News6 December 2013

Karen Kornbluh joins Nielsen

Former OECD ambassador has been made executive vice president of external affairs.

News29 November 2013

Judge dismisses iPhone data-sharing complaint

Apple request for summary judgement ends in victory over consumer group.

News29 November 2013

Cint secures two new partners to extend reach in Asia

Research panel exchange platform Cint has announced partnerships with IDIncu and Buzzebees.

Feature29 November 2013

Making qual count

Is qual a ‘softer science’ than quant? This and other issues were addressed at NatCen Social Research’s panel event last night.

News29 November 2013

BritainThinks hires Lucy Bush as associate director

She joins the insight consultancy from Define.

Feature28 November 2013

Calculated bids

Algorithmic trading is speeding up the ad buying process – fuelled by the mass of data about online consumer habits. Brian Tarran reports.

News28 November 2013

Former uSamp director launches NextON Services in India

Naim ul Qadar’s new business is a project management company specialising in online research.

News28 November 2013

Twitter 'experimenting with predicting viral tweets'

According to thenextweb.com, a new Twitter account that favourites tweets is very similar to previous Twitter-led experiments.

News28 November 2013

YouthSight expands with three new hires

The youth, student and young professional research agency announces one promotion and three new joiners, including Josephine Hansom as head of brand, policy and professional research.

News28 November 2013

Creston reports insight revenues on the up

Insight segment, which includes Marketing Sciences and ICM, grows first-half revenue by 11% to £6.1m.

News28 November 2013

MRS's Impact Magazine wins Launch of the Year prize

“In a year peppered with high-profile content launches, Impact stood head and shoulders above them all,” said judges of the International Content Marketing Awards.

News28 November 2013

Hall & Partners makes two new appointments to NY Health team

Marc DeCongelio and Frank Harrison both join as research directors.

News27 November 2013

Posterscope taps EE for mobile location and behaviour data

Out-of-home agency looks to understand “how, when and where mobile devices are used in relation to, and in the proximity of, OOH media sites nationwide”.

News27 November 2013

Integral gets MRC accreditation for ad viewability product

Ad technology certified ahead of expected lifting of MRC advisory on viewability measurement.

Opinion27 November 2013

Selling tales

What can the business story learn from the story business? Branding consultant Robert Mighall outlines the key lessons.

News27 November 2013

Field Agent snaps up CORE4 Research

Mobile specialist adds shopper research expertise through acquisition.

News27 November 2013

Gemma Stephenson joins Facts International

Stephenson joins as research manager from Medefield.

News27 November 2013

Mindshare and Shazam launch app to 'leverage brand audio assets'

AUDIO+ to help brands “audit, map and capitalise on the sound-based elements of their global advertising campaigns”.

News26 November 2013

SMG wins Bluewater shopper satisfaction measurement task

Service Management Group to run programme of shopper research and analysis from next month.

News26 November 2013

Ipsos Loyalty names Lygo-Baker as ViewsCast UK lead

Former Grass Roots head of product development to oversee the delivery of IVR, SMS and online customer feedback studies.

Feature26 November 2013

Has big data made market research redundant?

Is MR now surplus to requirements? Or is the belief that big data can answer every business question misguided?

News26 November 2013

Dominic McCarthy leaves Naked for The Leading Edge

Director of insights at Naked becomes qualitative strategy director at The Leading Edge.

News26 November 2013

Dataium settles with NJ Consumer Affairs Division for $400k over 'history sniffing'

Aggregator of in-market automotive shopper behaviour investigated for tracking websites visited by consumers without their notice and consent.

News26 November 2013

YouGov appoints Tim Kane as CMO

New role established to increase awareness and understanding of YouGov’s brand proposition.

News25 November 2013

Harris Interactive to be acquired by Nielsen

The research firm has entered into a definitive merger agreement with the provider of retail and media insight.

News25 November 2013

Livefyre acquires Realtidbits

Two months after acquiring Storify, Livefyre has acquired social application provider Realtidbits.

News25 November 2013

Mary Tou joins Ipsos Healthcare

She has been made senior vice president of Ipsos Healthcare in Seattle.

Feature25 November 2013

Pushing the conversation forward

On the back of its recent UK launch, social media platform Mass Relevance’s co-founder and CEO Sam Decker talks to Research about how brands should be using social media.

News25 November 2013

IRI picks Hinds for international retail solutions role

UK — Information Resources ( IRI) has appointed Paul Hinds as senior vice-president of international retail solutions.

News25 November 2013

Verve names Essential co-founder as partner

Luca Antilli joins online community provider two years on from the sale of Essential Research.

News25 November 2013

Twitter launches research community for UK users

#birdsignals community built on Vision Critical technology platform.

Feature22 November 2013

The zombie (brand) survival guide

‘Zombie’ and ‘cannibal’ brands are costing UK manufacturers £600m a year in wasted R&D. Companies need to breath new life into their tired innovation processes, says Steve Landis of TNS.

News22 November 2013

FleishmanHillard hires global research and analytics head

Coca-Cola’s Christina Liao joins comms firm as senior vice president and senior partner, director of applied data.

News22 November 2013

QuestBack expands to Texas

Enterprise feedback management and social CRM firm announces opening of a new US location in Austin, Texas

News22 November 2013

Nielsen chief David Calhoun to join private equity group

Blackstone picks Calhoun to lead its private equity portfolio operations.

News22 November 2013

Jennifer Cox joins Marketing Workshop

Cox hired by the research and consulting firm as marketing research manager.

News22 November 2013

Environics Analytics and Vision Critical announce data partnership

EA set to classify Vision Critical’s online survey panel using segmentation system PRIZM.

Feature21 November 2013

Winning is beautiful

Stunning examples of data design were on display last night at the second annual Information is Beautiful Awards. Here, we showcase the winners in all their glory.

Feature21 November 2013

Believed to be seen

Viewability metrics will soon be the primary trading currency for digital display advertising. Marketers can’t wait to start getting what they’re paying for.

News21 November 2013

Social experience platform Mass Relevance launches in the UK

The US-based technology company helps brands, media and agencies build social experiences into their marketing and advertising campaigns.

News21 November 2013

WOM marketers have a measurement problem

Study of word-of-mouth spend finds widespread challenges in measuring the effectiveness of campaigns.

News21 November 2013

Outlook hires Amanda Souter as research director

Former Leapfrog head of qual to work across Outlook’s key sectors, including retail, financial services and media.

News21 November 2013

Millward Brown ups Fuentes to LatAm CEO

Agency’s southeast Asia MD to replace Latin America boss Fabian Hernandez, who is set to retire in 2014.

News21 November 2013

£600m wasted on development of 'zombie' products, says TNS

Research agency warns that ‘quasi innovations’ are delivering sales at the expense of existing products within a franchise.

News21 November 2013

Warc's marketing index hits two-year high

Global Marketing Index records gains in all regions, suggesting ‘growing confidence among marketers worldwide’.

Feature20 November 2013

Understanding the human animal

Humans – and their pursuit of happiness – were the focus of attention at a seminar at London Zoo this morning.

News20 November 2013

Y&R acquires majority stake in Plasenta

WPP’s wholly-owned operating company has acquired a majority stake in the Turkish social media agency.

News20 November 2013

SSP partners with eDigitalResearch to launch customer feedback programme

SSP will be giving its customers the opportunity to provide instant feedback about their experience at its bars, restaurants and cafes in travel locations worldwide.

News20 November 2013

Over half of US consumers not confident that another gov't shutdown can be avoided

A recent IRI survey found that US consumers are “hoping for the best, but bracing for the worst”.

News20 November 2013

BlueLab and FourthWall partner up to better target TV audiences

Analytics, data and technology company BlueLabs Partners has formed an agreement with TV viewing data provider FourthWall Media.

News20 November 2013

Lumi Mobile and QuickMobile form global strategic partnership

Brings together specialist in consumer insight mobile technology and real-time audience engagement with provider of enterprise mobile event technology.

News19 November 2013

Google to pay $17m to state attorneys general over Safari cookie drops

US — Google has agreed a $17m settlement with 37 state attorneys general, plus the District of Columbia, in connection with its alleged circumventing of Safari users’ privacy settings.

Feature19 November 2013

Handle with care

Data privacy is rising up the corporate responsibility agenda as people grow ever more concerned about how their information is stored and used.

News19 November 2013

Confirmit to power Morpace mobile research solution

Morpace has entered a three year agreement with Confirmit to license SODA, its mobile research app.

News19 November 2013

OBJE looks to analyse and engage mobile gamers using big data

OBJ Enterprises plans new analytics tools to better engage and monetise mobile gamers worldwide.

News19 November 2013

Interpret launches Hispanic version of media tracking service

New Media Measure Hispanic designed to monitor the latest trends in media, technology and entertainment among Hispanics in the US.

News19 November 2013

SurveyMonkey adds enterprise-level service plan

DIY survey software platform looks to give organisations greater control and oversight of their survey outputs, says CEO Dave Goldberg ( pictured).

News19 November 2013

Jon Harding joins Harris Interactive

Harding appointed senior vice president, custom solutions sales.

Opinion18 November 2013

Control your category with conjoint

FMCG manufacturers are often fighting for attention in a crowded category. Impact Research’s David Pearmain explains how category conjoint can help them stand out.

News18 November 2013

Krea opens Chennai-based viewing facility Qhub

Facility includes two viewing room, central location testing area and a 20-seat recruitment centre.

News18 November 2013

GfK lifts lid on planned Lebanese TV measurement system

Agency to track live and time-shifted TV viewing behaviour from next year.

News18 November 2013

Holden named marketing and audiences director for BBC News

BBC director of audiences James Holden set for News and Current Affairs role next month.

News18 November 2013

Marianne Oh joins 2CV

Oh will join the Asian qualitative team in Singapore as associate director.

News18 November 2013

ResearchBods welcomes three new team members

The Leeds-based company expands its total number to 19.

News18 November 2013

Usability testing firm Ezoic secures $5.6m series A funding

The multivariate testing specialist will use its first round of funding to launch its site layout optimisation software in 2014.

News18 November 2013

Former Google executives launch analytics firm

Sparkline, a web and mobile data analytics firm, is based in Singapore.

News15 November 2013

Harris posts 1.8% decline in fiscal Q1 revenue

Revenue for three months to 30 September comes in at $32.4m. Operating income down 28% to $1.3m.

News15 November 2013

Nielsen 'making layoffs' after Arbitron buy

US trade press reports more than 500 job cuts across both businesses.

News15 November 2013

GfK third-quarter sales down 4.1% to €361.4m

But CEO Matthias Hartmann points to a ‘marked rise’ in adjusted operating income and cash flow.

News15 November 2013

Brazilian broadcasters poised to sign $100m TV ratings deal with GfK

Memorandum of understanding announced; final agreement expected in the coming weeks.

Feature15 November 2013

Raise your hands

From the big threat of big data, to the fate of the one-man band – independent consultants tackled some burning issues at the fourth annual ICG Question Time event. Bronwen Morgan listened in.

News15 November 2013

Northstar names new London-based principal

Noah Roychowdhury to spearhead insight-led strategy programmes for clients.

News15 November 2013

Khan moves to chairman, Wooderson to MD at Cobalt Sky

Raz Khan ( pictured) names deputy Mike Wooderson as his successor at MR IT services company.

News14 November 2013

Behavioural economics takes steps to tackle obesity

Monkey See founder Helen Nuki launches StepJockey campaign, backed by the Department of Health.

News14 November 2013

Aeroplan adds Advisors community to Vision Critical panel offering

Deal makes 90,000 affluent consumers and business owners/managers available for broader range of research projects.

News14 November 2013

Playnomics introduces tool to predict new customer lifetime value

Predictive marketing company Playnomics’ new tool ‘allows marketing managers to forecast ROI within days of acquisition’.

News14 November 2013

TNS adds to Asia Pacific client and business development team

Jacqui von Hirschberg ( pictured) named regional director for clients, and Mandy Tam appointed regional director for business development.

News14 November 2013

Ben Spergel joins Interpret to lead expanded TV Strategy and Insights division

Spergel’s hire comes two months after launch of Hispanic media and entertainment research division.

News14 November 2013

Siteworx appoints Ted Stites as vice president of strategy and insights

Former president of Numeric Analytics has joined the digital experience agency.

News14 November 2013

ThinkNow Research launches Hispanic omnibus survey

Omnibus Plus is a nationally representative Hispanic monthly custom omnibus, allowing clients insight into the Hispanic community as well as comparison to the general population.

News14 November 2013

20/20 Research launches Virtual Intercepts tool

New tool allows researchers to ‘intercept’ real-time online survey respondents in order to interview them qualitatively.

News13 November 2013

Former Nokia chief backs new retail analytics venture

Walkbase gets €3m investment from Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and SBT Venture Capital.

News13 November 2013

Six new partners in the new year for Simon-Kucher

Strategy and marketing consultancy makes appointments in Bonn, Zurich, Paris, London and Singapore.

News13 November 2013

Stellings and Bridger made associate directors at Populus

Laurence Stellings ( pictured) and Richard Bridger earn promotion within the politics and reputation practice.

News13 November 2013

The Futures Company opens Asia Pacific 'hub' in Singapore

Stephane Alpern ( pictured) to lead new office alongside Jeremy Sy.

Feature13 November 2013

Shake on it

Meet Handshake, the mobile app that’s looking to create a market for people to sell their personal data directly to companies.

News13 November 2013

Newly launched sampling site offers consumer products for free

PINCHme, a product sampling site, allows consumers to trial products in exchange for their insights and feedback.

News13 November 2013

GfK appoints Oli Bailey as business development director

Bailey will be BDD for GfK’s mystery shopping division.

News13 November 2013

3 in 10 MPs support election opinion poll ban

A survey of 159 MPs by ComRes revealed that 30% of MPs would support a ban on the publication of opinion polls in the run-up to general elections.

News12 November 2013

Nielsen melds card data with online activity for 'precision marketing'

New service marries purchase habits to online behaviour for buyer-segmented audience targeting.

News12 November 2013

Nick Marino joins Stagnito Media

Marino joins as general manager, multicultural solutions.

News12 November 2013

Confirmit appoints Tore Haggren to senior vice president

Long time Confirmit employee is now SVP, voice of the employee.

Feature12 November 2013

Lost in translation?

A recent study by Research Now suggests that cultural differences can affect survey response styles. Melanie Courtright and Kartik Pashupati explore what this, alongside other factors, might mean for multi-country studies.

Feature12 November 2013

Lost in translation?

A recent study by Research Now suggests that cultural differences can affect survey response styles. Melanie Courtright and Kartik Pashupati explore what this, alongside other factors, might mean for multi-country studies.

News12 November 2013

Harry Mirpuri leaves research director role at BSkyB

Former Which? and RAC insight head had worked for the satellite broadcaster for almost two years.

News12 November 2013

Sumo Insight launches real-time mobile research platform

Service designed specifically for mobile by duo formerly of Nokia and EE.

Opinion11 November 2013

Adverts are human. Why do we treat them as if they're not?

Adverts are complex and unique things. But in a metrics-obsessed and deadline-driven industry, we don’t take the time to get to know them like we should, says George Tsakraklides.

News11 November 2013

J&J looks for 'meaningfully different' measure for brand tracking

Insights VP Brenda Armstead tells TMRE in Nashville how the company is moving to a unified methodology for tracking its ‘mega brands’.

News11 November 2013

Bonamy Finch hires Which? exec for advanced analytics team

Jacqui Jackson takes up the role of senior analytics manager.

News11 November 2013

Annik and Research Interactive license Beacon from Decipher

Research Interactive and Annik have both licensed the online market research and reporting platform.

News11 November 2013

Google 'testing Nielsen OCR deals on YouTube'

Trial run for YouTube advertisers who have made guaranteed buys using Online Campaign Ratings data.

News11 November 2013

QualMetrix acquires healthcare analytics platform of Visual Intelligence

US — Healthcare analytics company QualMetrix has acquired the healthcare analytics platform of Visual Intelligence.

News11 November 2013

Public and private sectors must share big data, says EU commissioner

Sectors should work together to ensure economies of scale can be achieved with big data, says vice-president of European Commission, Neelie Kroes.

News8 November 2013

Kelly Anson joins Cambiar

Management consulting firm hires Anson as associate and head of marketing strategy practice.

News8 November 2013

OnePoint Global expands team and opens office in Amsterdam

Ben Phillips and Otto Vroegop join as sales directors for UK and Netherlands as third new office opens in as many weeks.

News8 November 2013

Rentrak Q2 revenue up 29% in media and information division

AMI sales hit $17m, while home entertainment business line grows revenue to $12.5m.

News8 November 2013

Sports Marketing Surveys becomes preferred research supplier to Swedish Golf Federation

Partnership intended to help grow the sport in the Scandinavian region.

News8 November 2013

Fieldvision calls meeting of creditors

Fieldwork agency posts insolvency notice via liquidators Carter Clark.

News8 November 2013

Get with the data or get left behind, warns government comms executive

Executive director of government communications, Alex Aiken, believes the PR industry needs to focus on data instead of creativity.

News8 November 2013

Five new hires for The Behavioural Architects

New senior consultants in Sydney and Shanghai, and a new associate director in London.

News8 November 2013

Heinz and Ebay back tests of new Conquest tool

Implicix claims to ‘unlock the truth about consumers’ feelings’ using avatar-led research approach.

News7 November 2013

Gartner revenues up 10% in third-quarter

Research revenue up 11% to $316.5m, while consulting revenue declines 2% to $70.1m.

News7 November 2013

Consultant Stone goes full-time at Sports Marketing Surveys Inc

Former Synovate and Electoral Reform Services executive Michael Stone named head of research.

News7 November 2013

Reputation Institute tasks Munro with commercial development

UK — Reputation research and consulting firm Reputation Institute has appointed Simon Munro ( pictured) as head of commercial development.

News7 November 2013

Sporting merger for Repucom and Immagine

Repucom buys Italian media research partner Immagine & Sport, and rebrands it Repucom Italia.

Feature7 November 2013

Adding up to problems

In a data-driven world, maths skills are more important than ever. But with few young people in the UK continuing their maths education beyond the age of 16, demand could soon outstrip supply.

News7 November 2013

Environics Analytics acquires business and assets of Generation5

Generation5’s demographic, behaviour and segmentation product lines will be maintained alongside existing EA products.

News7 November 2013

Kobi Ofir joins Vision Critical as chief technology officer

Ofir will lead on product innovation and technology strategy.

News7 November 2013

GfK launches real-time customer feedback solution

GfK Echo incorporates transaction data with enterprise-wide customer feedback.

News6 November 2013

Revelation picks Sperring for business operations task

Former GfK Healthcare senior VP joins online and mobile qual tools provider.

News6 November 2013

Danny Russell leaves Paddy Power insight director post

Former BSkyB marketing strategy director was the bookmaker’s first insight director.

News6 November 2013

Brazilian research group picks eCGlobal as online partner

HSR’s eight specialist companies to use eCGlobal’s online research platforms and panels.

News6 November 2013

Mitch Barns to become CEO of Nielsen next year

Global client service president to succeed David Calhoun, who moves to executive chairman role.

News6 November 2013

GeoPoll launches with $6.6m series A funding

New mobile survey platform, targeting developing-market consumers, has raised a total of $11.6m to date.

Feature6 November 2013

A million and one ways to make a brand meaningful

Millward Brown’s Nigel Hollis discusses his new book, and the many and varied ways in which brands can differentiate themselves from their competitors.

News6 November 2013

The internet of things poses a governance issue, say 99% of IT professionals worldwide

Yet 51% already have plans to capitalise on it, according to findings from ISACA’s 2013 IT risk/ reward barometer.

News6 November 2013

Razor ups Fuller to associate director

Research manager Lydia Fuller earns promotion in less than six months with the agency.

News6 November 2013

ORC International hires head of strategy research practice

Natasha Kennedy will join the firm as senior vice president.

News6 November 2013

Populus turnover up 52% to £5.86m

“All areas of the business have exceeded their targets and our investment in Populus Data Solutions continues to contribute significantly to the group’s financial strength,” says CEO Michael Simmonds.

News6 November 2013

Pietrulewicz joins Sparkler from TNS

She joins the brand insight and strategy consultancy as a senior consultant.

News5 November 2013

New mobile survey technology enables in-app feedback

New toolkit launched by mobile research technology firm Survey Analytics allows in-app feedback collection.

News5 November 2013

ForeSee appoints UK director and global marketing chief

Tech industry executives Ben Stollard ( pictured) and Dave Scott join customer experience analytics firm.

Feature5 November 2013

Time for an upgrade

New videogame consoles are just weeks away from launch. Are consumers ready to pay to play?

News5 November 2013

Marketing Sciences makes three new hires

Jenny Guerreri joins as research manager, Richard Snoxell as research director and Nick Rafferty as senior data analyst.

News5 November 2013

The Big Picture names Frontline executive as research director

Alison Starr to support and develop key accounts and help in the growth of the business, for clients including Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline and Asda.

News5 November 2013

Caroline Horner joins Rentrak

Horner has joined the media measurement company as senior vice president of product innovation.

News5 November 2013

Cint and Sticky join forces

Collaboration intended to help brands analyse the effectiveness of online advertising campaigns.