Research
August 2005
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...While TNS restructures Hong Kong and Singapore management
3-Aug-2005
Hong Kong managing director, Wander Meijer named group MD
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Research Excellence and Effectiveness Awards shortlist revealed
16-Aug-2005
Award ceremony to take place in late October
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60 Second Soapbox - John Scott
August 2005
John Scott, partner at KSBR, the research, ideas and visualisation agency, speaks out about the products, influences and vegetables that make him swoon and fumeBest new product THE Lexus RX400 Hybrid car. The most progressive engine technology (electric-petrol) meets the most attacked car category (SUV) in a way that could make everyone rethink everything.Person you wished you had met Frank Zappa. ...
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Academics join forces to launch the European Association for Survey Research
1-Aug-2005
New organisation to encourage industry cooperation and communication
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Accubiz launches real-time field survey tool
2-Aug-2005
New Dynamic Response tool means faster turnaround of fieldwork
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Ad agency R/GA adds research resource
10-Aug-2005
Judy Oppenheim named new director of research
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Anheuser-Busch gives researcher senior role
4-Aug-2005
Marlene Coulis to become vice president of brand management
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Arbitron appoints new CFO
2-Aug-2005
Sean Creamer to replace Bill Walsh
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Arbitron hire to tackle PPM supply chain strategy
9-Aug-2005
New role to further support electronic measurement pledge
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Arbitron touts PPM to track podcast craze
24-Aug-2005
Test success for Arbitron's Portable People Meter in podcast audience tracking trial
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Arbitron unveils first out-of-home television viewing figures
31-Aug-2005
New service shows out-of-home viewing but does not specify location of viewing
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Back to reality
August 2005
Tim Macer offers an exclusive report from the thoroughly practical CASRO technology conference in New YorkInterest in MR technology is just about back where it was prior to the 2001 dotcom crash, if attendance figures at this year's CASRO Technology conference in New York offers any guide. But the topics presented for discussion drew more on the mood of the recent past, with an emphasis on the means to achieve cost reduction, greater efficiency and survival ...
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Beyond the ballot box
August 2005
Politicians hope deliberative and participative research can help curtail political apathy. Brian Tarran investigates whether these techniques will gain a yea or nayIn September 2000 Charles Kennedy, leader of the UK's Liberal Democrat party, had what he described as "a sobering thought". "More people have been voting in [the TV show] Big Brother over the past few weeks than voted in the last European elections," he told journalists who had gathered for the ...
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Blog standard
August 2005
Trend: Market research has yet to appreciate fully the potential of the internet. In particular, says Joe Brown, the growth of blogging could prove revolutionaryThe technology to deliver web-enabled customer insight has been in existence now for almost a decade, and the intention to deliver this insight even longer. But it is really only now that market research consultancies can offer full online solutions, without fear of unknown sample bias, browser incompatibilities, ...
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BMRB awarded two new contracts
9-Aug-2005
Surveys to look at childcare, and health and safety in the workplace
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Board reshuffle for TNS
12-Aug-2005
Resignation prompts re-jig at global MR group
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Bolloré Group buy 6% stake in the Aegis Group
5-Aug-2005
Aegis shares reach four-year high
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BrainJuicer aims for speedy feedback with Quali-Taxi launch
23-Aug-2005
Yvonne Chien to lead rollout of agency's new online, on-demand qualitative omnibus service.
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BrainJuicer to open New York office on 1 September
15-Aug-2005
Krishna Kabra, to move from the UK to set up the new office
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Budget optimism falls among researchers, study shows
2-Aug-2005
Hopes for budget hikes dip to lowest level in two years
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CACI picked for £3.5m Irish census task
18-Aug-2005
Market analysis firm to oversee processing of 2006 census
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Cannons to conduct mystery shopping study
10-Aug-2005
Grass Roots to mystery shop Cannons Health and Fitness clubs
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Chew on this
August 2005
As legislation continues to put the squeeze on smokers, the US chewing gum market is set to boom. Hy Mariampolski masticates the possibilitiesIn Britain, where a threatened public smoking ban has jangled nerves among the one in four adults who smoke, the orally-fixated should pay attention to a trend crackling across America – the substantial growth in chewing gums targeted towards adults.Once the exclusive province of rebellious teenagers, chewing ...
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Comscore Networks appoints new head of FMCG research
16-Aug-2005
Charles Pearson to lead FMCG team
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Connected to everything
August 2005
Introduction: Internet research has come a long way. Vivienne Wilson introduces a report which looks at the successful growth of a technical marvelAt this year's annual MRS Field Conference in Birmingham the hot topic for most delegates was internet research. This was roundly covered on the first day, with a debate on whether online research would become a dominant force in the market. Unsurprisingly the motion was defeated - one would not expect ...
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Dunnell picked for UK's top statistics post
8-Aug-2005
ONS executive director Karen Dunnell named as new national statistician
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ESA looks into the Forrest
25-Aug-2005
Suburban town centre comes under the spotlight
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E-Tabs introduces E-Tabs Enterprise Lite
5-Aug-2005
New automated reporting service for small to medium research agencies
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Evo Research launches new quant division
9-Aug-2005
Russell Bell appointed as managing director of Evo's quantitative division
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Experian buys MR and permission-based marketing firm Vente
25-Aug-2005
Experian pushes on with its market research and consumer data integration strategy with the acquisition of Nebraska agency Vente
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Ex-Quæstor duo return with Gusto
30-Aug-2005
New Leeds-based start-up Gusto Research to specialise in traditional qual and online quant studies. Co-founder Ian Rowlands speaks to Research
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FANLinks scores touchdown with NFL
24-Aug-2005
National Football League becomes first client of Nielsen Sports and ACNielsen's FANLinks service
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Feil quits Kimberly-Clark for CMO role at Sara Lee
25-Aug-2005
Former Mosaic InfoForce chief Kim Feil is to leave Kimberly-Clark after just seven months in a newly-created role
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FIRM increases half-year revenue by 30%
15-Aug-2005
Strong Q1 earnings mitigate for Q2 EBITDA loss
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Food Lion signs on for FMCG research services
3-Aug-2005
US store chain renews agreements with ACNielsen and IRI
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Forrester Research strengthens its position in South Africa
17-Aug-2005
Forrester teams up with the Zion Group
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Future recruits Nicola Truman to lead its research department
15-Aug-2005
Truman fills newly created role
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Game on! Harris tracks US college football standings
23-Aug-2005
Online research agency completes recruitment of college football panel, picking 114 former coaches, players and administrators who will help set the national team rankings for the Bowl Championship Series.
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Genesee Survey Services team up with Harris Interactive
31-Aug-2005
Alliance with Harris Interactive Service Bureau will allow Genesee to transfer its surveys online and increase its global capabilities
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GfK funds university's new market intelligence chair
16-Aug-2005
Global MR agency will pay €190,000 a year to introduce new position at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
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GfK pushes healthcare network into Asia Pacific with acquisition
2-Aug-2005
Global agency buys SoHealthAsia for undisclosed sum
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GMI hire vice president of global client services
11-Aug-2005
Larry Schack to fill newly created role
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Going for gold
August 2005
How did market research help corral public support, and bring the 2012 Olympics to London? Claire Spencer gives us the inside trackAs Sebastian Coe's team jumped to their feet in Singapore in celebration of having secured enough votes from the 116-strong IOC, it would have been easy to forget the huge part played by the British public 6,754 miles away.From the outset of the bidding process, support from the general public was critical. 'Demonstration ...
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Greenfield cuts revenue forecast as US bid volume growth stalls
10-Aug-2005
Agency says acquisition-related ‘operational inefficiencies' affected client satisfaction
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Huntsworth acquires Context and Brand Health International
15-Aug-2005
Public relations group strengths its healthcare division
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Indian market research agency ties up with US firm
3-Aug-2005
Kaybase and Issues and Answers to conduct joint research studies
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InsightExpress speeds career progression
25-Aug-2005
Two new group directors for the US agency
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Ipsos revenues climb 12.5% in first six months
17-Aug-2005
Agency reports strong performance in emerging markets – but European growth falls short of 5% target
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JRA grabs NOP director for online division launch
8-Aug-2005
Simon Cheshire to head-up new online research services at UK agency
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Kevin Kuper joins InsightExpress from TNS NFO
30-Aug-2005
Kuper to lead the InsightExpress technology business
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Land O'Lakes selects Information Resources as preferred supplier
12-Aug-2005
IRI to research dairy food industry
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Looking for coffee, fame & brains
August 2005
The DiaryLet us all eat cake (and drink coffee)The Diary is always keen to give a helping hand to charity, especially when it involves sitting around and eating cake. This year, some lovely people from Opinion Leader Research are spearheading a drive to get the research industry involved in the Macmillan Cancer Relief World's Biggest Coffee Morning.The principle is straightforward enough even for the Diary's brain on ...
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Masterminds
August 2005
Being a specialist in the world of research can pay dividends. Roxanne Escobales reportsBarbie Clarke never thought she would end up in prison when she started out in market research over 20 years ago. But that's exactly where her career path led her. The one-time director for NOP Family, felt so passionately about her specialism in children's research that she trained as a therapeutic counsellor for young people. Before long she stepped out of ...
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MDL Research Group acquires EDR
1-Aug-2005
Acquisition boosts MDL's travel and media business
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MediaCorp Singapore awards TNS TV audience measurement contract
5-Aug-2005
Over 750 households to participate in survey
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Miller Brewing Company renews contract with ACNielsen in the US
19-Aug-2005
ACNielsen will continue to be Miller's preferred research provider
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Mindshare Asia Pacific insight chief heads for KMR Group
16-Aug-2005
Annette Nazaroff to take up US-based executive VP role at WPP sister company
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Mindwave Research recruits new head of qual
17-Aug-2005
Bill Mathis appointed director of qualitative research
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More detail on Germany
26-Aug-2005
GfK splits focus in four
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Mori contract win round-up
19-Aug-2005
Seven new contracts awarded to Mori
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MR named as one of the UK's fastest growing industries
24-Aug-2005
Market research and management consultancy come seventh in ONS growth list
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MRA plans public relations blitz for research industry
26-Aug-2005
Marketing Research Association director speaks to Research about plans to sell the benefits of MR with a PR campaign targeting the business community
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Net loss
August 2005
Response Rates: Online research promised a return to high response rates. But, argue Lawrence Fisher and Jonathan Jephcott, poor survey design puts such hopes at riskIt is perhaps ironic that cooperation rates among online survey respondents are declining. After all, the popularity of online surveys is in no small measure due to the perception that they are a panacea for falling response rates using more traditional techniques.There are many possible ...
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NetRatings reduces losses in second quarter 2005
8-Aug-2005
Revenues increase by 18%
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New qualification to boost marketing and research management skills
3-Aug-2005
Diploma aims to give non-marketing specialists the confidence to manage ‘vital' marcomms tasks
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New service from ACNielsen
26-Aug-2005
Tracking is key to success for new launches
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Nielsen calls for dismissal of antitrust suit
12-Aug-2005
TV ratings agency hits back at ErinMedia's allegations
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Nielsen companies collaborate on product placement effectiveness project
11-Aug-2005
New service to look at placement effectiveness on television
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Nielsen Media Research strengthens position in South Korea
18-Aug-2005
Korea Advanced Digital Data acquired by Nielsen
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Nielsen sees off ratings controversy to deliver strong first half results
10-Aug-2005
VNU reports 11% organic revenue growth in media measurement division
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Nielsen//NetRatings appoints new managing director in Australia
1-Aug-2005
Andrew Reid rejoins the team at Nielsen//NetRatings
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Northern Light acquires Analyst Direct and Analyst Views
11-Aug-2005
Acquisition boosts Northern Light MR portal business
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Not to scale
August 2005
Opinion: Internet research is more than a means to save time and money, argues Chris Wright. It brings true market segmentation within reachInternet research offers huge and obvious advantages in terms of speed and economy. But to perceive online research merely as a way of meeting ever-shorter deadlines from ever-tighter budgets would be to miss the point – and the opportunity – rather badly.In particular, there are two other benefits of online ...
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nVision zeroes in on French and Nordic markets
9-Aug-2005
Future Foundation trend analysis service to expand following acquisition by Experian
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OFT probes competition in the public sector data market
8-Aug-2005
Study to look at whether public bodies have unfair advantage over private firms
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OLR wins biggest ever Department of Health research contract
5-Aug-2005
Public consultation to inform the future of healthcare policy in Britain
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Online ad servers commit to measurement guidelines
9-Aug-2005
‘Wide implementation' of internet ad measurement rules expected by 2006
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Operating profits drop at GfK
12-Aug-2005
Agency could fail to achieve its full year goal of €120m profit
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ORC International launches new market research portal
10-Aug-2005
AccessPoint to become standard for all clients
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ORC pays $20m to buy out equity partner
1-Aug-2005
LLR cashes-out with sale of over 1.1m shares
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ORC reports slide in second quarter MR revenues
2-Aug-2005
Social research revenues up, teleservices down year-on-year
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Panel games
August 2005
Regulations: Esomar will shortly issue guidelines for online panels. Pete Comley looks at what panellists want and how guidelines can affect themAfew years ago, people still queried whether online could match the quality of traditional offline research. Now, that is ancient history. Many of the concerns over sampling have been swept aside by the explosion in internet penetration. Even though not all online panels have a profile exactly resembling the population, ...
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Patchen promoted to chief research officer at Arbitron
30-Aug-2005
US radio research agency names Bob Patchen to new role, overseeing paper diary and PPM research
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Publishers fund investigation into ‘power of print' in Asia Pacific
1-Aug-2005
TNS to run survey backed by The Economist, FT, and Reader's Digest, among others
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Research And Psychology Training restructures
30-Aug-2005
Lawrence F Bailey (left) and Associates to take charge at RAPT training unit as Peter Stratton steps down
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Research International shuffles Asia Pacific management
9-Aug-2005
New appointments ‘strengthen management infrastructure,' says regional CEO
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Research magazine launches revamped website
23-Aug-2005
A new look and feel, easier navigation, and more changes to come; editor Marc Brenner introduces the new website.
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Research Now raises £9.15m from Aim Listing
4-Aug-2005
Flotation exceeds initial expectations
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Research partnership puts workforce morale in the spotlight
3-Aug-2005
The Work Foundation and Mori come together for new Workers' Index tracking study
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Researcher launches videogames PR shop
25-Aug-2005
Sandbox Strategies to provide public relations, marketing and research to the interactive entertainment business
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RS Consulting sold to Cello Group in £4.75m deal
1-Aug-2005
Cello to pay £2.4m up front for the b2b research specialist
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Smart car manager to oversee MR at Mercedes-Benz USA
17-Aug-2005
Scott Keogh picked to lead marketing communications activities
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Speculation links Aegis with Havas
4-Aug-2005
Aegis share price rises 11.42%
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Sport England appoints Ipsos UK to conduct CATI Survey
11-Aug-2005
Over 354,000 telephone interviews to be used to shape sports policy
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Sports Marketing Surveys floats sailing tracker
23-Aug-2005
New tool to capitalise on booming $230m sailing sponsorship market
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Sports Marketing Surveys to study Asian ‘speed freaks'
25-Aug-2005
SMS signs deal to research fans and track media coverage of the Asian Festival of Speed
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SPSS reports highest operating margin for five years
8-Aug-2005
Promising Q2 results lead to improved full-year earnings guidance
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Staff changes at VNU
19-Aug-2005
David Berger appointed as corporate controller
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Survey Sampling International appoints chief financial officer
18-Aug-2005
Tom Brophy fills newly created role
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Synovate taps Epocrates healthcare panel
26-Aug-2005
Agency picks clinical information supplier's MR panel as its preferred source of online research sample in the US
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Thomson Intermedia strikes £13.1m deal to acquire Billetts
8-Aug-2005
Acquisition will help Billetts expand internationally
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TNS and Nationwide Building Society unveil consumer confidence index...
3-Aug-2005
New service to look at current and future trends
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TNS looks to ‘divide and rule' US healthcare market
31-Aug-2005
TNS Healthcare splits US business into Major Pharma and Specialty Healthcare groups. CEO Elaine Riddell explains the change
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TNS Sport kicks-off in Sweden
23-Aug-2005
Peter Englund to head Scandinavian sponsorship research service
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Top 25 agencies snatch two-thirds of global MR spend
16-Aug-2005
New figures show increasing ‘centralisation of power' in the industry
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UBM returns to MR with Light Reading acquisition
18-Aug-2005
Former NOP World owner pays $27m for online publishing, live events, and research and analysis firm
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Urban development
August 2005
Case Study Update: Metro's Urban Life panel has been a phenomenal success. Louisa Marsh and Katharine King explain how the initiative worksMetro newspaper and BMRB first began working together on the Urban Life project in 2002. Since then, Urban Life has continued to evolve and go from strength to strength. Indeed, the panel size has grown from 3,000 to its current level of 4,270.Young at heartMetro's readership concentrates ...
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US researchers hit by Katrina devastation
31-Aug-2005
Marketing Research Association launches Relief Assistance Blog to help researchers in the hurricane-hit states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
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Vikki Timmons moves up at Emap's TV division
31-Aug-2005
Timmons picked to fill new brand and communications director post for Emap's music television channels
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Walkers Crisps remains UK's biggest brand
24-Aug-2005
Latest findings of TNS and Marketing magazine's annual survey of the UK brandscape
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WAPI clappy
August 2005
Developments: It isn't just the internet that will change research, it's internet technology too. Anne-Marie McDermott and Caroline Rushton reportThe internet has brought research a new channel – online surveys – but internet technology can give the industry much more than that. For example, Quæstor has recently launched web-assisted personal interviewing (WAPI). It has been developed in conjunction with Nebu. WAPI combines CAPI with 'live' data collection ...
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Who does it for you then?
August 2005
Marc Brenner's editorialI'll start with a confession. I was always far more proud of my 25 metres swimming certificate than the scroll doled out to me for having passed my O'levels. I felt that this recognition of my swimming prowess was a glorious nod to something I did, rather than something I read, or wrote. The certificate boasted, 'here is a man of action.' Or something along those lines.Three new awards are to debut at this year's Research ...
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WordStat reviewed
August 2005
When it comes to analysing data, words tend to fail most software solutions. Tim Macer reviews a textual analysis tool that can sift through open-ended responses
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WORLDWIDE: Denmark
August 2005
The present difficulties facing the Danish market are a potent warning against commoditisation. Vivienne Wilson reports
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WPP reports revenue, profit and margin up in MR business
26-Aug-2005
Information, insight and consultancy division was the fastest growing part of WPP's empire on a like-for-like revenue basis
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WPP's C$110m suit against Goldfarb set for pre-trial
24-Aug-2005
The case against the former owner of WPP's MR agency, Goldfarb Consultants, is set to enter the 'discovery' phase this autumn
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Young researchers aim to lure and retain talent
24-Aug-2005
Members of the R-Net young researchers' network gather to map out a future vision of the industry
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Zogby expands call centre capabilities
10-Aug-2005
Firm to expand as business increases