NEWS5 January 2011
JAPAN— Macromill, an online research agency, is partnering with advertising and marketing firms Hakuhodo and Tokyu Agency in establishing a subsidiary company to collect and sell data on consumer commodity purchases in Tokyo.
Hakuhodo will take a 15% stake in the business while Tokyu will hold just over 3% of shares. Macromill, headed by chairman Tetsuya Sugimoto (pictured), owns the rest.