News30 September 2013

Nielsen finally gets Arbitron

US — Nielsen has finally completed its acquisition of media and marketing research firm Arbitron.

News30 September 2013

ResearchBods bolsters Leeds office

UK — ResearchBods has appointed three to its Leeds office.

News30 September 2013

AT Internet and nugg.ad form analytics partnership

GERMANY — Webb analytics and online intelligence company AT Internet has teamed-up with nugg.ad in a worldwide partnership to leverage its experience in audience analytics.

News30 September 2013

Research Now launches behaviour-targeted surveys

US — Digital data collection firm Research Now has launched a tool that allows researchers to target members of its US research panel for surveys based on online behaviour.

News30 September 2013

Asda wins Vision Critical's European insight community award

UK — ASDA’s customer community Pulse of the Nation has won the Vision Critical 2013 European Insight Community of the Year award.

News30 September 2013

Agency group launched to gain first mover advatage

UK — Insight management specialists Insight Management Academy has launched a group aimed at getting members the chance to work closely with major clients and offer insight to gain first mover advantage.

News30 September 2013

Kantar appoints Khan as Mena director

LONDON — Kantar Media has appointed Mansoor Khan as director of Mena and South Asia, Kantar Media Audiences.

News30 September 2013

Infotools appoints Kritz to LATAM office

NEW ZEALAND — Data visualisation company Infotools has appointed Maximiliano Kritz as client service executive in its LATAM office.

News27 September 2013

Rentrak to provide metrics to Wisconsin stations

US — Lin Media has signed up Rentrak on a multi-year contract to supply TV ratings for two Wisconsin stations.

News27 September 2013

Green joins The Marketing Workshop

US — Research and consulting firm The Marketing Workshop has hired Stephanie Greene as marketing research manager.

News27 September 2013

Shaw joins Leeds office with Relish

UK — Relish Research has appointed Lisbeth Shaw as quantitative research manager.

News27 September 2013

BlueOcean appoints McGuire as VP client development

US — Research and analytics firm Blueocean Market Intelligence has appointed Shannon McGuire as vice-president of client development.

News27 September 2013

Stagnito Media buys Carbonview Research

Consumer packaged goods ( CPG) industry publisher Stagnito Media has acquired CPG market research and analysis firm Carbonview Research.

News27 September 2013

Network Research gets graduate trainees

UK — Market research agency Network Research has boosted its analyst team with two graduate trainees.

News26 September 2013

CRE approves two members

US — Artie Bulgrin and Susie Thomas have been approved as members of the Council for Research Excellence ( CRE), a professional researchers group dedicated to advancing audience measurement methodology.

News26 September 2013

Bonamy Finch appoints two to analytics team

UK — Bonamy Finch has appointed Ieva Bouaziz and Jingxue Chen to its analytics team.

Feature26 September 2013

Game-changing consumer behaviour

A new report from Flamingo, in partnership with Wolff Olins, points to growing demand among consumers for a new type of relationship with organisations – one built around ‘a Fair Exchange’. Co-author Annie Auerbach explains all.

News26 September 2013

Kantar increases investment in Enprecis

UK — WPP subsidiary Kantar has made a follow-up investment in automotive data insight firm Enprecis which will see it aligned with TNS’s automotive practice.

News26 September 2013

ODC Services picks Clifford as associate sales director

UK — Online field services provider ODC Services has appointed Colin Clifford as associate sales director.

News26 September 2013

Effective Measure to provide metrics for MSN across Asian countries

SINGAPORE — Effective Measures has been picked by Microsoft to provide online measurement data analytics to MSN sites across Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

News26 September 2013

Dunnhumby launches seed-stage investment fund

US — Customer science company dunnhumby has launched a seed-stage investment fund focusing on innovations in retail technology.

News25 September 2013

Marketers' mobile budgets expected to grow says IAB survey

US — Nearly one in five marketers expect their mobile spend to increase more than 50% over the next two years according to a study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau ( IAB).

News25 September 2013

GfK allies with Genius to capture data on TV service customers

GERMANY — GfK has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed size in Genius Digital, whose technology captures and analyses customer data from IP-enabled video devices.

News25 September 2013

Unilever in Brandtone deal to support India, China push

US — Consumer goods giant Unilever has announced an extended partnership with mobile marketing company Brandtone to support the latter’s expansion into India, China, Indonesia and the US.

News25 September 2013

ShopperTrak appoints McCarthy as EMEA CEO

Shopper analytics provider ShopperTrak has appointed Bill McCarthy as CEO of its EMEA operations.

News25 September 2013

Rapport finalises OOH proprietary study

UK — IPG Mediabrands company rapport has completed an out-of-home ( OOH) proprietary study.

News25 September 2013

Kantar launches audience data on the go

UK — Kantar Media has rolled out audience data applications for mobile devices.

News25 September 2013

Cint and Nebu partner for survey systems

SWEDEN — Research technology firm Cint has teamed up with Nebu to provide survey services to clients.

Feature24 September 2013

How to make an Impact (masthead)

When our sister magazine, Impact, visited iMakr to learn more about the future of 3D printing, they got a first-hand look at the production process itself.

News24 September 2013

TNS BMRB grows qualitative practice team

UK — TNS BMRB has expanded its qualitative practice with a number of senior level appointments.

News24 September 2013

Face Facts adds new tech options to fieldwork offer

UK — Fieldwork specialist Face Facts Research has expanded its service offering to include newer tech-driven data collection options.

News24 September 2013

Consumer concerns persist, but 43% are ok with brands using behavioural data

UK — Over two-fifths of consumers support brands using online behavioural data despite continuing concerns over online privacy according to a global survey from UM.

Opinion24 September 2013

Field of dreams?

Face Facts’ Luke Taylor says fieldwork agencies must share the burden of innovation in the industry, and help make quality research top of mind for end-clients.

News24 September 2013

Vision Critical launches mobile discussion forum

US — Consumer insight software company Vision Critical has released a mobile discussion forum.

News24 September 2013

Millennial taps analytics partners for mobile ad measurement

US — Millennial Media is partnering with analytics firms Neustar and Placed in an effort to bolster its mobile ad measurement capabilities.

News24 September 2013

Datab to provide Decrypt's Beacon in Germany

UK — German IT provider datab is to be the official reseller of market research services firm Decrypt’s survey and reporting software suite in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

News24 September 2013

Kinesis contract wins sees panel grow to two million

US — Research software provider Kinesis Survey Technologies has won contracts to supply Full Circle Research and Research Results in the US, Sweden’s Solvero and the UK’s Tribes Research with its panel management application.

News23 September 2013

Ipsos Healthcare launches patient study

US — Ipsos Healthcare has launched a study into the patient’s journey from symptoms to treatment.

News23 September 2013

Consumer Orbit picks Rentrak for TV metrics

US — Consumer Orbit has appointed Rentrak to provide local and natonal television metrics.

News23 September 2013

Netquest opens New York Office

US — Online Latino panel provider Netquest has opened a New York in a bid to capitalise on the growing interest of US companies in obtaining accurate and reliable information about Latin American market.

News23 September 2013

Vision One launches emotion response measurement

UK — Market and advertising research specialist Vision One has launched an emotional response measurement for advertising.

News23 September 2013

Mesh licenses Beacon for research needs

UK — Real-time experience tracking agency Mesh has licensed Decrypt’s Beacon market research platform.

News23 September 2013

Nielsen's Arbitron purchase agreed but ESPN partnership continues

US — Nielsen has reached agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to complete its acquisition of Arbitron.

News23 September 2013

Dapresy appoints Nadilo to North America

US — Dapresy has opened an office in North America and appointed Rudy Nadilo as the president of its latest division.

News20 September 2013

E-Tabs creates PowerPoint charting tool for researchers

UK — Market research firm E-Tabs has launched a charting tool allowing for instant visualisation of research data.

News20 September 2013

Unmetric completes series B funding and expands advisor board

US — Social media intelligence platform Unmetric has raised $5.5m in series B financing.

News20 September 2013

Webtrends gets Mitchell as CEO

US — Digital intelligence firm Webtrends has appointed David Mitchell as chief executive officer ( CEO).

News20 September 2013

UK and US drive Brainjuicer first-half growth

UK — Brainjuicer saw revenues grow by 4% for the first six months of the year according to its interim results.

News20 September 2013

AIP adds Australia to Omnibus product

JAPAN — Online fieldwork agency AIP Corporation has announced the inclusion of Australia as a part of the company’s twice-monthly consumer survey tool currently running across 12 Asian countries/regions.

News20 September 2013

Toluna launches self-serve sampling platform

UK —- Online research respondent and technology provider Toluna has launched a self-serve sampling platform.

News20 September 2013

Nunwood makes series of appointments

UK — Customer experience management firm Nunwood has made a series of appointments in London and Sydney following a number of business wins.

News19 September 2013

MRS calls on ICO to investigate prisoner 'survey calls'

UK — The Market Research Society ( MRS) has asked for a formal investigation by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO) as to whether prisoners at Oakwood prison are making sales calls under the guise of research – a practice known as sugging.

News19 September 2013

Speake joins ITV as director

UK — Television network ITV has appointed Sarah Speake as director of commercial marketing & research.

News19 September 2013

A+E Networks picks Rentrak for metrics

US — A+E Networks has appointed Rentrak to provide metrics for six of its television brands.

News19 September 2013

Madano appoints Oldershaw as research manager

UK — Strategic communications consultancy, The Madano Partnership, has appointed Jonathan Oldershaw as a research manager.

News19 September 2013

Europe's marketing budget improves although Asia declines

UK — The European marketing budget outlook improved in September while Asia Pacific experienced another decline.

Feature19 September 2013

Not easily sold

According to Dunnhumby, a consumer’s sensitivity to price greatly influences their response to advertising tactics and the channel of delivery. Justin Petty explains what this might mean for marketers and decision makers.

News19 September 2013

Engage teams up with Bonamy Finch for brand evaluation tool

UK — Customer insight agency Engage Research has teamed up with strategic market research firm Bonamy Finch to introduce a proprietary approach that aims to evaluate new ideas, claims or packs prior to launch.

News19 September 2013

Kantar teams up with I-Behaviour to target complex consumer groups

UK — Kantar Media has teamed up with I-Behavior to help advertisers reach complex consumer groups online.

News19 September 2013

Research Now promotes Courtright

US — Digital data collection provider Research Now has promoted Melanie Courtright to lead the company’s operational team in the Americas.

News18 September 2013

Just Eat taps eDigital for multi-country customer surveys

UK — Online takeaway ordering service Just Eat has tapped eDigitalResearch to help it examine the impact that its marketing has on customers. 

News18 September 2013

SC Johnson stats man takes VP role at Morpace

US — Market research and consulting firm Morpace has hired Tom Rosholt as vice-president on the company’s analytics and modelling team. 

News18 September 2013

Global research industry up 3.2% to $39bn in 2012, says Esomar

NETHERLANDS — Global market research turnover grew to US$39bn in 2012, up 3.2% on 2011, according to Esomar’s latest Global Market Research Report. Growth after inflation was 0.7%.

News18 September 2013

Gannett names Vogel as vice-president of research

US — Media and marketing firm Gannett has appointed Judy Vogel as vice-president of research.

Opinion18 September 2013

Four thoughts on preparing research for the future

Edward Appleton recently hosted a round table to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing market research in Europe’s two largest markets. Here he shares his key takeaways.

News18 September 2013

Cello posts 14% rise in first-half revenue, tops £71m

UK — Insight and strategic marketing group Cello saw revenue grow 14.3% to £71.5m in the six months to 30 June 2013.

News18 September 2013

Netmums picks EasyInsites for ad effectiveness work

UK — Parenting website Netmums has picked EasyInsites as its advertising effectiveness research partner. 

News18 September 2013

TLE's McInnes relocates from Sydney to London office

UK — Derek McInnes has become client director for TLE London, having transferred from TLE Sydney.

News18 September 2013

Be On names comScore for campaign measurement

UK — Branded entertainment platform Be On has picked comScore for its global campaign measurement provider.

News17 September 2013

Placed launches location tool for mobile advertisers

US — Location driven insights firm Placed has launched a tool that tells mobile advertisers where their customers are.

News17 September 2013

IMS Health enters African alliance with BroadReach Healthcare

UK — IMS Health and the life science division of BroadReach Healthcare have formed a strategic alliance in Africa.

News17 September 2013

Borak joins Ipsos MediaCT in the US

US — Evan Borak has been appointed senior vice-president with Ipsos MediaCT in the US and head of the audience measurement group.

Feature17 September 2013

Monitoring the media pirates

Matt Mason was right: piracy is a great source of insight and inspiration, and the success of Netflix proves it.

News17 September 2013

Voors joins MarketVision Research

US — Market research firm MarketVision Research has appointed Shannon Voors as a research associate in its client services group.

News17 September 2013

David Jones launches Habit5

UK — Market research company Habit5 has been launched, headed by former Dig for Fire planning director David Jones.

News17 September 2013

Powder Cloud UK and Revelation team up for female segmentation model

UK — Powder Cloud UK Research has teamed up with fellow market research company Revelation Research to create a female focused lifestyle segmentation model.

News16 September 2013

Brown appointed Kantar Media CEO

UK — Kantar has appointed Andy Brown as Kantar Media CEO.

News16 September 2013

STV turns to Ipsos for Scottish voting intentions

UK — Scottish television station STV has hired research company Ipsos Mori Scotland to provide its news service with opinion polls in the run up to and beyond the country’s independence referendum.

News16 September 2013

DataSift adds Tumblr to offering

UK — Social data platform DataSift has added Tumblr to its data sources.

Feature16 September 2013

Social dominance

Can social media analysis ever be a replacement for traditional market research? Gareth Price and Mark Westaby go head-to-head.

News16 September 2013

Warc looks for best social ideas in business

UK — Marketing intelligence service Warc has launched a global competition to find the best examples of social ideas that drive business results.

News16 September 2013

Big data changing marketers' role says survey

UK — Big data is changing the function of marketing according to a survey from GfK.

News16 September 2013

Research Now appoints May

AUSTRALIA — Digital data collection provider Research Now has appointed Elizabeth May as vice president of client development.

News13 September 2013

Sherr joins HawkPartners

US — HawkPartners has appointed market research expert Margie Sherr as a partner.

Feature13 September 2013

Engaging design

What’s the secret to creating an engaging experience? We R Interactive’s David Rose shares some tips from the game design rulebook.

News13 September 2013

GfK teams up with Pointlogic on car brand attitudes

US — GfK has teamed-up with integrated marketing solutions provider Pointlogic to launch an interactive platform for analysing car brand attitudes.

News13 September 2013

IBM launches digital marketing network

US — IBM has launched a digital marketing network to help companies analyse marketing performance in real-time.

News13 September 2013

Majestic MRSS makes three appointments

INDIA — Full service market research firm Majestic MRSS has made three senior appointments.

News13 September 2013

Barb extends timeshifted TV reporting

UK — British TV audience measurer the Broadcast Audience Research Board ( Barb) is to report month-old timeshifted data in what it claims is a world-first.

News12 September 2013

Clarabridge completes funding round

US — Customer experience management solutions provider Clarabridge has completed an $80m equity investment round.

News12 September 2013

Critical Mix buys ZoomPanel

US — Global sampling, survey programming and data reporting services provider Critical Mix has acquired ZoomPanel from SurveyMonkey.

News12 September 2013

GraphDive completes $2m investment round

US — Social analytics and personalisation platform GraphDive has closed an investment round of $2m.

Feature12 September 2013

What we learned at the AOP Research Forum

Why Facebook wants media owners to like Datalogix, how content partnerships boost brand engagement and why The Guardian is looking to invest in overseas research communities.

News12 September 2013

US shoppers ignore sustainability says report

US — Most US consumers ignore sustainability when grocery shopping and are largely apathetic compared to European counterparts, according to a report from design research agency The Big Picture.

News12 September 2013

Global ad spend predicted to grow

UK — Global ad spend is forecasted to remain positive into 2014 according to the latest update from Aegis-owned media comms agency Carat.

News12 September 2013

MSR Group appoints Murphy as a VP

US — Market research firm the MSR Group has appointed Kellie Murphy as vice-president, business development.

News11 September 2013

Carrigan joins D&B as president

US — Robert Carrigan has become the president, CEO and director of commercial information and insight company D&B.

News11 September 2013

Q-FI Solutions appoints Baczyk

CANADA — Research consultancy Q-Fi Solutions has appointed Romain Baczyk as EVP of global sales.

Opinion11 September 2013

Census: Why the focus on 'progress' is problematic

Northstar’s Peter Zoutis warns that replacing the 200-year-old UK Census would constitute one of the greatest misfortunes of modern time.

News11 September 2013

One Stop extends customer satisfaction survey across its stores

UK — One Stop Stores Limited has rolled out its customer satisfaction programme across its 650 shops following a trial within four of its regions.

News11 September 2013

EBay's bid for price predictor successful

US — Consumer price prediction firm Decide has been bought by online commerce site eBay.

News11 September 2013

Easdown joins DJS Research

UK — DJS Research has appointed Christian Easdown as a research executive.

News10 September 2013

G4S 'fails to reassure' MRS over prisoner calls

UK — The Market Research Society ( MRS) has written again to G4S calling for further clarification about the ‘market research’ reportedly carried out by prisoners at its Oakwood prison.

News10 September 2013

There's little trust in government – but public want to be heard, says NatCen

UK — People are less likely to trust politicians but they have more faith in their own ability to influence the political process, according to the latest British Social Attitudes ( BSA) report produced by NatCen Social Research.

Opinion10 September 2013

From punch card to PC: 30 years of British Social Attitudes

NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey has been tracking shifts in public opinion for three decades. But the survey itself has changed dramatically over the years, says NatCen CEO Penny Young.

News10 September 2013

Schlesinger appoints European MDs

US — Schlesinger Associates has created two senior positions for its European operation.

News10 September 2013

Monetate gets Charles Tyrwhitt contract

UK — Fashion retailer Charles Tyrwhitt has selected customer experience firm Monetate for testing and targeting services.

News10 September 2013

Kantar Media appoints Sanderson as MD

UK — Kantar Media has appointed Sarah Sanderson as managing director of Kantar Media’s custom research unit.

News10 September 2013

Annik launches real-time tracker for retail shoppers

INDIA — Market research and technology services company Annik has launched a tracker for real-time retail customer feedback.

News10 September 2013

STW Group adds 'grunt' with Colmar Brunton takeover

AUSTRALIA — Marketing content and communications firm STW Group has taken over market and insights company Colmar Brunton.

News9 September 2013

Paramore signs up for ClickTale's analytics

ISRAEL — In-page analytics company ClickTale has entered into a collaboration with online marketing and interactive agency Paramore.

News9 September 2013

Federated Sample and Decipher platforms integrate

US — Federated Sample and Decipher have integrated their market research platforms.

News9 September 2013

Data Layers readies launch of business research platform

ISRAEL — Data Layers, a new company building a business research platform that allows experts to create and sell access to ‘streams’ of insight and information, is getting ready for a public launch in the fourth quarter.

News9 September 2013

Cicero gets Yatterbox

UK — Communications agency Cicero has bought social media monitoring service Yatterbox.

News9 September 2013

Leger buys IFOP North America

CANADA — Research intelligence group Leger has acquired IFOP North America, a market research firm based in Toronto.

News9 September 2013

Meijer joins MRops as global COO

US — Market research firm MRops has appointed Wander Meijer as global chief operating officer.

News6 September 2013

Compass points to Rentrak's offering

US — Compass Marketing & Consulting has signed a multi-year contract for Rentrak to provide its metrics to the full-service creative agency.

News6 September 2013

WGSN launches fashion retail analytics and group identity

US — WSGN has launched an online analytics system for the fashion retail industry and brought together its trends, intelligence and retail services under one group.

News6 September 2013

Lunny becomes COO of 20?20 Technology

US — Research technology and service firm 20?20 Research, has appointed Robert Lunny as chief operating officer ( COO) of its technology subsidiary.

Feature6 September 2013

Challenge everything

In the battle for growth, companies need to come out fighting, says author and brand planner Adam Morgan.

News6 September 2013

Stratégir appoints Tarran as UK MD

UK — Market research company Stratégir has appointed Jackie Tarran as managing director in the UK.

News6 September 2013

Points2Shop integrates panel with Fulcrum

US — Online and mobile loyalty programs Points2Shop has integrated its consumer panel into Federated Sample’s sample management platform and exchange Fulcrum.

News6 September 2013

Mindshare appoints Ivins as chief data officer

US — Media agency network Mindshare has appointed Bob Ivins as chief data officer.

News6 September 2013

WGSN buys Brazilian marketing partner Mindset

UK — Trend forecaster WGSN has acquired its Latin American marketing partner Mindset Communicaco e Marketing.

News6 September 2013

Verve appoints recruiter as it looks to expand

UK — Online community specialist Verve has recruited its own recruiter as it looks to match its clients’ needs.

News5 September 2013

UBC to examine student insights with Vision Critical

CANADA — Insight community technologies provider Vision Critical has teamed up with the University of British Columbia ( UBC) to launch an online community for the college’s students and alumni.

News5 September 2013

Populus hires two

UK — Research and strategy consultancy Populus has hired Andy Barker and Ian Bramley.

News5 September 2013

Greenfield joins Critical Mix advisory board

US — Sampling, survey programming and data reporting services provider Critical Mix has appointed Andy Greenfield to its advisory board.

News5 September 2013

TNS wins EU research contract renewal

UK — TNS has kept the $85m framework contract to measure European public opinion for the next four years.

News5 September 2013

Crowd DNA partners up with China Skinny

UK — Full service research and strategy agency Crowd DNA has entered a partnership with Shanghai-based marketing and research company China Skinny.

News5 September 2013

Lithium raised $50m and appoints two

US — Online community software provider Lithium Technologies has raised $50m in pre-IPO mezzanine finance.

News5 September 2013

Vision Critical hires Merkley

CANADA — Insight community technologies provider Vision Critical has appointed Ryan Merkley as managing director and senior vice-president, Public Affairs

News4 September 2013

ONS sets autumn date for census consultation

UK — The Office for National Statistics ( ONS) has proposed two different approaches to measuring the population of the country following its review of the UK Census.

News4 September 2013

Rattue joins MM-Eye

UK — Qualitative and quantitative research firm MM-Eye has appointed Aaron Rattue as a research director.

News4 September 2013

BrandPanorama launches

US — Research-based consultancy firm BrandPanorama Research & Consulting has launched in New York.

Feature4 September 2013

Fixed decisions

Senior leaders get bogged down in problem solving when their focus should be on exploring opportunities, says ad man David Wethey. Interview by Brian Tarran.

News4 September 2013

IRI buys Aztec from Aegis

UK — Information Resources, Inc ( IRI), has acquired information management for consumer package goods ( CPG) company Aztec.

News4 September 2013

Academics join Realeyes advisory board

UK — Academics Jeffrey Cohn and Maja Pantic have joined the advisory board of emotion measurement technology company Realeyes.

News4 September 2013

Beans Group launches youth research company

UK — The research and events arm of the Beans Group has been launched as an independent brand.

News4 September 2013

Topsy takes Twitter back to the start

US — Social analytics platform Topsy is placing the entire history of public tweets onto its social data index.

News4 September 2013

Hall & Partners appoints Edwards as CSO

UK — Research boutique Hall & Partners has appointed Paul Edwards as chief strategic officer.

News3 September 2013

Insight Inside appoints Cameron as director

UK — Melanie Cameron has been appointed as a director at Insight Inside.

News3 September 2013

UK marketers' 12-month high

UK — UK marketers are almost five times more confident than they were a year ago despite concerns over the application of market and customer insight in their companies.

News3 September 2013

Taylor joins Added Value

SINGAPORE — Brand development and marketing insight consultancy Added Value Saffron Hill has appointed Nikki Taylor as project director, brand development for South East Asia region.

Opinion3 September 2013

The importance of the personal touch

There are good ( financial) reasons why every chief executive should understand the importance of being digitally connected, says Sitecore UK’s Shawn Cabral.

News3 September 2013

Software buys JackBe

GERMANY — Big data technology provider Software has acquired real-time visual analytics provider JackBe.

News3 September 2013

MediaResearch and MGE Data to measure Czech billboards

CZECH REPUBLIC — MediaResearch and MGE Data are to measure the outdoor advertising audience in the Czech Republic for BigMedia and euroAWK.

News3 September 2013

AMAA members to get September data

AUSTRALIA — Members of the Audited Media Association of Australia ( AMAA) will get their audited data for September following a last minute deal with audience measurement company Nielsen.

News3 September 2013

MumsPanel launches quality mark

UK — Marketing consultancy for mothers MumPanel has launched a quality mark for products and services.

News3 September 2013

Salience appoints US MD

UK — Media evaluation firm Salience Insight has appointed Angela Jeffrey as US managing director.

News2 September 2013

UK researchers get positive over budgets and growth

UK — UK researchers expect budgets to continue to grow, as sentiment turns positive according to RSM’s latest Research Professionals’ survey

News2 September 2013

Inttensity invents social media SOS tool

US — Social media analytics company Inttensity Corporation has developed a tool for first responders to use social media in a crisis situation.

News2 September 2013

Edelman opens Greater China research office

HONG KONG — Public relations firm Edelman has launched a specialist research and analytics subsidiary in Greater China.

News2 September 2013

Badgeville launches gamification centre of excellence

US — Gamification platform Badgeville has launched a centre of excellence for behaviour management and gamification skills.

News2 September 2013

Review of Nielsen's Arbitron takeover extended

US — Nielsen has agreed to extend the period for regulatory review of the Arbitron transaction into September.