North America
2009 was 'dismal' for top 25 with revenue down 3.1%, says Honomichl
US— The research industry’s top 25 agencies saw their 15-year run of growth come to an end last year, with total revenues for the group down 3.1% to $17.4bn.
United Kingdom
Truth invests in creative partnership with Socio Design
UK— Strategic insight consultancy Truth has acquired a stake in creative agency Socio Design, and the two companies plan to integrate their offers over the next 12 months.
Europe
Online analytics firm Nedstat sold to ComScore in €29m deal
US— ComScore has acquired Dutch online analytics firm Nedstat in a deal worth €29.2m ($36.7m), boosting its European presence and potentially adding census-level data from thousands of sites to its Unified Digital Measurement (UDM) platform.

