Thursday, 02 September 2010

Jack Honomichl

2009 was 'dismal' for top 25 with revenue down 3.1%, says Honomichl

2-Sep-2010

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.

Half-year turnover up 6% at Discovery Group

1-Sep-2010

UK— Turnover at Discovery Group was up 6.5% to £1.46m in the first six months of 2010, while profits shot up 28% year-on-year to £175,000.

Coach Wei

Web performance analytics firm Yottaa bags $4m in financing

31-Aug-2010

US— Website performance analytics company Yottaa has closed its first round of funding, raising $4m from venture capital firms General Catalyst Partners, Stata Venture Partners and CambridgeWest Ventures.

Basil Bennett

Invoke Solutions raises $1.75m

27-Aug-2010

US— Online and mobile research technology supplier Invoke Solutions has completed a $1.75m mixed-securities offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

WPP's insight division posts first-half revenue and profits increase

24-Aug-2010

UK— Half-year revenue within WPP’s consumer insight division rose 2.4% on a like-for-like basis and accounted for more than a quarter of the group’s total revenue for the period, making it the second-best performing business division within the marketing services giant.

Fog descends on Visual IQ with $3m investment

23-Aug-2010

US— Marketing intelligence software provider Visual IQ has secured a $3m investment from private equity house Fog City Capital.

Diane Hessan

Communispace posts 29% rise in first-half revenue

19-Aug-2010

US— Online research community builder Communispace has reported a 29% increase in revenue for the first half of 2010 with sales hitting $22.5m, up from $17.4m in the same period last year.

Nielsen raises initial public offering target to $2bn

17-Aug-2010

US— Nielsen has revised upwards the amount it hopes to raise through an initial public offering (IPO) later this year, according to a regulatory filing.

GfK's CEO, Klaus Wübbenhorst

GfK optimistic with sales up in Q2

16-Aug-2010

GERMANY— GfK has posted ‘pleasing’ results for the second quarter, and increased forecasts for its full-year revenue growth.

Masmi backs MD Michalis Michael in DigitalMR agency launch

12-Aug-2010

UK— Masmi has taken a stake in DigitalMR, a web-based research and consumer-listening agency founded by its managing director for Western Europe Michalis Michael.

Research performance eats away at PDI revenue and profit

5-Aug-2010

US— Healthcare marketing services group PDI has posted an increase in revenue for the second quarter of 2010 and cut its operating loss for the period – despite lower revenue from its market research agency TVG.

Chartbeat gets $3m to support realtime analytics service

31-Aug-2010

US— Chartbeat, the developer of a realtime website analytics service, has secured $3m in financing from a host of investors, led by Index Ventures. The company has been running for just over a year and customers include Time.com, the New York Times and Gawker Media.

Synovate buoyed by improving market, revenue up 6%

27-Aug-2010

UK— Synovate returned to profitability in the first half of this year, parent company Aegis said today – hailing the turnaround as a key factor in an almost 20% rise in group underlying operating profit.

Bell

Chime research businesses see improvement

25-Aug-2010

UK— Chime has posted improved results for its research division in the first half of this year, after a disappointing performance in 2009.

Photon posts falling annual revenue and an $87m loss

24-Aug-2010

AUSTRALIA— Marketing services group Photon – owner of research agency The Leading Edge – has reported a 10% decline in revenue to A$587.3m and a loss of A$87.6m for the year ended 30 June.

CEO Till sees 'continued progress' as Harris cuts full-year losses

20-Aug-2010

US— Harris Interactive has cut its losses drastically in fiscal 2010, according to results published yesterday. Annual revenue was down 9% to $168.4m, but operating loss was reduced to $523,000 from $56m the prior year while net loss was cut from $75.3m to $2.2m.

Revelry Brands plants stake in Data Garden

19-Aug-2010

US— Investment firm Revelry Brands has bought a minority stake in Data Garden, a data analytics agency specialising in the natural foods market.

Photon looks to stock offering to raise A$102m for recapitalisation

17-Aug-2010

AUSTRALIA— Marketing and communications agency Photon Group is looking to raise A$102.5m through a new stock offering to solve its recent money troubles.

iPerceptions sees Q2 revenues rise and losses reduced

13-Aug-2010

CANADA— Web analytics agency iPerceptions increased its revenue while cutting its losses during the second quarter of 2010.

Q2 finds Gartner 'solidly back on track' says CEO

10-Aug-2010

US— IT market research specialist Gartner is “solidly back on track”, according to CEO Gene Hall, with second quarter revenues up 16% to $314.2m and net income up 17% to $20.1m.

Rentrak media data business up 132%, helped by EDI acquisition

4-Aug-2010

US— Nary a week goes by without news of a TV measurement contract win for Rentrak, so little surprise then that its Advanced Media Information (AMI) division has seen revenues rise 132% for the three months ended 30 June.