Thursday, 02 September 2010

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Andy Dexter

Truth invests in creative partnership with Socio Design

2-Sep-2010

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.

Progressive Digital Media buys beverage researcher Canadean

2-Sep-2010

UK— Progressive Digital Media (PDM) has acquired Canadean, a market research business specialising in the beverage industry, for £9m in cash and the issue of 6.9m new PDM shares.

Alterian inks $11m deal to buy social media analytics firm Intrepid

1-Sep-2010

UK— Alterian, a marketing software and services firm, has acquired market research and social media analytics consultancy Intrepid in a cash and shares deal worth up to $11.5m.

Dieringer Research acquires Lein/Spiegelhoff customer base

31-Aug-2010

US— Wisconsin-based full service agency The Dieringer Research Group has acquired field service agency Lein/Spiegelhoff’s customer base after the latter company closed down.

Deutsche Post takes delivery of online targeting platform

24-Aug-2010

GERMANY— Nugg.ad, a self-styled predictive behavioural targeting firm, has been bought by mail services company Deutsche Post.

IBM agrees $480m deal to acquire marketing software firm Unica

13-Aug-2010

US— IBM looks set to acquire its web analytics supplier, the marketing software firm Unica, in a deal worth $480m. The software giant has bid $21 per share for the business and expects to complete the takeover in the fourth quarter.

Canadian Primedia buys Kubas Consultants

11-Aug-2010

CANADA— Newspaper and online advertising rep house Canadian Primedia has acquired research and consulting firm Kubas Consultants.

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Webtrends acquires online and mobile app developer Transpond

10-Aug-2010

US— WebTrends has bought online and mobile app developer Transpond in a move that marks the web analytics firm’s first major foray outside the measurement space.

IBM wraps up Coremetrics takeover

3-Aug-2010

US— IBM has completed the purchase of web analytics software firm Coremetrics.

Maximiles to acquire German panel provider Panelbiz

2-Aug-2010

UK— Online panel provider and customer loyalty firm Maximiles has agreed a deal to acquire German online sample provider Panelbiz.

Aegis tables bid for Mitchell Communication Group

29-Jul-2010

AUSTRALIA— Aegis, owner of research agency Synovate, has proposed a deal to buy marketing and communications group Mitchell for A$363m.

Online analytics firm Nedstat sold to ComScore in €29m deal

1-Sep-2010

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.

Harte-Hanks acquires data specialist Information Arts

1-Sep-2010

US— Direct and targeted marketing agency Harte-Hanks has acquired UK-based database marketing and analytics firm Information Arts.

MarketShare Partners snaps up JovianData

26-Aug-2010

US— Marketing analytics agency MarketShare Partners has acquired business intelligence and data analytics firm JovianData.

Euro RSCG 4D Discovery beefs up behavioral marketing with Congruent deal

23-Aug-2010

US— Data analytics and CRM agency Euro RSCG 4D Discovery has acquired online marketing agency Congruent Media for an undisclosed amount.

Healthcare researcher InforMed acquired for £11.4m

13-Aug-2010

UK— United Drug, a group specialising in providing outsourced services to healthcare manufacturers, has acquired healthcare market research and consulting agency InforMed for £11.4m.

YouGov continues US expansion with Harrison acquisition

10-Aug-2010

US— YouGov has agreed a deal to buy strategic research and marketing consultancy Harrison Group for an initial consideration of $6m, with a further $7m tied to performance targets.

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SSI names Helen Ryan as Singapore country manager

3-Aug-2010

SINGAPORE— Helen Ryan, a senior account manager from Survey Sampling International’s London office, has been chosen as the firm’s new country manager for Singapore.

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Open Mind merges with Hall & Partners in Australia

2-Aug-2010

AUSTRALIA— Open Mind Research Group has merged with Hall & Partners in Australia, having run a joint venture with the UK-headquartered agency since October last year.

Tech investor Silver Lake takes majority stake in China's Allyes

2-Aug-2010

CHINA— Technology investment firm Silver Lake has agreed a deal to become the majority stakeholder in digital marketing services agency Allyes Online Media Holding.

Owners close Bristol Group, but staff get new start with m5

28-Jul-2010

CANADA— Research and marketing agency Bristol Group has been shut down by the private equity firm that owns it – but its workforce are now poised to join rival company m5.