in Honduras ESOMAR,

The World Association of Research Professionals.

Regional Manager

Carlos Alberto Argeñal

Carlos is an industrial engineer graduated at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. His previous work experience in marketing research includes project management positions in the credit-card business and automotive sector. Regional Manager of Mercaplan in Tegucigalpa since1995. Also responsible for fieldwork supervision and control in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

Project Manager

Claudia María Interiano

Claudia holds a degree in marketing from the Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras. Previous work experience includes distribution management for newspapers and magazines as well as in advertising. Project Manager since 1995 and directly responsible for implementing national andmulti-country studies.

Field Director

Fernado Elias Garay

Fernando has vast experience in data collection and supervision. Before joining MERCAPLAN, he worked for Unimer Research International in San Jose, Costa Rica.  He is responsible for multi-country fieldwork administration.

Our International Relations

MERCAPLAN Central America works together or has worked on different projects for the following marketing research agencies:

Millward Brown International

Research International

Sigma Dos Venezuela

Aspen Research, Inc.

The Yankee Group

IFOP-ASECOM Latin America

Penn Schoen & Berland, Assoc.

Diagnostic Research International

 

Our International Memberships

 

MERCAPLAN Central America or its key research professionals are members and comply with the Ethic Codes of the following international organizations:

  Marketing Research Association

ESOMAR (The World Association for Professional Researchers)

American Marketing Association

American Association for Public Opinion Research

 



Our Clients



Our client list includes multinational, regional and local companies operating throughout Central America or in any single country.

 


For immediate service click:

jorge@mercaplan.hn