News17 April 2015

New segment profile tool from Bonamy Finch

Consumer insights and analytics company Bonamy Finch has launched BoFiLer, a segment profiling tool designed to help market research agencies more easily compare and select segment solutions. 

News17 April 2015

Brands will need new ad formats for smartwatches

Advertising spend on smartwatches is predicted to reach $68.6 million by 2019, up from an estimated $1.5m this year.

News17 April 2015

New global analytics chief for Wunderman

Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis has joined Wunderman as global chief analytics officer based in its Dallas office.

News3 May 2013

Woolworths buys half of Quantium

AUSTRALIA — Woolworths has bought 50% of market and financial analytics company Quantium.

News30 April 2013

Nielsen pilots digital programme ratings

NBCUniversal is one of several US networks backing the Nielsen pilot. Its president of research and media development Alan Wurtzel said it was an important step towards “the holy grail” of cross-platform measurement.

News30 April 2013

Google gets Media Rating Council accreditation

US — Media measurement auditing body the Media Rating Council ( MRC) has accredited Google’s viewability measurement product Active View.

Feature30 April 2013

'Agility is the watchword of the day'

Gayle Fuguitt talks to Brian Tarran about her new role at the Advertising Research Foundation, the importance of ‘decision-timed insights’ and why you need to know what’s keeping your boss awake at night.

News30 April 2013

Confirmit hires Lawlor

UK — Global software provider Confirmit has appointed Terry Lawlor as executive vice-president for product management.

News30 April 2013

B2B International posts best year start yet

UK — Market research and business intelligence agency B2B International has posted its best start to a year with a 108% year-on-year increase.

News30 April 2013

ClickTale raises $17m in funding

ISRAEL — Web analytics company ClickTale has raised $17m in a series B funding round.

News30 April 2013

WFA: Companies prioritise integrated marketing

BRUSSELS — Integrated marketing communications ( IMC) is the top priority for advertisers according to research from the World Federation of Advertisers ( WFA).

News30 April 2013

DJS Research promotes Sykes

UK — Charlotte Sykes has been promoted to research manager by market research consultants DJS Research.

News29 April 2013

The Research Partnership expands US presence

UK — Healthcare market research and consultancy firm the Research Partnership has expanded its US operations, establishing offices in Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

News29 April 2013

Hooper joins Evolution Research

US — Evolution Marketing Research has appointed David Hooper as senior director, research.

Opinion29 April 2013

Focus groups: Kill or cure?

Engage Research’s Andy Barker explains why The Mix’s Tash Walker is wrong to try to kill off focus groups. They might smell a bit funny, he says, but they’re not dead yet.

News29 April 2013

Ipsos Healthcare launches chronic disease study

UK — Ipsos Healthcare has launched Ipsos Healthcare SEES ( Syndicated Expert Ethnographic Studies) to examine the day-to-day challenges of living with a chronic disease.

News29 April 2013

Monolith appoints advisor ahead of launch

ESTONIA — Shopper analytics company Monolith has appointed Salesforce chief scientist JP Rangaswami as advisor prior to its official launch on Friday.

News29 April 2013

Chelsea picks The FA's David Hollinshead for insight task

UK — David Hollinshead, The Football Association’s research and insight manager, is to join Chelsea Football Club next month in the same role.

News29 April 2013

VoloMetrix gains $3.3m in funding

US — SaaS provider VoloMetrix has raised $3.3m in series A financing.

News29 April 2013

IBOPE Media adds mobile to its internet monitoring

BRAZIL — Latin American media research company IBOPE Media has added mobile phones to its internet usage monitoring.

News29 April 2013

Effective Measure enters Pakistan after platform endorsement

PAKISTAN — Effective Measure has officially entered Pakistan’s online media market following endorsement of its measurement platform.

News26 April 2013

UK gov't to kick-off research roster review in July, says GPS

UK — The UK government’s long-delayed review of its market research roster, formerly managed by the now defunct Central Office of Information, is due to go ahead in July.

News26 April 2013

PeopleBrowsr and Twitter settle Firehose dispute

US — PeopleBrowsr has resolved its legal spat with Twitter, which followed Twitter’s decision to stop giving the social media analytics firm access to its Firehose service.

News26 April 2013

Google rolls out Analytics Premium to European countries

Google has launched Google Analytics Premium - the paid-for version of its analytics package - in France, Germany and Spain.

Opinion26 April 2013

What clients want

Research buyers are challenging suppliers to address their unmet needs. We pick our favourites so far, ranging from data visualisation to category disruption.

News26 April 2013

Anametrix sets up advisory board

US — Cloud-based marketing analytics platform Anametrix has announced the appointment of three analytics and social business experts to its advisory board.

News26 April 2013

Curiosity partners with social network for new online qual company

UK — Liverpool-based research agency Curiosity has partnered with social network AllJoinOn.com to launch CrowdZoo, an online qual service that marries bulletin board focus group software with a panel of double opted-in respondents.

News26 April 2013

Tuned In opens NY office

UK — Online insight communities specialist Tuned In has opened an office in New York City.

News26 April 2013

WPP's European insight divisions under pressure in Q1 2013

UK — Global advertising and research company WPP’s consumer insight divisions in the UK and Europe came under pressure in the first quarter of 2013 according to its trading update.

News26 April 2013

GfK looks to boost US consumer panel

US — GfK is to increase the size of KnowledgePanel by a third in 2013 reaching hard-to-survey population groups.  

News26 April 2013

BrainJuicer announces decision-making methodology

UK — Market research agency BrainJuicer has launched a pack-testing methodology based on instant decision-making.

News25 April 2013

Nielsen sees Q1 growth despite insights revenue drop

US — Ratings company Nielsen has seen revenues for the first quarter increase 3% to $1.38bn despite a fall in revenue from its insight services.

News25 April 2013

Colony: Forrester recovery 'not complete'

US — In its Q1 results, the market research company said its research revenues had increased 1%, to $50.4m compared with $49.8m in 2012, while its advisory and other services revenue stream increased from $20.5m to $21.1m.

News25 April 2013

E-Tabs appoints Pannu

UK — Data visualisation and automated reporting provider E-Tabs, has appointed Nitu Pannu as client consultant.

News25 April 2013

Decipher teams up with iModerate Research Technologies

US — Qualitative market research firm iModerate Research Technologies and marketing research services provider Decipher have teamed up to offer integrated technology to both companies’ clients.

News25 April 2013

Rentrak extends Nexstar contract to cover Tennessee stations

US — Multi-screen media measurement Rentrak has expanded its contract with Nexstar Broadcasting Group, adding two in Memphis, Tennessee, WPTY ( ABC) and WLMT ( CW).

News25 April 2013

Ipsos warns of slowing pace in market research market

FRANCE — Ipsos has warned that the market research market may not grow in 2013 as the growth rate drop continues.

News25 April 2013

Future Foundation opens Nordic office

SWEDEN — Consumer trends think tank Future Foundation has expanded to the Nordics with the opening of an office in Stockholm, Sweden.

News25 April 2013

SMG integrates ShareThis' social metric into ad planning interface

US — Starcom MediaVest ( SMG) and ShareThis have announced the integration of the latter’s Social Quality Index ( SQI) into SMG’s comScore Media Matrix interface for media planning purposes.

News25 April 2013

AOP launches study on mobile advertising

UK — The Association of Online Publishers ( AOP) has launched a mobile advertising initiative to boost ad spend.

News24 April 2013

Sundance opens Singapore office

SINGAPORE — Qualitative insight consultancy Sundance has opened an office in Singapore.

News24 April 2013

Maritz launches restaurant customer insight tool

US — Maritz Research has launched a market research tool for the restaurant business.

News24 April 2013

Philippine election survey providers ordered to reveal subscribers

PHILIPPINES — The Commission on Elections ( Comelec) in the Philippines has ordered all survey companies to name those financing election-related surveys.

Opinion24 April 2013

Delivering Impact

For the past four months, the team at Research-live.com and its publishers MRS have been developing a new quarterly magazine. Welcome to Issue 1 of Impact.

News24 April 2013

Facebook appoints advisory board to examine insight

UK — Social network provider Facebook has appointed a UK advisory board to examine campaign measurement and insights as well as product development and marketing best practice on the site.

News24 April 2013

1-800 We Answer buys TMR

US — Call centre network 1-800 We Answer has bought market research group TMR.

News24 April 2013

SSI appoints heads for APAC and Japan

US — Survey sampling firm SSI has appointed Max Weber as managing director, Asia Pacific and Satoshi Komatsuzaki as country manager for Japan.

News24 April 2013

Fuller appointed MD APAC for SIS International Research

CHINA — SIS International Research has appointed Thomas Fuller as managing director of the Asia Pacific Region.

News23 April 2013

GQR's Savadogo promoted as Briskin steps down

US — Chief operating officer at research and strategic consulting firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner ( GQR), Howard Briskin, is to step down from the position at the end of April 2013.

News23 April 2013

Ipsos retains Italian radio measurement contract

ITALY — Ipsos has been awarded another year’s contract for measuring Italian radio audiences.

Opinion23 April 2013

Tech and the VirtuoCity

How eye-tracking technology and computer simulations are working together to help out-of-home advertisers understand their place in the world. By Posterscope’s David Gordon and JCDecaux’s Chris Felton.

Opinion23 April 2013

Tech and the VirtuoCity

How eye-tracking technology and computer simulations are working together to help out-of-home advertisers understand their place in the world. By Posterscope’s David Gordon and JCDecaux’s Chris Felton.

News23 April 2013

USamp opens French office and appoints sales director

UK — Targeted audience provider uSamp has opened up its third European office and appointed a sales director for France.

News23 April 2013

Simon-Kucher sees Q1 growth

UK — Strategy and marketing consultants Simon-Kucher & Partners has increased its revenue worldwide in the first quarter of this year compared with Q1 2012.

News23 April 2013

Swipp gets $2m in funding and launches analytics suite

US — Social intelligence platform provider Swipp has secured $2m in additional funding as it launches a business suite.

News23 April 2013

Twitter signs partnership deal with SMG

US — Twitter has signed its biggest advertising deal with Publicis’ Starcom MediaVest Group ( SMG) according to reports.

News23 April 2013

THREE opens APAC division and appoints regional research director

US — Research consultancy THREE has opened an Asia Pacific division and named Jeff Lee as research director for the region.

News22 April 2013

PlattForm adds Rentrak to measurement tools

US — Multi-screen media measurer Rentrak has won a multi-year contract with post-secondary education industry marketing and enrolment provider PlattForm.

Feature22 April 2013

The great Gen Y debate

River Research’s Tom Skilbeck and Incite’s Mark Yeomans go head-to-head to explore the unique and slightly contradictory world of the Generation Y consumer.

News22 April 2013

Smyth takes role with Relish

UK — Amy Smyth has joined Relish Research’s London office as account director.

News22 April 2013

Rogers joins Twitter from Guardian

UK — Former editor of the Guardian’s Datablog Simon Rogers is joining Twitter.

News22 April 2013

Creston on course for slight revenue rise

UK — Insight and communications group Creston expects £75m in full year revenues according to a trading statement ahead of its full year results.

News22 April 2013

Mathis joins GfK

US — GfK has appointed Neil Mathis as senior strategist and vice-president in the consumer group.

News22 April 2013

Kantar gets Tata Sky contract

INDIA — Audience measurer Kantar Media has secured a multi-year audience measurement contract in partnership with Indian direct to home TV provider Tata Sky.

News19 April 2013

CIMM-backed study sees cross-platform boost for ad campaigns

US — A study using single-source passive measurement of media exposure suggests TV and online ad campaigns can work together to deliver a significant uplift in brand metrics.

News19 April 2013

Almost a third of consumers unaware of online monitoring

US — Nearly a third of consumers are unaware that companies are listening to what they are talking about online, according to a survey from Netbase and JD Power & Associates.

News19 April 2013

Gibson joins Opinion Matters

Insight agency Opinion Matters has appointed John Gibson to the position of client account manager.

Opinion19 April 2013

The quantified self

Consumers now have the means to collect huge amounts of data about themselves, says GfK’s Colin Strong. Might they be willing to share it with market researchers?

News19 April 2013

NPD DisplaySearch expands analyst team

US — Global technology analyst business NPD DisplaySearch has expanded its global market research team with the appointment of four market research analysts.

News19 April 2013

Guavus funding reaches $87m

US — Big data analytics provider Guavus has raised an extra $9m in funding as it looks to new territories.

News19 April 2013

Reader communities 'set to double'

UK — Reader communities are expected to double over the next two years according to a survey of publishing companies.

News19 April 2013

Gainsight gets Mehta

US — Predictive analytics software startup Gainsight has appointed Nick Mehta as CEO.

News19 April 2013

MRops appoints two

US — Market research operations services company MRops has appointed two market research executives to its team.

News18 April 2013

Arbitron investors vote in favour of Nielsen takeover

US — Arbitron shareholders have voted in favour of the radio ratings firm’s acquisition by Nielsen, the dominant provider of TV measurement services.

Feature18 April 2013

Content in context

Social media monitoring tools typically focus on ‘crude’ measures of volume – and in doing so they ignore huge amounts of valuable contextual data, says Face’s innovation chief Francesco D’Orazio. Interview by Brian Tarran.

News18 April 2013

Face rolls out new social data analysis platform

UK — Insight agency Face has launched Pulsar TRAC, a social data analysis platform that has been designed to measure the reach of social media conversations as well as mapping audiences and tracking content diffusion.

News18 April 2013

TV continues to dominate ad spend

Advertisers continue to gravitate away from newspapers and magazines and toward television according to media measurement company Nielsen.

News18 April 2013

Ilacqua adds syndicated services to Ipsos Healthcare role

US — Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Jackie Ilacqua as global head of syndicated services.

News18 April 2013

Global marketing budgets up in April, finds Warc

UK — Global marketing budgets rose for the fourth consecutive month, according to the latest data from Warc.

News18 April 2013

Anita Chu joins Kelton

US — Consumer insight consultancy Kelton has appointed Anita Chu as senior director of quantitative research.

News18 April 2013

TC Media signs data deal with StarchMetrix Canada

CANADA — Media company TC Media has contracted with GfK MRI StarchMetrix Canada for magazine effectiveness data.

News18 April 2013

Voxco spins off social media monitoring tool

CANADA — Research software provider Voxco has spun off its social media monitoring and analytics tool Acuity4 Social into a separate company.

News18 April 2013

MDC Partners appoints Coste as CFO of partner network

US — MDC Partners has appointed Andre Coste as chief financial officer of its partner network.

News17 April 2013

Kantar Media promotes Denis Gaucher to Ad Intelligence Europe MD

FRANCE — Kantar Media has promoted Denis Gaucher to managing director of Ad Intelligence Europe.

News17 April 2013

Arbitron and WKYC-TV settle copyright dispute

US — Arbitron has voluntarily dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against WKYC-TV over the alleged improper use of ratings data.

News17 April 2013

Social media still dominates PC internet use

US — Nearly a third of internet time on personal computers is spent on social networking although usage slightly declined in 2012 according to Experian Marketing Services.

News17 April 2013

UK government funds £5m study of early years education

UK — The UK government is funding a £5m study into early years education in England ahead of a funding boost for pre-school children living in low income households.

Feature17 April 2013

Breaking the one-way mirror

The Mix co-founder Tash Walker wants to put a stop to focus groups once and for all. She’s not the first to try. “But we will succeed,” she says, “because there’s no other option”.

News17 April 2013

Manthan appoints Hoover as VP Sales

US — Global healthcare data company Manthan Services has appointed William Hoover as vice-president sales.

News17 April 2013

Lax joins IFF Research

UK — IFF Research has recruited Emma Lax as a research manager.

News17 April 2013

Touchstone bags shopper expert

UK — Sarah Lacey has joined shopping and leisure research company Touchstone Partners as head of its shopper consultancy division.

News17 April 2013

ComScore expands its Asia presence

ASIA PACIFIC — Digital measurement and analytics company comScore has expanded its presence in Asia Pacific with a series of appointments.

News17 April 2013

SymphonyIRI returns to IRI

US — Retail research company SymphonyIRI has returned to its roots by rebranding as IRI.

News17 April 2013

BrainJuicer appoints Leach at Behavioural Labs

US — Research agency BrainJuicer has appointed Will Leach as vice-president of its Behavioural Labs.

News16 April 2013

Twitter appoints Steadman as head of research

UK — Twitter UK has appointed Jake Steadman as head of research.

News16 April 2013

IAB Australia adds 18 months to Nielsen's measurement deal

AUSTRALIA — IAB Australia has extended Nielsen’s online audience measurement contract by 18 months.

News16 April 2013

Crowd DNA hires two

UK — Research and strategy agency Crowd DNA has appointed Sarah Seymour and Claire Moon to its team.

News16 April 2013

Spotify appoints Vale to improve marketer relationships

US — Music streaming service Spotify has appointed Amy Vale as head of global B2B marketing and brand experience.

News16 April 2013

PwC: Brand reputation worries go up on social media rise

US — Social media is likely to cause concern over brand or reputational damage, according to consultants PwC’s Risk in Review Report.

Feature16 April 2013

Taking leave of the census

CACI’s geodemographic segmentation tool Acorn is breaking away from the UK census – the future of which is currently under review. CACI’s John Rae tells Simon Miller what prompted the change in Acorn’s methodology.

News16 April 2013

US budget threatens respondent incentives

US — American market researchers have warned that presidential budget proposals could potentially threaten research companies using respondent incentives.

News16 April 2013

The Futures Company appoints two to London office

UK — Strategic insights company The Futures Company has hired Imke Schuller and Silvia Rigoni to its London office.

News16 April 2013

IDC: Double digit growth expected for analytics services

US — Global business analytics services spending will reach an estimated $70.8bn by 2016, according to market intelligence provider International Data Corporation ( IDC).

News15 April 2013

Evolution Marketing Research grows with three appointments

US — Insights and intelligence provider to the healthcare sector Evolution Marketing Research has grown its practice with the appointment of three industry professionals.

News15 April 2013

Visual IQ picked by Kaspersky Labs to measure performance

US — Computer security company Kaspersky Lab has selected Visual IQ as its marketing attribution management provider.

News15 April 2013

Forbes enters partnership with iQual to measure Middle East emotions

MIDDLE EAST — Market research company Forbes Consulting Group is bringing its emotional response research plaform to the Middle East through a partnership with Arab research and consultancy boutique iQual.

News15 April 2013

Paramount Direct Marketing hires Boettcher

US — Targeted mailing lists provider Paramount Direct Marketing has appointed Alex Boettcher as market research coordinator.

News15 April 2013

Lewis promoted to Barb project director

UK — British TV audience measurer the Broadcast Audience Research Board ( Barb) has appointed Joe Lewis as project director.

News15 April 2013

MRSM aims to improve Malaysian market research with database

MALAYSIA — The quality of market research in Malaysia is expected to improve with the launch of a qualitative respondents database according to the head of its marketing research society.

News15 April 2013

Ipsos ASI promotes Musch to global CEO

FRANCE — Liz Musch has been appointed global CEO of brand and communication research company Ipsos ASI.

News12 April 2013

Grant gets additional role at SymphonyIRI

US — Beverly Grant has been appointed chief client strategy officer at technology and analytics company SymphonyIRI.

News12 April 2013

Monetate adds data management providers to program

US — SaaS platform Monetate has added three data management platform providers to its big data leverage program.

News12 April 2013

Eye-tracking company Sticky gets $3m in funding

UK — Media technology company Sticky has closed a $3m funding round with European tech investors Conor and Northzone.

News12 April 2013

Becker joins eXelate as product management SVP

US —- Smart data and analytics platform provider eXelate has appointed Eugene Becker as senior vice president of product management.

News12 April 2013

Customer behaviour driving M&A in Q1

US — The need to analyse shoppers’ behaviour has driven mergers and acquisitions in the e-marketing and search sector of America’s online and mobile industry according to an investment bank.

Feature12 April 2013

Will Stephen Phillips become the most hated man in MR?

Steve Phillips’s new venture, ZappiStore, is looking to automate and reduce the cost of large swathes of quant work. Clients like the idea, he says – but other agencies might not be so keen.

News12 April 2013

Spring's sister firm ZappiStore wins $20k innovation prize

UK — Spring Research’s Stephen Phillips has won a $20,000 investment for his new venture ZappiStore, which offers a range of automated online research apps.

News11 April 2013

Heads of insight need to be 'more cunning', says Barwise

UK — Heads of insight need to become more cunning and persistent to make sure research delivers impact within their organisations, according to London Business School’s Patrick Barwise.

News11 April 2013

Mo'web creates Turkish consumer panel

TURKEY — German market research agency mo’web research has launched a consumer panel in Turkey.

Feature11 April 2013

The Insumer

In the future, when brands want consumer insights, they’ll turn to Insumers – people whose jobs are to share their data with brands and help solve business challenges. Jeremy Rix puts himself in their shoes.

News11 April 2013

Amscreen to use Quividi's face recognition across network

UK — European outdoor digital media network Amscreen is to roll out audience measurement company Quividi’s face recognition technology across its networks.

News11 April 2013

UK MR budgets up in Q1, says IPA's Bellwether

UK — Market research budgets in the UK were revised up on balance in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest Bellwether Report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising.

News11 April 2013

TRA adds Nielsen to its analytics platform

US — TiVo Research and Analytics ( TRA) has added Nielsen data to its Media TRAnalytics service.

News11 April 2013

Adspend to stutter in 2013

Global advertising spend is to slow in 2013 without major sporting or political events to boost advertising according to a report from market intelligence service Warc.

News11 April 2013

Rentrak wins Sony's Hindi TV contract

US — Multi-screen media measurer Rentrak has won a multi-year contract with Sony Entertainment Television ( SET), Asia.

News10 April 2013

Future Foundation promotes Corker as it looks to America

UK — Consumer trends think tank Future Foundation has appointed Heather Corker as VP, consumer trends, North America.

News10 April 2013

IFAK names senior consultant to Health & Pharma team

GERMANY — Claudine Bubolz has joined the IFAK Health & Pharma team as a senior consultant.

News10 April 2013

InnoGames appoints Lenz as head of analytics

GERMANY — Computer games developer InnoGames has appointed Michael Lenz as head of analytics.

News10 April 2013

ComScore tracker suit granted class-action status

US — Two web users who are suing digital measurement firm comScore over allegations that the firm “improperly obtained and used personal information from their computers” have won the right to proceed with a class-action.

News10 April 2013

Compare the Market owner hires ServiceTick

UK — Customer feedback specialist ServiceTick has been appointed by UK personal lines insurance group BGL to monitor and improve brand advocacy scores.

News10 April 2013

InsightExpress adds Affdex to CreativeImpact

US — Marketing research and data analytics firm InsightExpress has formed an alliance with emotion measurement technology provider Affectiva.

News10 April 2013

Ormax appoints Bhamidipati

INDIA — Media research company Ormax Media has appointed Venugopal Bhamidipati as head of insights for print, radio and branded entertainment.

Opinion10 April 2013

Crowdsourcing lessons for market research

Vision Critical’s Ray Poynter thinks crowdsourcing will have a disruptive impact on market research – and he set out to prove it with his session at MRS Annual Conference. Did we catch a glimpse of a bright new future?

News10 April 2013

Blink gets Gilmore's Qualitative Research Services Division

US — User experience research and design group Blink Interactive has acquired the Qualitative Research Services Division from The Gilmore Research Group.

News10 April 2013

EBay Marketplace hires Karu as data and optimisation lead

US — EBay’s professional sellers service eBay Marketplace has appointed Zoher Karu as its first president of customer optimisation and data.

Feature10 April 2013

Flex, future researcher

Jeremy Rix follows Jay Simpson, fictional future insight executive, during a typical working week to see how the job might change in the coming years.

News9 April 2013

P&G's Donnelly joins MRS patrons scheme

UK — Procter & Gamble’s UK head of marketing Roisin Donnelly has become a patron of the Market Research Society.

News9 April 2013

Judge throws out Affinity's case against GfK MRI

US — A New York District Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against GfK Mediamark Research and Intelligence ( MRI) by its former rival, the now-defunct magazine researcher Affinity.

News9 April 2013

Research Now Mobile updates platform

US — Research Now Mobile has launched version 3.0 of its platform.

Feature9 April 2013

How a new breed of agencies will deliver results

The research agency is evolving. Jeremy Rix steps into the future to speak to the leaders of four firms to find out what makes them different from today’s crop of insight providers.

News9 April 2013

Incite launches behaviour change practice

UK — Market research consultancy Incite has launched a behavior change practice headed up by director Vivek Banerji.

News9 April 2013

Dub hires Wendlandt

US — Community software provider Dub has appointed Heather Wendlandt as sales director for North America.

News9 April 2013

Dubit hires former BBC man Woodgate

UK — Youth research agency Dubit has hired Adam Woodgate as research manager.

News9 April 2013

Homebase ditches mystery shopper for SMG programme

UK — Customer insight agency SMG has been selected to replace DIY retailer Homebase’s ‘mystery shopper’-based research with a customer feedback research programme.

News8 April 2013

Hall & Partners announces staff hires

LONDON — Brand and communications company Hall & Partners has appointed Chris McPartland and Lucy Ireland to its European healthcare team.

Feature8 April 2013

The future of research and the researcher of the future

Forty delegates gathered at MRS Conference in March to imagine tomorrow’s world – and the research industry’s place within it. Jeremy Rix takes us through the results in a new four-part series.

Feature8 April 2013

Insight at the top

Jeremy Rix meets the world’s first customer centricity officer, whose job is to make sure that consumer insights are identified, shared and acted upon throughout her organisation.

News8 April 2013

Indix raises $4.5m in venture capital

INDIA — Data and analytics start-up Indix has raised $4.5m from venture capital firms Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures.

News8 April 2013

Singapore-based Spinelli joins BrainJuicer

SINGAPORE — BrainJuicer Group has appointed Maria Spinelli as vice-president of BrainJuicer Southeast Asia.

News8 April 2013

Fiftyfive5 appoints three to meet demand

AUSTRALIA — Insights consultancy Fiftyfive5 has appointed three consultants to the team in what it says is a response to continued demand for its strategic consulting services.

News8 April 2013

Australian retailers get Effective Measure for online research

AUSTRALIA — The Australian Retailers Association ( ARA) has signed up Effective Measure for an online audience research partnership.

News8 April 2013

Vision Critical teams up with Dentsu

JAPAN — Insight communities technology provider Vision Critical has teamed up with Dentsu Marketing Insight to offer insight communities in Japan.

News8 April 2013

WPP invests in Leading Smart for third time

CHINA — The digital investment arm of WPP has participated in a third-round of financing in relation to its minority investment in China’s Leading Smart Holdings, which, in turn, has a controlling interest in digital measurement company Moment ( Miaozhen) Systems.

News5 April 2013

CSM Media Research signs three-year deal with Chinese football league

CHINA — CSM Media Research-KantarSport China has signed a three-year deal with The Chinese Super League ( CSL) to analyse and assess the media performance and media value of the football league.

News5 April 2013

Social media drives increase in TV programme engagement says study

AUSTRALIA — Interaction with social media while watching TV drives a 9% increase in programme engagement according to research released today.

News5 April 2013

Razor Research promotes three

UK — Consumer research company Razor Research has promoted three members of staff.

News5 April 2013

Tealium gets boost in Q1 revenue and funding round

US — Enterprise tag management firm Tealium has announced record first quarter revenue and sales bookings as well as securing $15.6m in series C financing.

News5 April 2013

Flurry extends app analytics to mobile web

Analytics company Flurry is extending its app analytics system to the mobile web.

News5 April 2013

Starbucks appoints Ryan as global chief strategy officer

US — Coffee chain Starbucks has appointed Matthew Ryan as global chief strategy officer.

News5 April 2013

[X+1] gets debt facility

US — Digital marketing and data management software provider [x+1] has signed a new $17m debt facility with Ares Capital Corporation.

News5 April 2013

RDA Group sees revenues rise in 2012

US — Market research and consulting firm RDA Group saw revenue up 9% for 2012.

News5 April 2013

Kirschner joins All Global

US — Healthcare data company All Global has appointed Bj Kirschner as director, research operations - qualitative.

News4 April 2013

Senator Franken to re-introduce location data protection bill

US — Senator Al Franken is planning to re-introduce his Location Privacy Protection Act which would require companies to get permission from consumers before collecting or sharing their location data.

Feature4 April 2013

On the geofence

Allen Vartazarian, uSamp’s resident ‘mobile guru’, explores the research potential of throwing virtual fences around real-world locations.

News4 April 2013

Data vis firm Tableau begins IPO process

US — Data visualisation software developer Tableau Software has begun the process of an Initial Public Offering ( IPO) with a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC).

News4 April 2013

SiSense completes series B funding round

US — Big data analytics company SiSense has completed a $10m series B round of funding led by Battery Ventures.

News4 April 2013

WorldOne secures funding for Sermo expansion

US — Healthcare data collection firm WorldOne has secured $35m in funding commitments from healthcare-focused investment fund manager Deerfield Management Company.

News4 April 2013

Dynamic Logic launches latest AdIndex for Mobile

US — Millward Brown’s digital insights unit Dynamic Logic has released its latest version of AdIndex for Mobile.

News4 April 2013

Schlesinger Interactive launches online communities service

US — Data collection company Schlesinger Interactive has launched a market research online communities service.

News4 April 2013

Framework brings in Beacon

UK — Independent data processing bureau Framework has brought in the Beacon survey software platform for its survey programming and reporting needs.

Feature3 April 2013

Is BrainJuicer ambitious enough?

Recent unflattering results from growth darling BrainJuicer surprised some observers, including Surinder Siama. So he asked BrainJuicer CEO John Kearon about what went wrong.

News3 April 2013

GQR hires Sena for digital team

US — Political research and strategic consulting firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner ( GQR) has hired Elizabeth Sena as vice president at its digital practice. 

News3 April 2013

ComScore enhances mobile analytics suite

US — Digital measurer comScore has enhanced its analytics suite for mobile operators worldwide.

News3 April 2013

Shekar appointed as Esomar treasurer

NETHERLANDS — Start up specialist Pravin Shekar has been appointed council treasurer of research association Esomar.

News3 April 2013

Sri Lanka market researchers go for tax concessions

SRI LANKA — The Market Research Society of Sri Lanka ( MRSSL) is going for tax concessions that were provided for the profession in the country’s 2013 budget.

News3 April 2013

Ipsos sells MPG to its former president

US — Market research company Ipsos is to sell its theatrical research division, the Motion Picture Group ( MPG) to a private investment group.

News3 April 2013

Accenture acquires ChangeTrack Research

US — Management consultants Accenture has acquired analytics-based tools provider for change management ChangeTrack Research.

News3 April 2013

UPDATE: Nielsen to launch OCR in four countries

AUSTRALIA — Audience measurement firm Nielsen is to launch its online campaign ratings measurement system in Australia, Canada, Germany and Italy.

News3 April 2013

GfK gets Fahimi

US — GfK has appointed Mansour Fahimi, as senior vice president of sampling statistics.

News3 April 2013

TLE appoints Sandrault as director of strategy

BRAZIL — Karen Sandrault has joined TLE as director of strategy, based in the Sao Paulo office.

News2 April 2013

ActiveGroup to shut on Friday

US — Focus group video streaming service provider ActiveGroup is to shut down after 14 years in business, Research understands.

News2 April 2013

Hallam joins Davy at Vision Critical

UK — Technology company Vision Critical has appointed Marcus Hallam as vice president of business development for European key accounts.

Feature2 April 2013

What does 'meaningfully different' actually mean?

This month, Millward Brown releases an update to its 20-year-old BrandDynamics service. Josh Samuel reviews the work and explains why ‘power’, ‘premium’ and ‘potential’ will be crucial metrics for assessing brand success.

News2 April 2013

NGDATA acquires ENQIO

BELGIUM — Big data technology vendor NGDATA has acquired Belgian-based professional consultancy ENQIO.

News2 April 2013

Abt Associates' Royal appointment

US — Abt Associates has appointed Scott Royal as president and CEO of its survey research and data collection arm Abt SRBI.

News2 April 2013

ORC International appoints Noden as research director

UK — Market research agency ORC International has appointed Richard Noden as research director for its customer strategy and technology department. 

News2 April 2013

The Sound Research launches focus group tool

CANADA — The Sound Research has launched a face-to-face qualitative research tool that allows engagement and observation of focus groups in multiple geographic locations at the same time.

News2 April 2013

NPD promotes five to sector presidents

US — Global information company The NPD Group has promoted five company officers to lead industry sectors across its Americas practice.

News2 April 2013

Arkenford wins VisitBritain brief

UK — Arkenford has won a £100,000 global pre-segmentation research project from VisitBritain.