Research
July 2005
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‘Disappointing' growth for TNS in UK and US custom research
11-Jul-2005
Group anticipates improved financial performance in the latter part of this year
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‘Unresponsive' Nielsen attacked at Senate hearing on TV ratings law
28-Jul-2005
A special in-depth report on yesterday's hearing of the FAIR Ratings Act
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5 MINUTES WITH... Eric Garland
July 2005
Eric Garland, founder of BigChampagne, on research and musicOn BigChampagne BigChampagne is an online media measurement company, which focuses specifically on popular entertainment on internet, and we produce chart-based rankings of music, movies in partnership with Nielsen Entertainment.On his backgroundI worked in the communications and measurement division of Towers Perrin, ...
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ACNielsen announces senior appointments
20-Jul-2005
New MD of Central Europe and president of emerging markets
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AGB Nielsen blames merger as it closes Singapore TAM ops
27-Jul-2005
Overnight ratings to cease at the end of July – but TAM panel remains in place
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Agency provides the juice on African American investors
8-Jul-2005
New syndicated study first of its kind, says Juice Market Research
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All change at Synovate
19-Jul-2005
Ian Pierpoint founder of Vegas to lead Synovate youth research unit
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Ancram argues against the use of “questionable focus groups”
5-Jul-2005
Tories hit out at focus groups just days after Lord Ashcroft's report
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Arbitron sees 78% rise in second quarter net income
25-Jul-2005
Radio ratings provider reveals strong Q2 results as PPM plans receive a boost
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Arbitron supports PPM pledge with new director position
11-Jul-2005
Houston PPM panel trial leader takes on new implementation challenge
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B&Q first to sign on for new sales analysis tool
29-Jul-2005
DIY chain snaps up IntelliQ's RetailKey Basket Analytics
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Back to school
July 2005
Researchers are learning to take advantage of agency education bursaries. Roxanne Escobales reportsYou'd be forgiven for assuming when a researcher told you his background was in fieldwork that he would be talking about clipboards and harried pedestrians rather than willow trees and wellies. But the latter is exactly what Jeremy Griffiths means when he discusses his former life as an ecologist. Now the head of analysis at Maritz Research, Griffiths ...
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Balancing act
July 2005
ANALYSIS: It's always a challenge to balance cost against quality – and nowhere more so than in international niche b2b markets. But, says Sue Hannay, it can be doneIn an increasingly global market – and with research budgets having to cover more and more countries – it can be difficult to find cost-effective solutions to researching new and/or niche B2B markets across multiple borders. It's not the same as consumer or mainstream B2B studies, where there are ...
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Bloor Research restructures to implement more consumer-centric strategy
19-Jul-2005
Management of firm is no longer the responsibility of researchers
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Blue Rubicon wins CIPR award for research and evaluation
11-Jul-2005
PR firm wins award for its “Value of Self-Esteem” campaign
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BMRA announces shortlist for Research Business Effectiveness Awards
22-Jul-2005
Award ceremony to be held on 25 October 2005
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Brainjuicer founder scoops prize at Entrepreneur of the Year awards
6-Jul-2005
John Kearon named Ernst & Young emerging entrepreneur of the year
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BREAKING NEWS: Omnicom buys stake in Luntz Research
13-Jul-2005
World's number one ad agency takes 70% shareholding in US pollster
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Buckingham Research promotes Isaacs to replace Drye
19-Jul-2005
Margaret Drye retires from Buckingham Research
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Burns targets Nielsen with new FAIR Ratings Act
5-Jul-2005
US senator introduces legislation to force ratings service accreditation
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Calls for statistics laws resurface ahead of framework review
14-Jul-2005
New legislation could ensure ‘effective oversight' says Statistics Commission chairman
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Choose me, choose me, choose me
July 2005
Yvette Mackenzie investigates how small research rosters can work for big clients For years management consultants have advocated tight rosters of suppliers, insisting that this gives clients more options, and agencies more of an incentive to deliver. However, research clients have been slow to cut down on their lists of preferred agencies. At last though, there seems to be a shift in the way research rosters are structured.With the radical recent ...
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Claria to investigate how consumers interact with online content
14-Jul-2005
New service enables better targeting
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Clear win for Vivid Interface at exhibition organisers' awards
8-Jul-2005
MR agency named Service Supplier of the Year
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Colin Day joins WPP board
26-Jul-2005
New role for Reckitt Benckiser group CFO
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CSM aims to deliver on Hong Kong TAM promise
8-Jul-2005
Agency wins five-year contract to provide official TV advertising currency
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Ed Richards moves up
22-Jul-2005
Restructure to make the regulator more efficient
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Eq Group on track to deliver double-digit growth for 2005
25-Jul-2005
Profits in the first half of the year increased by 12.9%
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erinMedia and Naviguage to conduct multi-media audience ratings
20-Jul-2005
erinMedia to acquire Naviguage later this year
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Ex-HI Europe MD joins Ronin
18-Jul-2005
Marek Vaygelt takes up UK general manager role at technology and healthcare researcher
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Experian buys web analytics business
6-Jul-2005
Deal follows forays into MR
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Firm appoints new chief financial officer
1-Jul-2005
New CFO to prepare Firm for listing on Oslo Stock Exchange
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Fluff from the furry one
July 2005
Marc Brenner's editorialEvery industry has one. A self-appointed 'mole' who sends out mischievous emails to the members of the industry in an attempt to stir things up a bit. Our industry's very own shadowy figure, who every now and then sends out a droll note taking a pop at 'the great and good', as well as some folk who come under neither category – me included, has churned out another email.The latest missive arrived on my desk last month. Written ...
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Food for thought
July 2005
CASE STUDY: When a company as big as Compass Group wants a global employee survey, the challenge is enormous. Andrew Bayley and Melanie Jugdev show how it's doneCompass Group is arguably the world's leading food-service company. With over 400,000 staff in more than 90 countries, Compass is the ninth largest employer in the world according to 2003's Fortune Global 500. In 2002, following a decade of acquisitions, the group moved to an organic growth ...
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Gap appoints Appian for analytics task
6-Jul-2005
Study to look at all Gap brands
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Getting the measure of public services performance
15-Jul-2005
Better performance measurement of public services needed
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GfK brings North American operations together
15-Jul-2005
GfK Custom Research to be led by Martin Lautman
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Government asks: who's taking part?
25-Jul-2005
BMRB picked to run new continuous tracking survey of sports and culture
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House bill piles more woe on Nielsen Media Research
18-Jul-2005
Sixteen congressmen back new Television Consumer Protection Act
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Ideas engine
July 2005
Conjoint analysis alone is not the key to determining consumer behaviour. Hy Mariampolski belIeves that qual has a part to playWhen I run into Howard Moskowitz, president of brand developers Moskowitz/Jacobs, at conferences around the globe, I am impressed by how much we have in common: the same initials, quick smile and ample girth, for starters. We made parallel leaps into market research, eager to make our respective mark in new product innovation. ...
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IFF Research awarded three public sector contracts
28-Jul-2005
New studies to look at entrepreneurs, training and skills
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IMS Health reports 43% increase in profit for the second quarter
20-Jul-2005
US and Europe particularly strong
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Industry@Saatchi wins £5m Dr Martens contract
1-Jul-2005
Consumer research to aid Dr Martens recovery
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Information Resources appoints new IRI president France
20-Jul-2005
Michel Maury to succeed Phillipe Chouvou
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Innovation creation
July 2005
Is there a dearth of innovation in consumer and b2b research? Tony Dent believes that the time has come for the industry to stop 'sharing' and start 'developing'During a recent conversation with a UK board member of a global brand the subject moved to their use of market research. Apparently, their research budgets have been unchanged in recent years despite their business growth and, when it was suggested that there seemed to be a problem with innovation in ...
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In-Stat appoints new director of wireless research
29-Jul-2005
Allyn Hall replaces Clint Wheelock at In-Stat
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International standard
July 2005
INTRODUCTION: Vivienne Wilson introduces a report which looks at developing a global visionBeing able to slap words like 'international' or 'global capacity' on a website seems to excite research agencies a great deal. And it's not just the huge research groups which have international ambitions. Even relatively small qual agencies will talk about their international networks with shining eyes.Research has always had an international angle. Just ...
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Interpublic hire Accenture man to develop marketing accountability unit
29-Jul-2005
Neil Canter to oversee all marketing analytics business
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Ipsos nabs founder of Incepta's Hong Kong operation
18-Jul-2005
Alice Page to manage new Ipsos team in Hong Kong
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IRI appoints Blischok to oversee research division
28-Jul-2005
Blischok joins from MindMeld
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I-to-I ‘ecstatic' at London Olympic bid win
6-Jul-2005
Agency celebrates its role in helping the UK to secure the 2012 games
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Japanese MR faces ‘painful' blocks on resident registry access
4-Jul-2005
More privacy protection woes for researchers in Japan
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Joan Collins, cats, rap and fishy business
July 2005
The DiaryIt's a double act made in heaven. If one were to picture one of the research industry's leading lights, Peter Kellner, sharing an intimate dinner with a well-known Hollywood movie star, who would one pick? Gwyneth Paltrow? No, too ethereal. Angelina Jolie? No, too saucy. Goldie Hawn? No, too kooky.YouGov's chairman Peter Kellner recently told the Guardian that, whilst at a dinner party at Chequers, he found ...
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Kantar and AARP form joint venture
21-Jul-2005
Agreement allows Kantar access to the over 50-age group
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Lightspeed picks Harris senior VP for CEO task
27-Jul-2005
Karen Rabinowicz to lead agency's North American operations
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LIVE BLOG: MRS Field Conference
12-Jul-2005
Monday's & Tuesday's sessions
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LIVE BLOG: MRS Field Conference
11-Jul-2005
Vivienne Wilson reports from Birmingham
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Lord Ashcroft calls for Tories to use research more effectively
1-Jul-2005
The Conservatives need to get in touch with the public mood
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Maritz teams with Invoke for online research tool
26-Jul-2005
New offering built on Invoke's internet research technology platform
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Market Strategies and IntrinsiQ Research form joint venture
22-Jul-2005
Oncology study to look at “the power of perception vs. the reality of behaviour”
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MarketResearch.com acquires MindBranch
13-Jul-2005
Acquisition strengthens MarketResearch.com's US and Asia-Pacific operations
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MarketTools appoints new CEO
15-Jul-2005
Amal Johnson joins MarketTools from Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Media ratings rival challenges Nielsen to release full LPM comparison data
7-Jul-2005
ErinMedia says its own analysis finds ‘fundamental flaws' in Nielsen methodology
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Media Research Group to re-evaluate its role
29-Jul-2005
Quæstor to conduct a survey of MRG members
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Midgam Research and Consulting joins Harris Interactive Global Network
26-Jul-2005
Israeli affiliate improves Harris Interactive's capabilities in the Middle East
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Millward Brown appoints Customer Insights as Vietnamese licensee
13-Jul-2005
Firm strengthens its position in the Asia Pacific region
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Millward Brown Optimor appoints Peter Cain
25-Jul-2005
Cain joins as global director of econometric analysis
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Millward Brown signs deal with Walker Information
1-Jul-2005
Agreement gives Millward Brown exclusive access to stakeholder relationship measurement
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More senior appointments at Synovate
27-Jul-2005
New appointments in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region
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MR and voting face-off in Commons debate
12-Jul-2005
Political and industry figures mull whether voting – unlike research – changes nothing
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MRS asks researchers to make ‘connections'
4-Jul-2005
Calls for contributions to Research 2006 conference
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MTV hands international role to Saxton
13-Jul-2005
New VP for research and planning adds Asia Pacific and Latin America to European remit
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New chairman and CEO for Ipsos North America
12-Jul-2005
Jim Smith joins from Delve
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New head of marketing and sales research at Channel 4
5-Jul-2005
Helen Croxson appointed following reorganisation of the research team
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New US initiative calls for consumer engagement metric
21-Jul-2005
New metric to supplement data on frequency and exposure to advertising
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NPD Group recruits team to support its wireless communications research
28-Jul-2005
Three employees join the firm, two move from other NPD divisions
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NPD snares fashion panel in STS acquisition
5-Jul-2005
Deal adds 10,000-plus panel to Fashionworld assets
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Pemberton joins TNS/NFO alumni at InsightExpress
6-Jul-2005
Appointed director of research development and consulting
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People power
July 2005
CASE STUDY: Corporate ethics is a volatile issue – hard to predict and harder to control. Until now, that is. Jenny Dawkins reveals the latest informationIt's easy to talk about support for social and community principles – less so to turn it into action. Wherever you are in the world, only a minority of consumers include social welfare issues and company's ethical conduct in their purchase decisions. Indeed, according to recent Mori research on behalf of Vodafone ...
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Pulse prepares for IPO with CFO appointment
28-Jul-2005
Alex Chow picked to oversee finance at the research outsourcing firm
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Pyramid taps IRI for beer sales tracking task
26-Jul-2005
Brewer inks deal to secure sales information and market data
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Rajar puts out invitation to tender for radio audience measurement survey
11-Jul-2005
Tenders to be submitted by the end of this year
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RDI Marketing Services and Marketing and Consumer Knowledge merge
21-Jul-2005
Cincinnati firms merge to create StrataMark Research
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Red Media appoints BMRB to research premium brand consumers
29-Jul-2005
Survey to look at media habits and attitudes of the elite
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Research International signs mutually exclusive alliance with BAI
6-Jul-2005
RI's mystery customer research clients to gain access to global research capabilities
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Research Now hails OmniTaxi
7-Jul-2005
Online fieldwork and panel firm launches new service
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Research Now plans £5m Aim float
11-Jul-2005
Online panel provider to join ToLuna and YouGov on stock market
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Research Reporter reviewed
July 2005
The answers clients are looking for may already be hidden in previous research. Tim Macer examines a tool that can help dig out the insightsOne of the toughest responsibilities for the market research or customer insight
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Research targets falling b2b response rates
12-Jul-2005
Respondents want summaries of research findings, says study
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Roy Morgan Research heads for stock market listing
28-Jul-2005
Pollster to join the Australian Stock Exchange through a ‘backdoor listing'
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Shelf life
July 2005
Reviews by Michael WarrenThe Corporation Author: Joel Bakan Publisher: ConstablePsychopaths are irresponsible, manipulative, asocial, grandiose, lacking in empathy, and unable to feel remorse, which is a pretty good definition of today's corporations. And it's not just the Enrons of the world that this applies to, as this thoroughly researched and persuasive book makes clear; from oil ...
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Sides square-up ahead of Senate hearing on TV ratings laws
26-Jul-2005
US TV community picks sides in debate over FAIR Ratings Act
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Sports Marketing Surveys chipper as it signs deal with Clipper
18-Jul-2005
SMS official research supplier for Clipper 2005-2006 Round the World Yacht Race
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Stephen Bairfelt to step down as ICG chairman
27-Jul-2005
Tim Williams will become chair in September
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Talking Matters launches new respondent recruitment firm in London
5-Jul-2005
London's Talking set up to deal with large demand for respondents
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Tam India plans boost for ad expenditure analysis coverage
7-Jul-2005
Indian TV ratings agency to expand TV AdEx service
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The beauty myth
July 2005
CASE STUDY: Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty made the headlines on its launch last year. Teams from StrategyOne and Dove reveal the story behind itIn the spring of 2004, Dove launched its Campaign for Real Beauty in the United Kingdom with a print ad campaign like no other before it. The campaign was in collaboration with celebrity photographer Rankin and featured a group of very real women celebrating their very real body types, including fuller figures not ...
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The IOC appoints TWI to conduct media research
20-Jul-2005
Research will be used to maximise television and new media opportunities
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The ministry of research
July 2005
The COI's research director must juggle a hefty roster, demanding ministers, and a weight of regulation. Marc Brenner talks to Fiona Wood"It doesn't matter what colour of government is in power, we remain impartial," says Fiona Wood, COI research director. However, one suspects that the research team was mightily relieved when Labour's third term was secured, thereby guarding against the Conservatives' pledge to cut £200m from the COI budget. So all is now ...
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Think global, act local
July 2005
LOGISTICS: In a global market, say Kate Anderson and Holly Edmunds, the key to success is a combination of local knowledge and good management controlsRemember the days when an international project would cover the UK, France, Germany and, at a push, that strange country called 'Benelux'? Well, those days are no more. International now means global, with single projects often spanning mature and developing markets across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific ...
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Time picks AOL sales strategy manager for marketing and research role
14-Jul-2005
Marina Kissam joins current affairs magazine as EMEA marketing director
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Tory election ‘guru' opens London office for MR and consulting firm
18-Jul-2005
Lynton Crosby's CrosbyTextor moves into UK market
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Tuning in to change
July 2005
Attacks on the dominant US radio and TV ratings suppliers have raised the prospect of renewed competition in a market sorely lacking it. Brian Tarran reportsAn air of revolution hung over the US media research industry last month as clients and rival research agencies launched salvos aimed at toppling, or at least rocking the foundations of, the dominant radio and TV ratings systems run by Arbitron and Nielsen Media Research.In the radio industry, ...
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Twenty prepares to enter MR fray as Leapfrog falls to Cello
4-Jul-2005
Competition set to heat up as new investment vehicle vies for MR and database firms
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UBM profits soar by 30.1%
27-Jul-2005
Group sees profits increase following the sale of NOP World
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US media analysis ‘pioneers' CARMA appoint new president
7-Jul-2005
PR and marketing veteran Michael G. Carberry to head up international operation
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Venture capital fuels US research agency's expansion
7-Jul-2005
Cymfony raise $7m to ‘expand development and marketing' of market intelligence
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VNU and Arbitron team up to market new software system
26-Jul-2005
IMS Outdoor Navigator tool launched
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VNU and IMS chiefs flesh-out cost savings of $7bn merger
12-Jul-2005
$30m savings in year one • Data share to boost revenues • IMS' Carlucci to oversee all MR assets
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VNU and IMS Health in $7bn merger deal
11-Jul-2005
Merger to unite world's first and third largest MR agencies
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Ware moves up at Meredith Corp
27-Jul-2005
Britta Ware promoted to executive director of corporate research
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Word of mouth marketing gets measurement unit
12-Jul-2005
Research agencies work with industry association to develop the WOMUnit
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WORLDWIDE: USA
July 2005
Rising cell phone ownership poses serious challenges to American researchers, but a novel way of using the internet could be the answer. Brian Tarran reportsTelephone research in the United States has not had the best of times in recent years. Its share of MR spend is being squeezed by the twin pressures of declining response rates and the growing market for cheap internet research. So it is sadly ironic that telephone's one possible saviour – the mobile or ...
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WPP firm ramps up MR operation
8-Jul-2005
Mattson Jack posts three new additions to team