Research
May 2009
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$4m funding for iPhone apps analytics business
12-May-2009
Medialets secures backing from Foundry Group and DFJ Gotham
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[x+1] hires partnerships and strategy VP
28-May-2009
US— Dedric Choi has been appointed vice president of partnerships and strategy at predictive marketing agency [x+1].
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‘I’d like to be standing up in January saying, “Well, here it is”’
29-May-2009
As efforts to launch a common planning currency for online media near completion, UK Internet Advertising Bureau chief executive Guy Phillipson talks Brian Tarran through the final hurdles that lie ahead.
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‘Solid' first quarter growth at Chime Communications
6-May-2009
Signs point to improved performance in research division
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Editor's note
1-May-2009
No updates until 5 May
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60 Second Soapbox – Fabio Martins
May 2009
Fabio Martins, Global Shopper & Retail Research Director at Ipsos, is dreaming of faster global travel, a battery-powered sports car and less boundaries in MR.
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Ad solutions firm rises from NebuAd's ashes
20-May-2009
Calls to UK office of defunct behavioural targeting firm are answered by Insight Ready Ltd
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Advertisers unhappy with online measurement
15-May-2009
Fewer than a quarter are satisfied with consistency of metrics, survey finds
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Agencies hit out at German data bill
21-May-2009
Researchers ‘don't need to be told how to handle personal data'
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AMRB and TRU to study Middle East teens
11-May-2009
Global Teen Study expands from 15 to 23 countries for 2010 edition
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Analytics tool on the cards for Twitter
19-May-2009
Co-founder Biz Stone discuss plans for premium services
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Arbitron invests in ROI researcher TRA
7-May-2009
Radio ratings firm joins WPP and Kodiak in $13.5m funding round
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Arbitron to reissue New York PPM data
28-May-2009
US— Arbitron is having to reissue four months’ worth of portable people meter (PPM) radio ratings for the New York market because of a data entry error.
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Ask Afrika becomes sole owner of TGI SA
14-May-2009
Agency buys out retiring survey founders Tim Bester and Barbara Cooke
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Associations back IMS Health in prescription data battle
21-May-2009
US— Two research associations have registered their support for IMS Health and Verispan in their Supreme Court battle to overturn a New Hampshire law that blocks the use of physicians’ prescribing information for marketing purposes.
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Behavioural advertising ‘more vanilla than people think' says IAB
1-May-2009
Winning public trust key to success of ad targeting, says IAB's Nick Stringer
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Behavioural targeting's insight failure
6-Jun-2009
Eight months after it announced it was putting its behavioural targeting plans on hold amid a backlash over privacy, NebuAd has shut down. Bizarrely for a company claiming to offer new insights into people’s behaviour, the firm owes its demise in large part to a failure to understand and deal properly with the public’s concerns.
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Brandphonics to dig deeper into buying behaviour
21-May-2009
New quant service from MMR aims for ‘holistic' view of FMCG purchasing
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Broadcaster launches legal action against Nielsen ‘monopoly'
1-May-2009
Sunbeam Television claims damages over ‘defective' ratings • Nielsen says case is ‘utterly without merit'
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Cello Group takes majority stake in Face
8-May-2009
Research group ups shareholding in co-creation agency to 50.7%
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Census nominee pledges ‘nonpartisan' count
18-May-2009
Groves moves to allay fears about use of sampling in census
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Changes at the top table
1-May-2009
A raft of new directorships are announced in the world of MR
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Chime and Huntsworth court Next Fifteen
11-May-2009
PR groups in takeover talks with owner of Redshift Research
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Clear Channel renews Arbitron radio ratings deal in local markets
5-May-2009
Broadcaster signs up for diary service in 105 local markets
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Client spending cuts squeeze Nielsen's first-quarter revenue
15-May-2009
No let-up in pressure on discretionary spend, says finance chief Brian West
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Coca-Cola strategy and insights chief takes online quality mantle
27-May-2009
US— The Advertising Research Foundation has named Coca-Cola’s marketing strategy and insights VP Stan Sthanunathan as the new co-chair of its Online Research Quality Council.
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Cognicient Link reviewed
May 2009
Link allows you to gather together all your survey datasets in one place. Tim Macer decides whether this nifty consolidator delivers on its promise.
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ComScore plays down threat of free web research tools
1-May-2009
Recession not causing a client exodus to free alternatives, says CEO
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Contract wins – roundup
1-May-2009
The latest deals involving TNS Media Research, Nugg.ad, Teradata and more
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Contract wins – roundup
8-May-2009
News business for Munro, Acxiom, QA Research and Ask
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Contract wins – roundup
13-May-2009
New business for Context, Coremetrics and Nielsen
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Contracts wins – roundup
19-May-2009
The latest new business for ABa Quality Monitoring, Visible Measure and Smartfocus
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Downturn hits Datascension revenue
22-May-2009
US— Datascension has reported a 29.4% decline in revenue in the first quarter of 2009, which it blamed on the economic conditions.
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EasyInsites taps Cint and QualVu for online qual
18-May-2009
Agency to offer access to custom panels for online qual video research
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Edelman takes on Brandtology buzz tracking tool
12-May-2009
PR firm taps online conversation analysis system in Asia Pacific
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Edmonds becomes 2CV's UK MD
12-May-2009
Head of quant division promoted to MD of UK business • Tim Blandford becomes COO
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Esomar rules on out-of-home measurement
6-May-2009
New guidelines set out definitions and best practices and encourage consistency
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E-Tabs adds to London and Chicago teams
28-May-2009
UK/US— E-Tabs, a developer of research data reporting software, has added four new staff to its London and Chicago offices.
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Experts defend council over survey incentives for drug dealers
18-May-2009
Criticism of Lambeth Council has made a ‘mountain out of a molehill', say social researchers
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Facebook upgrades metrics for brand pages
13-May-2009
Detailed information on fan interactions, post quality and user demographics
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FCC launches inquiry into Arbitron's PPM
19-May-2009
Regulator seeks evidence of impact of Arbitron ratings system on minority broadcasters
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Focus groups hit by economic downturn, says FocusVision
7-May-2009
Annual Focus Group Index sees US use drop and worldwide growth slow
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Following the swine flu conversation
8-May-2009
Linguastat helps those tracking the virus track what’s being said about it
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Former IFT MD Johan Aucamp dies
28-May-2009
UK— Leading b2b research specialist Johan Aucamp has died.
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FreshMinds hits £1m revenue in first quarter
8-May-2009
Agency celebrates ‘best ever quarter' for revenue and profit
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FTC chairman pushes for behavioural targeting opt-in
13-May-2009
Jon Leibowitz says getting user's explicit permission is ‘the better practice' for online tracking systems
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GfK implements cost-cutting measures as sales, income decline
14-May-2009
Hiring freezes, short-time working and redundancies on the cards as group looks to combat downturn
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Globalpark first-quarter revenue rises 24%
19-May-2009
Survey software maker's sales hit €2.5m in Q1
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Grey media researcher Helen Johnston dies
28-May-2009
US— Helen Johnston, the retired media research director at Grey Advertising in New York, died yesterday. Johnston, who was 74, had been suffering from cancer and died at home in the company of her family.
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Harris makes cuts to board directors' compensation
5-May-2009
Non-employee directors get reduced compensation as firm trims costs
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Healthcare research ‘robust' at Cello Group
19-May-2009
Research arm also benefiting from public sector work, firm says
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HPI appoints quant partner
11-May-2009
Brand and communications research agency hires Michael Cuell
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Iconoculture offers social media analysis
21-May-2009
New tool incorporates social media analysis into consumer trend tracking
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Industry bodies set out new research rules
20-May-2009
Esomar updates guidance on data collection while IAB issues final click measurement code
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InSites probes Twitter usage and attitudes
7-May-2009
Agency puts members of the micro-blogging site under the microscope
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Insolvencies up in business services sector
19-May-2009
Experian report says 1,551 firms closed in first quarter of 2009
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iPerceptions ‘hits ground running' in Q1
19-May-2009
Online customer satisfaction agency reports 35% hike in revenue
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Ipsos freezes recruitment in flagging regions
14-May-2009
Firm to adjust headcount ‘in line with volume of business' but rules out redundancies
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Ipsos Mori appoints Ben Page as CEO
19-May-2009
Predecessor Mike Everett to move into ‘new global role'
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Japan's Intage sees 3.7% increase in 08/09 sales
11-May-2009
Revenue up to ¥34.35bn but profit falls 2.1% to ¥1.73bn
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Kadence is UK’s ‘greenest’ MR agency
22-May-2009
UK— Kadence has made it on to this year’s Sunday Times Best Green Companies list - the only research agency to make the cut.
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Kantar lands P&G's Dedeker to oversee quality initiatives
6-May-2009
Clientside critic of online quality moves agencyside to tackle issues first-hand
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Labour and SNP in auto ‘research’ call row
27-May-2009
UK— The Scottish National Party (SNP) has complained to the Information Commissioner about Labour’s use of automated cold calls to potential voters in Scotland.
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Lightspeed launches Machine ID panel tool
29-May-2009
US— Lightspeed Research is the latest online researcher to launch a sample de-duplication tool.
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Littleboy replaces Dannatt in Optimisa shake-up
11-May-2009
Struggling research owner replaces CEO and plans delisting from AIM
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Marketer and agency go on shopping spree
14-May-2009
Integer Group and MARC Research embark on year-long shopper study
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Marketers still ‘lack social media knowledge'
13-May-2009
McCann Erickson UK kicks off regular study of social media as a marketing tool
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MBO at Produkt + Markt as founder leaves
27-May-2009
GERMANY— Research agency Produkt + Markt has been bought out by seven members of its management, following the departure of co-founder Paul Pottebaum after more than 35 years.
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MDL Research Group to cease trading
13-May-2009
Thirty-year veteran of the UK MR scene to close at the end of the month
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Media Monitors launches London venture
20-May-2009
US cable and broadcast monitoring firm moves into the UK
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Mindshare, Initiative make strategic moves
8-May-2009
Media shops fill research and strategy roles in the US
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Movie men call ‘action' on new research venture
12-May-2009
Faber and Craig partner to launch Entertainment Research & Marketing
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MRIA finds sugging still strong in Canada
5-May-2009
Forty percent of respondents received illegal calls over the past year
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NebuAd first casualty of online privacy backlash
19-May-2009
Court filings reveal ad targeting firm has shut down
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New business roundup
26-May-2009
The latest deals from Onetomarket, Grupo Xela, AsteRx, Sportgenic and AXA
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New chapter for bleak house
May 2009
Let’s be honest, and just between ourselves, you can sometimes call the results of a survey even before the survey has taken place. You just know how things will pan out.
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New European boss for Millward Brown Optimor
6-May-2009
Ex-Added Value MD, Nick Cooper, becomes senior VP at firm's consultancy unit
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News in brief
15-May-2009
Bite-sized reports from the world of research and consumer insight
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News in brief
21-May-2009
The latest from Connection Research, Xtract, Verint Systems and more
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Next Fifteen calls time on takeover talks
26-May-2009
UK— Next Fifteen, the PR group that owns Redshift Research, is to remain independent - at least for the time being - after takeover talks with rivals Chime and Huntsworth were cut short.
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Nielsen and TiVo execs chew over cross-media measurement differences
22-May-2009
US— Nielsen Online’s media analytics boss has questioned the ability of DVR company TiVo to offer cross-media measurement using its panel of subscribers.
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Nielsen buys GfK's Swiss retail, panel business
18-May-2009
GfK will continue to offer consumer durables, media and customised research services
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Nielsen Online named UKOM front-runner
28-May-2009
UK— Nielsen Online has emerged as the UK Online Measurement Company’s (UKOM) favoured supplier of industry-agreed web audience data.
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Nudge nudge, think think for Kingston University
29-May-2009
UK— Kingston University is to embark upon a £1.1m research project that aims to investigate whether it is possible to nudge individual behaviour in a “socially desirable” direction by telling people what others are doing.
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Nunwood syndicates biometric shopping study
12-May-2009
UK agency targets global FMCG clients with system for measuring shopper emotion
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Obama's Census man gets nod from peers
5-May-2009
Casro and Consortium of Social Science Associations back Robert Groves nomination
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Omniture drills into Facebook applications
28-May-2009
US— Omniture has launched a new tool for its SiteCatalyst web analytics customers to help them measure the popularity and success of Facebook applications.
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One in five US homes are cell-only, figures suggest
7-May-2009
Second-half '08 sees 2.7-point rise in wireless household numbers
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Online groups make gains at offline's expense
15-May-2009
Data collection firm Itracks says clients ‘demanding' move to online
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People on the move
14-May-2009
The latest appointments and promotions in the global market research industry
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People on the move
18-May-2009
Appointments and promotions in the global research and insight industry
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People on the move
20-May-2009
Appointments and promotions in the global research and insight industry
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People on the move
29-May-2009
Appointments and promotions in the global research and insight industry
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People on the move
22-May-2009
The latest from the Oxford Research Agency, YouGov, D.Core and Tomorrow Focus
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People on the move
27-May-2009
Appointments and promotions in the global research and insight industry
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People on the move
5-May-2009
The latest appointments and promotions in the research and insight industry
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People on the move
7-May-2009
Appointments and promotions in the global market research industry
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People on the move
12-May-2009
The latest appointments and promotions in the global research and insight industry
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Pert makes two buys and changes name
13-May-2009
Market Directions and Pulsar Research join newly dubbed Pert Group
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Playing the team game
May 2009
The video games industry has grown-up fast and its use of research is continuing to evolve. In an interview with Brian Tarran, Electronic Arts’ Michel Coulon recounts a transformational moment in the publisher’s history.
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Product of the Year launches in Canada
27-May-2009
CANADA— TNS Canadian Facts will survey 12,000 consumers to find out Canada’s Product of the Year for 2010, the first time the scheme has been run in the country.
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Profitability Till's ‘top priority' as Harris posts Q3 loss
8-May-2009
Revenue down 30% to $39m, operating loss of $7m for three months to 31 March
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Project delays hit InfoGroup research revenue
5-May-2009
Sales down 17% to $24.5m – but challenges are US-centric, says CEO
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Q1 revenues drop at SPSS
6-May-2009
Research software firm hit by exchange rates
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Red C Research scoops Musgrave deal
11-May-2009
Agency appointed as grocer's strategic consumer insight partner
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Red Cross picks Radian6 for social media task
14-May-2009
Online monitoring agency to track humanitarian conversations
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Research Awards 2009 – call for entries
28-May-2009
UK— The MRS and Research Magazine are in search of the industry’s best and brightest for the Research Awards 2009.
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Research Now expecting 23% revenue jump
5-May-2009
Fieldwork firm says operating profits set to leap 40%
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Research performance drives Gartner growth
11-May-2009
Four percent Q1 revenue increase for research arm, but consulting figures drop
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Respondent engagement ‘key to better research data'
20-May-2009
Engage Research and GMI set out to tackle boring online surveys
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Rich pickings
May 2009
What happens when a market researcher and marketeer go into business together? Marc Brenner interviews Rebecca Wynberg and Paula Quazi, who are about to make a Tesco debut with their Buff snacks brand.
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Scientific insights from online communities
6-May-2009
Interview: Elsevier's Yukun Harsono discusses the publisher's Innovation Explorers
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Seeing the future in social media
28-May-2009
Analysis of social media conversations is proving to be a useful proxy for companies who want to know how their brand or product is perceived in the marketplace. But is online talk a reliable indicator of the state of play in the offline world?
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Share and share alike, urges ex-Amazon analyst
26-May-2009
UK— Amazon’s former chief scientist says firms seeking to learn about their customers online need to build mutually beneficial relationships with people who share information about themselves.
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Small victory for India's election pollsters
18-May-2009
Surveys predict win for Congress, but scale of victory was underestimated
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Smythe looks to build Culture of Insight
13-May-2009
Ex-BMRB and GCap researcher James Smythe launches new firm
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Steve Morris completes handover at Arbitron
29-May-2009
US— Today marked the end of an era for radio ratings firm Arbitron as long-standing chairman Steve Morris was replaced by Philip Guarascio. Morris announced his intention to retire at the start of the year when he gave up his position as chief executive
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Survey paints bleak picture for TV ad spend
8-May-2009
DVRs to have a ‘substantial negative impact', new research claims
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Synovate posts decrease in Q1 organic revenue
18-May-2009
Aegis says performance of market research division was ‘on budget'
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Technical error delays Nielsen ratings
7-May-2009
Firm pledges to clear backlog by the end of the week
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Telegraph Media Group launches research unit
27-May-2009
UK— Telegraph Media Group (TMG), publisher of the Daily Telegraph, has created a new research operation to survey reader opinion and target new advertisers.
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The big thinkers
May 2009
If you’re looking for a little inspiration, then Kantar’s social media expert Tom Ewing might be able to help. He presents a list of the world’s ten most illuminating social change trackers, including Nichlos Nassim Taleb (pictured), Jonah Lehrer and Chris Anderson.
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The festival of bright
May 2009
Research 2009 promised a festival of ideas, innovation and inspiration. Marc Brenner gives a personal view of the conference highlights to see whether it lived up to the promise.
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The good, the bad and the ugly respondent
6-Jun-2009
First we wanted to believe bad respondents weren’t there, then we wanted to chase them away. Now everyone wants to get to know them. The Advertising Research Foundation reports back from a study in which it set out to answer the unasked question of whether a ‘professional’ respondent really constitutes a ‘bad’ respondent.
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The upside of the downturn
May 2009
Online research agency Virtual Surveys asked some of its past, present and prospective clients for their views and feelings on research in the recession. Here they reveal what they foundThis recession is like no other. That, unfortunately, is about the only thing we can be sure of. Research agencies keen to dodge the pitfalls and grasp the opportunities of the downturn are anxious to know what their clients are really feeling, what's foremost on their minds, ...
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Think tank seeks better disclosure on online data tracking
20-May-2009
Future of Privacy Forum says privacy policies are not enough
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Three new members for WIN
26-May-2009
GLOBAL— The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) of research agencies has added three new companies, bringing its total membership to 21 firms.
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TNS scoops Natural England survey
14-May-2009
Research house sounds out England's relationship with natural environment
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TNS wins extension to Slovakian TAM deal
12-May-2009
Agency to provide audience measurement to PMT for five more years
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Tobii Technology scoops €16m funding
15-May-2009
Private equity houses invest in eye tracking technology firm
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Tokyo-based Vlc sees revenue fall 23%
15-May-2009
Annual sales down to ¥1.08bn, net loss doubles on 2008
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Tree owner brings axe down on takeover talks
14-May-2009
MR and marketing group Cagney says discussions with unnamed suitor ‘end amicably'
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Twinterview: Clearing up the confusion
7-May-2009
InSites Consulting’s Tom DeRuyck explains his hopes for the company’s investigation into the Twitterverse
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Twitter adds search to user homepages
1-May-2009
Site now ‘a discovery engine' says co-founder Biz Stone
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UK Prime Minister will not investigate Phorm
21-May-2009
Privacy enforcement should be left to Information Commissioner, govt says
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Vermont law blocks survey incentives for healthcare providers
12-May-2009
Research payments caught up in ‘restrictive' legislation to block drug company gifts to doctors
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Verve forms advisory panel to aid expansion
22-May-2009
UK— New consultancy Verve Partners has set up an advisory board to help it prepare for international expansion.
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Virtual Surveys names Lawrence to the board
26-May-2009
UK— Online survey and community builder Virtual Surveys has appointed Graeme Lawrence to the board as director of sales and marketing.
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Web 2.0 a ‘post-recession brand saviour’
29-May-2009
UK— Brands that exploit the world of user-generated content could fare better coming out of the recession than those whose relationships with consumers remain purely transactional, according to a new report from Experian.
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Web analytics worth $1bn by 2014 – Forrester
27-May-2009
US— Spending on web analytics software in the US is set to more than double to $1bn by 2014, according to a report from Forrester.
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WOMMA preps social marketing metrics guide
27-May-2009
US— The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) is looking for feedback on its new measurement and metrics guidelines.
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WPP shareholders split over share incentive scheme
26-May-2009
UK— WPP shareholders are split over a new senior executive incentive scheme at the marketing and research group, which is due to be voted on at the firm’s AGM next week.
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Yahoo and Google boost web data offerings
1-May-2009
Internet giants announce new developments for web analytics services
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YouTube launches Google Analytics for brands
22-May-2009
US— YouTube has made Google’s free analytics tool available for its brand channels.