News2 September 2013

Retention Science raises $750,000 in funding

US — Retention automation platform Retention Science has raised more than $750,000 in funding from early-stage venture capitalist Forerunner Ventures.

News30 August 2013

The Price Group taps Rentrak for TV ratings data

US — Texan advertising agency The Price Group has signed up Rentrak to provide household and advanced demographic TV ratings. 

News30 August 2013

Rasmussen leaves Rasmussen Reports for new venture

US — Scott Rasmussen, the founder of polling firm Rasmussen Reports, has left the company following disagreements over the company’s business strategy. 

News30 August 2013

Europe, North America more positive, but global economic mood unchanged

US — Economic sentiment around the world remains unchanged, on average, with just 36% of people thinking that the economic situation is good, according to the latest results from Ipsos’s Economic Pulse of the World report.

News30 August 2013

Telemundo makes research, insights hires

US — Telemundo Media has appointed Latha Sarathy as vice-president of research.

News30 August 2013

Social influence analytics firm gets $2.6m investment

US — Viral content tracking and social influence firm trueAnthem has raised $2.6m in funding.

News30 August 2013

Ireland's OI Research rebranded as Red C

IRELAND — Red C Group has rebranded OI Research as Red C, two years after the companies first merged. 

News30 August 2013

Happiness is overrated, says Competitive Enterprise Institute

US — Using happiness surveys for political purposes is flawed, according to a study from the Competitive Enterprise Institute ( CEI), a libertarian thinktank 

News29 August 2013

Twitter buys Trendrr

US — Twitter has bought social TV start-up Trendrr for an undisclosed sum.

News29 August 2013

Webtrends builds on Barratt contract

UK — Barratt Homes has extended Webtrends’ contract to provide it with metrics into visitors’ online behavior.

News29 August 2013

Skim opens two Latin American offices

US — Marketing research firm Skim has opened two new offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and San José, Costa Rica.

Opinion29 August 2013

Approaching the singularity

The belief that technology will eventually supersede human intelligence is leading to a reductionist view of consumer behaviour, warns GfK’s Colin Strong.

News29 August 2013

Specsavers signs up Millward Brown

UK — Specsavers has signed up Millward Brown on a three-year research partnership.

News29 August 2013

Online ad spend surpasses newspaper spend

BELGIUM — Online advertising spend in Europe has overtaken newspaper ad spend for the first time according to the AdEx Benchmark 2012 report.

News29 August 2013

The Marketing Workshop appoints Kosloski

Us — Research and consulting firm The Marketing Workshop has appointed Randy Kosloski as a senior account manager.

News29 August 2013

WPP data investment management division 2.1% up in Q2

UK — WPP’s data investment management division saw revenue grow by 2.1% in the second quarter according to its latest figures.

News28 August 2013

Terriers renew Ask's contract

UK — Huddersfield Town ( The Terriers) has renewed its partnership with market research firm Ask Insight.

News28 August 2013

Tomlins joins Firefish

UK — Firefish has appointed Rose Tomlins as qualitative director to strengthen its technology and service design offering.

Feature28 August 2013

Scrubbed the right way

Flawed though it may be, data controllers must take care to safeguard the process of anonymisation as it has a crucial role to play in a data-sharing society, says Barry Ryan.

News28 August 2013

DJS Research promotes Hamilton

UK — DJS Research has promoted Charlotte Hamilton to associate director.

News28 August 2013

Pulsate joins Dell, Intel and Revolution to create big data centre

MALAYSIA — Big data firm Pulsate is collaborating with industry majors Dell, Intel, and Revolution Analytics to set up Malaysia’s first big data analytics centre.

News28 August 2013

Chime's Insight segment sees 54% operating profit growth for H1

UK — Communications company Chime’s Insight & Engagement division saw operating profit growth of 54% for the first half of the year.

News28 August 2013

NRS appoints Salandy

UK — The National Readership Survey ( NRS) has appointed Matt Salandy as client services account manager.

News28 August 2013

Engage Research gets three for quant team

UK — Engage Research has added three consultants to its quantitative research team.

News27 August 2013

US mobile commerce passes $10bn for H1 2013

US — American mobile commerce ( m-commerce) spending exceeded $10bn for the first half of 2013 according to figures from comScore.

News27 August 2013

SDL and Webtrends team up

US — SDL is to add Webtrends Streams to its Intelligent Marketing Suite.

Feature27 August 2013

Creative feedback

You can’t research the future, but you can use insight to inspire the products of tomorrow. Matthew Cockerill, Seymourpowell’s associate design director, explains how.

News27 August 2013

Millward Brown moves into mobile

SINGAPORE — Brand, media and communications research firm Millward Brown has launched a mobile tracker in Africa, Middle-East and Asia Pacific.

News27 August 2013

ESPN could block Nielsen's Arbitron deal

US — Sports broadcaster ESPN is likely to be the key to the takeover of Arbitron by Nielsen according to reports in the US press.

News27 August 2013

Roy Morgan Research appoints Tim Martin to digital director

AUSTRALIA — Roy Morgan Research has hired Tim Martin as its digital director for client service.

News23 August 2013

Editor's note – 26 August 2013

It’s a public holiday in the UK on Monday, 26 August, so there will be no news updates until Tuesday, 27 August.

News23 August 2013

Kantar buys Benenson

US — Data investment management firm Kantar has acquired global strategic research and consulting firm, Benenson Strategy Group.

News23 August 2013

B2C Enterprise signs up Rentrak

US — Rentrak is to supply full service advertising agency B2C Enterprise with its TV metrics in a multi-year contract.

News23 August 2013

Former RTI controller sentenced to 54 months in prison

US — The former controller of market research and brand strategy firm Rothstein-Tauber Inc ( RTI) has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for embezzling more than $3.4m from the firm.

News23 August 2013

Nielsen buys Bowker's busines intelligence for book metrics

US — Global information and measurement company Nielsen is building on its global book intelligence with the purchase of Bowker’s business intelligence and commerce solutions products.

News23 August 2013

Harris Interactive sees earnings rise despite revenue drop

US — Harris Interactive saw its revenues down for the 12 months to 30 June 2013 compared with the previous year according to its full fiscal 2013 results.

News23 August 2013

iSentia buys Two Social

AUSTRALIA — Media intelligence company iSentia has bought social media creative agency Two Social.

News23 August 2013

eDigitalResearch signs up to Fair Data

UK — Market research firm eDigitalResearch has signed up to the Market Research Society’s Fair Data initiative.

News22 August 2013

MRS seeks assurances from G4S on prisoner work programme

UK — The Market Research Society ( MRS) has written to the head of G4S, the company that runs Oakwood prison, seeking assurances that “market research” surveys being conducted by prisoners are operating under the society’s code of conduct.

News22 August 2013

Haynes joins M3 Global Research

UK — M3 Global Research has appointed Kerry Haynes as senior project manager.

Opinion22 August 2013

Smashing the stereotype

Researchers are often seen as introverted, analytical thinkers who lack the people skills required to engage and inspire decision makers. It’s time they showed off a different side of their personalities, says Craig Scott.

News22 August 2013

ComScore's Weinberger leaves Australian operation

AUSTRALIA — The head of ComScore’s Australian operations Amy Weinberger is to step down according to reports.

News22 August 2013

Impact Research promotes Brainch

UK — Impact Research has appointed Michael Brainch as research director.

News22 August 2013

No summer blues for marketers

UK — The global marketing industry remained positive in August despite some less optimistic results in Asia according to Warc’s Global Marketing Index.

News22 August 2013

Ogilvy & Mather appoints global chief data officer

US — Ogilvy & Mather has appointed Todd Cullen as global chief data officer.

News21 August 2013

Questions raised over 'market research' prison work scheme

UK — Convicted criminals are taking part in a prison work scheme that has them conduct phone interviews with home owners on behalf of an unnamed market research company.

News21 August 2013

Blueocean joins DAA

US — Research and analytics firm Blueocean Market Intelligence has joined the Digital Analytics Association ( DAA).

Opinion21 August 2013

Silicon swing

How California’s tech start-ups use insight to innovate, and how you can copy them. By Sense Worldwide’s Brian Millar.

News21 August 2013

Optimus signs FourthWall Media for cable viewers' data

US — FourthWall Media has signed an agreement with Republican political analytics firm Optimus, to provide it with cable viewing data for political ad targeting.

News21 August 2013

AMA names its four-under-40 winners

US — The American Marketing Association’s ( AMA) Marketing Insights Council have named Elea Feit, Dan Foreman, Claudia Perlich, and Natasha Stevens as the recipients of the 4th annual four-Under-40 Marketing Emerging Leaders Award.

News21 August 2013

BAR appoints Novak as research director

US — Quant and qual research firm Brooks Adams Research ( BAR) has appointed Ralph Novak as director of research.

News21 August 2013

Pitch'd launches video platform for brands

UK — London startup Pitch’d has launched a social video competition platform for brands and agencies.

News20 August 2013

Finkle promoted to Passenger CEO

US — Online communicator specialist firm Passenger has promoted Thomas Finkle to CEO.

News20 August 2013

Rentrak buys iTVX

US — Rentrak has acquired branded entertainment analytics provider iTVX.

News20 August 2013

MRC accredits eight extra PPM markets

US — The Media Rating Council ( MRC) has accredited an extra eight markets where Arbitron provides radio ratings.

Feature20 August 2013

Screen savour

Multi-screening is a way of life for most UK households. But the way people use their screens defies neat categorisation, says MediaCom’s Claire McAlpine.

News20 August 2013

Ebiquity buys Stratigent

UK — Media and marketing performance measurement company Ebiquity has bought US-based multi-channel analytics provider Stratigent.

News20 August 2013

Navigate Digital to use mums for Palmer's research

UK — Navigate Digital has lauched a mums’ trialing campaign for Palmers’ skin therapy oil products.

News20 August 2013

Center Partners gets management team

US — Kantar has finalised the management line-up for its wholly-owned US call centre business Center Partners.

News19 August 2013

Marketing Sciences appoints Curtis to qualitative role

Market research agency Marketing Sciences has appointed Gerald Curtis as an associate director in its qualitative research team.

News19 August 2013

CRMnext adds sentiment to social CRM analytics

INDIA — Customer relationship management ( CRM) product company CRMnext has added real-time sentiment analysis to its latest social CRM analytics.

News19 August 2013

Crowd DNA gets Price for consultant

UK — Research and strategy agency Crowd DNA has appointed Ellie Price as a senior consultant.

News19 August 2013

Apsalar completes $9m funding round

US — Mobile advertising and analytics company Apsalar has closed a $9m series B round of financing.

News19 August 2013

Barc gets shortlist for technology advisers

INDIA — The Broadcast Audience Research Council ( Barc) has shortlisted five media research agencies to advise it on what technology to use in its TV audience measurement system.

News19 August 2013

Relish appoints two

Relish Research has appointed two directors as it continues its expansion.

News19 August 2013

Beaufort wins woodland research contract

UK — Beaufort Research has won a contract to study visitor experience of English and Welsh woodland.

News16 August 2013

Google to track what people see

US — Google is creating a device that tracks what the wearer sees according to a patent awarded in the States this week.

News16 August 2013

TRA takes Harkins from Nielsen

US — Media marketing and analytics software provider TiVo Research and Analytics ( TRA), has appointed Sheryl Harkins as its SVP of CPG Sales.

Opinion16 August 2013

Caution: trolls can damage your health

Twitter’s cool-headed handling of the trollgate scandal was a little too cool for some people’s liking, says Voodoo Research’s Lucy Baldwin.

News16 August 2013

Kantar renews Confirmit contract

UK — Kantar Operations has re-signed software-as-a-service vendor Confirmit on a three-year contract.

News16 August 2013

Obituary - Bill Weylock

US — Market research veteran Bill Weylock has passed away following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis.

News16 August 2013

Tucker promoted to EMEA MD at The Futures Company

UK — Strategic insight and innovation consultancy The Futures Company has appointed Henry Tucker as EMEA managing director.

News16 August 2013

Placed to measure how mobile ads impact on shop visits

US — Location-driven insights and mobile ad intelligence company Placed has launched a platform to measure the impact of mobile advertising on in-store visits.

News15 August 2013

Ebiquity looks at possible sale in strategic review

UK — Ebiquity could be up for sale according to a statement by its board of directors issued today ( 15.8.13).

News15 August 2013

MRA backs calls for mobile tracking opt out for shoppers

US — American researchers have backed a senator’s call to give shoppers the opportunity to opt out of tracking them in the retail environment.

News15 August 2013

RichRelevance gets Precog

US — Retail personalisation firm RichRelevance has acquired analytics technology company Precog.

News15 August 2013

GM dealers get customer feedback app

US — Maritz Research has created an app to get customer feedback to General Motors’ dealers.

News15 August 2013

CommCulture launches women-only shopper site

UK — CommCulture has launched a women-only mystery shopper online community panel.

Feature14 August 2013

Verified accounts

Could social media analytics help Mexicans steer clear of cartel violence?

News14 August 2013

BitTorrent turns to TV with pilot programme

US — BitTorrent Inc, the company behind the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing platform, has entered the TV programme distribution business using its measurement system to steer programme production.

News14 August 2013

Birkett joins Impact Research

UK — Sarah Birkett has been appointed research director at Impact Research.

News14 August 2013

GfK sees rise in sales despite income drop for 1H 2013

GERMANY — GfK saw sales totaling €728.6m for the first half of 2013 despite a drop in income according to figures released today.

News14 August 2013

ZappiStore's France and Germany expansion

UK — Online market research platform ZappiStore has expanded into France and Germany.

News14 August 2013

Resonate hires two for management team

US — Market intelligence company Resonate has expanded its management team with the appointments of Scott Blacker and Tom Kiblin to the company. 

News14 August 2013

Nexstar extends Rentrak contract

US — Nexstar has extended Rentrak’s contract to provide TV ratings to two more stations. 

News14 August 2013

SumAll integrates Google+ into data tool

US — Data analytics company SumAll has integrated Google+ pages into its data visualisation tool.

News13 August 2013

Rakuten buys data analytics engine for marketing arm

US — Rakuten Marketing has acquired data analytics engine provider PopShops. 

News13 August 2013

Topsy adds new APIs for Twitter Firehose metrics

US — Social analytics platform Topsy has launched a set of social data APIs that aims to turn the Twitter Firehose into streams of metrics and content for brands and agencies.

News13 August 2013

Ipsos Healthcare rolls out 'next gen' EquityVision framework

UK — Ipsos Healthcare has announced the global launch of a research framework that links the major sources of commercial equity in the multi-channel healthcare marketing environment.

News13 August 2013

Metamarkets staffs up with Claypool and Hertog

US — Metamarkets, a provider of real-time analytics for online advertising, has hired Ron Claypool and David Hertog.

News13 August 2013

Intage partners with India's RSMRS

INDIA — Japanese market research company Intage and its subsidiary Intage India have signed an alliance with Indian firm R.S. Market Research Solutions ( RSMRS).

News13 August 2013

Harris continues Google partnership with QuickQuery Instant

US — Harris Interactive has launched a quick survey tool for companies looking for ad hoc, fast-turnaround survey results. 

News13 August 2013

The Sound Research names ex-Leo Burnett VP as Chicago ops head

US — The Sound Research has appointed Kelli Johnson as a vice-president and head of Chicago operations. 

News12 August 2013

WPP takes control of Scangroup

KENYA — WPP has acquired a majority stake in marketing services firm Scangroup.

News12 August 2013

UN uses Spigit for refugee challenge

US — Platform provider Spigit is to work with the UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) to examine the challenges in refugee protection and assistance worldwide though leveraging crowdsourcing, gaming and big data.

Opinion12 August 2013

Challenging three myths of brainstorming

Two heads aren’t better than one says Market Strategies’ George Dichiaro as he tackles some of the misconceptions that are most common to the ideation process.

News12 August 2013

Thompson confirmed as US Census Bureau director

US — The Senate has unanimously confirmed John Thompson as director of the US Census Bureau.

News12 August 2013

Biggest market research firms top $8.8bn in revenue for 2012

US — The top global market research firms grew by 2.6% in 2012, despite nearly half reporting declining revenues compared with 2011.

News12 August 2013

StrataMark appoints Cook

US — Consumer and B2B research company StrataMark Dynamic Solutions has appointed Michael Cook as senior vice-president, consulting & insights.

News9 August 2013

FreeWheel integrates Nielsen ratings into platform

US — FreeWheel is to integrate Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings into its video ad management platform.

News9 August 2013

Monroe Marketing signs up to Rentrak service

US — Monroe Marketing has signed up for Rentrak’s ratings service.

News9 August 2013

Nice buys Causata

ISRAEL — Software provider Nice Systems has acquired big data analytics technology provider Causata.

News9 August 2013

Benini joins Socialbakers as VP sales

CZECH REPUBLIC — Analytics platform provider Socialbakers has appointed Luca Benini as vice-president of sales for the EMEA region.

News9 August 2013

Placed passes 100,000 panelists

US — Location analytics company Placed has announced that its panel has surpassed 100,000 active opt-in mobile panelists with nearly 100m locations measured daily in June.

News9 August 2013

Monetate launches automatic segment discovery software

UK — Monetate has launched an automated segment discovery software service.

News9 August 2013

Millward Brown buys Brazil's BrandAnalytics

BRAZIL — WPP company Millward Brown has acquired a majority stake in branding valuation consultancy BrandAnalytics Consultoria.

News8 August 2013

Rentrak sees revenues grow for first quarter

US — Rentrak saw revenues increase by 24% for the first quarter of its financial year, according to the audience measuring company’s financial results.

News8 August 2013

XM Asia to take majority stake in Designercity

Hong Kong — WPP-owned XM Asia has agreed to acquire a majority stake in digital technology agency Designercity.

News8 August 2013

Mums' site offers research arm for brands

UK — Online community Mums in The Know ( MITK) has added a research arm to its offering for brands.

News8 August 2013

Kantar gets stake in SecondSync

UK — Audience measurer Kantar Media has acquired a minority stake in social TV analytics firm SecondSync.

Feature8 August 2013

For the hack of it

A growing number of firms are turning to hackathons to solve business challenges, Dunnhumby included. Brian Tarran reports.

News8 August 2013

Topsy adds sentiment to its social analytics platform

US — Social analytics platform Topsy has added sentiment analysis to its free product suite.

News8 August 2013

Dunn and Humby join Starcount

UK — Tesco clubcard creators Edwina Dunn and Clive Humby are selling their company to data and trend aggregator Starcount for an undisclosed sum.

News8 August 2013

Wilson rejoins Ipsos as head of account management

UK — Ipsos Loyalty has appointed Helen Wilson as head of account management.

News7 August 2013

Tumblr to offer analytics with Simply Measured

US — Social network Tumblr has teamed up with data analytics company Simply Measured to provide enterprise-level analytics to marketers.

News7 August 2013

Marketing Sciences sees turnover growth in Q1

UK — Market research agency Marketing Sciences saw what it called “significant” growth in turnover for the first quarter of its financial year.

News7 August 2013

SNI signs on for Rentrak metrics

US — Rentrak has won a contract with Scripps Networks Interactive ( SNI) to provide ratings for the group’s network of brands.

Feature7 August 2013

Demand for info grows, but what about MR?

Market research agencies are losing out to larger information vendors and their ‘own the client’ strategies, warns Research Ratings founder Stuart Butler-Smith.

News7 August 2013

IFF launches health segment

UK — IFF Research has launched a specialised health segment within the company.

News7 August 2013

Nielsen: Twitter boosts TV viewing

US — Twitter can boost television viewing according to a study by Nielsen and the social network.

News7 August 2013

Repucom and Right to Play kick-off partnership

UK — Repucom is to provide international children’s charity Right to Play with sports marketing research.

News7 August 2013

Rentrak to measure Chinese cinema attendance

CHINA — Rentrak has launched its International Box Office Essentials in China to report daily cinema attendance data.

News6 August 2013

OgilvyOne buys Verticurl

SINGAPORE — OgilvyOne has acquired demand generation and marketing automation service firm Verticurl.

News6 August 2013

GfK promotes two to North America section heads

US — GfK Consumer Experiences North America has promoted Justin Edge and Tom Neri to head up health and financial services respectively.

News6 August 2013

NRS appoints Salandy

UK — The National Readership Survey ( NRS) has appointed Matt Salandy as client service account manager.

News6 August 2013

Bright Young Minds launches in London

UK — Youth market research specialists YouthSight has launched a co-creation agency aimed at tapping millennials.

News6 August 2013

Entercom renews Arbitron contract

US — Entercom has signed a multi-year, multi-market renewal for Arbitron’s ratings services.

Feature6 August 2013

Networked individual

From the busy streets of Delhi to the high-tech environs of Gurgaon and consumer homes in Chennai, we follow a week in the life of Jasmeet Singh Sethi, regional head of Ericsson’s ConsumerLab.

News6 August 2013

Griffin becomes Effective Measure's global CTO

AUSTRALIA — Effective Measure has appointed John Griffin as global chief technology officer ( CTO).

News6 August 2013

Companies under-use data says survey

US — Nearly half of marketers say data is under-utilised in their organisation according to a survey from Teradata.

News6 August 2013

CyberAlert adds radio to its monitoring service

US — Media monitoring and measurement firm CyberAlert has launched a radio monitoring service for public relations and marketing. 

News5 August 2013

DJS Research launches education community

UK — DJS Research has launched a market research community for teachers.

News5 August 2013

Rentrak gets MBuy contract

US — Rentrak has won a multi-year contract to provide Mediaocean’s platform provider MBuy with TV rating metrics.

News5 August 2013

Gartner sees research growth as revenues rise

US — Research and analysis group Gartner saw its research segment grow by 12% in Q2 of 2013 compared with the same period in 2012 according to its latest figures.

Feature5 August 2013

Enhance the experience

Creating customer experiences that surprise and delight at every touchpoint is fundamental to success. But it’s not easy to achieve. Businesses need to apply consumer insight with wisdom and creativity to make it happen.

News5 August 2013

Al Jazeera predicts 'Fast' news analytics with QCRI

QATAR — The Qatar Computing Research Institute ( QCRI) and news broadcaster Al Jazeera have teamed up to launch a predictive web analytics platform for news.

News5 August 2013

ERN expands offering with Inspired Analytics and Elucidata acquisitions

UK — Big data start-up ERN has acquired two UK analytics companies Inspired Analytics and Elucidata to boost its offering to banks and retailers.

News5 August 2013

Effective Measure to provide metrics for India's TIL

INDIA — Media planning and audience profiling provider Effective Measure has partnered with Indian internet network Times Internet ( TIL) to deliver analytics and metrics for its online readership.

News2 August 2013

Arbitron loses $3m in net income for Q2

Media and marketing research firm Arbitron lost nearly $3m in net income in Q2 2013 despite a $3m rise in revenues compared with the same period the previous year according to the period’s financial results.

News2 August 2013

Peña joins ThinkNow Research

US — Hispanic market research firm ThinkNow Research has appointed Gus Peña as online research Director. 

News2 August 2013

HootSuite secures $165m in series B funding

CANADA — Social relationship platform provider HootSuite has secured $165m in series B financing in the largest deal ever in Canadian venture capital history for a software company.

News2 August 2013

Simon-Kucher heads into Latin America

GERMANY — Strategy and marketing firm Simon-Kucher & Partners is expanding into the Latin American market with the opening of offices in Brazil and Chile.

News2 August 2013

Filipino survey firms must reveal some subscribers rules Supreme Court

Philippines — The Commission on Elections ( Comelec) can order Filipino survey firms to name some of their subscribers, the Supreme Court in Manila ruled this week.

News2 August 2013

TLE restructures Sydney office

AUSTRALIA — TLE has restructured the Sydney leadership team, promoting Lee Naylor from global head of disciplines to managing director of the office.

News2 August 2013

MRops buys Radar Global

HONG KONG — Market research firm MRops has bought specialist executive interview company Radar Global.

News1 August 2013

Rentrak signs contract with Griffin Wink

US — Rentrak has signed a multi-year contract to provide TV rating metrics to Texan agency Griffin Wink.

Opinion1 August 2013

Jo Rigby's six-month review

It’s been half a year since Jo Rigby said goodbye to the media agency world to become a research agency MD. Here, she reflects on what two different parts of the marketing services industry can learn from each other.

News1 August 2013

Marketers unsure of social media ROI

UK — Digital marketers still need convincing that social media drives ROI according to a survey from TagMan.

News1 August 2013

Kantar teams up with Twitter for TV tools

UK — Audience measurer Kantar Media has teamed up with social media site Twitter to develop tools for the UK TV industry.

News1 August 2013

Blakeman in the know

UK — Full service qual-quant agency know research has appointed Sam Blakeman as research associate.

News1 August 2013

Fieldwork directory updated as market research shifts online

UK — The FieldShare directory of market research interviewers and recruiters has had a spring clean to update the listings as market research moves away from fieldwork.

News31 July 2013

Datorama secured $3m in A round funding

US — Cross-channel marketing analytics platform provider Datorama has secured $3m in A round funding.

News31 July 2013

APT teams up with IRI to mine PoS data

US — Predictive analytics software company Applied Predictive Technologies ( APT) is to use Information Resources’ ( IRI) point of sale ( PoS) data on its Test & Learn software suite.

News29 July 2013

Publicis and Omnicom merge

Publicis and Omnicom have agreed to merge creating the world’s largest communications, advertising and marketing services company.

News29 July 2013

Hrzic joins Impact Digital as US manager

UK — Digital performance media company Impact Digital Group has appointed John Hrzic as US country manager.

News29 July 2013

Greenberg Quinlan Rosner to advise largest South African opposition party

UK — Research and strategic consulting firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner has been appointed by the South African opposition party the South African Democratic Alliance to provide campaign consultancy and strategic research in the run-up to the country’s 2014 general election.

News29 July 2013

Noonan joins Gundell as brand strategist VP

US — Erin Noonan has joined research and marketing consultancy Gundell & Company as Vice President, brand strategist.

News29 July 2013

Basis Research sees turnover grow

UK — Research and insight consultancy Basis Research achieved an annual turnover of £6.1m for its financial year ending 31 March 2013.

News29 July 2013

Effective Measure's dashboard launches in Australia

AUSTRALIA - Effective Measure has launched its digital dashboard in Australia.

News29 July 2013

Tpoll launches council satisfaction toolkit

UK — Online community specialist Tpoll has launched an online satisfaction toolkit for local government.

News29 July 2013

JRA promotes two

UK — Full service agency JRA Research has promoted Mark Tillett and Anthony Doyle.

News26 July 2013

Points2Shop members get uSamp surveys

US — Online loyalty program Points2Shop has teamed up with uSamp to give its members a chance to win further points through market research.

News26 July 2013

B2B International sees 'best-ever' first six months

UK — Market research agency B2B International has posted what it called its “best-ever” half-year figures.

News26 July 2013

Stanat heads up SIS International Research's LA office

US — SIS International Research has appointed Michael Stanat as managing director of the Los Angeles and West Coast region. 

News26 July 2013

ComScore continues 'record' growth

US — Digital measurement and analytics company comScore has reported “record” quarterly growth for Q2 2013 with revenues up 21% on a year ago.

News26 July 2013

Hall & Partners promotes four as partners

UK — Hall & Partners has appointed four partners across its global offices.

News25 July 2013

MarketTools buys RawData

UK — MarketTools has acquired mobile research provider to broadcasters RawData.

News25 July 2013

Forrester Research sees revenues fall for Q2

US — Forrester Research’s total revenues fell by nearly $1m in Q2 according to its financial results.

Opinion25 July 2013

Learning from their mistakes

What lessons can we learn from the crimes against research committed by this year’s crop of Apprentice contestants? Emily Slee goes in search of answers.

News25 July 2013

NatCen expands with four research hires

UK — NatCen Social Research has recruited four researchers to meet increasing demand for its qualitative research.

News25 July 2013

Ipsos sees first half revenues drop despite second quarter rise

FRANCE — Ipsos saw revenues fall in the first half of 2013 despite an uptick in the second quarter, the company has announced.

News25 July 2013

Third Next Gen researchers' competition launched

US — GfK has launched its third annual competition for US undergraduate market researchers.

News25 July 2013

Smyth joins Impact Research

UK — Susie Smyth has joined Impact Research as an associate director.

News25 July 2013

Firefish opens US office

US — Research agency Firefish has opened a US office to be headed by Liam Daley.