Research
June 2005

‘Clear' threat to Arbitron ratings system

13-Jun-2005

Radio owner Clear Channel calls for ‘state-of-the-art' radio measurement
BREAKING NEWS: NOP and GfK deal rubber stamped

1-Jun-2005

United Business Media completes sale of NOP World for £383m
ABC names sales development research director for radio

29-Jun-2005

Belia Jimenez joins ABC Radio Networks
ACNielsen chief takes aim at rival's strategy

23-Jun-2005

Steve Schmidt accuses IRI of techno-centricity at VNU investor day
Aegis announces two new acquisitions

1-Jun-2005

French and Polish acquisitions strengthen the group's influence
Aegis signs-up to acquire Italy's AMT

9-Jun-2005

Purchase due to be complete by the end of June
Arbitron begins hunt for CFO successor

7-Jun-2005

Finance chief, Bill Walsh to retire after 40 years with radio research specialist
AudioAudit trail leads to Nielsen

15-Jun-2005

US TV ratings giant acquires ad verification firm
Barb launches “Future to View” consultation

9-Jun-2005

Changes from consultation to implemented in 2006
BBC proposes 25% reduction in audience research staff

29-Jun-2005

Plans are revealed to merge audience research and planning teams
Boiling frogs

June 2005

Tony Blair and industry chiefs have placed 'customer measurement' at the top of the agenda. Ged Parton evaluates the opportunities for researchMany CEOs are talking about customer experience being one of their main priorities. It has that rare accolade, namely, it is genuinely top table in both the public and private sectors.Tony Blair stated, "Now our aim is radical reform, re-designing public services around the individual, pupil and patient,… ...
Bounty and Research Now! launch mums' panel

2-Jun-2005

New panel to provide insight into consumer habits of families with young children
Carat appoints new head of insight

17-Jun-2005

Anthony Jones joins Aegis-owned media agency
Cash from chaos

June 2005

DATA MANAGEMENT: Traditional retail data can often only provide half the picture. Paul Matthews examines ways to solve the problemIn today's increasingly competitive world, FMCG manufacturers have to know their sales figures – but what they worry about more is what those figures mean. Where are the products going? What are the sales patterns? Who is growing and who is shrinking? Which products are doing well? Retail data can answer all those questions ...
Chinese interviewers and researchers set for training boost

22-Jun-2005

University of Michigan partners with Peking University to teach survey methods and sampling
Confirmit to power AIP online panel

8-Jun-2005

New panel to be rolled out in seven Asian countries
Data czar vows action on information abusers

27-Jun-2005

Regulatory action teams to enforce data protection law
Debt forces closure of University of Oregon survey lab

29-Jun-2005

Oregon Survey Research Laboratory ran projects for local and national government agencies
Decipher launches automated reporting service

21-Jun-2005

Post field production automated
Decision Analyst rolls-out database analytics division

10-Jun-2005

Rodney Carver named director
Discovery unearths site for central London viewing facility

30-Jun-2005

UK agency launches Spectrum in Gloucester Place
Double-digit revenue growth for WPP's MR arm

28-Jun-2005

Chairman Philip Lader delivers five-month trading update at AGM
Dove planner made partner at UK qual shop

9-Jun-2005

Tracey Rainey to join Bob's Your Uncle on 1 July
ESA strengthens team

21-Jun-2005

Two new appointments for retail MR agency
EXCLUSIVE: Time Warner Cable funds Hawaii trial of new TV panel

14-Jun-2005

TNS' George Shababb talks to Research about return path panel demo
Ex-Medicare researcher for Market Strategies' health team

27-Jun-2005

Jack Fyock takes on VP role
Experian acquires The Future Foundation

2-Jun-2005

Acquisition will enable international expansion
Fears for BMRA as Ipsos pulls out in favour of MRS

30-Jun-2005

First major agency to sign up for the MRS' new Company Partner service
Forwards, or backwards?

June 2005

Pollsters accurately predicted a Labour win in the UK election. What do both victories mean for MR? Brian Tarran reportsICM's managing director, Nick Sparrow called it "a remarkable achievement". No, not Tony Blair winning an historic third term for Labour, but rather the success of British polling organisations in predicting last month's general election result.It was also a vindication for the British Polling Council (BPC), which was set up last ...
Gala hopes for ‘full house' with data mining tool

15-Jun-2005

Gambling group invests in customer analysis to drive ‘tailored marketing' programme
GfK acquires 33% share of Research Matters

14-Jun-2005

Swiss acquisition strengthens GfK's pharmaceutical MR division
GfK rolls out NOP healthcare integration plan in US

6-Jun-2005

Reorganisation sees German group take full control of V2
Happy shoppers

June 2005

QUALITATIVE: Britain's retail sector is in crisis. Victoria Wood believes qual research can come to the rescueA few years ago, qualitative research was marginalised – if not ignored altogether – in the retail research portfolio. So much so that potential users were scarcely aware of it. Today, thankfully, most retailers would probably claim that qualitative research is as important as quant to them. But the reality is that Monday mornings are dominated ...
Harbor Research and E-Principles sign partnership deal

24-Jun-2005

Collaboration will allow both companies to expand into new markets
Henning Hansen appointed CEO of Firm

16-Jun-2005

Hansen to oversee Firm's listing on the Oslo Stock exchange
Here be dragons

June 2005

Marc Brenner's editorialControl yourselves. This month's editorial concerns 'free money' and the simple route you can take to get your hands on it.An extraordinary thing has happened in the research industry. Vikki Cooke and Deborah Mattinson, founders of Opinion Leader Research have been charged with bolstering their parent company's (Chime Communications) research portfolio. They're going about it in a quite unique way. Instead of 'Synovating' ...
IMS swoops for PharMetrics

10-Jun-2005

Acquisition agreement awaits regulatory approval
Insight Marketing Systems opens an office in the USA

3-Jun-2005

Emmons Patzer appointed to lead new division
InsightExpress announces two new staff appointments

21-Jun-2005

Client services division boosted
InsightExpress bolsters East and West coast operations

28-Jun-2005

New market research manager roles for San Francisco and New York offices
In-Stat appoints new vice-president of research

24-Jun-2005

John Dinsdale joins In-Stat
Ipsos Insight appoints new vice president of healthcare in North America

29-Jun-2005

Fred Church joins Ipsos from ACNielsen Bases
Ipsos launches audience measurement device

1-Jun-2005

Rajar to begin tests in mid-July
Itracks launches virtual call centre network

13-Jun-2005

New service launched by Itracks in partnership with Digisoft Computers
Life is sweet

June 2005

CONVENIENCE SECTOR: The big supermarkets may grab all the headlines. But, says Richard Piper, there's plenty of life on the smaller shelves tooMost attention, most of the time, tends to focus on the so-called 'top end' of the grocery trade: the seemingly unstoppable rise of Tesco, the problems of Sainsbury's; the international strength of Asda; and the challenges facing Morrisons in absorbing Safeway. Tesco alone has a market share of almost 30%, whereas the ...
Made to measure

June 2005

TECHNOLOGY: Shoppers have long complained of ill-fitting clothes. But, says Richard Barnes, new 3D scanning may make such moans a thing of the pastClothing retailers have been always had complaints from customers that their garments simply don't fit. In response, retailers have long undertaken manual sizing research, which is integral to the manufacturing mix. Now, though, 3D body-sizing technology allows for accurate computer-based capture of a ...
Millward Brown acquires Dynamic Logic

20-Jun-2005

Dynamic Logic to expand into new markets
Mori founder knighted

10-Jun-2005

Picture exclusive
Mori gives ‘power to the people' as it launches its Participation Unit

27-Jun-2005

Agency unveils new unit specialising in participative and deliberative MR tools
MR firms trial online ad demographics tools

6-Jun-2005

DoubleClick report assesses comScore, Nielsen//NetRatings and IMS techniques
MVL loans $27m to part fund MRSI acquisition

8-Jun-2005

MRSI owner Randy Thaman sells-up, but remains president
Navigauge ‘suspended' as sale deal collapses

16-Jun-2005

Investors scope-out alternatives for radio ratings company
New awards, poetry prizes & namesakes

June 2005

The DiaryBig trouble in South West WalesNo one can say that we aren't a magazine that constantly offers readers something new. And so we are proud to present the first 'Things We'd Prefer to Forget About This Year's BIG Conference' Awards'. The sight we'd sooner forget Our online competitor Nick Thomas donning a t-shirt emblazoned with the words 'Truth is Power' gallumphing across a tennis court, ...
New chief research officer for ARF

21-Jun-2005

Joseph Plummer quits McCann-Erickson WorldGroup to join ARF
New head of European business at GMI

23-Jun-2005

Dietmar Walter joins GMI from Gartner
New PR evaluation resource launched by CIPR

7-Jun-2005

PR too complex for one evaluation tool
New tool for ads threatened by online obscenity

28-Jun-2005

I/PRO service to automatically review website content for advertisers
NEWS BRIEF: I/PRO buys web analytics platform

16-Jun-2005

Web site auditor acquires Accrue technology for undisclosed sum
NEWS BRIEF: Sweden's IIS upgrades CATI software package

9-Jun-2005

Nebu's Dubinterviewer is new choice
Nielsen Media Research delays people-meter rollout

2-Jun-2005

Device to be launched on 30 June
Nielsen Media Research hit with antitrust lawsuit

17-Jun-2005

Rival TV audience research agency wants to break up Nielsen ‘monopoly'
Nielsen plans cash bonus for multi-lingual workers

29-Jun-2005

TV ratings firm to introduce language-based pay differential in October
Norwegian National Radio sign five-year measurement deal with TNS Gallup

9-Jun-2005

Norwegian radio ratings to use Arbitron PPM technology
Ofcom aims to fill market intelligence gap

7-Jun-2005

Peter Davies promotion leaves hole in MI team
Ogilvy man picked for qual task at Russell Research

8-Jun-2005

Eric Hunter sets up new division at quant specialist
Online panel provider to float on the London Stock Exchange

1-Jun-2005

ToLuna to raise £5m through AIM listing
Pioneering pollster Joe Belden dies, aged 90

22-Jun-2005

Belden Associates founder hailed as moderniser
Planet Pulse launches in Asia-Pacific

30-Jun-2005

Pulse Group sets up new online panel
Plumb choice for Management Today

28-Jun-2005

FreshMinds co-founder named one of the UK's 35 most powerful women under 35 for the second time
Prime Minister poaches Vision 21 director

7-Jun-2005

Tony Blair picks Ruth Turner for ‘government relations' task
Question of quality

June 2005

Research boss Paula Hoath voices concern over part of the new MRS Company Partner Service. MRS director general David Barr repliesPaula Hoath MD, PH Research services writes:Your April issue item on the election of Eamonn ...
RBC new backer for Ipsos Cash Index

13-Jun-2005

Royal Bank of Canada replaces Associated Press as consumer attitudes survey sponsor
RelevantView and Evoc Insights launch syndicated research service

17-Jun-2005

New service to evaluate consumer preferences
Sarah Owen appointed by Ipsos UK's media division

8-Jun-2005

Appointment consolidates international survey team
Scarborough Research launches new audience measurement service

27-Jun-2005

New readership metric combines data on print and website audiences
Simmons Market Research Bureau and OTX to track cinema audiences

17-Jun-2005

New service looks beyond age and demographic data
SPA sets up dedicated field division

17-Jun-2005

Field arm to be run by Balbir Punia
SSI appoints new chairman of the board

3-Jun-2005

Robert Kamerschen to be actively involved in the company
Stormy waters ahead

June 2005

INTRODUCTION: The retail sector needs research more than ever. Vivienne Wilson urges researchers to grasp this opportunity with both handsThe news has been grim for the retail sector; this month three of the UK's big hitting retailers, Boots, Next and Sainsbury's have recorded figures that the media has called 'ghastly'.BBC business editor Jeff Randall concluded: "All the signs are that the next 12 months could be even more difficult, perhaps one ...
Stroud & Swindon Building Society to run first customer satisfaction study

15-Jun-2005

Quæstor appointed to conduct research
Sunil Garga to lead IRI's analytic insights group

10-Jun-2005

Former Aegis executive moves to IRI
SurveyBounty launches online Canadian panel recruitment website

29-Jun-2005

Respondents to participate in surveys for large global research agencies
Tam boosts television audience panel in India

29-Jun-2005

Panel increases from 4,800 to 10,300
Target practice

June 2005

CRM: Trevor Alderson explores a new technique that may well help clients mine their data more effectively In 1898, the British Navy found that for every 1,000 rounds fired by its battleships, only about 17 ever hit the target. So Admiral Percy Scott studied the gunners' techniques and discovered that the most accurate were those who were better at allowing for the pitch and roll of the ship. Using this knowledge, he designed an automated aiming mechanism that ...
The fear factor

June 2005

Management consultants at a research gathering? Marc Brenner reports from the Chepstow b2b summitWithout the aid of a Trojan horse, two management consultants managed to prise their way into the annual BIG conference. Not only that, they were actually been given the stage time to conduct their own workhop. In fact, their session turned out to be a conference highlight, and a refreshing break from the often insular nature of research workshops. Tony ...
The Italian job

June 2005

'Triangulation' was a buzzword at this year's AQR/QRCA conference. Hy Mariampolski dishes out the detailThe word 'triangulation' was heard frequently during the AQR and QRCA Worldwide Biennial Conference on Qualitative Research. The idea is taking hold that no single methodological approach monopolises absolute truth. Marketers are realising that viewing social facts through the lenses of multiple methods permits the clearest vision of consumer ...
The screen trade

June 2005

SUPERMARKETS: Retailers and marketers alike love the idea of in-store TV. But, asks Danielle Pinnington, isn't it about time someone asked what the shoppers think?In June 2004, Tesco announced that it would trial in-store TV in its top 100 stores. As is the case with most things Tesco do, this sparked a flurry of media interest. However, other retailers have been using TV screens to enhance their retail environment for years – Nike being a notable example. ...
The University of Manchester and DVL Smith scoop gold award

15-Jun-2005

For the best use of MR to inform a campaign
Time for CAPI talk

June 2005

Tim Macer reports from the ASC's mobile computing conference where CAPI technology held courtCAPI has matured into an indispensable face-to-face interviewing method and diverged into a cluster of related interviewing technologies, according to speakers at the ASC's recent Mobile Computing conference at Imperial College, London. After ten years of CAPI at Mori, AJ Johnson sees it as a key tool to keep response high. He said: "We consistently find ...
Time is on my side

June 2005

Time management is a skill that all researchers must cultivate. Roxanne Escobales investigates how to keep on scheduleThey are two very different women. One has recently finished university and landed her first job in market research as a graduate trainee. The other is the UK managing director of an international agency and a mother of two children.Yet both find the most important skill in meeting the deadline-oriented demands of market research ...
Time Warner renew TV ratings contract with Nielsen Media Research

21-Jun-2005

Contract extended for a further three years
TNS lands £3.75m five-year deal to run UK tourism survey

24-Jun-2005

Replaces Millward Brown on VisitBritain study
TNS Media Intelligence launches branded entertainment monitoring service

7-Jun-2005

New service monitors brand appearances across media-platforms
ToLuna chief looks to boost panel coverage

27-Jun-2005

Petit wants to expand into five more markets by year-end
Transport for London announces new roster

6-Jun-2005

Supplier numbers cut from 48 to five
Twenty set for Ofex float

20-Jun-2005

Proceeds to be put towards acquisitions in marketing services – including MR
Virtual circles

June 2005

CASE STUDY: New technology means that manufacturers can test the positioning of their products in virtual retail environments. Charles Ilsley reportsThe advent of the 'virtual' store has revolutionized the pre-testing possibilities of store layout and merchandising. With the use of sophisticated computer graphics, it is possible to create any retail environment, such as a supermarket, convenience store or petrol station. And by employing highly developed, but ...
Voodoo hits the road

3-Jun-2005

“Magic Bus” takes researchers to respondents
Worcester to step down as Mori chairman

14-Jun-2005

Founder to be made ‘life president' on 1 July
WORLDWIDE: Germany

June 2005

Slow growth and the prospect of painful economic reforms ahead have left many Germans in a depressed mood, but researchers are optimistic. Brian Tarran reports GfK, Germany's biggest research agency, has been throwing its financial weight around recently, with the £383m acquisition of NOP World in April. However, the same cannot be said for its home country. Germany's role as an engine for growth across Europe has been undermined by the recent poor performance ...
XSight 1.1 reviewed

June 2005

Need to make sense of the feedback given by 80 focus groups? Tim Macer takes a look at the new version of this qualitative data analysis tool It is hard to imagine any qualitative researchers hand counting their questionnaires into crosstabs these days, armed with tally sheets and an array of coloured pens. Yet in the realm of qualitative research, the miracle is that so many great insights emerge daily from just such an alignment of mind, paper transcript ...
YouGov appoints chief financial officer

14-Jun-2005

Katherine Lee joins YouGov
Ziggurat planner returns to qual

8-Jun-2005

Lou Ramsay launches new agency, Forty2
Zogby International chief to advise on Middle East governance initiative

23-Jun-2005

John Zogby will also work with Harvard's Belfer Center on international polling projects

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