News1 February 2012

Mandel hails Rentrak as Precision Demand signs ratings deal

US— PrecisionDemand, a media agency headed by former Nielsen executive Jon Mandel, has signed a contract with media measurement firm Rentrak to use its national and local TV ratings data.

News31 January 2012

AAPOR guidance to be reviewed as nearly one in three go cell-only

US— The American Association for Public Opinion Research ( AAPOR) will look to update their guidelines on cellphones in survey research in the next year, as a recent study indicates that nearly a third of households in the US are now cellphone-only.

News31 January 2012

D3 Systems finalises investment in Kenya's Infinite Insight

KENYA— Emerging markets research specialist D3 Systems has finalised the acquisition of a “significant” but unspecified share of the Nairobi-based business Infinite Insight.

News31 January 2012

AEG picks Nepa for O2 arena research

UK— Entertainment group AEG Europe has commissioned Nepa UK to conduct research among customers and visitors of London’s The O2 arena.

News31 January 2012

GfK reports 6.2% rise in 2011 sales to €1.37bn

GERMANY— GfK’s sales were up 6.2% to €1.37bn in 2011, with organic growth reported across the company’s custom research, retail and technology and media businesses.

Feature31 January 2012

Taking MR to the next level

Rajat Paharia, founder of gamification firm Bunchball, talks to Brian Tarran about how to inject life into the research experience.

News31 January 2012

Mottram and Davis join YouGov

UK— YouGov has appointed Simon Mottram ( pictured) as director of financial services consulting and Rob Davis as a research manager in the media and financial services consulting divisions.

News31 January 2012

Kieselstein quits top job at TNS North America

US— TNS is on the hunt for a new North America CEO after David Kieselstein quit to join b2b media company Penton as chief executive.

News30 January 2012

Terapeak appoints new president, CEO

US— E-commerce research and data analysis firm Terapeak has appointed Kevin North as its new president and CEO.

News30 January 2012

ICM adds research director to lead omnibus offering

UK— ICM has hired Kantar Worldpanel’s James Guild as a research director to lead its omnibus team.

News30 January 2012

Shugoll Research buys Metro Research Services

US— Shugoll Research has bought Metro Research Services, a provider of data collection services and focus group facilities in Northern Virginia.

News30 January 2012

InSites Consulting revenue passes €16m in 2011

BELGIUM— InSites Consulting has posted a 28% increase in annual revenue to €16m, with 20% coming from market research online community activities.

News30 January 2012

Millward Brown and Affectiva link for facial analysis technology

US— Millward Brown has formed a partnership with emotion-measurement technology company Affectiva to add facial expression analysis to its TV ad copy evaluation tool, Link.

News30 January 2012

Comptel Corporation to buy Xtract for analytics boost

FINLAND— Telecoms software firm Comptel Corporation is to acquire Finnish analytics firm Xtract in a deal worth €3.1m that will be completed by the end of February.

News30 January 2012

XPND to acquire iPerceptions in all-cash deal

CANADA— Growth capital fund XPND has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire iPerceptions, which specialises in online customer satisfaction and experience measurement, in a cash deal valuing the firm at $3m.

News30 January 2012

Sheldrake to lead Euro office for GMO Research/JMI

JAPAN/UK— Japanese agency GMO Research/JMI is opening a European office on 13 February. Jonathan Sheldrake, previously of Pulse Group, Advaith, IDC and BIBA Medical, will head the UK-based team as director of European sales.

Feature30 January 2012

Spending plans

Monique Drummond of Relish Research hears from research buyers about their priorities and expectations for the year ahead.

News27 January 2012

Alterian shares come off stock exchange in SDL acquisition

UK— Shares in marketing analytics firm Alterian have come off the London Stock Exchange as the firm’s acquisition by tech firm SDL is completed.

News27 January 2012

Semetric updates music popularity tracking tool

UK— Tech firm Semetric has unveiled an improved web-based version of its Musicmetric service, which tracks social media and illegal filesharing activity for thousands of artists.

News27 January 2012

MRS CEO to meet members to map out ‘new vision’

UK— The Market Research Society’s new CEO Jane Frost is travelling the UK over the next few months to meet members and discuss how the organisation can improve what it does.

News27 January 2012

People on the move

A roundup of the latest appointments and promotions in the global market research industry, including the latest moves at Crimson Hexagon, ODC Services, Spinach and more.

News27 January 2012

Creston sees ‘good’ third quarter but braces for Q4 decline

UK — ICM owner Creston reported “good” revenue growth at its insight division in the third quarter, following a 3% year-on-year decline in the preceding six months.

News26 January 2012

BrainJuicer hires US innovation research leader

US— BrainJuicer has appointed Rene Huey-Lipton to lead innovation and new product development research in the US, as senior VP of juice generation.

News26 January 2012

FBI plans to track threats through social media

US— The FBI is the latest government agency to look into how it can harness social media monitoring.

News26 January 2012

ComRes adds quant leader and promotes two

UK— Pollster ComRes has hired Pru Shelton to lead its quantitative research team, replacing Caroline Lawes who is leaving the firm to change careers.

News26 January 2012

Loyalty specialist CardStar acquired by Constant Contact

US— Email marketing firm Constant Contact is to acquire CardStar, which makes mobile apps for retail loyalty schemes.

News26 January 2012

Belo expands Rentrak TV audience counting deal

US— Texas-based media owner Belo Corp has renewed its StationView Essentials local TV ratings contract with Rentrak, and expanded the agreement to cover channels in more markets.

News26 January 2012

Affinnova launches online collaboration platform

US— Research technology firm Affinnova has launched a new web-based platform for marketing and research teams to collaborate on ideas for products, designs and ad campaigns.

News25 January 2012

Efamro welcomes changes to EU data protection proposal

EUROPE— Research federation Efamro has welcomed changes to proposals for a new European data protection law, after an earlier draft raised concerns about the potential impact on research.

News25 January 2012

Time Warner unveils hi-tech media lab

US— Time Warner has opened a media lab at its New York headquarters to carry out research into consumer behaviour and media habits.

News25 January 2012

Accenture to acquire Neo Metrics Analytics

US— Management consultancy Accenture has agreed to buy Spanish predictive analytics agency Neo Metrics Analytics for an undisclosed amount.

News25 January 2012

SymphonyIRI teams up with price comparison site mySupermarket

UK— SymphonyIRI Group and price comparison website mySupermarket have teamed up to study how the site’s users make buying decisions.

News25 January 2012

Ebiquity sees 'outstanding' analytics performance

UK— Media intelligence group Ebiquity has posted a 17% increase in revenue and a 75% rise in underlying operating profit for the six month period ending 31 October 2011.

News25 January 2012

Onesixtyfourth launches trend study in UK

UK— Brand strategy consultancy Onesixtyfourth has launched its trend-tracking service CultureQ in the UK.

News24 January 2012

Former MR agency director pleads guilty to child porn charge

US— Former research agency director Kevin Hill is facing imprisonment after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.

News24 January 2012

Revenue up 15% at Simon-Kucher in 2011

GERMANY— Marketing and strategy consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners increased its revenue by 15% to €121.3m in 2011.

News24 January 2012

Bob Shullman to retire from Ipsos Mendelsohn

US— Ipsos Mendelsohn president Bob Shullman is to retire at the end of this month. He has been in the role since 2008.

News24 January 2012

Hill+Knowlton launches research and analytics business

US—WPP-owned PR agency Hill+Knowlton has launched a new business to provide clients with data analytics and primary research to support their communications.

News24 January 2012

Murray Hardie returns to Hall & Partners as US CEO

US— Murray Hardie has returned to Hall & Partners in the role of CEO for the US. He was part of the management team that opened the company’s first American office in 1996.

News23 January 2012

Robert Burgess named chair of NatCen board of trustees

UK— NatCen has appointed Professor Sir Robert Burgess as chair of its board of trustees, replacing Dame Janet Finch who is retiring at the end of February after nine years.

News23 January 2012

Decode supports neuro lab at German university

GERMANY— Neuromarketing agency Decode has helped set up a neuroscience and experimental psychology laboratory at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen.

News23 January 2012

Neurosense allies with university to open lab in Brazil

BRAZIL— Neuroscience researcher Neurosense has opened a lab in São Paulo, Brazil, through a partnership with the higher education institution the Getulio Vargas Foundation.

Feature23 January 2012

Kantar Media boss on tracking online word of mouth in China

Last week Kantar acquired Chinese social media monitoring firm CIC. Research spoke with Kantar Media CEO Jean-Michel Portier to hear how researchers are dealing with the rapidly evolving social media landscape in China.

News23 January 2012

Komli opens lab to drive ad targeting innovation

INDIA— Digital media network and audience measurement firm Komli Media has launched a technology centre aiming to use research and data analytics to come up with new ways of targeting ads.

News23 January 2012

New head of research and marketing at India's TV Today Network

INDIA— Vivek Malhotra has been appointed head of research and marketing at TV Today Network, where he will be responsible for developing the broadcaster’s brand and communications strategy.

News23 January 2012

Research Now names boss for Europe and Asia in management reshuffle

US— Online fieldwork supplier Research Now has made several changes to its senior management team, including giving UK managing director Martin Filz the new role of managing director for EMEA and Asia Pacific.

News20 January 2012

People on the move

All the latest appointments and promotions in the global market research industry, including news from FreshMinds Research, Dunnhumby, Product Perceptions, Sundance London and more.

News20 January 2012

Deutsche Börse acquires Chinese consumer survey

GERMANY— The data and analytics business of the German stock exchange, Deutsche Börse, has acquired the China Consumer Sentiment Survey from the Chinese subsidiary of Japanese researcher Intage.

News20 January 2012

TNS hires ORC's Martin Grimwood to lead financial practice

UK— TNS has appointed former ORC International man Martin Grimwood as head of its financial services division in the UK.

News20 January 2012

ComScore launches ad validation tool

US— Online audience measurement firm ComScore has introduced a way of measuring whether internet users have had a chance to see digital ads that are delivered to their computer.

News20 January 2012

London Stock Exchange to track social media buzz

UK— The London Stock Exchange Group has appointed Social 360 to carry out daily monitoring of social media.

News19 January 2012

BrainJuicer revenue passes £20m in 2011

UK— BrainJuicer’s revenue in 2011 increased by 26%, passing the £20m mark, the firm said in a trading update today.

News19 January 2012

Pollbob buys DIY pollster Mister Poll

US— Social polling platform Pollbob has acquired DIY polling site Mister Poll and plans to integrate its database of survey makers and takers into its own community.

News19 January 2012

Companies sign up to new mobile research body

US— Representatives from major agencies and clients have formed a new industry association to develop guidelines and best practices for mobile research.

News19 January 2012

MediaMiser acquires social media tech firm InfoGlutton

CANADA— Media monitoring and analysis firm MediaMiser has acquired InfoGlutton Solutions, which provides social media monitoring tools to the restaurant and hospitality industries.

News19 January 2012

Bellwether report shows slump in confidence among UK marketers

UK— The latest Bellwether Report on UK marketing spending makes worrying reading, with budgets only marginally up and confidence down sharply.

News18 January 2012

Proposed EU data rules go too far, research bodies say

EUROPE— Industry bodies Esomar and Efamro have raised concerns about possible new European data protection rules, which they say could create obstacles for researchers.

News18 January 2012

Nipo Software and MARSC combine research tools

UK— Survey software maker Nipo and panel management software firm MARSC have combined their products to create a “seamless” package.

News18 January 2012

IMS sells off SDI audit businesses to InVentiv

US— Healthcare consulting firm InVentiv has agreed to buy some of the research products of SDI – which regulators said had to be sold for competition reasons following the acquisition of SDI by IMS Health.

News18 January 2012

Danny Russell to leave Sky amid marketing restructure

UK— Sky’s marketing strategy director Danny Russell is leaving the company as it restructures its sales and marketing teams, with Lucien Bowater taking on the new role of strategy and insight director.

Opinion18 January 2012

Internships in research: Who really benefits?

The growing number of unpaid or underpaid interns working in research agencies is a worrying trend, says Discovery MD Trish Parker.

News18 January 2012

Sarah Phillips to lead healthcare research at Incite

UK— Incite has appointed Ipsos’s European head of healthcare, Sarah Phillips, to lead its healthcare practice.

News18 January 2012

RAS founder Sheila Kemp dies aged 85

UK— Sheila Spittle ( née Kemp), founder of Research and Auditing Services, died in hospital on Boxing Day at the age of 85.

News18 January 2012

House of Fraser picks Grass Roots for mystery shopping task

UK— Department store chain House of Fraser has appointed Grass Roots to run a mystery shopping programme across its network of shops.

News17 January 2012

EasyInsites grows 37% in 2011

News17 January 2012

Toluna adds DIY functions to iPhone and iPad apps

UK— Toluna has updated its iPhone and iPad apps to incorporate its QuickSurveys DIY offering.

News17 January 2012

Revenue up 7% for Germany's MR agencies in 2011

GERMANY— Revenue for Germany’s top research agencies increased 6.7% – or 4.4% after inflation – to €2.3bn last year, according to industry publication Context.

News16 January 2012

iPinion unveils mobile behaviour tracking app

US— Mobile survey software developer iPinion has launched an app that tracks people’s usage of mobile devices.

News16 January 2012

Blauw Research extends Dapresy deal

NETHERLANDS— Blauw Research has signed a new deal with Dapresy to create dashboards and online portals for its ad hoc and tracking surveys.

News16 January 2012

Privacy concerns raised over US government social media tracking

US— Congress members have raised concerns about the Department of Homeland Security’s social media monitoring programme.

News16 January 2012

Former JRA man goes it alone with Fresh Research

UK— Stuart Green, a former associate director at JRA Research, has set up on his own as Fresh Research.

News16 January 2012

Mintel opens Singapore office

UK— Mintel has extended its presence in Asia Pacific with a new office in Singapore.

News16 January 2012

Satmetrix and Metavana in social media partnership

US— Satmetrix has struck a strategic partnership with social media monitoring firm Metavana that will see the two firms collaborate on a range of products.

News13 January 2012

Brass shines with 23% increase in research sales

UK— Marketing agency Brass, based in Leeds, has reported full-year sales for its research services arm of £2.3m, up 23% on the previous year.

News13 January 2012

UK's Firefish expands overseas with Amsterdam office

NETHERLANDS— UK research agency Firefish is opening its first international office next month in Amsterdam with former Synovate director Kees Van Duyn at the helm.

Feature13 January 2012

The top 100 UK agencies – and how they stack up

You’ve seen our UK industry infographic. Now, here’s the full list of the UK’s biggest agencies, ranked by 2010 turnover.

News13 January 2012

Splunk prepares for $125m initial public offering

US— Data analytics software firm Splunk is looking to raise up to $125m through an initial public offering of common stock.

News13 January 2012

Karma Communications buys Crayon Group

UK— Karma Communications, the owner of ad agency Karmarama, has acquired the Crayon Group, which owns research agency Walk a Mile and analytics consultancy Crayon CI.

News13 January 2012

Investors pump $1.85m into Qualvu's video platform

US— Qualvu, the developer of an online video-based qualitative research platform, has raised $1.85m in a Series B financing round.

News12 January 2012

Discovery names Kynoch to senior team

UK— Discovery Research has appointed former Synovate manager Hamish Kynoch to its senior management team.

News12 January 2012

Web analytics pros back Tealium with $1m investment

US— Two former CEOs of web analytics firm WebSideStory are financing Tealium, a company that has developed a platform through which marketers and web analytics professionals can manage the page tags used for tracking visitor behaviour.

News12 January 2012

GfK Healthcare appoints UK head of operations

UK— Ben Walton has been appointed head of UK operations for GfK Healthcare, joining the company from Adelphi International Research.

News12 January 2012

Engage hires former Relish director Hetta Bramley

UK— Engage Research has hired Hetta Bramley ( pictured), formerly of Relish Research, as a director.

News12 January 2012

The Behavioural Architects merges with Chinese firm

UK/CHINA— The Behavioural Architects ( TBA) has expanded into China through a merger with Shanghai-based Research Essentials.

News11 January 2012

WorldOne partnership to take US panel reach past a million

US— Healthcare data collection firm WorldOne is partnering with healthcare professionals network Physicians Interactive ( PI) to expand the reach of its US research panel.

News11 January 2012

APCO picks Crimson Hexagon for social media analysis

US— PR group APCO Worldwide has tapped Crimson Hexagon’s ForSight platform for social media analysis and intelligence.

News11 January 2012

Collaborative platform goes public with Unilever-backed project

UK/US— Unilever is lending its support to an open-access research project that aims to get people talking about the barriers organisations face in adopting social media practices and how to overcome them.

News11 January 2012

$8m funding for marketing software firm ThinkVine

US— ThinkVine has closed an $8m Series C round of financing to support sales and development of its marketing planning and sales forecasting software.

News11 January 2012

Sainsbury's insight manager becomes Shoppercentric director

UK— Claire Pearson, a former senior insight manager at Sainsbury’s, has joined shopper behaviour research agency Shoppercentric as a director.

News11 January 2012

EMarketer lands $25m private equity investment

US— Digital marketing intelligence firm eMarketer has received a $25m minority investment from private equity firm Stripes Group.

Feature11 January 2012

The battle of substance and style

Designers and journalists are coming up with some striking ways to tell stories and convey data visually. But a new book suggests there is something missing from the field that researchers could provide.

News10 January 2012

Nielsen buys fresh food industry consultancy

US— Nielsen has acquired the Perishables Group, a firm that provides research and consultancy to companies in the fresh food category.

News10 January 2012

MMR Research Worldwide makes Little hire for big Asian push

SINGAPORE— Food and drink specialist MMR Research Worldwide is launching an Asian business with Clive Little, former TNS regional director, at the helm.

News10 January 2012

IPA backs UK cultural diversity study

UK— A new regular study of how cultural diversity influences consumer behaviour in the UK is being launched with backing from ad agency body the IPA.

News10 January 2012

No 'double dip' for ad industry, says Warc

UK— Global advertising spend is set to increase by 5.4% this year, according to the latest ‘poll of polls’ by Warc – a 0.9-point downgrade on August estimates.

News10 January 2012

Ex-Millward Brown leader appointed Efamro director general

NETHERLANDS— Former Millward Brown regional CEO Jan Oostveen has been appointed director general of the European Federation of Associations of Market Research Organisations ( Efamro) – an association of associations.

News10 January 2012

German acquisition for Schlesinger Associates

GERMANY— Schlesinger Associates has acquired fieldwork services firm Schmiedl Marktforschung, which has offices in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich.

News10 January 2012

Kantar in deal to buy stake in Pakistani firm Oasis Insights

PAKISTAN— Kantar is to acquire a majority stake in Karachi-based research agency Oasis Insights.

News9 January 2012

FWD Research hires Ledbury's Kerr as director

UK— FWD Research, a financial services specialist, has appointed Sian Kerr as director. She joins from Ledbury Research where she was an associate director.

News9 January 2012

Gender expert Jen Drexler joins Insight Strategy Group

US— Insight Strategy Group has appointed author and gender marketing specialist Jen Drexler as vice president to study the role gender plays in consumer behaviour.

News9 January 2012

Burger King 'scraps' EMEA insight post

SPAIN— Burger King is reported to have axed the role of head of consumer insights for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region – less than a year after its creation.

Opinion9 January 2012

At breaking point?

If your new year’s resolutions are about to fail then perhaps it’s time to apply some behavioural economics on yourself.

News9 January 2012

Millennial Media prepares to go public

US— Millennial Media, a mobile advertising and data company, has filed registration forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC) regarding a proposed public offering of common stock.

News9 January 2012

Chartbeat debt offering raises $975,000

US— Realtime web analytics firm Chartbeat has raised $975,000 in a debt offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC).

News9 January 2012

Ipsos adds Saudi panel, plans for Egypt and UAE

SAUDI ARABIA— Ipsos has launched an online panel in Saudi Arabia as the first of six it plans to set up in the Middle East and North Africa region this year.

News6 January 2012

$53m for community firm Lithium

US— Lithium, a provider of online community technologies, has completed a $53.4m round of financing from new and existing investors.

News6 January 2012

People on the move

The latest appointments and promotions in the global market research and consumer insight industry. This week: NuvoTV, Kantar Health, Lincoln Financial, Community Research, Berkeley Research Group, Brainjuicer, Research World International and Kixeye.

News6 January 2012

What are you looking at? CrowdOptic wants to know

US— A company has developed a mobile application that tracks where fans at sporting events are aiming their mobile phone cameras so as to monitor shifts in their focus of attention.

News6 January 2012

MR turnover up 16% in 2011, says Russian association

RUSSIA— Research turnover in Russia grew 16% in 2011, according to the latest estimates from the Russian Association for Market and Opinion Research ( OIROM).

News6 January 2012

Ipsos Public Affairs clinches spot on GSA Schedule

US— Ipsos Public Affairs has been awarded a spot on the US government’s General Services Administration’s Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions Schedule, where it will be able to bid for work from federal and state-level clients.

Opinion6 January 2012

The end of online panels: Redux

Are online panels finished? That was the subject of a head-to-head debate we published in November. Last month, Dutch research association MOA addressed the same question. MOA’s Lex Olivier reports.

News6 January 2012

USamp adds RelevantID fingerprinting to SampleMarket

US— uSamp has integrated Imperium’s RelevantID digital fingerprinting technology into its SampleMarket self-service respondent sourcing platform.

News5 January 2012

MarketShare and WPP settle over Simpson hiring

UK— Marketing analytics firm MarketShare Partners and its former executive Steve Simpson today issued apologies to WPP over the hiring of Simpson, who was formerly CEO of WPP’s GroupM Business Science arm and an employee of Mindshare.

News5 January 2012

Rentrak scoops double deal

US— Rentrak has sealed a long-term contract expansion with Raycom TV and won a new contract from marketing and media services agency Camelot Strategic Marketing and Media.

News5 January 2012

Decooda builds API for sentiment analysis platform

US— Decooda, a marketing technology firm, has built an API to allow companies to upload or stream social media data directly into its own sentiment analysis platform.

News5 January 2012

TNS hires Synovate's Sarrazit in brand and comms role

US— Synovate’s Franck Sarrazit has joined TNS as global director in the brand and communications practice.

News5 January 2012

Big Brother Watch turns its gaze on Path Intelligence

UK— Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has joined calls for Path Intelligence to move to an opt-in model for its shopper tracking system, which uses mobile phone signals to monitor how people move around retail environments.

News5 January 2012

GfK adds to senior management in Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE— GfK has announced a trio of senior appointments in the Asia Pacific region as part of the company’s ‘Own the Future’ global corporate strategy.

News4 January 2012

Texan MR agency targets billion-dollar clients

US— A new agency, ReconMR, has launched in Texas with the goal of winning work from some of the state’s largest businesses across the healthcare, retail, media and technology sectors.

News4 January 2012

Affinnova picks Bhagwat to lead financial services practice

US— Affinnova, a developer of concept optimisation technology, has named Sarita Bhagwat to lead its financial services practice.

News4 January 2012

Next Big Sound seen as next big thing – gets $6.5m funding

US— Next Big Sound ( NBS), a data analytics firm that tracks the popularity of music artists on social media sites, has closed a $6.5m financing round.

News4 January 2012

New management team for Doctors.net.uk

UK— Doctors.net.uk has a new management team following its sale to M3 USA last year, but Anna Garofalo ( pictured) remains head of the market research division, MedeConnect Healthcare Insight.

News4 January 2012

NatCen co-founder Sir Roger Jowell dies at 69

UK— Sir Roger Jowell CBE, co-founder of the National Centre for Social Research ( NatCen), died on 25 December after suffering a heart attack. He was 69.

News3 January 2012

Epocrates and M3 pool physician panels

US— Sample suppliers Epocrates and M3 have combined their physician panels to create a joint offering of more than 1.7 million respondents across 70 countries.

News3 January 2012

Arbiton wins Light Media ratings deal

US— Light Media has signed up to receive Arbitron ratings for its flagship radio station Power105.5/The King in the Metro Albany, Georgia market.

News3 January 2012

Call Genie agrees VoodooVox acquisition

CANADA— Digital mobile advertising firm Call Genie has agreed to acquire the assets of US-based data analytics and mobile advertising network VoodooVox.

Opinion3 January 2012

The eyes have it

Crawford Hollingworth on the observer effect and how people’s behaviour changes when they think or feel they are being watched.

News3 January 2012

Mu Sigma receives 'biggest ever' analytics investment

US— Business and marketing analytics provider Mu Sigma has closed a $108m round of private equity investment, believed to be the largest ever investment in the analytics services market.

News3 January 2012

Harris's Herron takes analytics role at Nunwood

UK— Nunwood has hired former Harris Interactive executive David Herron as its new European head of analytics.

News3 January 2012

Tyrrell becomes a director at trends firm Trajectory

UK— Bob Tyrrell, the former chairman of the Henley Centre, has joined trends consultancy Trajectory as a director.

News3 January 2012

Philpott resigns from Aegis board

UK— Ex-Synovate CEO Robert Philpott resigned from the board of Aegis Group, Synovate’s former parent company, at the end of 2011.

Feature1 January 2012

Social learning en masse

When in doubt, copy others. That simple rule is hardwired into humans. In an extract from their new book, Alex Bentley, Mark Earls and Michael J O’Brien show how ideas and products spread socially.

Feature1 January 2012

Social learning en masse

When in doubt, copy others. That simple rule is hardwired into humans. In an extract from their new book, Alex Bentley, Mark Earls and Michael J O’Brien show how ideas and products spread socially.

Feature1 January 2012

Social learning en masse

When in doubt, copy others. That simple rule is hardwired into humans. In an extract from their new book, Alex Bentley, Mark Earls and Michael J O’Brien show how ideas and products spread socially.

Feature1 January 2012

The path to purchase

Technology is helping bricks-and-mortar retailers get better at understanding shopper behaviour – just like their digital counterparts. Tim Phillips enters the world of advanced shopper research.

Feature1 January 2012

The trolley and the IV

Violence is always a problem in A&E departments, and never more so than at Christmas. Robert Bain meets the ethnographers who went to see for themselves.

Feature1 January 2012

Whatever next?

Visualising what tomorrow will bring is crucial to what researchers do. But it’s also notoriously difficult. Robert Bain takes a look at the business of prediction.

Feature1 January 2012

Who are you talking to?

Talking to an uninterested audience is like addressing an empty room. Either way, no one’s listening. Richard Young hears from researchers who are learning the languages ot other disciplines to make their insights heard.

Feature1 January 2012

My double life – Crispin Beale

Researchers reveal how their out-of-hours pursuits affect the day job. This month Crispin Beale, chief executive of Chime Insight and Engagement, talks about his other life as a farmer.

Feature1 January 2012

Ups and downs – Kate Norfolk

Make sure you test before you tinker, especially with established logos, says Opinium’s Kate Norfolk.

Feature1 January 2012

Diary: Greeting, tweeting and fame so fleeting

A roundup of things that caught our eye in and around the research industry this month.

Opinion1 January 2012

Giving the gift of confidence