Ipsos has launched an Out of Home (OOH) advertising solution promising to help users assess and optimise OOH creative in as little as 24 hours. More
In Amsterdam, recently-acquired Ipsos I&O has appointed former Aegon Netherlands research leader Jürgen Warnecke as Team Lead Financial Services. More
Ipsos has launched InnoExplorer, which uses generative and analytical AI to help clients accelerate innovation cycles 'from months to days' and improve success rates. More
In a deal described as 'a world-first industry collaboration between media industry measurement bodies', OzTAM audience data for BVOD - the streaming and catch-up services offered by TV broadcasters - is to be integrated into Ipsos iris, the approved currency of IAB Australia. More
Ipsos North America has appointed former Worthix and GfK exec Rogerio Monteiro as SVP / Senior Client Officer More
Ipsos has reported organic, constant currency revenue growth of 8.8% for the fourth quarter of 2023, and 3% for the full year, with operating profit stable at an all-time high of 13.1%. More
Longtime Ipsos exec and current Global Head of Audience Measurement Liz Landy is to leave the company at the end of this month. Daniel Wong-Chi-Man will step up to Lead the Audience Measurement Service Line globally, while Ipsos iris leader James Oates will add responsibility for the business in the UK. More
Ipsos has appointed former Ofcom and Aviva exec Kerri-Ann O'Neill as Chief People Officer for UK and Ireland. More
Ipsos India has expanded the role of Archana Gupta, adding responsibility for Shopper Research and for developing the firm's base of young talent; and has hired former NIQ exec Malavika Mani as Executive Director, servicing large accounts in the west zone. More
Ipsos has appointed Ziad Issa as the new Media CEO in the MENA region, succeeding Elie Aoun who has decided to step down after 32 years at the company. More
Ipsos has appointed former Kantar and Mintel exec Dale Beaton as head of its Brand Health Tracking (BHT) Service Line in the UK. More
Former Ipsos and Gartner senior exec Lorenzo Larini has joined Advertising Resource Management (ARM) software firm MINT, headquartered in Milan, as Global CEO. He replaces founder Andrea Pezzi, who moves to a new role as Chairman. More
Ipsos India has appointed Shrutika More as Country Service Line Leader for the Creative Excellence vertical, with immediate effect. She joins from pharma firm Abbott Healthcare. More
Ipsos has acquired analytics and data visualization company Jarmany, which is based in Kingston-upon-Thames, UK. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of I&O Research, described as the largest research agency in the public sector in the Netherlands. More
Ipsos India has appointed former Nielsen exec Unni Hariharan as Executive Director leading its Tech and Ecommerce business. More
Ipsos has appointed Eleni Nicholas as Chief Client Officer, with seats on the firm's Executive Committee and Group Management Committee. More
Ipsos has launched three new syndicated studies monitoring the wider impact of anti-obesity medications. More
Ipsos has promoted Kirstopher Hull to the new role of Executive Vice President and Senior Client Officer of its North America Consumer Products Segment. More
Ipsos has made a number of senior changes, including moving Balaji Pandiaraj to lead Customer Experience for its business in India. Apeksha Jain moves up to Pandiaraj's previous role as Country Service Line Leader, Automotive and Mobility Development (AMD). More
Ipsos has acquired New Zealand's CBG Health Research Ltd from its previous owner, research and telehealth services firm Reach Aotearoa. More
Ipsos has reported third quarter revenue of EUR 588m, representing organic growth of 4.3% and restoring year-to-date organic growth after shrinkage in the first half. All the group's global regions shared in the Q3 growth, with EMEA leading the way. More
Ipsos has acquired Ireland's Behaviour & Attitudes (B&A), which provides opinion and social research studies, as well as market studies - and will combine it with its own operations in the country to become 'the market research leader in Ireland'. The firm will be known as Ipsos B&A. More
Today sees the launch of Ipsos RISE, which combines the group's corporate reputation and public affairs expertise with AI to provide 'a ground-breaking platform for modern brand, risk and reputation management'. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition from InMoment of the New Vehicle Customer Study (NVCS), described as the largest and longest-running syndicated automotive program in North America. More
New York-based Ipsos MMA has appointed former DDB and Kantar exec and complex analytics expert Roopa Choodamani as Vice President, Analytic Consulting. More
Two weeks after naming a new finance Chief for North America, Ipsos has appointed Gary Moore as Chief Financial Officer for the UK & Ireland. More
Ipsos North America has launched an industry-wide initiative called 'The Path', a forum for insights and analytics leaders to share details about their careers and advice to inspire the 'next generation of professionals'. More
Ipsos North America has appointed former GfK / Nielsen exec Alice Wang as Chief Financial Officer. She takes over from Mark Campbell, who is said to be 'exploring other opportunities'. More
Ipsos India has appointed Shalini Sinha to lead two of its verticals: Brand Health Tracking (BHT) and Creative Excellence (CRE). She reports to Amit Adarkar, CEO, Ipsos India More
In the US, decision intelligence company Morning Consult has appointed Joseph DeVeny as Head of Research Solutions; Ryan Bien as Head of Analytics & Data Operations; and Alex Menendez as Head of Customer Success. All are based in the firm's Commercial division. More
Ipsos has appointed former Bureau Veritas Director Caroline Ponsi Khider as Chief Communications and Brand Officer; and Dr Bonnie Bain as Global Head of Healthcare. Bain replaces Michael Spedding, who retires at the end of the year. More
Ipsos has launched a report called ESG Watch, to assess public perception of company performance on environment, social and governance (ESG) issues, and understand how these perceptions help shape brand value and other sector-wide insights. More
Victoria Marshall has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Ipsos Canada, leading the finance and accounting functions across the business, and supporting its leadership team. She takes over from Andrew Cochrane, who has retired after nearly 24 years with the company. More
Ipsos India has promoted Neha Munshi to the role of Country Lead, Ipsos Digital, with immediate effect. She joined the company as a Research Executive as recently as 2017. More
Ipsos Australia has launched its Employee Experience Research and Advisory practice, following the recent acquisition of Big Village Australia. More
Ipsos has announced results for the second quarter of 2023, returning to very modest organic revenue growth thanks to a strong performance in emerging markets. The group says its business is 'returning to a more usual pattern' after Covid and is on course for a good year. More
Ipsos has added an early-stage creative development solution to its platform - 'Creative|Spark Early' - to enable users to screen creative ideas, visuals, storyboards" and videoboards for advertisers in as little as 24 hours. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of West African MR agency Omedia, from French audience measurement company Mediametrie. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of the Insights business of Big Village Australia, including expertise in public sector research, employee research and customer experience. More
Ipsos has named Claire Hanlon as ESG Lead (Environmental, Social and corporate Governance) in the US, which it says will reinforce the company's commitment to insights framed by social and environmental considerations. More
Ipsos has launched a pack screening tool called FastPack, grounded in behavioural science and promising results in as little as four hours. The tool is currently available on the global group's self-service online MR platform Ipsos.Digital, in the US, the UK, Australia, India and South Africa. More
Brian Gosschalk, former CEO of MORI and Head of the President's Office for Ipsos in Paris, is stepping down after nearly 44 years with the business. He will be consulting for Ipsos during the next six months, after which he plans to get involved with the not-for-profit sector. More
Ipsos has promoted Jyoti Malladi to the role of Managing Director, Research, in India, where she is responsible for business management, driving audience measurement business strategy. She will also oversee the setting up of a media analytics hub supporting the entire APAC region. More
Ipsos has acquired Shanghai Focus RX Research, aiming to strengthen the expertise of its Pharma Insights business and support its Healthcare Insights division. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Ipsos exec Tasneem Ali has joined the group's AI-enabled social media intelligence business Ipsos Synthesio as its Head in the UK. More
Ipsos has reported a 2.9% drop in Q1 revenues to EUR 532m, with organic decline of 2.8%. The firm had said when presenting its 2022 annual results that it anticipated a 'tougher first quarter'. The total is still 26% up on the figure for Q1 2019, pre-Covid, and Ipsos says it expects annual growth of c.5%. More
Ipsos has promoted Pedr Howard to the newly created role of Executive Vice President and Head of its Creative Excellence team in the US. More
Ipsos-owned B2B researcher Xperiti has launched a solution called Vepp, which it says will flag fraudulent profiles and ensure that only genuine respondents can participate in online surveys and panels. More
Ipsos is planning to add two new members to its Board of Directors - Àngels Martín Muñoz, currently General Manager for Olympics at Atos; and Florence Parly, former Minister of the French Army. Their appointment is subject to a vote at the firm's AGM on 15th May. More
In the US, Ipsos has partnered with video feedback platform Discuss to enhance its offering in live virtual feedback and fast online qual, among other areas. More
Ipsos has launched a set of specialized, end to-end innovation solutions for Quick Service Restaurants (QSR), which it says will fuel development and optimization at any stage of the product life cycle. More
UK audience measurement body UKOM has extended its endorsement of Ipsos' iris solution to 2027, following what the global agency describes as a 'series of successes'. In addition, Ipsos has added online video data insights to the iris platform. More
In Australia, Ipsos has partnered with conference organizer Ashton Media to conduct a 'State of the CX Nation' industry report, due for launched at the latter firm's Customer 360 Symposium later this month. The partners plan to repeat the report annually. More
Ipsos has appointed Tom Juetten as Executive Vice President and Service Line Lead for its US Innovation Practice, which provides clients with insights on the entire innovation process, from ideation and concept testing to post-launch evaluation. More
Five years after its acquisition, social media intelligence and AI-enabled consumer listening platform Synthesio has changed its brand name to Ipsos Synthesio. More
In New York, Ipsos' brand and marketing advisory unit Strategy3 has promoted Philip Ryan to the role of US Managing Partner, and Service Line Head. More
Global agency Ipsos has appointed Richie Jones as its new Chief Client Officer in the UK. More
Ipsos India is making three changes to its leadership team from the beginning of April, including moving Vincy Jathanna to the newly created role of Vice President of Operations. More
Ipsos and IAB Australia have announced that the new Ipsos iris digital audience measurement currency will be launched in early March, following its official endorsement by the association's Board and Measurement Council. More
Ipsos has reported 2022 annual revenue up 12% to EUR 2.4 bn, representing organic growth of 5.6%. In the final quarter of the year, the business grew by 8.8%, including nearly 4% organic growth. More
Ipsos has acquired business-to-business researcher Xperiti, which has operations across the US, Israel and the Philippines. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
In the US, Ipsos has named long-time company exec Lindsay Franke as President and Service Line Cluster Lead for North America. More
Ipsos India has promoted six members of its team, including Pallavi Mathur Lal to the role of Senior Director, Content and Communications; and Madhurima Bhatia to Media Engagement and Partnerships Lead for India and the Asia Pacific region (excluding Greater China). More
UK out-of-home (OOH) measurement body Route has been working with Ipsos and industry partners IPA (Institute of Practitioners), ISBA (Incorporated Society of British Advertisers) and out-of-home trade association Outsmart, to apply three new methodology developments for its data releases. More
BARB, the UK's television audience measurement body, has awarded its panel expansion recruitment contract to Ipsos, which will grow the nationally representative panel of households from 5,150 to 7,000 homes. More
Ipsos has announced two appointments to its global Executive Committee: Valerie Vezinhet as Chief People Officer and Michel Guidi as Chief Operating Officer. More
Cynthia Pachovski has been formally named Chief Executive Officer of Ipsos Canada, following the retirement of Gary Bennewies earlier in the year. More
Continuing our month-long focus on Data Visualization Sandro Kaulartz, Chief Innovation and Product Development Officer at Ipsos Social Intelligence, talks to MrWeb's Nick Thomas about Topic Modelling, data hybridization and the democratization of data science. Available to read or watch. More
Ipsos has announced the sale of its people-counting and footfall solution Retail Performance, to US-based RetailNext, in which it will take a minority stake. More
Ipsos has appointed former GfK/Nielsen exec Istvan Hajnal to lead its new dedicated Audience Measurement Data team, in the Netherlands. More
Ipsos has begun a share buyback programme of up to 2% of capital per year, as part of its four-year plan, which is designed to accelerate growth and shareholder value. More
Ipsos has reported a 14.3% increase in reported third quarter revenue, to EUR 601.5m from EUR 526.3m a year earlier. Organic revenue growth was 5.3%, while 8.0% resulted from currency effects. More
In the UK, Ipsos has appointed Nathan Bransden as Director of Strategy and Advisory, a new policy consultancy within the group's Public Affairs division. More
Ipsos has moved Hamish Munro into the position of APAC Chief Executive Officer, replacing Christophe Cambournac who will move into a global role with the business. Additionally, South East Asia CEO Suresh Ramalingam has been named Chief Client Officer for the APAC region. More
Ipsos has promoted twenty-year company veteran Lauren Demar to Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of ESG. More
Ipsos has appointed 24-year company veteran Jean-Michel Mabon in the role of Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, responsible for overseeing buys in connection with a growth plan the group announced in June. More
Ipsos India has launched a new large sample, nationwide omnibus running multiple times per month and offering rapid turnaround research. More
In India, Ipsos has appointed long-time Kantar exec Chhavi Bhargava as a Senior Consultant. More
Gary Bennewies, CEO of Ipsos Canada, has announced his retirement after nearly four decades with the company. From September 1st Cynthia Pachovski, President, Market Strategy and Understanding (MSU) for Canada, will replace Bennewies on an interim basis while a new CEO is selected. More
Ipsos Hong Kong has expanded its dedicated insights-based brand and marketing advisory unit Strategy3 with the appointment of Reza Nobar as a Partner. More
Ipsos has reported second quarter revenue of EUR 574.0m, representing organic growth of 2.1% (reported growth 8.9%). After exceptional results in Q1, the group cited global events and the end of Covid measurement contracts - as well as strong comparatives from Q2 2021 - for the lower figures. More
Ipsos has launched a user experience (UX) facility called the Ipsos Experience Lab in the Franklin Center in downtown Chicago, providing space for focus groups, interviews, device tests and simulations. More
Ipsos has unveiled a four-year plan to accelerate growth and shareholder value. This will include the group spending between EUR 100m and EUR 200m per year on 'smart acquisitions', while doubling its investments in data analytics, technology and 'knowledge panels'. More
In Paris, Ipsos has appointed Dan Lévy as Group Chief Financial Officer, from June 10th, replacing Laurence Stoclet who has been with the business for nearly 24 years. More
Ipsos has appointed former MB Canada, GfK and Kantar exec James Conrad as EVP in its Market Strategy and Understanding (MSU) team. More
Ipsos has appointed Dr Jessica Ozan as the new Head of Education, Children and Families (ECF) within its Public Affairs division. More
In Dubai the Advertising Business Group, a non-profit organisation advocating for responsible advertising and communication in the MENA region, has appointed Ipsos as its partner for its ad currency UAE Cross Media Measurement project. More
Ipsos has appointed Mark Polyak as its President of Analytics in North America, with a key role in integrating 'multisource, real-time, data-driven and actionable insights' into the group's core operations. He was previously Ipsos' Chief Analytics and Data Officer in Public Affairs. More
In Australia, Ipsos has appointed Michelle Tustin as Director, Corporate Reputation, based in Adelaide, while Haydn Northover joins as Service Line Leader, Creative Excellence, based in Melbourne. More
Ipsos has reported 12.3% first quarter organic revenue growth and a 17.5% reported increase to EUR 547.8m. The firm says it is planning an 'exciting range' of potential acquisitions in key sectors and territories, especially in the USA. More
Ipsos has opened an offshore Data Services Centre in Mumbai, to handle offshore production work initially for North America, and later for other global markets. Haribabu Rajendran takes the reins as Managing Director. More
In New York, behavioral science insights agency BEESY has appointed long-time Ipsos exec Pam Vanover as Director, Research Operations. More
In the US, Ipsos has appointed former Kantar exec Whitney Krause James as a President of the US organization, leading several lines of business. She joins on April 4th and will be based in New York. More
Ipsos-owned social media intelligence and listening platform Synthesio has joined Twitter's Official Partner Program, with the goal of creating new insight services and jointly building new relationships with client marketing and insights teams. More
Ipsos has merged its business in Bolivia with MR and public opinion firm CIESMORI. More
Ipsos has launched its self-service, end-to-end online market research platform Ipsos.Digital in fourteen markets in Asia. More
Ipsos India has reorganized its leadership lineup, with the promotion of seven members of its team. More
Ipsos India has announced the appointments of Garima Mall and Pooja Doshi as Executive Directors. Mall will service Market Strategy & Understanding (MSU) and Brand Health Tracking (BHT) Clients in Mumbai and Bengaluru, while Doshi will work on key CPG accounts and drive business development. More
Ipsos has reported a 16.8% increase in annual revenue to EUR 2.14bn for 2021, with overall organic growth of 17.9%. Perhaps more significantly, the figures represent impressive organic growth of 10.4% when compared with 2019. More
Ipsos has acquired Canadian mystery shopping solutions provider We Check for an undisclosed sum. More
Four insights companies - Ipsos, IVP Research Labs, Schlesinger Group and Shimmer Research - are partnering to provide live biometric monitoring and analysis for this year's Super Bowl. More
UK-based research and data business Delineate has integrated Ipsos' survey data collection technology Askia into its own Proximity end-to-end platform, which connects brands with their consumers in real time. More
In the UK, Ipsos has appointed Caroline Paskell as Head of Cohesion and Security in its Public Affairs Division. More
Origin, a joint industry initiative led by UK advertiser trade body ISBA, has completed the first stage of its cross-media measurement proof of concept (POC) evaluation. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has appointed Reema Patel as Head of Deliberative Engagement. She joins from independent research body the Ada Lovelace Institute. More
Ipsos has brought together its existing UK advisory units into one practice, employing more than 50 specialists. Murat Demiral will lead the practice as Head of Advisory, and joins the UK Management Committee. More
Ipsos MORI Public Affairs has appointed Ricky Lawton as Director of Economic Evaluation, to work across a range of policy areas, and apply economic evaluation techniques to quantify and value the economic, social and environmental impacts of policies. More
In Edinburgh, Ipsos MORI has appointed Lisa Sutherland as Head of Behavioural Science in Public Affairs. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed Rachel Brisley as Head of Energy and Environment in its Public Affairs team, leading a team of researchers, evaluation specialists, and economists working specifically in the areas of environmental, energy and sustainable development policy for public sector clients. More
In London, Ipsos MORI has promoted Trinh Tu to the role of Managing Director of Public Affairs. She was previously Head of Business Growth, Public Affairs. More
Ipsos has launched an early stage creative development solution called Instant|Labs, providing clients with an understanding of the potential of creative and ideas within just one day. More
In London, long-time Ipsos exec Kelly Beaver has been named Chief Executive of the UK and Ireland business, succeeding Ben Page on 15th November when he moves to the role of global CEO, based in Paris. More
In the UK, Ipsos has appointed former Advertising Association exec Karen Fraser as Senior Director, with responsibility for sustainability, creativity, trust and growth. More
Ipsos has acquired UK-based employee research and experience firm Karian and Box for an undisclosed sum. More
Ipsos has posted third quarter revenue of EUR 526.3m, up 12.3% versus Q3 2020 and 5.4% - or 8.5% in organic growth terms - compared with Q3 2019. The firm says profitability is 'in line with the objectives for the year announced in July', with a slight improvement predicted in operating margin. More
Ipsos has announced the appointment of twenty-year Confirmit exec Wale Omiyale, as Global Head of Sales for Observer and Ipsos.Digital. More
In Australia, Ipsos has appointed Troy Kohut as Director of its qualitative arm Ipsos Understanding Unlimited (Ipsos UU). He is based in Sydney. More
Ipsos has announced that Nathalie Roos will no longer be taking over as CEO, following the emergence of 'deep discrepancies' in her discussions with Didier Truchot. Instead, Ipsos MORI CEO Ben Page will take the top job, from November 15th. More
Ipsos has agreed to acquire New Zealand's Infotools, whose software and services focus on 'harmonizing', analyzing, visualizing and sharing market research data. More
Pierre Le Manh, Ipsos' CEO in North America, has left the company to pursue 'other opportunities', and been replaced by former Gartner exec Lorenzo Larini. More
In Australia, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has appointed Ipsos as its preferred supplier for digital audience data for a three-year term, commencing in the second quarter of 2022. Nielsen previously held the contract for nearly a decade. More
Ipsos has reported a 26.4% increase in first half year revenue to EUR 993.3m, compared with EUR 786.0m in the prior year period and well up on the EUR 903.4m recorded in H1 2019. Organic growth from H1 2020 was 31.5%. More
Ipsos has appointed former L'Oréal Germany CEO Nathalie Roos as Chief Executive Officer, as co-founder Didier Truchot steps down from the role to become Chairman of the Board of Directors. More
Ipsos MORI has announced the launch of a Qualitative Research and Engagement Centre, bringing together its qual methods team, dialogue and engagement specialists and led by Director Michelle Mackie. The Centre will aim to 'bring the public voice into policy making'. More
Ipsos has appointed Brad Hyde as Director of its Perth office, leading the business in Western Australia. More
UK television audience measurement body BARB has awarded long-term contracts to Kantar and RSMB, beginning in January 2024. These include a deal for Kantar to increase BARB's panel from 5,150 to 7,000 homes - the largest increase in sample since BARB's launch in 1981. More
Ipsos has posted revenue of EUR 466.3m in the first quarter of 2021, up 8.8% from Q1 2020 and up 10.5% from Q1 2019. Like-for-like, the increase was 14.1%, driven by a very strong performance in EMEA. More
Ipsos has acquired UK-based audio recognition technology firm Intrasonics for an undisclosed amount. More
Kantar and Ipsos have been awarded contracts to deliver what they say is the 'world's first true cross-media total audience measurement solution', in the Netherlands. The contracts combine measurement of viewing, listening, browsing and reading in a single, integrated system. More
Melissa Baker has joined Ipsos as CEO for Public Affairs, Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA, based in Nairobi More
Ipsos MORI has launched what it says is the UK's 'largest and highest quality' online random probability panel, with more than 15,000 participants. The mix of online and off-line respondents promises 'total understanding of the UK public for businesses and organisations'. More
Ipsos has hired former New York Times insights exec Dan Wong-Chi-Man for a newly created role, Head of Global Marketing and Business Development. He will be based in London. More
Ipsos has reported Covid-hit full-year revenue of EUR 1.8bn, down 6.5% on a like-for-like basis, but managed organic growth of 1.4% in Q4 (vs Q4 2019). Negative currency effects dented reported figures for both periods. More
In the US, Ipsos has appointed Christie Kawada as Head of Media Development and Audience Measurement. She takes over from Manny Flores, who moves to the position of Executive Vice President in the Client Organization. More
Comscore and Ipsos have partnered to deliver enhanced cross-media measurement solutions to the Mexican market. More
Online audience measurement body UKOM (UK Online Measurement) and Ipsos have announced the official launch of Ipsos iris, the new UK industry standard for online audience measurement. More
Ipsos has acquired a majority stake in Czech Republic-based company MGE Data, which specialises in Out-of-Home (OOH) measurement, with capabilities in consulting, data analytics, application development and technical solutions. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of Croatian firm Fistnet d.o.o., developer of the Dotmetrics digital audience measurement platform. More
In Australia, the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has commissioned Ipsos to update its audience measurement system MOVE, to deliver a national model that covers all formats and environments, including Digital Out of Home (DOOH) signs. More
Ipsos has promoted Annie Chan to the role of Managing Director in Hong Kong, replacing Mick Gordon who will move on to an as yet undisclosed role at the company. More
Ipsos has appointed Vicky Abad as Country Manager for the Philippines, replacing Marie Lee, who retired in December 2020 having led the business there for the past eight years. More
Ipsos has made its InnoTest idea and concept testing solution available on the Ipsos.Digital DIY platform in seven countries - Brazil and the US plus Europe's 'big 5' - with eight more due to follow shortly. More
From the Data Visualization special issue published last week: Ipsos.Digital CEO Andrei Postoaca talks about the challenges involved in developing a DIY research platform for one of the world's biggest and best known insight groups. More
Our Data Visualization special issue is published today. Here, in his Introduction, Ipsos co-founder & CEO Didier Truchot talks about clients' need for clarity, AI's potential to change our industry, and why insight professionals should be confident about the future. More
Ipsos has posted revenue of EUR 468.6m in the third quarter of 2020, down 6.2% on a reported basis but just 3.3% on a like-for-like, constant currency basis despite the impact of the pandemic. The group says this reflects 'a renewed stability since June', with recovery month by month. More
In the US, Ipsos-owned MMA (Marketing Management Analytics) has announced one relocation and two senior leadership appointments in the EMEA and APAC regions. More
Kicking off a week and a half of articles from our forthcoming Data Visualization special issue, Ipsos.Digital CEO Andrei Postoaca backs AI to unlock its full potential behind the scenes within ten years, allowing business needs to return to centre stage. More
Ipsos has partnered with artificial intelligence specialist Peltarion to launch a tool called Question Library and help researchers build 'better' questionnaires. More
Rob Stevens, co-founder of user experience and behavioural research consultancy Bunnyfoot, and later Ipsos MORI's Group Head of UX, died suddenly on 25th July 2020 as a result of coronary heart disease. He was 49 years old. More
Ipsos has posted revenue of EUR 786m for the first half of the year, down 13% from last year's EUR 903.4m. The firm says that after a close to flat performance in the first quarter, the second was heavily affected by the 'havoc' wreaked by Covid-19. More
UK TV audience measurement body BARB has announced a year-long extension of the tender process for two of its main research contracts, as a result of the pandemic. The organisation has also begun investigating remote data collection alternatives. More
UK-based Ipsos-MORI announced on Friday it was restarting large-scale face-to-face fieldwork, after a successful trial of a Covid-19 safe approach. More
Ipsos MORI is launching a study to investigate and benchmark the level of diversity among senior executives working for the UK's largest employers. More
Toronto-based not-for-profit consumer and audience insights company Vividata has extended its partnership with Ipsos, to roll out the latter's iris online audience measurement solution in Canada. More
Ipsos Interactive Services' (IIS) has extended its MENA online panel with a launch in Iraq. The new panel boasts 8,000 members and is fully operational in all the state's major cities, in both Arabic and Kurdish languages. More
Ipsos has named Maria Perez as Head of its self-service research platform Ipsos.Digital in North America. More
Ipsos has launched an online solution called CreativeSpark, through which clients can evaluate video creative in the US and UK, in as little as 24 hours. The tool will be rolled out in sixteen additional markets throughout the year. More
Ipsos has partnered with mobile research tech firm RealityMine to create a cross-device panel measuring digital behaviour on smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. The panel will form part of Ipsos' contract to supply the UK's online audience measurement standard. More
Ipsos MORI is to support the UK government's new home testing programme for coronavirus, which aims to track levels of infection in the community. More
Continuing our focus on 'Insights in the Mobile Age' Mario Paic, Global Head of Data Science, looks at the rise of the smartphone and discusses its central role today at Ipsos Audience Measurement. More
Ipsos has posted first quarter revenue of EUR 428.7m, up 1.6% from the same period last year; but says its order book in the three weeks from March 30th has seen a significant fall. More
Ipsos has implemented a series of measures intended to protect its margins, its liquidity and its ability to work with its customers, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. More
Ipsos has reported a 14.5% increase in full-year revenue to slightly more than EUR 2 billion; with organic, constant currency growth of 3.8%, the firm's best annual performance since 2011. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in survey technology provider Askia, and says it will tap the firm's expertise and technology to develop the 'survey platform of the future'. More
Ipsos has acquired Maritz group's Mystery Shopping business in North America, for an undisclosed sum. More
Ipsos India has promoted Deepak Garkhel to the role of Operations Director for its 'APEC' region (Asia Pacific Excluding China) region; Pratim Thakurta to Operations Head; and Kedar Padgaonkar to lead data processing. More
Former Kadence International Global Head of Insight and UK MD Greg Clayton has joined Ipsos MORI as Senior Client Officer. More
UKOM, the body which defines and governs Britain's online audience measurement standard, has appointed Ipsos as its new supplier from January 2021. It replaces Comscore, which has held the contract since 2012. More
Ipsos has partnered with recently formed marketing agency Alchemy-RX in a deal which will bring each company's expertise to existing and potential clients, and expand client access to experts. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in UK-based automated reporting specialist Data Liberation, which will now form an integrated part of the newly launched Ipsos.Digital platform. More
Ipsos has rolled out its behavioral science-based Duel screening solution in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, through its Ipsos.Digital self-service research platform. More
Ipsos has launched a self-service research platform called Ipsos.Digital, offering clients simplified access to global research capabilities and insights. More
Ipsos has reported organic growth of 3% in the third quarter of the year. Reported revenue rose fully 16.7% to EUR 499.4m, driven by the acquisition of units of GfK since last year, and to a lesser extent by that of Synthesio and by currency effects. More
In the UK, former Kantar Deputy MD Jamie Thorpe has joined the Ipsos MORI Customer Experience (CX) business as Head of Experience Management (XM). More
Ipsos has launched a new syndicated Medical Aesthetics Monitor, beginning in South Korea and with plans to expand to Europe and North America. More
In the US, Ipsos has appointed former Kantar/Dynata exec Emmanuel Probst as Senior Vice President - Brand & Creative Excellence, to help clients measure how brands and consumers connect through content, communication and media. More
UK-based big data video analytics firm Big Sofa Technologies has appointed former Kantar exec Sam Curtis as Head of Client Partnerships and Business Development. More
Consumer and audience insights company Vividata has partnered with mobile research technology firm RealityMine, digital data collection specialist Delvinia, and Ipsos, to launch what it calls the first passive panel of its kind in Canada. More
Ipsos India has extended the role of Mystery Shopping Head Sonul Verdia, to include leadership of the Customer Experience (CX) Practice. He takes over the latter post from Parijat Chakraborty, who will now focus on public affairs and corporate reputation businesses. More
Ipsos Bengaluru Branch Head Geeta Lobo has taken on the role of India Ambassador for the Global Science Organization, alongside the position of Social Intelligence Analytics (SIA) Head, for Ipsos India. Meanwhile Research Manager Sasha Francis has moved across to the SIA team. More
Ipsos has launched an 'Innovation Testing' service, founded on behavioural science and promising to help users 'successfully compete in today's omnichannel world'. More
Ipsos has generated revenue of EUR 903.4m in the first half of 2019, up 14.9% compared with the first six months of 2018. Organic growth for the half year was 3.0%. More
Ipsos has acquired a 10% stake in Oslo, Norway-based employee and customer experience management company Questback. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
Ipsos has appointed former Kantar exec Chris Murphy as President, Market Strategy and Understanding, leading its business focused on product development and activation. More
Ipsos has promoted Joseph DeVeny to lead its US Innovation Practice, overseeing a team of nearly 100 across the region. More
Ipsos has promoted Jason McGrath to the role of Head of Corporate Reputation in the US, based in New York. More
Ipsos has named Michele Booth, previously of consultancy firms Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte, as Head of Advisory for Customer Experience (CX). More
News Corp Australia has announced that it will continue to support its partner Newspoll, while looking to 'fix' the polling system. This follows the newspaper group Nine's decision to end its contract with Ipsos over election predictions. More
In Australia, newspaper group Nine News has ended its contract with Ipsos after it failed - in common with all the other pollsters in the country - to predict the election victory of Prime Minister Scott Morrison. More
In New York, Ipsos has appointed Peter Mackey as Executive Vice President and Head of its User Experience (UX) and Human Factors (HF) practice. More
In the US, Ipsos-owned MMA (Marketing Management Analytics) has welcomed Michael Bertie back to the company as Senior Vice President of Analytic Consulting. More
Ipsos has appointed long-time J.D. Power exec Jacob George as Executive Vice President and Leader of its US Automotive Quality Practice. More
Ipsos is extending its syndicated Severe Asthma Therapy Monitor to Japan, the first country covered in Asia; and says it will add China later this year. More
Ipsos has reported organic growth of 2.4% for the first quarter of 2019, which coupled with acquisitions including Synthesio and parts of GfK drove reported revenue up an impressive 15.0% to EUR 422.1m. More
In the US, Ipsos has promoted Julia Clark to the newly created role of Head of Marketing and Communications for North America, based in the firm's Chicago office. More
Ipsos India has announced that its CEO Amit Adarkar has taken on the additional role of Operations Director, for the Asia Pacific region. More
Ipsos India has extended the role of Sonul Verdia, Mystery Shopping Lead, to include the post of Business Development Head for Customer Experience in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Ananya Roy Mathur, Research Director, Innovation, takes on the post of Creative Excellence Lead for India. More
Ipsos has hired former AIG senior HR exec Debi Lee as President, Human Resources Head for North America; while SVP Kristen Kehoe has been promoted to lead its 'Generation Ipsos' Analyst Development Program for entry-level researchers. More
In the US, Ipsos has acquired GfK's probability-based online panel, for an undisclosed sum, and added it to the Ipsos Public Affairs division. More
Ipsos has launched Simstore, a suite of automated virtual shopper and packaging solutions to help clients understand how shoppers make decisions, improve navigation and optimize retail conditions and package designs. More
Ipsos has announced the Asia Pacific launch of its Creative|Labs, which use early communication research to encourage and guide 'bold and effective' creativity in advertising. More
Ipsos has reported organic growth of just 0.7% for 2018, with currency fluctuations reducing reported revenue to EUR 1.7bn, 1.7% down on the previous year. Q4 revenue was up 4.5% to EUR 535.6m, as the firm consolidates recent acquisitions. More
Ipsos has launched a tracking study called the Global Citizens and Data Privacy Survey, in partnership with not-for-profit organization the World Economic Forum. The survey aims to shed light on the lack of knowledge and trust around the use of personal data by companies and governments. More
Ipsos has appointed former YouGov Egypt MD Yasser Omar as Country Manager, based in the firm's new offices in Cairo. More
Ipsos has launched a syndicated HIV Patient Community, to add patient views to the doctor's perspective already provided by its syndicated HIV Therapy Monitor. More
Ipsos founder, Chairman and CEO Didier Truchot has received the Chaptal Award for Arts in Communication and Training, awarded annually for entrepreneurial successes and technological advances. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a syndicated study called the Severe Asthma Therapy Monitor, in the US, with other markets to follow. More
US-based automotive specialist Ipsos RDA has launched its inaugural Electric Vehicle Sales Experience and Best Practice Study, to examine the sales process across automotive brands currently offering battery electric vehicles (EV). More
Ipsos Healthcare has announced the Australian launch of its syndicated Lab Mapping Study, already available in the US and the five biggest European markets. The study delivers a comprehensive picture of the laboratories involved in cancer biomarker testing. More
Ipsos grew its Q3 revenue to EUR 434.0m, equivalent to organic growth of 4.9% and representing 'solid recovery'. Due to currency effects - a fall in the value of the US dollar and pound sterling against the euro - the reported figure was up only 0.5%. More
Richard Korn has returned to Ipsos as MD of its Loyalty division in Sydney, after a four and a half year spell in Hong Kong. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has partnered with publisher Atlantic Books to produce a range of new titles, using the firm's insight on how people think, feel and behave to explore global beliefs and attitudes. More
Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has launched a new online access panel in Kuwait, its eighth in the MENA region. More
Ipsos Marketing has launched a screening approach called DUEL, which taps learnings from behavioral science and cognitive psychology to capture consumer reactions without the use of scaled responses. More
Ipsos has appointed Geeta Lobo as Executive Director and Head of Ipsos Bengaluru in India; while in the US, the firm's media and brand communication business Ipsos Connect has hired Michael Baer as SVP, Head of Audience Measurement Group (AMG). More
In New York, Ipsos has announced that academic Jesse Itzkowitz is joining its Behavioral Science Center. More
Ipsos Healthcare has extended its Global Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Therapy Monitor to Japan. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched its Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Therapy Monitor in Europe's big five markets (Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain), with plans to extend to additional markets at a later date. More
Ipsos has reported what it has described as an 'uneventful' first-half year, with revenue of EUR 833.8m, almost unchanged from a year before, and organic growth of just 1 percent. More
Joseph El Habre has been named Chief Executive of Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) & Operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. More
In New York, former Ipsos Connect exec Lakshmi Madabhushi has re-joined the group in its Ipsos Marketing division, in the newly created role of Chief Innovation Officer. More
Emily Gray has relocated from Ipsos MORI's London office, to take up the role of Managing Director in Scotland. She replaces Steven Hope who is changing careers, as he moves to a 'new brewing venture'. More
Stockholm-based brand tracking researcher Nepa has appointed former Ipsos Loyalty COO Ken Peterson as US Managing Director. More
In New York, Ipsos Marketing has appointed Alison Chaltas, the co-founder of shopper marketing consultancy Interscope, as Global President, Path to Purchase. More
Ipsos has recorded first quarter revenue of EUR 390.1m, representing organic growth of 1%, and says sales activity indicates this will increase in subsequent quarters. The group plans to announce a new programme of transformation at its June 6th Investor Day. More
Ipsos Healthcare has extended its syndicated Psoriasis and IBD Therapy Monitors into China, where it will also re-launch its Lupus Therapy Monitor. More
Ipsos has promoted Frank Forkin to the role of President of its RDA division, which provides motor industry quality tracking and customer satisfaction measurement. More
Ipsos has promoted industry veteran Dean Luker to the role of Corporate Development Director, responsible for its acquisition programme in support of the company's overall strategy. He replaces Deputy CEO Carlos Harding, who passed away in December. More
Ipsos has partnered with viewability measurement specialist Moat to launch a solution called Connect:Digital, which pre-tests digital ads via a combination of creative impact analysis and digital trading measures. More
Ipsos has officially launched its Public Affairs division in India, under the leadership of Parijat Chakraborty, who joined the group in January. More
Ipsos has reported 2016 revenue of EUR 1,782.7m, virtually the same as in 2015 but representing 3 percent organic growth - currency effects cancelled out the growth in the Euros figure. More
Ipsos has made changes to its Asia Pacific operations, with the news that its business in China will operate as a separate region, led by Lifeng Liu as Chairman and Chief Executive. More
Ipsos has appointed Nielsen's former Buy strategy leader Amy Fenton as Chief Marketing Officer in North America, overseeing all marketing, strategy, and communications in the US and Canada. She succeeds Jim Meyer, who was the firm's first ever CMO. More
Ipsos has appointed former TNS director Parijat Chakraborty as Head of its Public Affairs business in India. He will be based out of the Gurgaon office and will report to Amit Adarkar, CEO for India. More
Carlos Harding, the Deputy CEO of Ipsos, died suddenly of a heart attack last Friday morning. He was 69 years old. More
In Australia, Ipsos has teamed up with audience data firm Eyeota to create a new range of targetable audience segments, based on the former's emma media survey and its geoTribes person-level geodemographic classification system. More
Ipsos has announced changes in its ownership structure, designed to simplify it and ensure the company's independence over the long term - following the death in December 2014 of co-founder Jean-Marc Lech. More
In Australia, former Mindshare Head of Research & Insights Liz Harley has joined Ipsos Connect, the global group's media and audience division, as Managing Director. The firm has also promoted Head of Business Development Brian Hogan to Executive Director of its emma unit, reporting to Harley. More
Ipsos has reported a 0.9% increase in third quarter revenue to EUR 431.7m, with organic growth a 'satisfactory' 3.2% during the period. More
Ipsos Marketing has launched a new tool called 'LIFE Path', providing a modular approach to path-to-purchase understanding that uses social media intelligence, passive metering, and qual and quant research. More
In London, Colin Strong has left his role as MD of Verve Ventures after eighteen months, to join Ipsos as Global Head of Behavioural Science. He replaces Stephen Donajgrodzki, who stepped down from the role last month. More
Ipsos has launched its first syndicated Global Business Influencers (GBI) survey, looking at the media, business, financial, luxury and travel habits of senior executives across the US and fifteen countries in Europe and Asia. More
In the UK, outdoor advertising audience research body Route has commissioned Ipsos Connect UK to undertake an expanded and renewed six-year research project, providing data to the outdoor industry until 2023. The new contract, funded by an injection of £20m, begins on 1st April 2017. More
In the UK, Ipsos Connect has partnered with Partnership Audits & Consulting (PACL), to provide evaluation services for brands involved in sponsorship or marketing partnership activities. More
Ipsos division ProductQuest has launched a consumer-centric approach called Sense*Suite, to help guide clients' early stage product development initiatives. More
Ipsos has partnered with two centers at Yale University and senior insight figures in a number of top consumer companies to launch a new behavioral economics body, The YCCI-Ipsos Think Tank. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched its Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Therapy Monitor in the US and EU5 – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and UK – with other markets available on demand. More
In Australia, Ipsos has set up an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, to oversee all research and evaluation conducted by its recently formed Indigenous Research Unit. More
Ipsos has reported first half 2016 revenue of EUR 833.6m, equivalent to 3 percent organic growth once currency effects are excluded. The result is an improvement after a flat 2015. More
Brand communication, advertising and media specialist Ipsos Connect has hired Sherrill Mane for its newly created role of Head of MAdTech Strategy, US. More
Ipsos Healthcare has introduced a text analytics tool called Therapy Mining, which collects, codes and analyses data from blogs and posts on online patient forums. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a syndicated PD-L1 Testing Monitor, to measure and track awareness, perceptions, and detailed usage metrics around specific testing across all solid cancer types. More
Australian industry body The Readership Works has added a media planning tool to its 'emma' cross-platform audience insights and readership survey, allowing planners to track the 'complete' readership of magazines over time. More
Ipsos innovation and forecasting business InnoQuest has launched a concept development tool, InnoConstruct, which promises to optimize products, simulate and compare scenarios, and help differentiate new offerings. More
Ipsos has announced organic growth of 3.7 percent for the first quarter of 2016, with revenue rising to EUR 386.9m, its best result for some time. The rise 'concerns all regions', with revenue up 4.6% in emerging economies and up 3.3% in developed markets. More
In Australia, Ipsos has appointed Shaan Tainton as Head of its Business Consulting division, which it is relaunching in the country. More
Janet Oak has joined Ipsos as Senior Vice President of the Millennials, Kids & Family Center of Excellence, based in New York. More
New York-based Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) has opened an office in the City of London, led by former TNS UK MD Nigel Foote. MMA says the new office will enable it to work more closely with its EMEA clients, and with parent company Ipsos. More
Ipsos has reported a 4.7% rise in four quarter revenues to EUR 524m compared with the prior year period, while full year 2015 revenue rose 6.9% to EUR 1.8bn. Revenue in the recently formed Ipsos Connect media measurement business was described as 'weak'. More
In Australia, Ipsos has appointed Sharon Barnes for the newly created role of Director, Public Affairs in its Indigenous Research Unit, focusing on research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a new syndicated study called the 'Pan-Cancer Testing Monitor', which measures and tracks the usage of pan-cancer tests designed to assess a wide range of cancer types. The study currently covers the US but will be rolled out in other markets at a later stage. More
Ipsos InnoQuest has appointed former Mondelez exec Linda Lee as President, Global Solutions, based in New York. More
Ipsos has rolled out its suite of location-based tools, powered by Google Consumer Surveys, in the Asia Pacific region. The initial launch covers Japan and Australia. More
In the UK, specialist healthcare data collection firm Fieldwork International has appointed Kerensa Bindoff as Deputy Head. More
In Australia, Ipsos has announced a partnership with indigenous communications and research company Winangali, aimed at increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander economic participation and providing employment opportunities and business partnerships. More
Ipsos has named Simon Wake Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, replacing Hamish Munro, who has been promoted to the position of CEO of Ipsos South East Asia. They will take up their new roles in January. More
Ipsos has promoted Elie Aoun to the position of Chief Executive Officer of its Connect division in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). He will take up the post in January. More
US-based DIY survey platform Ask Your Target market (AYTM) has appointed former Ipsos VP and MRIA President Sandy Janzen in the newly-created position of Director, Client Engagement. More
Ipsos Healthcare has rolled out its Global Oncology Monitor in Indonesia, in response to local and multinational companies' growing need to understand diagnosis and treatment trends in the country. More
John Wright, SVP at Ipsos Public Affairs (Canada), is retiring from the company at the beginning of next year, to focus on publishing a book with the firm's CEO Darrell Bricker. More
Ipsos Healthcare has teamed up with HoneyB Health, a company spun out of Arizona State University (ASU), to develop new insights across the connected health device market. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed nineteen-year Kantar veteran Jeremy May as Senior Director in its face-to-face fieldwork operation. More
Ipsos has reported a 3.7% increase in revenue to EUR 428m for the period from July to September, but at constant scope and exchange rates this equates to a fall of 2.2%. The decline cancels out a small real-terms rise in the first half of the year. More
In New York, Ipsos Marketing has appointed Nagisa Manabe in the new role of Global President of the Path to Purchase & Shopper service line. More
The Publishers Audience Measurement Company (PAMCo) - the replacement for the UK's NRS - has appointed Ipsos MORI to provide the published media industry's new audience measurement service; and has named Aviva Group Brand Director Jan Gooding as its new Chair. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a new syndicated Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Monitor, focusing specifically on hematological malignancies. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed former Kantar Health MD Jim Needell as Managing Director, Marketing. More
Ipsos has reported half-year revenues up 10.2% in Euros to EUR 832.9m. Given that the Euro has lost around 20% of its value against the dollar and 10% against the pound in the last 12 months, this equates to a real-terms decline of -0.4%. Profit measures showed a slight improvement. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of US-based RDA Group, which specialises in quality tracking and customer satisfaction studies for auto manufacturers and other corporate clients. More
Jim Meyer, former Ipsos ASI Chief Executive in North America, has moved into the newly created role of Ipsos' Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategy across the US and Canada. More
Ipsos has appointed former IAB exec Peter Minnium as President of its newly-formed Ipsos Connect division in the US. He reports to Pierre Le Manh, the group's CEO North America, and Yannick Carriou, Global CEO of the division. More
Ipsos has brought together several of its retail measurement services to form a new Market Measurement business unit, which will be managed globally. More
Ipsos has promoted Rob Myers to the position of Country Manager for Canada, where he will be responsible for the company's business, staff, and client relationships. He replaces Gary Bennewies, who is relocating to Paris to serve as Global Chief Talent Officer. More
UK audience research body BARB has awarded its newly combined Establishment Survey and Panel Recruitment contract to Ipsos Connect, from January 2016 for an initial three years. This combination replaces two previous contracts and follows a successful pilot study by BARB in 2014. More
Ipsos is promoting Canada President and CEO Gary Bennewies to the newly created role of Chief Talent Officer, from the beginning of next month. More
Ipsos' product testing wing ProductQuest has integrated the neuroscience technique known as Implicit Reaction Time (IRT) into its evaluations, to help clients probe consumers' non-conscious perceptions of their products. More
Ipsos Public Affairs has hired Reputation Institute veteran Leonard Ponzi in the newly created role of SVP and MD of its US corporate reputation practice. More
Ipsos Connect and Swedish firm MMS have partnered on a project to evaluate whether new TV technologies can boost TV panel sizes within existing budgets. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a syndicated study to highlight the impact on cancer treatment of 'biosimilars' - versions of drugs created by a different manufacturer following patent expiry. More
Ipsos innovation and forecasting business InnoQuest has introduced a new approach combining overnight concept testing with optimization - helping to identify high potential concepts and then providing guidance on how to make them more likely to succeed in-market. More
Ipsos has announced the appointment of Tim Farmer to lead the deployment of its electronic TV and Radio audience measurement service MediaCell, within the newly formed Ipsos Connect division. More
Ipsos has appointed Millward Brown Vermeer founding partner Oscar Yuan as President of its insights-based brand and marketing advisory unit Strategy3. More
Ipsos Healthcare has introduced its syndicated services to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to help drug companies better understand region-specific disease dynamics and physician prescribing habits, and plan for the launch of pharmaceutical drugs. More
In the UK, Ipsos Healthcare has launched the 'EquityVision Normative Database', which contains seven years' worth of Rx pharma brand health and brand equity research. More
Ipsos has reported 0.8% organic growth in revenue for the first quarter of 2015 - though measured in Euros revenue was up 10.6% to EUR 379.6m. More
Ipsos has announced a suite of research offerings based on geolocation technology and exploiting the Google Consumer Surveys platform. More
Ipsos has brought together its brand communication, advertising and media businesses under a new division called Ipsos Connect, which has replaced legacy brands Ipsos ASI and Ipsos MediaCT. More
Ipsos has reported a 2.2% increase in fourth quarter revenue to EUR 500.7m - a rise it describes as a 'timid return to growth' reflecting more favourable foreign exchange trends - and 'slight' organic growth of 0.8%. More
In London, Ipsos Healthcare has appointed IMS Health veteran Omar Ehsan as Head of Emerging Markets and Global Clients. More
Ipsos MediaCT has appointed Microsoft veteran Kelsey Vaughn as Senior Vice President, with a primary responsibility for the management of client projects for her former employer. More
In Chicago, Ipsos Loyalty has opened a Customer Experience practice, and transferred John Carroll to head it up. More
In Brisbane, Australia, Ipsos has appointed Kathy Benson as Strategy & Research Director, and Kylie Brosnan as Director of Ipsos Public Affairs, while Anna Eden moves from the Perth office to take up the role of Senior Client Services Director. More
In the US, Ipsos MarketQuest President Matt McNerney has left the group to pursue other opportunities. McNerney joined Ipsos seven years ago as President of its Loyalty Division. More
Innovation and forecasting business Ipsos InnoQuest has introduced a digital approach to concept testing, which provides consumers with 'swipe-able' concepts, shortened surveys, and a choice of devices. More
Attendees at last night's MRS Awards ceremony in London saw Ipsos MORI and biopharma client Amgen scoop both 'The Grand Prix Award for Greatest Impact' and the 'Healthcare Research' prizes for their work highlighting patient experience for Psoriasis sufferers. More
Ipsos has announced that its Co-President Jean-Marc Lech died this morning in Paris, after suffering from a 'serious health issue' since the summer. More
Deepak Singh has returned to Ipsos in the newly created role of Executive Director and Head of Ipsos Marketing in India. More
Ipsos Healthcare has announced the US launch of a new study, Oncology Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Lab Mapping, which delivers a picture of the laboratories involved in cancer biomarker testing. More
Ireland's radio industry has announced that it will trial a new people metering audience measurement system next year, as a possible alternative to the current system used for the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) ratings. More
Ipsos UU has strengthened its Canadian team with two senior appointments: Gayle Lunn as a VP and Christian Arambulo as a Director, both based in the Toronto office. More
Roy Morgan Research has appointed former Ipsos Australia Chief Exec and AMSRO President Hugh Amoyal as its new Deputy CEO. The firm has also given Head of Client Services Howard Seccombe the new role of Chief Digital Officer. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a new syndicated project, the Biosimilar Impact Study, to help clients understand the potential impact of launches of these drugs, which are rival companies' versions of original products, hitting the market as patents expire. More
In India, former Millward Brown exec Jyoti Malladi has been appointed Executive Director and Head of Ipsos ASI, the global group's advertising and communications research arm. More
Ipsos has reported third quarter revenue of EUR 412.7m, representing marginal organic growth (0.2%) year-on-year. The decline in reported figures slowed to 1.4%. More
In Australia, Fairfax Media will be publishing political polls again through a partnership with Ipsos, after Nielsen pulled out of its contract with the publisher earlier in the year. More
Ipsos Marketing has made two appointments to its US leadership team. Elys Roberts is promoted to President, while Steve Girling - most recently SVP and General Manager at strategic healthcare consultancy Campbell Alliance - succeeds him as President of Ipsos Healthcare in the region. More
Ipsos has appointed Nika Kabiri as MD of its MarketQuest division in Seattle. She was previously a Senior Project Manager with Ipsos Loyalty. More
Ipsos has hired Jake Dorn as Senior Vice President - Chief Client Director for Microsoft, based in Seattle, Washington and leading the agency's global initiatives with the software giant. More
Vidya Sen has been promoted to the role of Head of innovation and forecasting business Ipsos InnoQuest in India. More
Australian industry body The Readership Works says it has enhanced its 'emma' readership survey with the addition of social media data. More
Ipsos has appointed Hagop Harmandarian as its new MD in Saudi Arabia, replacing Samir Tass who is leaving after three years in the role. More
Ipsos has promoted Alexandre Guerin to President of Ipsos Loyalty in the US, overseeing the direction of the business across the country. He replaces Matt McNerney, who became US President of Ipsos MarketQuest in January. More
Ipsos has appointed Diane Dickinson as MD of its operations in New Zealand, replacing Ian Mills who leaves for a role as GM with Data Insights Ltd. More
Darleen Lee is to leave her role as MD of Ipsos in Hong Kong and relocate back to New York City. She will be succeeded by Mick Gordon, who currently serves as MD of Ipsos India. More
Ipsos has appointed former Nielsen exec Aldrin Stephen Luiz as Executive Director and Head of its MediaCT business in India, based in the Mumbai office and reporting to MD Amit Adarkar. More
In the UK, advertising division Ipsos ASI has announced three senior appointments: Caroline Walker as MD, Paul Edwards as a Non-Executive Director and Lucy Burnham as a team leader. More
Two announcements from Ipsos: the Loyalty division has a new syndicated study providing benchmark data on consumers' views across 23 sectors in 30 countries; while Canada's Ipsos Reid will work with the country's Sporting Goods Association (CSGA) to track trends in equipment, clothing and participation. More
In Australia, industry body The Readership Works and agency partner Ipsos MediaCT have added geo-targeting capabilities to the emma cross-media newspaper and magazine readership survey, to help users with hyper-local marketing and media planning. More
Ipsos' MediaCT division has launched an approach it calls PLSme!, to help media and content clients better understand audience behaviour, engagement and monetisation opportunities. More
Ipsos has promoted Amit Adarkar to the position of Country Manager and Managing Director in India, replacing Mick Gordon who will take up a senior regional role within the company. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI's Social Research Institute (SRI) has appointed three senior directors, including Sam Clemens who previously served as NatCen's Head of Health and Wellbeing. More
Ipsos has reported a 5.9% drop in first half revenue to EUR 756m, with currency effects responsible for most of the fall (5.1%). In organic terms, second quarter decline all but wiped out the modest gains of the first quarter, giving overall H1 organic growth of 0.1%. More
Ipsos Co-Chairman Jean-Marc Lech has temporarily stepped down from his role following what has been described by the company as a 'serious health issue'. More
UK audience research body BARB has announced plans to work with Ipsos MORI to trial the latter's Mediacell Tablet Peoplemeter, as part of an ongoing investigation into new techniques for collecting viewing data. More
In New York, former GfK MRI exec Ashley Hoskinson has joined Ipsos MediaCT's Audience Measurement Group as Vice President of Business Development. More
Ipsos and Warsaw-based consumer neuroscience specialist NEUROHM have announced an upgrade of the IRT system, which probes unconscious consumer associations and perceptions, and assesses their impact. NEUROHM will also now act as Ipsos' primary partner for IRT roll out. More
Ipsos' MediaCT division, which specialises in measuring how consumers use and respond to media across different platforms, has opened a Data Science Hub in London. The new initiative is led by Neil Farrer, who takes on the role of Chief Data Science Officer. More
Ipsos Public Affairs has made three senior management changes in its US team: Clifford Young has been promoted to President and John Vidmar to Chairman of the division in the US, while Julia Clark takes on additional responsibilities as VP leading the team in Chicago. More
Ipsos has reported a 4.5% drop in revenue to EUR 343.3m in the first quarter of 2014, compared with EUR 359.6m a year previously. However organic growth - at constant scope and exchange rates - was 1.5%, in line with the performances recorded in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. More
Social media research and communities specialist Ipsos SMX (Social Media Exchange) has launched a web app called 'Socialized Research Platform Mobile', which it says will give members a new way to view optimized content, and provide access to insights on any device. More
London-based emotional analytics specialist Realeyes has signed an agreement to provide Ipsos with facial coding and body gesture response metrics, to help measure how people feel while they view advertising and communications content. More
Innovation and forecasting business Ipsos InnoQuest has launched a new methodology called the 'Insight Accelerator', allowing marketers to test innovations and ideas through a process that takes just two days. More
In the US, online research and analytics company InsightExpress has appointed former Hall & Partners exec Jim Forrest as Senior Vice President of Ad Measurement Solutions. More
Ipsos Healthcare has extended its Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) portfolio to Japan and Australia, where it will initially focus on oncology, with other therapy areas to be rolled out in the coming months. More
Innovation and forecasting specialist Ipsos InnoQuest has launched a new service to test ideas and deliver a snapshot of quantitative consumer feedback in around eighteen hours. More
Ipsos has reported a 4.3% decline in annual revenue to EUR 1.71bn, from EUR 1.79bn in 2012. The company blames the fall on exchange rates, its partial withdrawal from Eurozone countries like Greece and Portugal, and the sale of its Los Angeles-based film testing arm. Organic growth was 0.8%. More
In the US, Ipsos MediaCT and comScore have introduced a new cross-media planning tool which combines the Ipsos Affluent Survey with comScore Media Metrix data, in order to understand how affluent audiences access media across channels. More
In Australia, Ipsos MediaCT has integrated RDA Research's geoTribes and geoSmart customer segmentation tools into emma, the industry-backed cross-media newspaper and magazine readership survey. More
UK-based footfall counting and analysis specialist Ipsos Retail Performance has opened an office in Toronto, Canada, with the aim of servicing retailers across North America. More
Ipsos MarketQuest has appointed Jerry Forristal as Global Head of its Censydiam Institute; a unit responsible for training and further development of the Censydiam model. He replaces Sue Phillips, who has been named Global Head of Insight at qual specialist Ipsos UU. More
Ipsos has appointed Deepak Garkhel as Executive Director – Head of Operations in India, based in the firm's Delhi office. More
Ipsos is facing a legal challenge from a number of broadcasters in Egypt, who accuse it of bias in reporting audience ratings, according to reports in the Egyptian press. A statement from the global group says it is committed to quality and transparency and will prosecute those making unfounded claims. More
Ipsos has appointed Joanne Van der Burgt to its media research practice in Canada, with a remit to grow the practice across the country. More
Ipsos MediaCT has launched a real-time content monitor called MediaMoments, allowing clients to understand how, when and where their content is consumed, and how experience of consumption differs according to platform. More
Chris Sinclair, the former co-owner of UK agency TORA, has been appointed Regional Director for Ipsos Marketing in Europe and Africa. More
Ipsos' Country Manager for Malaysia, Steve Murphy, has left the company and is replaced by Miranda Cheung, who adds the title to her existing responsibilities as country manager for Singapore. More
Ipsos has realigned its resources in Western Canada and the US Pacific Northwest, aiming to bring staff closer together and boost collaboration. To support the move, Mike Rodenburgh will now lead the company's business operations across the regions. More
Ipsos has confirmed that former TNS Regional CEO Judith Passingham will join its online data collection arm Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) as Global CEO on 2nd January 2014. IIS was formerly part of Global Operations, led by Stewart Jones, and will now operate as a separate business. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a multi-client Lupus Therapy Monitor in the top 5 EU markets - the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. More
Ipsos has reached an agreement with WPP-owned behavioural targeting services firm I-Behavior, Inc. to help marketers manage and assess campaigns among affluent US consumers. More
Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Tom Nolte as Global Head of Innovation, based in the US, to drive the creation and delivery of solutions addressing emerging issues across the industry. More
Ipsos Loyalty has appointed Nick Lygo-Baker as Head of its real-time customer feedback platform ViewsCast in the UK. More
Ipsos Australia has appointed Luca Vittaloni as Head of Insights & Strategy - Western Australia, based in its Perth office which is moving to new premises within the city. More
Three analytics and insight providers - Martini, Acxiom and Ipsos Mendelsohn - have partnered to provide information about the media habits and lifestyles of affluent households in the US. More
Ipsos MediaCT has appointed Adam Hodgson as Research and Operations Director for its contract with The Readership Works' newspaper and magazine readership survey, emma. More
Ipsos has continued the restoration of the Fieldwork International name, dropping the Ipsos Healthcare Field Services brand from its data collection businesses in Hong Kong and Spain. More
In the UK, Ipsos Retail Performance has introduced new facial analysis technology called 'Shopper Profile', promising retailers a better understanding of the demographics and behaviour of their customers. More
In the US, Ipsos Healthcare has launched another in its syndicated Global Therapy Monitor series, this time covering Hyperlipidemia. Coverage will include drug share, future prescribing intentions and attributes that drive doctors' decision-making. More
Ipsos has announced a 5% drop in third quarter revenues to EUR 418m (Q2 2012: EUR 440m) - the result of a 6.8% negative currency effect. The decline was partly offset by 1.8% organic growth during the period. More
In the US, Ipsos Loyalty has appointed Trish Dorsey as Senior Vice President and leader of its Technology and Telecommunications team. More
In the UK, Jonathan Nicholls has moved from Ipsos MORI's Public Affairs division to serve as Head of Employee Research for Ipsos Loyalty - the division which focuses on helping companies improve business performance through customer satisfaction and relationship management. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a range of 'syndicated patient journey studies', giving a holistic view of the end-to-end patient experience including the whole buying process. The first to launch is 'OncoJourney'. More
Ipsos has appointed Evan Borak as Senior Vice President of its media, content and technology division Ipsos MediaCT in the US, and Head of its Audience Measurement Group (AMG). More
Ipsos MORI Scotland has been commissioned by television channel STV to provide its News unit with a series of six opinion polls charting the views of Scottish voters in the run up to the independence referendum in a year's time. More
Ipsos - via its Hong Kong office - has launched a platform integrating data from different stages of the staff recruitment process, branded as the Candidate Experience Optimizer (CEO). More
Ipsos Healthcare has announced the global launch of a new research framework, EquityVision, which builds on its BrandVision product to 'link the major sources of commercial equity in the multi-channel healthcare marketing environment.' More
In London, former CFI Group exec Helen Wilson has re-joined Ipsos as Head of Account Management for its UK Loyalty business. More
Following a 2.7% fall in first quarter revenue, Ipsos has reported a 0.4% rise in its second quarter figures. However, negative currency effects meant that total first half 2013 revenues fell by 4% to EUR 803.7m. More
Ipsos has promoted ad research veteran Gordon Bingham to the role of President at Ipsos ASI in Canada. More
Ipsos Australia has appointed Hamish Munro as its new CEO, based in Sydney and replacing Hugh Amoyal. More
Ipsos Healthcare has extended its syndicated Cardiovascular Therapy Monitor Portfolio with the addition of a Monitor covering Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF). More
Ipsos has filed a lawsuit in London's High Court against Aegis, claiming that the marcoms giant failed to disclose tax and fraud probes at Synovate, before it sold the company for £525m ($792m). As a result, Ipsos is seeking up to £65.8m ($100m) in compensation from Aegis. More
Ipsos Retail Performance has launched a new Shopper Insights suite which it says will enable managers and other store staff to understand and interpret both their traffic and transactional data. More
In New York, media research veteran Scott Grunther has joined Ipsos MediaCT as Senior Vice President, Media. More
Ipsos Marketing's qual arm Ipsos UU has appointed industry veteran Natalie Hennekam as Account Director in its Melbourne office. More
Ipsos ASI has launched a smartphone app called Brand Shout, to measure consumers real-time reactions to brand touchpoints such as advertising, social media, and point-of-sale material. More
Paul O'Meara is returning to Ipsos Healthcare as Head of Autoimmune Therapy Monitors, based in NYC. He replaces Sabina Heinz who moves to head up the company's Diabetes, Cardiovascular and Respiratory portfolios, along with a number of new monitors. More
In Australia, Ipsos MediaCT has appointed former Horizon Media CEO Jane Nicholls for its new role as Commercial Director, in charge of the commercialization and roll out of the new 'emma' newspaper and magazine readership survey, launched last week by The Readership Works. More
Ipsos Marketing's qual arm Ipsos UU has appointed Melanie Dowe as Sector Lead for clients in the financial services and IT sectors, and Jeff Borcherding as Head of the division's business with P&G in the US. Both hold the title of Senior Vice President. More
Data collection specialist Ipsos Healthcare Field Services has returned to its former name, Fieldwork International, in Italy. More
In New York, Ipsos has appointed Stephane Goldsand and Jasper Snyder as Vice Presidents in its Strategy Partner Group. More
Ipsos has launched a social media research and communities division called Ipsos SMX (Social Media Exchange), to provide clients with new approaches to market research into consumer engagement and interaction. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched its Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Monitor in Europe. The service, gathers data from a wide range of stakeholders including drug-treating physicians and pathologists, will begin with coverage of oncology and be rolled out to other therapy areas. More
Ipsos Marketing has appointed Sophie Goddard to lead its partnership with Bounty, the UK pregnancy, baby and parenting club. More
Ipsos MarketQuest has unveiled the 'next generation' of its suite of brand growth solutions, Censydiam, which it says helps users to identify and prioritise category and cross category opportunities for growth, analyse brand choice and measure brand equity. More
April Jeffries has been promoted to the role of President of Ipsos UU, Ipsos Marketing's qualitative research arm in the US. She is based in the firm's office in Mahwah, NJ. More
Ipsos has made several key appointments in its North American leadership team, naming Jeff Cail as Chief Operating Officer, David Parma as President of Ipsos Marketing, and Jim Meyer as CEO of Ipsos ASI. More
In the UK, a partnership between Ipsos MORI and mobile phone company EE is in the public eye after the Sunday Times said data on EE customers was being offered to the Metropolitan Police. Both EE and MRS Code-compliant Ipsos MORI have confirmed that the data is aggregated and anonymised. More
Specialist healthcare fieldwork consultancy Ipsos Healthcare Field Services has returned to its former name, Fieldwork International, in the UK. More
Ipsos Healthcare has announced the launch of SEES, a range of disease-specific syndicated ethnographic studies, examining patients' experience and views. Initially available in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and the USA, the firm says the studies will 'bring to life the day-to-day challenges of living with a chronic disease'. More
Ipsos has reported a 5.3% drop in first quarter revenues to EUR 359.6m, which equates to a 2.7% drop at constant scope and exchange rates. The firm says these figures reflect a decrease in commercial activity in the final quarter of 2012. More
Ipsos has been awarded a further year's contract to track Italian radio audiences, using its mobile radio audience measurement system MediaCell. More
Ipsos Healthcare has given Jackie Ilacqua the additional role of Global Head of Syndicated Services, alongside her existing position as President of Global Oncology. More
Liz Musch has been appointed CEO of ad, brand and communications research division Ipsos ASI, succeeding Alex Gronberger who moves to the new role of regional CEO of Ipsos Latin America. She joins the Ipsos Management Board and will report to founder and CEO Didier Truchot. More
In Canada, Ipsos Healthcare has rolled out a tumor-specific oncology monitor focusing on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), planned as the first in a series of syndicated, cancer-specific monitors. More
Ipsos has sold its theatrical research division the Motion Picture Group (MPG) to a private investment company led by former MPG President Vincent Bruzzese. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Customer satisfaction and loyalty specialist Paul Szwarc has rejoined Ipsos MORI, working in the firm's UK Loyalty division as a Director in the Financial Services team. More
Ipsos has set up a new Employee Relationship Management (ERM) practice in APAC, helping clients with talent attraction, employer branding, leadership development and staff retention strategies. More
In Germany, forecasting specialist Ipsos InnoQuest has appointed sensory and consumer insight expert Josef Zach as Director, Research & Development, Product Testing. More
Ipsos Marketing has announced a strategic partnership with Bounty, the UK's largest parenting club. The deal gives Ipsos clients access to Bounty's 37,000 strong Word of Mum Panel, comprising mums-to-be, new mums and those with pre-school age children. More
Ipsos has reported 2012 revenues of EUR 1.8bn, up from EUR 1.4bn in 2011, but disappointing given the addition of Synovate. Accustomed to rapid growth, the group blamed the stall on politicians, the integration process and competitor poaching of senior staff. Profits however remained solid. More
Lauren Demar has been promoted to the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for two Ipsos Marketing divisions: InnoQuest and MarketQuest. More
Footfall counting and analysis specialist Ipsos Retail Performance has launched a range of online reporting tools to help retailers view and analyse the performance of their stores. More
Ipsos has appointed former TNS exec Marie Lee as Managing Director of its operations in the Philippines. More
Ipsos Loyalty is to roll out its WAO! share-of-wallet tool in Poland. The service measures share of wallet dynamics within a given category, then assess which aspects of satisfaction and loyalty are driving this. More
Pierre Le Manh has stepped up to the role of CEO of Ipsos in North America, replacing Jim Smith, who becomes Special Advisor to co-Presidents Jean-Marc Lech and Didier Truchot. More
Bob Shullman, the former President of affluent consumer measurement business Ipsos Mendelsohn, has set up his own consultancy called the Shullman Research Center, which offers a 'Luxury and Affluence Monthly Pulse' of future purchasing intentions of the US marketplace. More
In New York, Ipsos MediaCT has appointed former WPP MIG exec Paul Wallace as Vice President, responsible for both new business activity and managing and overseeing operations on active business. More
In Paris, Ipsos has appointed former EDS VP Mary Dupont-Madinier as an Independent Director on its Board of Directors, replacing Wladimir Mollof who has stepped down from the role. In a statement, the firm said the move will bring a 'greater diversity' to the Board. More
Ipsos Healthcare's Gareth Phillips has relocated from Singapore to London, to take up the position of Managing Director UK & Head of Western Europe. More
Ipsos Marketing has appointed Stephen Yap, previously Global Account Director at TNS, as Head of Market Understanding & Measurement. More
Steve Garton, the former MD of Ipsos MediaCT Asia Pacific, has left to set up his own consultancy. The new firm will base its services around 'holistic communication' and ROI measures, supported by technology 'not previously available in Asia'. More
In New York, Ipsos Healthcare has appointed former TNS Healthcare leader Siva Narayanan as Senior Vice President, in charge of the firm's Evidence Generation, Value and Access portfolio. More
New Jersey-based boutique ad research firm PreTesting Group has hired former Ipsos OTX SVP Audience Measurement Julanne Schiffer as EVP of Sales and Client Solutions. More
In South Africa, Ipsos has named Nick Coates Head of its Marketing Business Unit, which includes qual research, market understanding and metrics, and innovation and forecasting business units. He takes up the role next month. More
Ipsos has appointed Harald Hasselmann as Country Manager of its South African operation, succeeding Jake Orpen who is leaving the company. More
TNS has appointed former Ipsos MORI CEO Mike Everett as Global Head of Stakeholder Management, based in London. More
Ipsos innovation and forecasting division InnoQuest has unveiled a new Framework, centred around 'nine drivers critical to innovation success'. More
Ipsos forecasting and brand optimisation subsidiary Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) has appointed former Nielsen execs Paul Straub and Tom Stroud, to manage the firm's Midwest client base and support its innovation agenda, from a base in the Chicago office. More
UK radio research body RAJAR has commissioned Ipsos MediaCT to extend its Radio Listener Panel for a further year, as it continues to evaluate the agency's MediaCell smartphone measurement system. More
Ipsos ASI has launched a tool called Live|Test, combining behavioural web analytics with survey data to help marketers and advertisers decide on the best way to optimize their digital ad campaigns prior to launch. More
Former Ipsos Health MD Emily Peasgood has joined market research consultancy Incite as Principal in its Health Team. More
Ipsos has reported 9-month revenues of just under EUR 1.28bn, up 45.1% on a constant currency basis since gobbling up Synovate a year ago. The firm says now that the integration is complete, it will 'resume its focus on growth' and on meeting its service quality and profitability targets. More
Ipsos MediaCT Jordan has launched a study to measure and analyze the media consumption habits of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. More
Ipsos MORI and King's College London are to bring together some of their researchers to develop new studies and maximise learnings from existing research. More
Innovation and forecasting unit Ipsos InnoQuest has unveiled the Archetype IQ System, which classifies CPG innovations into twelve 'Archetype profiles' to help clients gauge the potential for their latest ideas. More
Ipsos has launched a qualitative practice called Fusiona within its Ipsos UU business, promising to help clients connect with Hispanic consumers at a 'deeper level'. More
Ipsos MediaCT – which measures how consumers access, use and respond to media content – has appointed former WPP leader Jon Greenwood as President in the US, replacing Bruce Friend who left the firm in July. More
Ipsos has extended its specialist data and delivery business Ipsos Observer to Switzerland, to offer local clients access to the firm's global field and tab services. More
Yannick Carriou has been appointed Chief Executive of Ipsos MediaCT, replacing Richard Silman, who has taken on the role of Head of Corporate and Social Responsibility programs across the group. More
In China, Eddie Chien has joined ad and brand research specialist Ipsos ASI as Managing Director, after twenty years at Procter and Gamble (P&G). More
In New York, Ipsos has moved David Lansanah to the position of Global Managing Director of its product research and development arm MarketQuest. More
Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Richard Clarke as Global Business Development Director for Syndicated Services, based in Kuala Lumpur. More
Specialist innovation and forecasting business Ipsos InnoQuest has rolled out a new market potential analysis tool called Vantis*Optimize, designed specifically for clients planning to launch non-FMCG products or services. More
Ipsos has reported a 53.4% increase in first half revenues to EUR 837.0m, reflecting the integration of Synovate into its financial statements. More
ORC International veteran Warren Frankel has taken up the post of President of specialist data and delivery business Ipsos Observer in America, responsible for overseeing domestic teams while working closely with the rest of the Ipsos network. More
In the UK, Ipsos has transferred Belinda Freeman to the new role of Head of Distribution and Merchandising Tracking, with a particular focus on emerging markets. More
Ipsos has launched its Online Audience Panel Data service in Jordan, adding to its existing MENA coverage across the UAE, KSA, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Morocco. More
Ipsos ad division ASI has announced an updated version of its Brand Value Creator (BVC) solution, promising advertiser clients a deeper understanding of how they can build their brands. More
Ipsos Loyalty has followed up last year's WAR with the launch of a research solution called WAO!, to help clients understand 'share of wallet' in their target sectors. More
In the US, Ipsos has appointed former Yahoo! AdLabs head Ken Mallon as Global President of Ipsos ASI|digital, a practice focused on advertising research in digital and social media spaces. More
In the UK, Ipsos has appointed Victoria Kaulback as Senior Brand Strategist in its research innovation centre, the Open Thinking Exchange (IOTX), where she is tasked with introducing the firm's first 'productised' solutions in Europe. More
Online market research specialist Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has opened an office in Dubai, where it has appointed former Maktoob Research exec Dima Hijjawi as an Account Manager. More
In Shanghai, Ipsos Healthcare has appointed IMS Health veteran David Twinberrow as Head of Syndicated Services, Asia Pacific, charged with leading the planned expansion and development of the firm's Therapy Monitor portfolio across the region. More
Bruce Friend has resigned from his role as President of Ipsos OTX MediaCT and will leave the company after ten years, to return to the client side or work in a smaller provider company. More
Ipsos MORI has transferred Rob Myers from his role as President of Marketing in the US, to the post of Managing Director for Ipsos Marketing in the UK. He replaces Susan Malcolm who is relocating to Australia for personal reasons. More
Ipsos and digital research agency Gemius have been re-appointed as official providers of Internet audiences measurement in Hungary. The four-year contract starts in January 2013 and will for the first time include mobile audience insights (gemiusMobile) and online video data (gemiusStream). More
Ipsos has announced a number of senior qual appointments in Asia Pacific, including that of Gordon Milne as leader of its Ipsos UU qual business across the region. More
Ipsos has reported a 46% increase in first quarter revenues to EUR 379.9m, reflecting the addition of Synovate's business. However, it admits the need to integrate the two businesses has slowed expansion: volume of sales was down slightly on Q1 2011, and organic growth of just 2% is expected this year. More
US-based data collection firm Schlesinger Associates has appointed Ipsos ASI's former Global President Anne Hedde as Managing Director of its online data collection arm, Schlesinger Interactive. More
In the US, Ipsos Loyalty has appointed research veteran Thomas Gallagher as Vice President in its Financial Services practice. More
India's Hansa Research has partnered with Ipsos to make a joint bid for the new Indian Readership Survey (IRS) contract, which will start in 2013. More
Following the acquisition of Synovate, Frank Guo has been promoted to the position of Director, Healthcare China for Ipsos Healthcare, in charge of the division's business across the country. More
Ipsos Healthcare has launched a suite of Molecular Diagnostic Monitors, to provide a multi-stakeholder view of the global MDx (molecular diagnostics) market across multiple indications. More
UKOM, the cross-industry organisation set up to oversee the measurement of online audiences, has ended its partnership with Nielsen and instead appointed comScore as its new partner for online media measurement in the UK. More
Ipsos has expanded in the Middle East through a joint venture with family-owned business group Darwish Holding, which is headquartered in Qatar. The new Doha-based initiative is led by Ipsos Qatar Managing Director Elie Nawar. More
The MENA division of Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has launched its panel in the United Arab Emirates, continuing its roll-out throughout the region. More
Media and communications research provider Ipsos MediaCT has rolled out its passive radio audience measurement tool MediaCell across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to measure which radio stations respondents are listing to in the region. More
In New York, Ipsos MediaCT and biometric measurement specialist Innerscope Research have designed a new methodology, emoTV, which measures both the conscious and unconscious responses of audiences to TV shows. More
Ipsos-owned Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) has appointed former MarketShare exec Jude Ryan as Vice President of Analytic Innovation, with responsibility for expanding the division's predictive solutions. More
Ipsos has announced the appointment of Synovate veteran Jenny Broughton as a Global Talent Management Partner, and separately has given more details of the structure of its new InnoQuest Practice. More
Ipsos, continuing its integration of Synovate, has reorganised its largest global business line, Ipsos Marketing - which accounted for nearly half the group's revenues in 2011 - forming four distinct practices. More
In London, Ipsos MORI has hooked up with the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, to 'transform' the way it visually represents its client data in presentations and other communications. More
Ipsos has reported a 19.5% increase in revenues to EUR 1,362.9m for the full year 2011 following its acquisition of Synovate last October, while net profit soared 30% to EUR 86.1m. For 2012, the firm is anticipating what it describes as 'a year of construction'. More
Ipsos MENA has launched an online panel in Egypt, and will follow up with one in the UAE later this month. More
Following its acquisition of Synovate, Ipsos has appointed a new management team in Poland, led by Kurt Thompson, Synovate's former CEO for Central/Eastern Europe & the Middle East. More
Media and entertainment giant Time Warner has opened a media lab in New York, aiming to provide a 360 degree view of consumer behavior. The Lab features biometric monitoring and eye tracking, a 50-seat screening room, in-home living room simulation, and a live broadcast capability. More
Ipsos-owned Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) has opened a new real-time Pricing Strategy practice, integrating predictive analytics with behavioural data and consumer research to help clients make judgments on pricing or react quickly to competitors' pricing actions. More
Ipsos has launched its first online panel for the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia. The move coincides with the opening of Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) MENA, lead by Director Nader Kobeissi, in the region. More
Ipsos has invested an undisclosed amount in online ad monitoring specialist AdMaster, in a bid to better understand consumers' viewing attitudes, habits and responses to digital ad exposure in China and other Asia Pacific countries. More
In the US, EmSense's Chief Analytics Officer Elissa Moses has left the company to join Ipsos as EVP for Neuroscience and Emotion. She starts her new job on January 3rd. More
Ipsos has set up a new operation in Pakistan, led by former MEMRB Country Head Abdul Sattar Babar, who is supported by a team of 30 full-time marketing and media researchers based in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. More
Ipsos has extended its presence in South East Asia with the acquisition of analysis specialist Consumer Behavior & Insight (CBI) in Vietnam. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Ipsos ASIIdigital - a global practice within the group's ad research division ASI - has created a new platform for ad effectiveness testing on mobile devices. More
Ipsos has announced its new senior leadership line-up for the UK, following the Synovate acquisition. Former Synovate senior execs Dave Hannay, Hilary Worton, Paul Stamper, Deborah McCrudden and Yusuf Ramadan are all included in CEO Ben Page's team. More
Following its acquisition of Synovate, Ipsos has promoted Grant Bertoli to the position of CEO for South East Asia (SEA), and confirmed the appointment of Synovate's Singapore MD Miranda Cheung as MD of Ipsos in Singapore and SEA. Senior European and US roles have also been finalised. More
In the US, Ipsos Loyalty has partnered with research software specialist Survey Analytics, to offer clients mobile panel capabilities. More
Synovate CEO Robert Philpott has left his job as part of a management restructure, following Ipsos' recent acquisition of the firm. It is not yet known what his next career move will be. More
In Canada, Ipsos has promoted Luc Durand to the position of President, responsible for all its client service operations in Québec. More
In the US, former L'Oreal exec Mark Anton has joined Synovate-owned Marketing Management Analytics (MMA) as Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts. More
In the UK, Ipsos MediaCT has launched a suite of research tools under the umbrella name of Mobi-Vision, to enable clients to capture insights in real-time via their smartphones. More
Following its recent acquisition of Synovate and in line with plans to withdraw the Synovate brand in January, Ipsos has restructured its team in China. Five 'Combined Country Managers' will ready the businesses for integration while ensuring they run separately until the end of the year. More
Ipsos - now the world's third largest market research company - has reported organic growth of 6.0% for the first nine months of the year, with revenue rising to EUR 845.8m. Growth slowed slightly in the third quarter and the firm is hunkering down for tough economic times ahead. More
Ipsos OTX MediaCT has promoted Ben Spergel to SVP, Television Insights. He remains Product Manager for the major tracking study TV Dailies. More
In New York, Ipsos Loyalty Research has introduced the 'Wallet Allocation Rule' (WAR); a new research model to help businesses track their share of consumer spending. More
In the US, Ipsos' digital and media specialist arm, OTX MediaCT has appointed Robert Lightner as EVP in charge of its video game research business. He will be based in San Francisco, where he will also serve as local company lead. More
TNS has today announced the appointment of Kristin Sharp as global COO of its qualitative business, starting immediately. She joins from Ipsos' US qual division Understanding UnLtd, of which she was CEO and President. More
Ipsos has completed its acquisition of Synovate for £528.8m - up £3.8m from the previously agreed figure of £525m - to form the third largest market research company in the world. More
Ipsos has successfully completed the EUR 200 million rights issue it announced three weeks ago, reporting strong demand for the shares. The money will be used to part-fund the company's acquisition of Synovate, alongside existing cash and credit, and a EUR 250m loan. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has appointed former Nielsen BASES EMEA MD Susan Malcolm as Managing Director for its Ipsos Marketing division. More
In South Africa, Ipsos Markinor has introduced a new omnibus serviced called Omni-Express, to help clients measure consumer opinion and attitudes across the country. More
In London, Ipsos MediaCT has established a test panel of just over 350 respondents for its mobile phone-based radio measurement system, MediaCell. The move follows successful initial trials of the device. More
Ipsos is planning to issue around EUR 200m worth of new shares, to part-fund its acquisition of Synovate. More
Ipsos today announced the appointment of Bernice Klaassen as its Asia Pacific Regional Director for Digital. He was previously Global Director for Digital at TNS. More
In the US, Ipsos' digital and media specialist arm, OTX MediaCT has appointed ex-GfK man Mark McLaren as Vice President of the Syndicated Services Team. More
Synovate has reported an 8.4% rise in revenue to £269.7m for the first half of the year, ahead of its forthcoming sale to Ipsos for an agreed £525m. Organic gross revenue growth was 6.6% and operating profit rose 14.9% to £5.4m despite a ten percent rise in headcount. More
In the US, Marilyn O'Brien has re-joined qual and innovation specialist Ipsos Understanding UnLtd (IUU) as Chairwoman and CEO, after a year-out spent in a global role at Ipsos. To support O'Brien's return, Peter Weylie and Ali Perry have been promoted to the role of Co-President. More
The world's 25 largest research firms had revenues of $18.8 billion in 2010, up 4.9% on the previous 'dismal' year - a 'very healthy turnaround' according to industry authority Jack Honomichl. However, 'real' revenues were not quite back to their 2008 levels, and some companies continued to shrink. More
In New York, specialist data and delivery business Ipsos Observer is launching 'Social Observer', which integrates its survey management, data collection and delivery services with online social media 'listening'. More
Fresh from announcing its deal to buy Synovate, Ipsos has achieved organic growth of 6.3% in the first half of the year, reporting a 5.6% increase in revenues to EUR 558.2m. More
Ipsos has agreed to acquire Synovate for £525m (EUR 595m), creating the world's third largest market research company. The deal is to be funded with cash, new debt financing, and a rights offering to Ipsos shareholders. More
According to reports in the UK press, Publicis and WPP are both planning to make bids for the remainder of marcoms group Aegis, once it has completed the sale of its market research arm Synovate. More
In New York, Jeff Cail has returned to Ipsos to head US operations as President and Chief Executive Officer. More
In Singapore, Ipsos has appointed former TNS director Melanie Ng as South East Asia (SEA) Regional Director for Technology. More
In the UK, the BBC has named 37 agencies which have been selected to become part of the BBC's audience research roster. The firms are now preferred suppliers and can pitch for research projects designed to uncover what the corporation's audiences want and value. More
Ad research specialist Ipsos ASI has launched a New York-based global practice to help marketers and advertisers better understand the future of digital advertising. The new 'Ipsos ASI Digital' division will be led by former Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange SVP Jim Forrest. More
Ipsos has appointed former TNS MD Grant Bertoli as its Regional Director of South East Asia (SEA) and Managing Director for Singapore. More
In the UK, it has been revealed that Doughty Hanson - which owns the Vue cinema chain - is the mystery company interested in buying Aegis' market research arm Synovate. More
Aegis may be offered up to £600m for Synovate by an as-yet unidentified bidder, according to reports: considerably more than the rumoured value of the current 'exclusive' Ipsos bid, c.£520m. More
In South Africa, Ipsos has appointed former Nielsen exec Elmari Campher as Head of Innovation and Brand Research, based at its head office in Randburg. More
The Board of Aegis Group has confirmed that its talks with Ipsos about the possible sale of Synovate are 'exclusive', following a report in the UK press that it had received an expression of interest from private equity group Cinven. More
Kantar is to roll out MarketTools' TrueSample quality solution across its network, following the breakdown of the Promedius Group, the not-for-profit quality consortium it launched with GfK and Ipsos less than a year ago. More
In the UK, Ipsos MediaCT has partnered with Finnish mobile measurement firm Zokem to launch the M3 solution; a new app that combines the collection of smartphone and tablet usage data combined with event-based survey polls. More
RAJAR, the UK's radio audience research body, has extended its audience measurement contract with Ipsos MORI through to 2014. The agency has conducted the programme since RAJAR was founded in 1992. More
According to a report in the UK press, marcoms group Aegis has received an expression of interest in its market research arm Synovate from private equity group Cinven. More
The Board of Aegis Group has confirmed that it is in talks with Ipsos about the possible sale of its market research arm Synovate. Analysts suggest a price of around £500m and the combination would create the world's fourth largest research agency. More
In the US, qual and innovation specialist Ipsos Understanding UnLtd (IUU) has launched QualTV, a new report filmed in the style of a documentary reality show. More
Ipsos has announced a restructure of its ASI advertising division in the Asia Pacific region. Kym Penhall is promoted to MD of the region, while Great China MD Javier Calvar adds new responsibilities, and Peter Fairbrother and Keith Spencer also take up new roles. More
Ipsos has moved its New York HQ from Broadway to the Time-Life Building in Avenue of the Americas, occupying the entire 15th floor of the 48-story building. More
In the US, Ipsos OTX MediaCT has appointed Lorraine Hadfield as President of its Audience Measurement practice. The role includes overseeing the management and direction of the Ipsos Mendelsohn affluent consumer measurement business. More
In Canada, Ipsos has appointed Mike Rodenburgh as Vice President of Product Development for its research innovation center, the Open Thinking Exchange. More
Ipsos has reported first quarter 2011 revenues up 9.8% to EUR 260.1m, from EUR 236.9m in the prior year period - equivalent to 6.2% organic growth. More
In the US, Ipsos OTX MediaCT has appointed Eric Villain to the newly created role of President, Media & Technology, to lead a team unifying these previously separate specialisms. More
Ipsos has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of the Custom Research division of 'TMG - The Marketing Group', which is based in Central America. Terms were not disclosed. More
In the US, Ipsos and biometric measurement specialist Innerscope Research have partnered to integrate measures of unconscious emotional engagement into Ipsos' products. More
Ipsos has reported a 20.9% increase in 2010 revenues to EUR 1,140.8m, compared with EUR 943m the previous year, while for the period, net profit climbed 25.7% to EUR 66.2m. More
Ipsos has announced the UK roll-out of its GamePlan Insights tool, which examines behavioural and attitudinal trends in the videogame market. More
Ipsos has opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which will be led by Country Manager Steve Murphy. More
UK-based Ipsos MORI has appointed Dr. Denise Fairhurst as Head of Employee Relationship Management, while parent company Ipsos has appointed Sonia Pall as its new Country Manager and CEO in India. More
In Australia, non-profit body The Readership Works has appointed media specialist Mal Dale for the newly created position of General Manager, responsible for developing, launching, and managing the country's new print readership metric. More
In New York, Ipsos OTX MediaCT is expanding its Corporate Development team with the appointment of Kevin Thompson as Senior Vice President, Social Media. More
In the US, Ipsos' Omnibus Division has added cell phone dialling to its telephone omnibus, in an attempt to offer clients improved respondent representation. More
In the UK, newly formed full service MR agency Samson Research has appointed media research veteran Richard Windle to lead its Digital Communications practice. More
In the UK, Ipsos Health has appointed Mike Holland as Research Director, to focus on the continued development of key metrics for the pharmaceutical sector. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed Lindsay Cowan, formerly TNS Research International's Global Director of Shopper Insight, as Head of UK Retail and Shopper. More
Ipsos has appointed David Richardson as Managing Director of Asia Pacific, to help lead businesses across the India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan, Korea and Greater China regions. More
Ipsos has named a new management team in Asia Pacific, led by Lifeng Liu who was formerly CEO of Greater China. More
In the UK, former Ipsos directors Sam McGuire and Alison Bigsby have founded a full service market research agency, Samson Research. More
In the US, ad pre-testing specialist Ipsos ASI has promoted Rob Mooth to lead its relationship with his former employer Procter and Gamble in North America. More
In New York, Joseph Cesaria has rejoined Ipsos as Senior VP of Business Development at Ipsos OTX. He joins from InsightExpress where he served as Group Director Media Research. More
Ipsos has unveiled what it describes as the 'largest research-based call centre in Africa'. The firm's decision to invest in building up the English-speaking call centre in Randburg, South Africa was taken in late 2008. More
In the US, ad pre-testing specialist Ipsos ASI has introduced a tool to measure the impact and effectiveness of digital advertising. More
Ipsos Nigeria has partnered with local news provider THISDAY to conduct political polling in advance of the April 2011 elections. Ipsos says this is the first time a research agency has conducted political polling in the country on such a large scale. More
In the US, Ipsos Understanding UnLtd (IUU) - the firm's qual and innovation research brand - has promoted former P&G veteran Kristin Sharp to the post of CEO. She also becomes a member of the North American leadership team. More
In New York, product innovation specialist Ipsos Vantis has launched 'Vantis Files', a syndicated research offering that monitors competitive products and services across multiple industry sectors. More
WPP-owned media agency MEC has appointed former Ipsos exec Janos Gulyas as CEO for its Hungarian operation. More
In the US, Ipsos OTX MediaCT - which specializes in the media, content and technology sectors - has moved former OTX Europe head Ian Wright to the position of Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. More
Ipsos has reported a 27.9% increase in Q3 revenues to EUR 283.6m, compared with EUR 221.8m in the prior year period. The firm is already projecting that for the first time, annual revenues will exceed the one billion euros mark. More
In New York, Ipsos Loyalty has promoted Ken Peterson to the position of Chief Operating Officer, where he will focus on maximising efficiency and optimising client service. More
In the UK, Nielsen veteran Marco Barbaccia has joined Ipsos MediaCT as International Director of Electronic and Digital Audience Measurement. More
Ipsos Vantis, the global group's product innovation division, has appointed Randy Giusto as Senior Vice President in its technology business. More
In the US, Ipsos is consolidating its Cincinnati operations into one large office, based in the city's historic Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood. More
Ipsos Loyalty - which focuses on helping companies improve business performance through customer satisfaction and relationship management - has appointed MR client services specialist Joe Mann as Vice President, Business Development. More
Ipsos MediaCT has been chosen by Australian non-profit body The Newspaper Works to develop and run a new readership measurement system for the country's newspapers and magazines. More
Advertising division Ipsos ASI has launched its 'Big Idea' service in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). More
Former Ipsos MORI director Maggie Little has joined Language Connect, a specialist in language services for market research, in the newly created role of Business Development Director. More
Ipsos Observer has restructured its US team into three geographical regions, and promoted Allison Gunn, John Ward and Dennis Barbelet to lead each of the teams. More
In New York, former Weather Channel media researcher Ned Greenberg has joined Ipsos OTX MediaCT as Vice President, Syndicated Solutions. More
In the US, Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has appointed former Procter & Gamble exec Dr Nancy Brigham as Vice President of Global Operations, North America Sample Access & Engagement. More
In the US, Ipsos has moved former OTX COO David Shanker to lead its specialist data and delivery division Ipsos Observer as Global President. More
In the US, healthcare research specialist Mike Bandick has joined Ipsos Understanding UnLtd (IUU) - the qual division of Ipsos North America - as Vice President of Health. More
Global research group Ipsos has reported a very strong performance for the first six months of 2010, with revenue up 18.1% to EUR 528.8m (organic growth 7.7%) and adjusted net profit up 33.7% to EUR 32.0m. More
Ipsos MORI has restructured its operations team. Rowland Lloyd is promoted to the post of Regional Director, Western Europe and South Africa Operations, while Jane A'Court and Sarah Michell become Joint MDs of Operations in the UK. More
In the UK, media and communications research provider Ipsos MediaCT has partnered with qualitative media specialist Work Research to launch a qual joint venture called 'Work with Ipsos'. More
Ipsos and mobile data collection technology firm Techneos have partnered to develop new mobile research techniques, technologies and applications. More
In South Africa, Ipsos Markinor has brought together its field and tab work into a specialist business unit called Observer. In addition to omnibus and international research teams, the unit includes a team conducting client projects for which only data is required as a deliverable. More
In the US, Ipsos has launched the Open Thinking Exchange - a new organization dedicated to 'opening the exchange of ideas and information between marketers and their consumers'. More
Ipsos OTX MediaCT has teamed up with media firm Future US to create a microsite which offers marketers and consumers insight into the purchasing behaviour and gameplay habits of gamers across the US. More
In a move sure to delight creative purists, entertainment research specialist Ipsos OTX MediaCT has opened a 'Script Evaluation Division' within its Worldwide Motion Picture Group, to assess the potential playability and marketability of films at the script stage. More
Ipsos has rolled out its Social Research Institute globally, to provide clients with an international understanding of social policy and research methods, while drawing on the firm's extensive knowledge of social research conducted in the 64 countries where it has offices. More
Ipsos says it is confident in its ability to return to 'significant and profitable growth' in 2010, after reporting a 14% rise in first quarter revenue to EUR 236.9m, compared with EUR 207.3m in the prior year period. More
In New York, ad pre-testing specialist Ipsos ASI has launched a solution aimed at helping marketers, brand managers and advertisers identify and develop the 'one big idea' which defines their brand in the mind of consumers. More
At a conference recently the closing panel was asked 'What happens if PaddyPower get this one right and we don't?'. The consensus was that we couldn't be blamed for this one since it was 'too close to call'. As it was, pollsters did pretty well, as did two former researchers who are now MPs. More
In the US, media and entertainment research veteran Bruce Friend has been named President of the newly formed Ipsos OTX MediaCT business unit. More
In the UK, GfK, Ipsos MORI, Kantar, Synovate and TNS have sponsored the launch of an online service, which allows developers and users of market research software to test that all exports they create are compliant with the Triple-S data standard. More
In the UK, Ipsos MediaCT - Ipsos MORI's media, content and technology division - has commenced a field test of MediaCell, its mobile radio audience measurement system. More
Entertainment broadcast production firm FremantleMedia - which holds the rights to Simon Cowell's X Factor - has rolled out its iCount TV viewer research panel in Germany, under the name of UFA Medienexperten. More
More work for the lawyers of recently acquired leading edge agency OTX: now co-founder Kristin Luck is suing the firm for money she claims she is owed relating to its sale to Ipsos earlier this year. More
Ipsos Poland has promoted Jacek Otffinowski to the position of CEO, succeeding Dinko Svetopetriæ who has left the firm to 'pursue alternative career plans' after just 9 months in the role. The firm has also promoted Steven Vogt to the role of Director. More
Ipsos Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has appointed Mustapha Tabba as Chief Operating Officer for the region. He retains his existing roles as MD for Jordan and Regional Director of Ipsos Loyalty. More
Lindi Levitt, Account Director and Head of Ipsos' Qualitative division, has relocated to Durban, South Africa to open an executive office. More
Kevin Goetz has quit OTX, where he was President of the Worldwide Motion Picture Research Group, to start his own research, marketing and consulting firm, Screen Engine LLC. Vincent Bruzzese fills his place at OTX, which says it is planning expansion. More
Despite a 3.6% decline in revenues to EUR 943.7m, Ipsos says it is 'ready for battle' in 2010, with plans to simplify management structures, increase effort in innovation, and extend its presence among a larger number of clients. More
Ipsos has signed an agreement to acquire a 25% stake in Portuguese research firm Apeme (área de Planeamento e Estudos de Mercado), with the option to buy the remaining 75% in five years. More
Nicole Ndoumbe-Myers has been appointed Head of Ipsos-ASI for Ipsos South Africa and sub-Saharan region. She relocates from Ipsos' head office in Paris. More
Ipsos has acquired LA-based hi-tech entertainment research specialist OTX (Online Testing Exchange) for an undisclosed sum. More
Ipsos Loyalty - which focuses on helping companies improve business performance through customer satisfaction and relationship management - has appointed former Synovate executive Bruce Corner as a Senior Vice President with its US business. More
In the US, Ipsos and Spanish language media firm Telemundo have launched a poll to find out more about the attitudes and opinions of Hispanic citizens. More
Ipsos has completed the acquisition of polling and research firm The Market Research Bureau of Ireland (MRBI) from WPP, and branded the firm Ipsos MRBI. More
Ipsos has appointed Yannick Carriou as Managing Director, France, replacing Giorgio Caporusso who has joined confectionery manufacturer Ferrero in Italy. More
Ipsos has launched a specialist gaming research practice, 3D. The unit integrates new tools and various existing skills from within the group to focus on the needs of game developers, marketers and console manufacturers. More
BARB - which provides weekly TV audience figures in the UK - has developed a new TV audience measurement service, featuring new methodologies, improved geographical design and a new viewing panel. More
Former TNS Director David Richardson has been appointed as Regional Managing Director of Ipsos in North East Asia, based in Seoul. More
Ipsos has reported a 3.9% drop in revenues to €669.6m for the first three quarters of the year, and a 5.3% decrease in third quarter revenue to €221.8m. More
Ipsos is to launch 'The Polish OTC Consumer' study, to analyse Poles' habits and attitudes towards buying and using non-prescription medicines and parapharmaceutics. More
Ipsos Marketing has rolled out the global launch of its 'NOVACTION NextGen' forecasting tool, which promises to help marketers measure the potential of their new products at any stage of the innovation process. More
Ad research specialist Ipsos ASI has promoted Alex Gronberger to the post of Chief Executive Officer, based in its Chicago office. More
In South Africa, former Synovate Director Ian Jeffrey has joined Ipsos Markinor as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Shirley Benney who has taken up the post of Chief Operating Officer. More
Ipsos and its online panel firm Livra are to launch an online community for users to share and gather opinions. More
Ipsos Marketing in Poland has launched sales potential estimation tool 'NOVACTION NextGen' - billed as the first of its kind in the country. More
Advertising research specialist Ipsos ASI has launched a tool which measures and tests communications across all forms of advertising platforms, including emerging digital media. More
Ipsos Public Affairs has opened a new research center to provide market research and insight into the lives of Hispanic citizens living in the US. More
Ipsos has reported a 3.2% decline in first half revenues to €447.8m, compared with the same period in 2008. The firm says it would be unrealistic to hope for the second half of 2009 to be much better. More
Australian readership research is in flux as incumbent currency provider Roy Morgan declines to take part in a new-look tender. As of yesterday, magazine publishing giant ACP has quit its national association in support of the Roy Morgan survey. More
Ipsos has announced former Lightspeed CEO Anne Hedde as Global President of its advertising division Ipsos ASI, responsible for worldwide Project Management and all aspects of business in the USA. She will be based in the company's office in Parsippany, NJ. More
Ipsos has agreed to acquire 100% of Market Research Bureau of Ireland Limited (MRBI) from WPP, which was required to sell it for competition reasons by an EC ruling. Terms were not disclosed. More
In the UK, Ipsos-MORI has sounded out employees about the possibility of taking two weeks of voluntary unpaid leave later in the year. More
Ipsos Marketing in Poland has launched a pair of quant research tools - MARKETLandscape and BRANDStretch - for use at early stages of brand development. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has opened the Research Methods Centre (RMC), billed as a hub of expertise in sampling, survey methodology and advanced data analysis. More
In the UK, former Ipsos MORI and York Consulting executive Margaret Frazer has joined Cambridge Market Research as the Research Director of a new business unit that will focus on the development of the firm's client base in both the public and private sectors. More
Mike Everett, formally CEO of Ipsos MORI in the UK, is to become Global HR Director for the Ipsos Group in July. More
Dinko Svetopetric has taken over the role of President at Ipsos Poland from Aleksandra Leis, who is leaving the company. More
In the US, Ipsos Understanding UnLtd (IUU) - the qualitative division of Ipsos in North America - has developed a new approach to qualitative research for an online environment. More
Ben Page is set to become the new Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI in the UK and Ireland, replacing Mike Everett who takes on a new global role on the Group Management Board. More
Ipsos has reported global revenues down 4.6% in Q1 2009 to €207.3m compared with the same period in 2008, with negative organic growth of 5.1% and a negative currency effect of 2.3%. The firm says it has held up well in an exceptionally difficult environment. More
Ipsos has rolled out its 'CATI at Home' method, which enables interviewers to conduct telephone-based research from their own homes, for use in Poland. More
In the US, Ipsos ASI - which offers advertising pre-testing services - has launched a research solution to help marketers refine and optimize the creative content of their advertising. More
Ipsos' shareholders have approved the appointment of five new Board Directors, including Pierre Le Manh who is Global CEO of Ipsos Marketing and Chairman of the CEEA and MENA regions. More
In Canada, Ipsos Reid has launched an online panel of 3,000 ethnic and new Canadians, to provide information about this growing segment of the population. More
Former Ipsos and NPD executives Jean Davis and Tessie Ting have started Conversition Strategies, a new research firm focused on social media and with bases in the US and Canada. The company's first key offering is brand rating web site MatterMeter, due for launch this weekend. More
TNS has beaten IPSOS, Gallup and Synovate in a pitch to win what it describes as 'one of the largest market research contracts ever commissioned' - a four year €65m EU project to provide a measure of public opinion in Europe. More
Ipsos has announced a deal with Thomson Reuters to provide 'regular intelligent information about behaviours, attitudes and opinions of consumers and citizens', based on regular multi-country polling on a wide-range of topics. More
In Canada, Ipsos Reid has announced a deal with Tell Us About Us Inc. (TUAU) to better serve clients in the retail, restaurant, service and hospitality sectors. The deal adds TUAU's data collection and reporting engine the OnlineKMC(TM) to Ipsos' consulting expertise. More
Polling firm Ipsos Reid is to close its call center in Ottawa, Canada in June, citing client demands for cheaper research. Around 40 full and part-time staff will lose their jobs. More
Ipsos has posted organic growth of 7.8% and operating margin up 8.2% for 2008, despite a financial crisis which it describes as 'unprecedented in its scale since the modern economy took shape'. More
Ipsos has acquired Punto de Vista, described as the leading company in Chile for customer satisfaction research and quality measurement. More
In the US, Ipsos has appointed market research veteran Mary Kaye O'Brien as Vice President, to oversee its operations in Seattle. More
Ipsos MORI's Reputation Centre has set up a Reputation Council, made up of more than 50 senior corporate communicators drawn from a cross section of major organisations across Europe. More
Swedish firm Tobii Technology has introduced what it describes as 'the world's first off-the-shelf eye tracking system for integration', at the CeBIT expo in Hanover this week. More
In the US, Ipsos Marketing has launched two new research tools to help marketers understand a brand's growth potential and how consumers will interact with it. More
Ipsos has reported full-year organic growth of 7.8% with revenues up 5.6% to €979.3m from 2007. The group says that in 2009 it intends to deliver further growth, while maintaining margins - at the very least - at their 2008 level. More
Radio ratings giant Arbitron has reached separate agreements with Ipsos and The Media Audit regarding infringement of three US patents relating to its Portable People Meter (PPM). The deals mean the two firms will not compete with the PPM for at least three years. More
Swedish eye tracking firm Tobii Technology has signed a global agreement with Ipsos Marketing for its Eye Tracking hardware and software to be integrated into Ipsos' Pack Evaluation packaged testing system and other Ipsos solutions. More
Dinko Svetopetrić has joined Ipsos Poland, eventually to assume full management of the company. Current leader Aleksandra Leis will leave in the next few months after a handover period. More
In Paris, former Millward Brown/Added Value CEO Liz Musch has been appointed as Global Chief Executive Officer for Ipsos Loyalty. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of 60% of the Strategic Puls group. The company makes more than 90% of its turnover (c.8m Euros in 2007) in Serbia and Croatia, but is also established in five other Balkan states. More
In the US, Ipsos Mendelsohn has formed an advisory council – made up of representatives from ad agencies, publications, cable TV networks and digital media worlds – to expand the scope and size of its annual Affluent Survey. More
Marketers are 'gloomier than ever' about the UK's economic outlook according to the latest Marketing Trends Survey published today by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. More
Ipsos MORI has launched a new shopper research solution, Checkout, which promises to increase the chances of success at launch by optimising manufacturers' in-store strategy in the competitive environment. More
Despite painting a grim picture of an unfolding 'financial, economic and ideological crisis' around the globe, Ipsos has reported Q3 revenues of Euros 234.2m, a 5.9% increase compared with Q3 2007. Organic revenue growth was 8.2%. More
In Canada, Ipsos has recruited former Harris Interactive travel industry researcher Jim Quilty as VP of its own Travel and Tourism division. More
Canadian-based public opinion and market research firm Angus Reid Strategies has hired former Ipsos manager Patrick Klein as SVP, in charge of the company's Health Care practice. More
In the US, Ipsos Loyalty has appointed financial services market research specialist Jeff Repace as Senior Vice President, to lead the firm's work in the sector. More
Ipsos has acquired China's largest automotive research specialist, Shanghai-based B-Thinking, in a fifty-fifty cash and shares deal for an undisclosed sum. The business will be integrated into Ipsos' existing business in China. More
Ipsos Healthcare has appointed veteran researcher Paul Snyderman, previously Executive Director and Technical Advisor in Global Customer Insights at Merck, as a senior-level Research Officer. More
Ipsos MORI is campaigning to replace 'any negative and outdated preconceptions graduates may have about a career in research' with the prospect of a role which 'can influence both society and business'. The agency has also announced a partnership with loyalty specialist The Logic Group. More
After 12 years with the firm, Giorgio Caporusso has been named General Manager of Ipsos in France, following the departure of Joint MDs Pierre Giacometti and Stéphane Truchi at the end of last year. More
In Canada, Ipsos has released the latest version of its Interactive Forum (IAF) software, introducing multilingual capabilities including Chinese, Russian, Hindi and all major western European languages. More
In the UK, Milorad Ajder has been appointed as MD of Ipsos MORI's Reputation Centre (RC), replacing Stewart Lewis who will retire at the end of the year after more than 30 years with the firm. More
In the UK, the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has pulled out of its sponsorship of the Ipsos MORI British Business Survey (BBS), saying it 'lacks credibility'. More
Ipsos has acquired 100% of Alfacom, a Brazilian firm specialising in research and customer relationship management in the Latin America automotive sector. Terms were undisclosed. More
Ipsos MORI has announced that it is the first research agency in the UK to achieve registration to the international information security standard ISO 27001:2005; recognised as the means to establish, implement and monitor an information security management system (ISMS). More
Ipsos has appointed technology market research specialist Brian Smith as Vice President in its MediaCT division, which specializes in researching media, content, and technology. More
Ipsos has posted a 4.5% increase in revenue to Euros 462.8m for the first half of 2008, and organic growth of 8.4%. Four of the firm's business lines reported double-digit organic growth during the period. More
Online survey specialist, Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has launched an interactive tool to enable US panellists to participate in 'fun polls' posted on Facebook. More
WPP has posted TNS shareholders a formal offer for the company, valuing it at $2.28bn. It includes news of an option to sell TNS' television monitoring arm TAM to Ipsos, if required to meet EU competition law. More
Ipsos has strengthened its US Loyalty division with the appointment of Matt McNerney as President. Most recently, he served as President of TNS North America Client Solutions. More
Ipsos is to acquire Buenos Aires-headquartered research firm Livra Panels, which provides online panels and data collection services for market research agencies in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. Terms were not disclosed. More
In the UK, marketers remain upbeat about their own organisation's prospects even if they feel less positive about the UK's economic outlook, according to research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). More
In the US, Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has partnered with Peanut Labs – which provides access to members of social networking sites – to improve its reach among the 13-34 year old demographic, otherwise known as Generation Y (Gen-Y). More
Ipsos has launched a Spanish language omnibus service, the Ipsos Hispanic Express Omnibus, billed as the only Hispanic Omnibus survey to start every week. Each wave consists of 500 interviews completed either in English or Spanish, according to respondents' choice. More
Ipsos first quarter revenues rose 6.2% to €217.3m from Q1 2007. Despite slow going in North America, global organic growth reached 9.6%, which the firm said exceeded its full-year targets. More
Ipsos North America has concluded the acquisition of media research specialist Monroe Mendelsohn Research (MMR), which it says will further strengthen its global media research team, particularly in the North American market. More
Advertising and brand equity research division Ipsos ASI has introduced two new tools, Next*360 and CampaignLab, to help marketers evaluate and optimize multi-media ad campaigns and communications prior to final execution. More
Jill Wiltfong has joined Ipsos in the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Tracking Product Management, driving the global tracking business of the Group's advertising-focused ASI subsidiary. More
In the US, former TNS MD Amaury de Condé has joined Ipsos as SVP and MD of its Global Product Center; an international role with responsibility for the worldwide Ipsos Marketing Consumer Goods business. More
Ipsos has completed its acquisition of agriculture and animal health specialist Forward Research and will add its capabilities to Ipsos Reid's agribusiness, food and animal health division in Canada. The new entity will be known as Ipsos Forward Research. More
In Canada, findings from a new Ipsos Reid study suggest that teens are not as computer savvy as supposed, and even that in some respects they are less comfortable with online technology than adults. More
Ipsos has acquired agricultural and animal healthcare research firm Forward Research, and also created a joint venture to develop business management consulting in Indonesia. More
Media and market research groups Aegis and Cello, and global MR agency Ipsos have all beaten industry analyst predictions and recorded healthy profits for 2007. More
Ipsos is to acquire 100% of US-based Monroe Mendelsohn Research and its subsidiary Mendelsohn Media Research from current President and CEO Walter McCullough. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
In New York, 'Newsweek Magazine' veteran Mark Kostelec has joined the Ipsos US Media, Content & Technology division as SVP of Sales & Marketing. More
Ipsos has announced the launch of a new proprietary online panel of Canadian farmers. Producers' Perspectives – The Ipsos Canadian AgriForum currently has more than 1,500 members, with plans to grow to over 3,000 in the coming months. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed Johanna Shapira as Head of Ethnographic Research at its UK-based Qualitative Hothouse. More
Ipsos has appointed Research International South Africa's former CEO Cees Faber as Director of its marketing strategy in Central and Eastern Europe and Africa (CEEA). More
Polls by Ipsos-MORI and ICM are this week at the centre of a row surrounding London's driving toll, the Congestion Charge. Mayor Ken Livingstone says his survey shows support for a new £25 charge on high fuel consumption vehicles, but Porsche Cars GB says its own survey says the opposite, and claims it's being more open with its findings. More
Ipsos Australia's public affairs division has joined with Eureka Strategic Research to found the Ipsos-Eureka Social Research Institute (IESRI); bringing together a team of 30 staff focused on issues affecting government and society. More
Ipsos MORI has identified a class of 'super consumers', who the firm says have the power to influence their friends on corporate issues, politics and the environment. More
Ipsos has posted full year revenue of Euros 927.2m, up 8.2% on the back of organic growth of 9.1%. Strong performances in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe more than offset a slight decline in the group's North American revenue. More
In the UK Postar, the audience research body for the out-of-home ad sector, has commenced a project to measure all out-of-home media, using GPS technology to record consumers' travel patterns and ad exposure. More
Panel management expert Jean Davis has been promoted to President of Ipsos Interactive Services in North America, less than a year after joining the firm. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has appointed former Research International healthcare specialist Emily Thomas as Research Director, while Lucy Owen has been promoted to Research Director. More
In the US, The Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (CMOR) has announced the election of Diane Kosobud as Co-Chair of its Board of Directors, and Jane Moore as Co-Chair of its Government Affairs (GA) Committee. More
Former Ipsos France Joint MD Stéphane Truchi is to become Chairman of the Executive Board of French market research and polling firm Ifop (Institut Français d'Opinion Publique). More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI MD Mike Everett has taken over the position of CEO from Brian Gosschalk, who has been promoted to CEO of Ipsos Western Europe and joins the group's Management Board with responsibility for Global Public Affairs. More
In the UK, the Market Research Society (MRS) has elected Ipsos-MORI's MD of Operations Rowland Lloyd as its new Chairman. He will replace outgoing Chairman Simon Lidington in April. More
Following TNS' major contract win with UK audience measurement body BARB earlier this week, Ipsos MORI has agreed a new six-year deal with the organisation, to provide its Establishment Survey. More
In the US Lisa Cooper, formerly Vice President, Client Services at Ipsos, has joined Rothstein-Tauber, Inc. (RTi) as a Senior VP of Client Services. More
Ipsos France has announced that its Joint MDs Pierre Giacometti and Stéphane Truchi are about to leave the group. Giacometti says 'strategic differences' with Co-Presidents Didier Truchot and Jean-Marc Lech will mean a quick exit. More
Jacques Blanchard, the Co-founder and President of marketing and research consultancy Novaction, has jumped ship to join rival, Nielsen-owned BASES, which provides research and forecasting services to the consumer packaged goods sector. More
Ipsos has reported revenues of Euros 664.2m for the first nine months of 2007, and says it is expecting full-year growth of at least 9%. More
Ipsos has launched a proprietary online panel of veterinarians in North America, in response to client demand. Around 900 vets from the US and Canada have joined, with plans underway to increase this to 2,000 within the next year. More
Ipsos has acquired a 70% stake in Markinor, South Africa's leading independent MR firm, and has confirmed its excellent first half results previewed on August 16th. More
UK-based economic and management advisor York Consulting has appointed Margaret Frazer as Principal Consultant, in charge of operations in its Edinburgh office. More
Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has appointed former NPD Senior VP Operations Jean Marie Davis as Vice President – Global Integration, based in the firm's New York office. More
In London, Ipsos MORI has hired Sarah Phillips to lead its healthcare division. She joins from Research International where she was European Healthcare Director and a Board Director; and worked previously at Harris Interactive. More
Ipsos and Nielsen have reported results for the first half of the year. Ipsos increased revenue by 8.7% over the year earlier period to €443.1m, while Nielsen's grew from $2,019m to $2,241m. More
In the same week as Nielsen, Canadian agency Angus Reid Strategies has also announced the formation of a new health practice. The new wing will be led by Senior VP Yola Zdanowicz who, like many of the firm's senior team, joins from Ipsos. More
Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has launched a global division that will focus on research using client supplied or specialist sample data. More
Harris Interactive has hired former MD of Ipsos Russia & Ipsos Ukraine, Jeff Stewart, to head its global account development strategy for both the US and European account teams. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of Australian agency Eureka, a specialist in public opinion, social and CRM research, headed by former AMSRS President John Sergeant. More
WPP's online panel provider Lightspeed Research has appointed Olaf Siemen as Account Director for Germany, working from the Hamburg office. More
Former Opinion Leader Research Director Sarah Michell has joined Ipsos MORI in a new role as Operations Director, based primarily in the firm's Harrow office. More
Ipsos has appointed former AOL Time Warner HR professional, Lisiane Droal as Global HR Executive VP, and former ACNielsen Executive Tom Markert as CEO for Ipsos Loyalty. More
US group Cox Radio has signed a five-year renewal contract with radio audience measurement firm Arbitron, to gather ratings and related services across the company's eighteen markets. More
Ipsos has announced a strong first quarter with revenues up 8.9% to Euros 204.7m. Organic growth was 10.3%, the highest for a first quarter since Ipsos' IPO in 1999. More
Ipsos has agreed to buy Turkey's second largest MR agency, KMG Research, beginning with 51% of the share capital and with an option to acquire the remainder in the future. More
Ipsos Health has made two key appointments to strengthen its client service team: Elys Roberts joins as President and CEO for North America and Andrew Grenville becomes Chief Research Officer. More
Ipsos has brought its Quebec operations together in a newly-renovated central office, in a move which the firm says will generate increased project and team collaboration and improvements in client service. More
Two global agencies have issued statements about legal issues. GfK Mystery Shopping's name was used by a third party defrauding consumers in North America, while Ipsos' IIS division has reacted to 'defamatory' assertions of breaches of employment law on a Romanian web site. More
Arbitron has today begun its March survey period for radio ratings in Philadelphia – the first to rely on the firm's PPM technology - with recalcitrant media giant Clear Channel on board. Clear Channel had earlier refused to join the new system but signed a multi-year deal just in time for the change. More
Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) has merged its North American and European organisations into one global online research body, to be managed by CEO Andrei Postoaca. More
Ipsos UK's MD of Public Affairs, Sam McGuire, has taken on a new challenge as he joins the firm's North American Public Affairs management team in New York, as Senior Vice President. More
Ipsos MORI has promoted Sarah Castell, 31, to lead its Qualitative Hothouse unit. She began her career at Flamingo International and was named one of 'Campaign' magazine's 'Innovative young researchers' in 2002. More
Ipsos has acquired most of Peruvian agency, Apoyo Opinión y Mercado S.A., which commands a 30% market share of the country's MR and public opinion polling business. The global group has also announced preliminary results for 2006 with organic growth of 6.5% and revenues of 857.1m Euros. More
Ipsos has announced a number of new hires and leadership promotions strengthening its global and North American teams. Debra Mason joins as CFO of Ipsos North America, Efrain Ribeiro as COO of Ipsos Interactive Services, and Pushp Kamal as Senior VP of Research Analytics for Ipsos ASI's Tracking and Equity business. More
Ipsos ASI's Peter Haslett has moved from Canada, where he was President and MD, to take up the role of UK Chairman. He will take responsibility for building the advertising research firm's UK and global presence. More
Two surveys out this week shed light on the world of online music. The technology is new – Ipsos says more and more Americans are trying mobile music downloads – but the content is often golden oldie, with Genesis taking the no.1 spot in Hitwise's UK online search chart. More
The battle for cricket's most famous trophy resumes in a few hours, with Australians hoping for a change of ownership, but continuity Down Under is the theme of two recent surveys. GMI / Anholt research finds the country's image little changed, while Ipsos finds its executives combining new media use with reading more newspapers than ever. More
Ipsos has announced a successful first nine months of 2006 with organic revenue growth of 8% over the year earlier period, and overall growth of 24.9% to Euros 613.2m. Third quarter growth was slightly slower at 22% (organic 7%). More
Ipsos has announced the opening of offices in Egypt and Iraq, both located in the capital cities and both resulting from acquisitions. The global agency says this 'completes its geographical coverage through the Middle East and North Africa region'. More
Companies can expect to spend at least three years repairing the damage caused by major negative publicity in the media, according to research by Ipsos MORI. Results will be revealed tomorrow at a conference hosted at London's Emirates Stadium, home of Arsenal Football Club. More
Three-quarters of UK consumers think products have too much packaging, according to research into public perceptions of retail choice by Ipsos MORI. The findings, which also hint at a forthcoming boom in online grocery shopping, are the first from a regular 14-country survey. More
Audience measurement partners Ipsos and The Media Audit have this week confirmed that they will start installing encoders for their phone-based measurement system in Houston radio stations in December, and will conduct an 'Expert Witness' test the same month, to help validate the methodology. More
Ipsos has added three senior researchers to its growing Seattle office, which has doubled in size in the last year to more than 20 staff. They are HP veteran Tom Rideout, Brett Tucker from Harris Interactive and Jeff Etherton, previously of Northwest Research Group. More
There's nothing quite like word of mouth to boost a company's fortunes. Indeed, a recommendation can be a powerful tool in building a company's reputation and competitive edge, recent research by Ipsos Public Affairs shows. More
Ipsos Insight has released 'Line Evolution' a proprietary tool aimed at helping consumer products manufacturers make better decisions about which products to include in their product lineups. More
Another former Ipsos researcher has joined the senior team for Angus Reid's new agency: Chris Ferneyhough becomes a Vice President, based in Calgary. More
Australians are willing to contribute to the fight against global warming but many are uncertain of what to do, according to findings from Ipsos Australia's national omnibus survey, released to key government and environmental agencies at a recent Melbourne screening of Al Gore's film 'An Inconvenient Truth'. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed Peter Attwell, previously of agencies BDRC and Winmark, as UK Director of its product development and forecasting division, Vantis. More
Two global agencies have this week released latest results from elite surveys. Ipsos Media reveals that European business leaders are compensating for increased time away from home with gadgets, cars and holidays; while hybrid methodology is helping Synovate's Media Atlas get past the security gates to chart the rise of AsiaPac's urban affluent. More
Ipsos has confirmed its revenue for the first half of the year as Euros 407.7m, and announced a 36.2% rise in operating margin to Euros 32.7m and Group net profit up 35.7% to Euros 14.2m. Buoyant predictions are made for the next five years. More
Online audience specialist Hitwise has launched a Data Centre for easy access to the latest UK Internet stats, giving top-line competitive intelligence data. Meanwhile Ipsos Insight has launched a site section giving easy access to its 'Face of the Web' consumer studies. More
UK-based consultancy Illuminas has announced two senior hires. Patricia Rubio joins from Orange as Head of Business Consultancy, while Claudia Strauss from Ipsos MORI becomes Director of Illuminas' Brand Strategy practice. More
Ipsos Australia has announced it is in discussions with the country's Radio and TV industries to trial its MediaCell smart phone technology for audience measurement. The system is already in trials in the US and UK. More
In the US, The NPD Group has appointed Tim Bush as Group President of its flat panel specialist subsidiary DisplaySearch; and re-hired Rupert Walters as Group President, Entertainment & Communications. Walters left NPD in 2001 and was most recently President and COO of Ipsos North America. More
Ipsos has reported an excellent first half for 2006. Revenues are up 26.7% to Euros 407.7m, due mostly to organic growth of 8.6%, while the acquisition and integration of MORI, Understanding Unlimited and Camelford Graham contributed most of a 'scope of consolidation' rise of 14.1%. More
Audience measurement partners Ipsos and The Media Audit have announced the market rollout plan for their Smart Cell Phone system. If the method is selected by the radio industry, a full market test in Houston would be followed by launches in New York, LA and Chicago, with plans to roll out 12 markets in 2007. More
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has hired Susan Purcell and welcomed back Damian Symons as Directors working for its Insight division in the Brand and Marketing Development (BMD) team. Both will report to MD of Insight Mark Burgess. More
Ipsos Insight, the global group's flagship US division, has unveiled a new tool, Innotrack, which measures how well a new product has performed in the market versus expectations. The process includes identification of consumer motivations and deterrents to trial and repeat. More
Sarah Sanderson has joined BMRB as a Director heading up the proprietary media research unit, BMRB Media. She leaves Ipsos MORI where she ran the newly combined ad hoc media research unit. More
Ipsos MORI has become the first agency to be awarded the new international process Standard ISO 20252, within two months of the standard's launch. More
US MR supplier Knowledge Networks has named Simon Kooyman as its new CEO. Kooyman is a former leader of Ipsos North America and also held key leadership positions at VNU. He succeeds John Lewis, who left in December 2005 to become President and CEO of AC Nielsen USA. More
A group of Scottish marketing communications professionals have formed an industry action group to counter larger Scottish companies' perceived preference for London agencies. The move comes after a study by Scottish Enterprise found widespread concerns on the issue – but may not win the support of Scottish researchers. More
UK agency Ipsos MORI has appointed Ian Bramley and Stuart Grant as Global Account Director and Associate Director, respectively. Both will be working in the entertainment practice of Ipsos-ASI, the advertising research specialist division of Ipsos MORI. More
Ipsos has agreed to acquire a minority stake in the Tambor Group, the 3rd largest survey-based research company in the Czech and Slovak markets; increasing to a two thirds holding by 2009. More
In the UK, Lucy Owen has joined Ipsos MORI's specialist healthcare division as Associate Research Director. She spent the past five years leading both domestic and large-scale multi-country studies at healthcare specialist agency Questor International. More
More than 300 people, largely from the public sector, are attending today's Ipsos MORI annual event, 'The State of Britain'. This year, the event assesses whether the Labour government's policies are truly going awry or whether there are successes behind the negative headlines. More
Ipsos Loyalty has appointed Curt Carlson as Senior Vice President in the US. He previously held the same role at TNS. More
Advertising research specialist Ipsos ASI has underlined its recent restructuring into two regional divisions - North America West and North America East – by promoting four senior researchers to leadership roles. More
RAJAR has awarded contracts to Ipsos MORI, RSMB and TNS covering radio audience measurement for two years starting January 2007. Ipsos MORI will continue to operate the core survey with a redesigned diary, while TNS will trial a PPM-based electronic measurement panel in London, providing both radio data for RAJAR and TV for co-sponsor BARB. More
Ipsos MORI's advertising research division Ipsos-ASI has launched Next*Outdoor, an online virtual environment product for testing of outdoor ads. The firm says it aims to encourage advertisers to begin including this major component in the research mix. More
Ipsos has announced revenues of Euros 188 million for the first quarter of 2006, a 31% increase on the first quarter of 2005. This represents the company's strongest quarterly growth in the past five years – and it includes organic growth of just over 9%. More
Ipsos Insight has announced a new product testing system, 'Product Precision', using tailored test designs to address business issues that arise throughout the product lifecycle. More
Ipsos MORI has appointed Richard Habis as Business Development Director, and promoted Karen Swords to Director, both in its growing healthcare division. More
Despite UK consumer debt reaching the £1.1 trillion mark, three quarters (75%) of British borrowers claim to be 'comfortable' with their current level of borrowing. Research was conduced by Ipsos MORI for Experian's Personal Credit Index, a new feature of its online credit monitoring service CreditExpert. More
Mobile phones could soon overtake PCs as the most widely used means of accessing the Internet, according to the Ipsos 'Face of the Web' study. Internet access via the mobile phone actually outpaces wireless access from a notebook PC in many of areas of the world. More
Ipsos ASI has this week announced that Lana Busignani has been promoted to President, Ipsos ASI North America West, and Pam Maltby to the equivalent position for the East. More
Estimated advertising spend across the three core media - television, newspapers and magazines - reached a record $US68.6bn across 12 key Asia Pacific markets in 2005, according to the latest data from Nielsen Media Research. Meanwhile Asian business leaders' Internet usage is increasing but so is print media use, according to Ipsos Media's ABRS. More
The former head of Arbitron's radio group services unit, Les Tolchin, is to work with its competitor The Media Audit. Tolchin's Doneraile International consultancy will assist the firm, which says it is talking to 'lots' of other potential senior hires, as it gears up its electronic media ratings offer. More
Ipsos has once again reported a sharp increase in revenues, up 18.8% on the year to Euros 717.9m in 2005. Organic growth at constant exchange rates was 8.6%, beating other major MR groups, and operating profit up 25.5% to Euros 63.9m. More
Ipsos has announced a number of senior promotions in its growing Western Business Unit in Canada. Promotions include Steve Mossop to President, Market Research Canada West, and Tim Olafson to President, Ipsos Observer. More
RAJAR, the UK's radio audience research body, has given an initial thumbs up to the Smart Cell Phone technology developed by Ipsos in collaboration with The Media Audit in the USA, clearing the way for it to join Eurisko and Arbitron meters in ongoing trials. More
Ipsos MORI has promoted Tim Maton from AD to Director of its Retail and Leisure Division, reporting to its recently appointed head, Susanne Goller. More
Ipsos achieved consolidated revenues of 717.8 million Euros in 2005, 18.7% more than in 2004. Growth was strongest in Asia Pacific and the Middle East (26%) and in Latin America (36.4%). The company's Opinion and Social Research division saw the highest growth (46%), followed by Marketing Research (19.3%). More
Ipsos Insight in the US has launched a new quantitative research tool for the telecoms market. The tool, Ipsos ConStruct, is designed to bridge the gap between qualitative research and the concept testing stage to ensure that the right concepts are tested. More
Ipsos announced yesterday that it has acquired Camelford Graham, a Toronto-based company that specialises in qualitative research, and focuses on the FMCG, pharmaceuticals, and financial services sectors. More
Just 32% of US adults believe the current state of the country is good, while 68% believe it is poor, according to a recent Harris Poll. The poll reveals a growing rift between Republicans and Democrats, something also identified by research from Ipsos Public Affairs and the Pew Research Center. More
Canadian NRG Research Group has opened two new offices in Alberta, to be led by Derek Blair, formerly of Ipsos North America. Other new members of staff include food and drink specialist Greg Turner and consultant Rod Love, an expert on politics and the media. More
UK agency Ipsos MORI has launched a new research technique, Line Evolution, to help manufacturers optimise their brand portfolios. The technique aims to predict the performance of new and existing lines, adding consumer insight to traditional measures of the total unduplicated reach and frequency (TURF) of products. More
The UK's Ipsos MORI has appointed Susanne Goller as Director in its Retail and Leisure division. She will manage a team of ten and help expand the division's business. More
US consumers' confidence in the economy has risen for the fourth consecutive month, according to the latest survey from BIGresearch. However, a recent Ipsos survey records a drop in confidence. To help you make sense of such differences - and to bring you the confidence picture worldwide - we've introduced a new Consumer Confidence section. More
Ipsos Insight has appointed Arthur Eisenbach as Senior VP and General Manager of its Financial Services practice. Eisenabch has previously worked in brand strategy and marketing research for both the Bank of America and FleetBoston Financial. More
US-based Internet research agency OTX (Online Testing eXchange) has opened its first European office in London. Ian Wright, a former board director at Ipsos UK, will lead the company's European operations. More
US-based Clear Channel Radio has picked seven finalists to provide a new 'state-of-the-art' radio audience measurement system. Details of one of the chosen proposals - a joint submission from Ipsos and The Media Audit - was released by the companies yesterday. More
US online agency InsightExpress is expanding its Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) division with the appointment of Barbara Wade as Director. Wade was previously a Director at Ipsos Insight. More
US consumer confidence rose in November following a substantial drop over the last few months. Four different confidence indexes - from TNS (for the Conference Board), Ipsos (for the Royal Bank of Canada), BIGResearch, and the University of Michigan - all report similar patterns of recovery. More
More than two fifths of people using the services of UK charity FareShare are unable to buy food on a regular basis, according to an Ipsos MORI survey. A separate survey by Communicate Research finds 42% of MPs think the government should have a statutory duty to tackle food poverty. More
Less than a third of Canadian companies are involved in primary market research, and around a third of business decision-makers think their companies should spend more on MR. These are the findings of a study of 500+ business decision-makers conducted by Ipsos Reid for Canada's Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA). More
Following its recent purchase of MORI in the UK, Ipsos has acquired Understanding UnLtd (UU), a US-based qualitative research agency. The announcement comes as Ipsos reports continued financial success - with organic growth at 9.6% for the third quarter of 2005, and 8.3% for the first nine months of the year. More
UK agency Incepta Marketing Intelligence (IMI) has appointed Kenrick Leung as Director of its Hong Kong office. Leung takes over from Alice Page, who left for Ipsos earlier this year. He will report to IMI's CEO Andy Dexter. More
Ipsos UK is taking inspiration from reality TV with the launch of its new conflict-based qualitative approach. The process - known as Krisis (from the Greek word for the moment of truth) - encourages disagreements among group participants, in an attempt to encourage greater honesty and disclosure. More
New research from the Yankee Group predicts increasing convergence between mobile phones and consumer electronic devices. As mobile products become ever more sophisticated, a plethora of reports from other research firms also analyse new developments in the high-tech mobile and wireless markets. More
Ipsos UK - to be merged with MORI following this week's acquisition - has appointed Helen Simpson, formerly of Australian Business Ltd, and Mo Alam, from Orange, as Directors in its Loyalty division. Both will report to Gailynn Nicks, MD, Ipsos Loyalty. More
The results of the 2005 British Business Survey (BBS) announced today by Ipsos reveal a UK business elite that watches far less TV than the rest of the country, continues to rely heavily on traditional print media, but also leads the way in the use and ownership of technology. More
Global research group Ipsos has acquired MORI, the UK's largest independently owned MR agency, in a deal worth £88m. Ipsos UK and MORI will combine to form a new company to be known as Ipsos MORI. The purchase will almost double Ispos' UK revenue. More
Ipsos Insight in the US has appointed Catherine LoPresti, formerly of Saatchi & Saatchi, as Qualitative Research Consultant at the company's Consumer Products division. She brings more than 20 years' experience of conducting qualitative research for consumer goods companies. More
Gill Aitchison, MD of Ipsos ASI (the company's ad research division), has been appointed to the new role of MD of Ipsos UK. The appointment will allow the company's CEO Richard Silman to focus more on global development. James Mundell, formerly of Synovate, will replace Aitchison as head of ASI. More
Ipsos Interactive Services Europe (IIS Europe) has announced the expansion of its European Online Panel to five Eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and the Czech Republic. More
Ipsos has announced the opening of a new office in the Seattle area, its sixteenth location in the US. The company has a growing client base in the Pacific Northwest and the new office joins San Francisco, San Ramon, CA, and Vancouver, BC, as the other Ipsos West Coast locations. More
US agency Ipsos Insight has appointed David Nemiah as VP, Global Equity & Branding in its consumer products research division. Nemiah is a former director of brand research, strategy, and planning for consulting firms including BrandLogic, Interbrand, Siegelgale and McCann-Erickson Worldwide. More
Ad and brand research specialist Ipsos ASI Canada has launched Ad*Graph Express, a new quick-turnaround tool to help companies measure the impact of an ad or campaign, without the cost of continuous tracking. More
Alina Serbanica, former VP Business Development of Gallup Romania, is joining Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) as Access Panels Director, responsible for all the company's European panels. IIS specialises in online market research, with more than 550,000 panellists across Europe. More
Ipsos has extended its network in Asia with the launch of Ipsos Thailand in Bangkok - a joint venture between Ipsos and three former staff of Research International Thailand. Over the last year, Ipsos has acquired companies in China and Japan, and launched offices in Hong Kong and the Philippines. More
'Virtually everything we have been told about the relationship between customer loyalty and financial outcomes is bunk' according to a new book by two US-based business strategists from Ipsos Loyalty. More
Digital technology is everywhere - three sets of surveys results released this week illustrate the growth of networked entertainment and storage devices and of color laser MFPs in the US. However, it can sometimes get ahead of consumers, as shown by a survey of UK digital TV subscribers. More
Washington State MR association the Puget Sound Research Forum has announced an impressive Board of Directors for 2005-2006. They include research professionals from agencies including Ipsos and comScore, as well as from the client side, with representatives from Amazon and Microsoft. More
Ipsos has appointed Thomas Miller as Regional Senior VP and MD of Ipsos Public Affairs in the US, and Nicolas Boyon as Senior VP of the practice. The company has also announced the opening of a new office in Seattle to serve the needs of clients in the region. More
Ipsos is working with media database specialist New Age Media Systems to provide EzTAB software for Ipsos UK's media clients, which include BARB, NRS and RAJAR. The web-based software provides easy access to viewing figures and reader numbers, and allows clients to incorporate their own data into the system. More
Synovate has achieved 17.9% revenue growth for first half of this year, compared with 14.8% for its parent Aegis Group as a whole. Similarly at VNU, the research division outperforms the rest of the company. Other company results vary, but all point to growth in the MR sector. More
Use of online banking in the US has levelled off according to a new survey from Ipsos Insight. The study suggests that fears about identity theft, along with concerns that companies are selling records to third parties, are stalling growth in the market. More
Ipsos Insight, the US MR division of Ipsos, has appointed Kate Danaj as Qualitative Research Consultant in the company's Consumer Products Division. Her role will involve developing qualitative research plans and moderating focus groups for key clients. More
Tony Harper has been promoted to Senior Director in Ipsos UK's Observer division, which is responsible for the company's European omnibus services including the Capibus survey. More
Following Ipsos' recent win, MORI has also announced that it will conduct research for Sport England's campaigns. The fast-growing UK agency is also starting several new projects in other government and non-profit areas, including surveys of guide dog owners, the police, and people complaining about health services. More
A new study by J.D. Power finds buyers increasingly satisfied with digital cameras, especially those in the lower price segments; while two other recent surveys suggest strong demand for high-tech mobile services - as long as they are cheap. More
Michelle Costello has joined Ipsos Australia in the new position of Director of Qualitative Research. Her previous career includes spells at Dangar Research Group, Eureka Strategic Research and The Market Intelligence Co. More
Ipsos UK's Public Affairs unit has won a major new research project for Sport England to explore participation levels and attitudes to recreation and leisure. The 'Active People' survey is described as the largest CATI survey ever commissioned. More
Ipsos Media is breaking into the US with the launch of a survey to assess the media consumption and spending habits of the country's top business decision-makers. The new study, the USBRS, will use the same methodology as the company's BRS surveys in Europe, Asia, Australia and Japan. More
US consumer confidence fell to the lowest level since October 2003, according to the RBC Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household (CASH) Index conducted by Ipsos. The decline is thought to be the result of worries about gas prices, job security and terrorism. More
Results of the latest Ipsos survey of Europe's high-earning elite reveals a surge in hi-tech gadgets and online shopping, while readership of print publications is stable. The Europe 2005 survey represents the media habits of ten million high earners and business leaders (4% of all adults) in 16 countries. More
Ipsos has recruited James (Jim) T. Smith as Chairman and CEO of Ipsos in North America. Smith, who joins from US agency Delve where he was Chairman and CEO, will also have a seat on the Ipsos Management Board's Executive Committee. He replaces Simon Kooyman, who is taking a sabbatical. More
Ipsos has appointed Fred Church as VP for the company's growing Health Practice in North America. Church, who has extensive experience of analysing direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising campaigns, will help develop products for the health and pharmaceutical industries. More
Ipsos-Insight has appointed Becki Meyer as VP leading its Consumer Products Division, based in Cincinnati. More
In the USA, Ipsos, in conjunction with polling partner The Associated Press, has announced it is adding a new weekly online omnibus polling tool to its twice weekly national telephone omnibus to meet growing demand from its customers for fast, reliable data. Ipsos is the only telephone omnibus provider with two weekday studies, as all other major omnibus providers rely on weekend surveys. More
The Royal Bank of Canada and Ipsos Public Affairs in North America recently announced an agreement to publish the RBC CASH Index (Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household). More
Ipsos UK has appointed Sarah Owen, formerly of Granada and BusinessWeek magazine, as AD in its Media division. More
Ipsos UK has announced that it is entering a mobile phone-based measurement system to compete with devices from Arbitron, NOP/Eurisko and GfK in the ongoing trials conducted by UK radio body RAJAR. Trials will use the Nokia 60 Series. More
Ipsos has appointed Jasmine Hoye as an Account Manager in its Agribusiness, Natural Resources & Environment Division in Australia. She was previously an AM at Millward Brown. More
Ipsos UK has appointed Chris Sinclair as Senior Director in its Novaction division, with a specific brief to widen awareness of its cutting edge forecasting and modelling techniques for NPD. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of the Colombian company Napoleón Franco S.A., noted for its public affairs research but also big in mainstream MR. The buy gives the global group 20% of the country's MR market and a powerful all-round presence in Latin America. More
Ipsos has announced results for the first quarter of 2005, with revenues up 12.9% including organic growth of 8.2%. All regions and business lines contributed, with Asia Pacific and Middle East, and advertising research particularly strong. More
The latest round of the Ipsos Face of The Web study paints a picture of the global take-off of a broad range of Internet activities beyond simple browsing. Seven in ten Internet users in the 12 countries surveyed have purchased and half have banked online; two thirds have sent digital pictures or videos; and one in ten has already downloaded a feature length movie. More
Ipsos is launching a new Global Public Affairs unit, consolidating the Group's offering in the sector. The move follows similar global consolidation for the ASI (advertising) and Loyalty business streams in 2001 and 2004 respectively. More
Fewer US consumers are now confident about the strength of their economy, according to the BIGResearch Executive Briefing for April. Domestic issues are the main worries. Looking longer-term, separate research from Ipsos-Insight suggests that many consumers around the world have written off public pension sources as their retirement mainstay. More
United Business Media (UBM) will offer exclusive talks to one of the three remaining bidders for NOP World, according to the UK's Financial Times. The three are GfK, Ipsos and the WPP Group - Aegis and TNS were recently eliminated from the bidding. More
Ipsos has announced its results for the calendar year 2004, showing impressive revenue growth of 7.5% at constant scope and exchange rates. Consolidated revenues for the year were Euros 605.6m and operating profit was up 8% to Euros 54.7m – equivalent to a rise of 16% at constant exchange rates. More
Ipsos has acquired Chinese market research company Guangdong General Marketing Research Company Ltd. (GDMR). GDMR will become part of Ipsos China, making the latter the third largest Chinese survey based MR agency. More
Ipsos has appointed Maria Philips as VP of Tracking & Equity in its advertising research division Ipsos-ASI. Philips joins from Lightspeed Research, where she was National Account Director. More
Ipsos UK opens a new telephone centre in Lowestoft, Suffolk, this week. The new facility will support the existing international CATI centre in Harrow, North London in coping with growing demand, especially via the company's Public Affairs division. More
Ipsos has revealed full year results for 2004, showing a 6.3% growth in consolidated revenues to 605.6m euros, or 7.5% at constant scope and exchange rates – a sixth consecutive year outperforming the market since its IPO. The company also announced the arrival of Douglas Cottings as the new head of its Financial Services practice in the US. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of two MR agencies in North America: Descarie & Complices and Shifrin Research Inc, based in Montreal and Manhattan respectively. More
Advertising research specialist Ipsos ASI has appointed Jacquie Matthews as Senior Vice President of Creative Development, based in Toronto. Matthews joins from Millward Brown, where she was VP of Client Services. More
More than eight out of ten Japanese households used the Internet in 2004, while the US market, thought by some to be at or nearing saturation point, broke through a two-year plateau with a 27% online population increase, according to Ipsos-Insight's Face of the Web study. More
Americans are becoming much more aware of digital video recorders (DVRs) but likelihood to buy one in the near future continues to increase only slowly, according to research by Ipsos-Insight. More
A recent study by research company Ipsos UK among British Muslims has cast new light on the importance of British identity for this group. Many of the Muslims surveyed preferred the term 'British Muslim' to the out-of-fashion 'British Asian', as it gave appropriate emphasis to the role of their faith in defining who they are. More
The Trends Division of Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs has increased the frequency of its Online Omnibus in Canada to once a week. More
Ipsos UK has appointed a Marketing Director to its Board – a first for a UK agency, according to CEO Richard Silman. Jeff Deighton, former Icon UK MD, joins the company in the new role. More
Ipsos-Insight has announced a number of changes to its BookTrendsSM syndicated service, including the amalgamation of hitherto separate databases for Adult Trade and Juvenile Books into one. The new package also offers improved data delivery, enhanced classifications and analysis, and quarterly rather than bi-annual reporting. More
Ipsos Public Affairs has been commissioned to undertake the UK's National Student Survey (NSS), a census survey of 283,000 final year undergraduate students. More
John Carter has joined Ipsos' Consumer Products Division in New York as Vice President, from A&G Research, where he had been a Vice President for the past two years. Ipsos-Insight has also announced three promotions. More
Ipsos has announced the promotion of Mike Weisberger to head up the company's Behavioral Tracking Division as Senior VP, succeeding Lynne Armstrong who leaves to become a partner in specialist MR executive search firm The Somerset Group. More
Pierre Le Mahn has been appointed Chairman and CEO of Ipsos Europe, following the decision of Jean-Michel Carlo to leave and resume his career in the communication industry. More
Curt Stenger has been appointed VP of Analytics for the Ipsos-Insight Consumer Products Division. He was previously VP of Marketing Sciences at Research International. More
Ipsos has announced the acquisition of Japan Statistics and Research Co Ltd (JSR). The global group already has a major presence in the market via Ipsos Novaction, specialists in forecasting, modelling and consulting, and combined revenues of the two companies will place it in Japan's Top 5 survey-based MR companies. More
Ipsos has appointed David Pring as Senior VP and General Manager of its Consumer Products Division in New York. Pring, who joins from Protocol Research Solutions (formerly CLT Research), where he was president, will now be responsible for providing strategic research solutions to East Coast CPG clients. More
Ipsos Australia has this week announced its acquisition of the assets of Melbourne-based TQA Research Pty. Ltd, lifting it into the Top 5 MR agencies in the Australian market. More
The UK's Reality TV pioneer show Big Brother is over for another season, but others such as 'I'm a Celebrity...', 'Fame Academy' & 'Pop Idol' are gearing up for new series, so Alas the phenomenon continues. Ipsos UK recently used its weekly Quest media issues panel of 4000 individuals to probe the reasons for its popularity. More
Two Ipsos divisions, Ipsos-Insight and Ipsos-Vantis have launched a new full-service pricing strategy suite called 'Price Evolution', which assists manufacturers and marketers with pricing decisions at key stages in a product or service life cycle. More
Ipsos-Insight has announced the launch of Ipsos DietTrends, a syndicated service to complement its established PharmTrends® brand by tracking consumer purchase behavior of diet-related products and services. More
US consumers will consider a broad variety of suppliers for media hub products or 'Digital Dens' as technology converges, according to Ipsos-Insight. PC companies, consumer electronics giants, telcos / ISPs and others are all expected to be players in the fast-developing market. More
Last week, the end of Euro 2004: this week the launch of Europe 2004, the fifth wave of Ipsos-RSL's media survey of business decision-makers and leading consumers in Europe. The survey measures readership, TV viewing, web site use, consumer and business behaviour and attitudes of the top 10 million (4%) of Europe's consumers and decision makers. More
Ipsos has recently announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Hispania Research Corporation, a company based in Puerto Rico and Panama. More
MR veteran Rob Carpenter has joined Ipsos-Insight's products division in Chicago as a Vice President. He was previously a Vice President managing several key accounts in the Analytics Insights Group at Information Resources, Inc. (IRI). More
Nearly two out of three US consumers (64%) say they are not familiar with products that would easily connect their home entertainment systems to the Internet to share music, movies, games, and other digital content, according to Ipsos-Insight. However, 72% say they are interested in such a product and most of these (64%) would be ready to purchase within 12 months at a reasonable price. More
Fresh concerns about US jobs being shipped overseas are not encouraging the public to 'buy American', according to a recent Ipsos/ Associated Press poll. Just over one-third say they regularly check labels to see if an item was made in the United States, and older Americans are more likely to do so than those who are younger. More
More than half (56%) of US dial-up users say they are likely to upgrade their Internet connections to high-speed in the next six months, with an equal split between cable and DSL, according to Ipsos-Insight. In all, one in four households with Internet access say they are likely to switch Internet service providers (ISPs) over the same period. More
The number of people who have tried or used some form of wireless Internet through a mobile device has risen 145% from 55 million unique users to 134 million in 2003, according to The Face of the Web, the annual study of Internet trends by Ipsos-Insight. This represents around 40% of the total Internet population in the study's measured countries. More
Ipsos has established a new global division and brand for its loyalty offering. Ipsos Loyalty boasts a team of more than 100 specialists around the world providing customer satisfaction measurement (CSM) and customer relationship management (CRM). More
Nearly half of all UK households are now receiving Digital TV, either by satellite, cable or DTT. Recent gains are largely down to the growth of Freeview, according to the quarterly DART (Digital Audience Research Tracker) survey by Ipsos-RSL. More
2003 saw the arrival in the mainstream of fee-based digital music services and a nearly threefold increase in paid downloading, according to TEMPO, Ipsos-Insight's quarterly tracker of American digital music behavior. More
Ipsos-RSL has announced results from its first Asian Business Readership Survey (ABRS) in three years. The survey provides planners with an understanding of 234,000 top business executives at the largest and most influential companies in the region. More
Ipsos has announced that Richard Windle will be returning to the company after 18 months at BMRB and joining Liz Landy as joint MD of the media and social division Ipsos-RSL. He will focus on the NRS and RAJAR contracts as well as the company's expanding social and public sector business. More
Ipsos-RSL and Ipsos Latin America have announced the launch of 'Professionals and Executives (P & E) in Latin America', a survey of the lifestyle and media behaviour of business decision makers and leading consumers in the region. More
Despite massive recent publicity, Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) have yet to penetrate very far into the US market, according to a survey by Ipsos-Insight. However, the average user already spends less time watching 'live' TV than watching using the various functions of the DVR. More
Ipsos-Insight, provider of human health purchasing survey PharmTrends®, has announced a complementary syndicated service to track American consumers' purchase of cat and dog health products, called Ipsos PetTrends(SM). More
Interactive television (iTV) is available to millions of digital cable and satellite subscribers in the United States and many media executives are predicting a big future for it after Rupert Murdoch's recent acquisition of satellite giant, DIRECTV. However, a recent survey by Ipsos-Insight suggests that only one-half (50%) of Americans have even heard of iTV, and most of these know little about it. More
Ipsos has announced a partnership with The Associated Press for national and international public opinion polling. Ipsos-Public Affairs, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is to conduct twice monthly national polls, occasional state polls and quarterly international polls for AP. More
Most American wireless subscribers are aware of legislation enacted last week that enables the transfer of a current wireless number to a new wireless provider, but the rush to switch providers may not be as immediate or as dramatic as feared, according to a survey from Ipsos-Insight. More
Ipsos has announced two key senior appointments. Dr Randall Emond has joined the company as CEO of the Ipsos Forecasting, Modeling and Consulting global division, which includes the Ipsos-Novaction and Ipsos-Vantis modeling and forecasting practices. In addition, Alain Péron has been named as Managing Director (France) of the company's quality and customer satisfaction division, Ipsos Loyalty. More
Home electronics items are higher on US consumers' holiday shopping lists this year, according to recent results from Ipsos-Insight. Smaller items such as wireless phones and MP3 players are likely to sell in higher numbers but it is big-ticket entertainment offerings, such as home computers, home theatre systems and HDTV, which may do most to make retailers merry. More
While the RIAA pursues its high-profile lawsuits against filesharers, more and more Americans are paying for digital music downloads for use on portable audio devices, according to TEMPO, Ipsos-Insight's quarterly study of digital music behaviours. The number paying a fee for download music or MP3 files of the Internet has roughly doubled in just 6 months. More
Global agency Ipsos has reported significantly improved performance for the first nine months of 2003 – consolidated revenues are 7.3% up on the same period last year, at 400.9m Euros. Organic growth and the impact of newly consolidated companies contributed about evenly to a rise which, excluding negative currency effects, would have been 18.9%. More
Ipsos-Insight has announced a new consumer panel tracking tool in the US, called the On-the-Go Purchase Panel. The panel captures unplanned and incidental purchases across alternative sales channels for beverage, snack, gum, snack bar and candy manufacturers, according to Ipsos filling a gap left by over-concentration on traditional channels. More
More than a third of British households reject digital TV on the grounds that they are happy with existing channels, according to Ipsos-RSL's Digital Audience Research Tracker (DART). Four in ten UK households now receive digital TV, but the number is not set to rise rapidly in the next year. More
Ipsos has acquired two Australian agencies, to operate under the existing Ipsos Australia banner. One is the Research Division of the NCS Pearson group, the Australian subsidiary of the British media group Pearson, specialists in data collection, software and systems, the other social research agency Mackay Research. More
Canadians' use of real estate web sites has remained at a very high level, according to a recent Ipsos-Reid study. 85% of those who have purchased a new home in the past two years have used the Internet to look for home information, slightly above the 80% who had done so in 2001. More
Ipsos-Insight, the Ipsos Group's main MR division in the US, has launched a new, cutting-edge package-testing product called 'Pack Evolution' that enables manufacturers to take advantage of the speed, efficiency and technology of the Internet to test package designs using digital shelf displays. More
Ipsos has this week announced the acquisition of Marketing Metrics (MMI), US-based specialist researchers in customer relationship and customer satisfaction management. More
Ipsos-RSL has announced its third annual survey of European Opinion Leaders (EOLS 2003), which captures attitudinal and media data for individuals with influence across a wide variety of sectors. EOLS 2003 will include viewing measures of pan-European satellite TV channels for the first time. More
Ipsos has announced the appointment of Greg Mahon as Senior Vice President of the company's Financial Services team in New York. He joins from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, where he was Vice President in charge of sales and marketing efforts for the Amicus ATM business. More
Global MR agency Ipsos has announced 'significant growth and an improvement in its margins' in the first half of 2003, with revenue for the 6 months at 264.3m euros, up 8.1% compared with the first half of 2002 despite strong negative currency effects. More
Two years on from September 11th, more Americans are fearful of personal harm from a terrorist attack, more are doubtful that terrorism can be eliminated, and more believe the world has been changed fundamentally than thought it would be, according to a poll conducted for the Orlando Sentinel by Ipsos Public Affairs. More
Corporate citizenship - whether a company is perceived as doing business in a socially responsible manner - is affecting the purchasing decisions of Canadians, according to a poll by Ipsos-Reid. Significantly, majorities claim to have consciously 'rewarded' or 'punished' companies for this performance by making or rejecting a purchase from them. More
In the late nineties, the US FDA loosened restrictions on branded promotional advertising of drugs to consumers, leading to a 200% rise in activity over the last six years. This has resulted in increased awareness not only of brands but also of symptoms of illness, and the need to follow drug regimens, according to Rx and OTC purchase tracking service Ipsos PharmTrends®. More
The race for the Democratic nomination for the US Presidency is wide open at present with four candidates polling between 12 and 16% of votes in a recent Ipsos/Cook Political Report Poll. Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean has come into the running with a rise from 7% in May to 12% choosing him now. More
Consumers in the US are more realistic about the state of the economy, with a narrow gap between expectations and assessments of the economy, according to Ipsos' National CASH Index Poll. Most are being cautious after a rollercoaster year, reflected in the movement of the Index, but high income investors are beginning to sound more bullish after a good quarter on the markets. More
Overall support for President George W. Bush is still strong among older and younger voters, but on aspects of job approval not related to foreign affairs he is faring much worse, especially among voters age 50 and older, according to the Ipsos-Public Affairs/Cook Political Report Poll. More
Ipsos are the fastest growing market research firm in the US for the second year running, with US revenue growth of 14.8 per cent in 2001-2 and a total of 443 per cent between 1997 and 2002, according to the 'Inside Research' newsletter. More
Ipsos-RSL has released data from Europe 2003, the fourth wave of its annual survey of 'top' Europeans for pan-European media planning. The results give a picture of an elite 4% (10.4m) of Europeans including insight into their outlook and attitudes, alongside their media consumption and lifestyle. More
The Ipsos Group has this week announced the integration of its two Chicago offices into one, new downtown office to optimize cross-company efficiencies and to better serve its growing client base. More
According to the latest Harris Poll, a majority of Americans believe that what they were told by the government before the Iraq war about Weapons of Mass Destruction and links to Al Qaeda was generally accurate. More than two thirds of all adults believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and more than one third believe that the US has found clear evidence of these weapons. More
Support for Canada's involvement in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Mexico has grown in the past two and a half years from 64% of Canadians to 70%, according to an Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll conducted last week. More
Many American dial-up users are simply not convinced they need broadband, even if the price were to fall by half, according to new research from Ipsos-Insight. Falling prices should help in stimulating interest in subscribing to broadband, but there may be a more fundamental requirement: the need to better communicate its benefits. More
In the last two months, despite the recent resurgence of the disease in Toronto, Canadians' personal fears over SARS have declined, according to a new Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll released last week. They are also less worried than they were about BSE, despite one recent case. More
Ipsos Ideas is the new global newsletter published by the Ipsos Group, the world's second largest survey-based marketing research company. Ipsos Ideas will be published five times a year in English, French and Spanish, and will feature essays by leaders of the company's core practices in advertising, marketing, public opinion, customer loyalty, and media research. More
Ipsos Group's revenues for first quarter 2003 came in at Euro 118.6 million, up 9.5% on the first quarter of 2002. At constant scope and exchange rate, the group's Q1 revenues rose by 8.6%, continuing to significantly outperform its market and main competitors. More
Ipsos-RSL is to extend its winning Europe 2000 formula to Latin America. The Latin American Professionals and Executives Survey will be the first survey to enable planners and marketers to understand this audience in a consistent manner across the continent, with the survey expected to launch in September 2003. More
Ipsos-RSL has this week announced that Europe 2003, the fourth survey in the successful Europe 2000 series, will be launched on 3 July 2003 in London. The survey has established itself as the main currency for trading pan-European print and television campaigns and is an essential tool for advertisers, planners, buyers and media companies worldwide. More
The Ipsos Group has this week announced the launch of Ipsos-Insight, the group's flagship U.S. company specialising in marketing research for domestic clients as well as U.S.-based multinationals. More
Global agency Ipsos has reported a 37.3% rise in net profit for 2002 to Euro 23.7 million, whilst operating profit rose by 18.3% to Euro 43.6 million. More
The Internet continues to become more ingrained in people's everyday lives around the world, according to The Face of the Web, an annual study of Internet trends by Ipsos. More
Global agency Ipsos has reported a 12% increase in total revenues for 2002 to Euro 538.5 million compared to Euro 480.2 million in the previous year. More
According to reports from Reuters, at least three active bidders remain in the auction to buy Interpublic Group's NFO market research unit after submitting offers of up to $550 million, and the winner is likely to be determined by who can get financing. More
Global agency Ipsos has unveiled two major corporate initiatives for 2003: the company's first bilingual website, and the introduction of a new, global advertising campaign under the tag line 'Nobody is Unpredictable.' More
Ipsos UK has been singled out as the Market Research Agency of the Year by the trade magazine, Marketing, citing the agency's long list of innovative research methods, many of them harnessing the latest technology. More
Ipsos-RSL has just announced the latest new sponsors for the Europe 2000 series: in signing up for Europe 2003, Time and Fortune are marking their support for the survey for the first time, joining an already impressive group of international print, TV and agency sponsors. More
In a recent press conference, the directors of global agency Ipsos have indicated that the company has achieved its main objectives for 2002 and have reiterated their outlook for 2003. More
Ipsos' consolidated revenues in the first nine months of 2002 have been reported at EUR373.6 million, representing growth of 12.2% on the same period of 2001 and organic growth of 7.8%. More
The latest research released this week from Ipsos-RSL' s digital survey, DART, reveals the enormity of the task facing the Freeview syndicate (BBC, SKY and Crown Castle). The survey revealed that only 5% of households indicated that they will switch to digital TV in the next 12 months. More
Ipsos-RSL has this week announced that funding for the new British Business Survey (BBS) has been secured, and work has begun on the new study. BBS measures the reading habits, media consumption and business behaviour of middle and senior managers in Britain. More
Henri Wallard has been appointed as Ipsos CEO, managing market research activities for the agency in the services sectors, as well as having direct responsibility for Ipsos CRM /CSM (Customer Relationship Management/Customer Satisfaction Measurement) activities worldwide. More
Global agency Ipsos is to expand its presence in Asia having this week announced the acquisition of a significant equity in Japanese market research company, Lyncs Incorporated, and Chinese market research company, Feng & Associates Marketing Services. More
At the end of this month, shareholders of Ipsos and LT Participations will be asked to approve the merger between these two entities of the Ipsos group. More
The latest in the 19 year series, European Business Readership Survey (EBRS) 2002, provides planners with fresh data on Europe's senior executives. These 423,000 executives at Europe's largest companies comprise an elite 0.2% of the adult population. In addition, the second CEBRS extends coverage to 37,000 Central European executives. More
Global agency Ipsos has reported revenues for the first half of 2002 of 244.5 million euros, a 13% increase over the same period last year. On a like-for-like basis, Ipsos revenues increased by 7.3% during the first six months of 2002. More
Global agency Ipsos has just acquired two major Swedish research companies: Eureka Marknadsfakta, specialising in marketing research, and Intervjubolaget dedicated to data collection and data processing. These latest acquisitions further strengthen the company's position in the Scandinavian market, where Ipsos has been represented by Ipsos-Imri since the beginning of the year. More
Despite the launch of lower cost digital adaptor boxes available from the High Street, the digital market has not grown. The latest research from Ipsos-RSL' s digital survey, DART shows that 35% of UK households receive digital TV services - no change from last October. More
Ipsos-ASI in the US has recently taken on three new senior executives as the agency expands further. More
Ipsos has been cited as the fastest growing market research company in the U.S. in the latest issue of the Inside Research newsletter. The company's U.S. revenues grew by 406% between 1996 and 2001, the newsletter reported, compared with the industry average of 66%. Ipsos now ranks 12th among the top 50 U.S. market research firms. More
Job searching is now among the most popular Internet activities for Candian users: more Canadians have looked for a job online than have banked online, shopped online, comparison shopped or downloaded music. This is one of the findings of a new study from Ipsos-Reid, entitled Online Job Hunting: What the Future Holds. More
Ipsos-RSL's recently published Europe 2002 study updates the results in this survey series, which covers the top 4% of Europe's decision makers and leading consumers, representing 10.6 million high status individuals in 16 countries. The results confirm the strength of international media and reveal the growing technology focus of Europe's elite. More
Reflecting the rapid international expansion of its business, KMR (Kantar Media Research) has appointed Richard Windle to the new role of Research Director, TGI and Media Research. More
Ipsos-RSL has announced plans to develop its social, opinion and public sector research presence within the UK. This includes the appointment this month of Sam McGuire to lead the department. McGuire has joined Ipsos-RSL from ORC International. More
Ipsos has this week announced its acquisition of F-Squared, the Central and Eastern European custom researcher. According to the agreement, Ipsos will acquire all of the company's holdings. Set up in 1997, F-Squared has offices in Moscow, Warsaw, and Kyiv (Ukraine). More
Three-quarters (76 percent) of Argentinians believed that they could still win the World Cup, even after their uncertain start to the football championship. This is according to worldwide research from Ipsos, conducted after the recent 1st/2nd round World Cup group matches. More
Ipsos is to acquire top researcher Sample-INRA Group. The completed deal will propel Ipsos into a leading position among German survey-based companies. More
Ipsos UK has just announced the appointment of Rowland Lloyd as managing director of Ipsos Logistics, the operations division of the company. More
The Ipsos group has just posted healthy looking revenue figures for the first quarter 2002. Income reached 108.4 million euros for the period, a 14% increase year-on-year. More
The recent decline of the monkey is not the only bad news for Britain's digital TV industry. Overall uptake is believed to have stalled at a third (36%) of all homes receiving digital TV. This is the same percentage as six months ago, according to the latest research from Ipsos-RSL's Digital Audience Research Tracker (DART). More
Media researcher Ipsos-RSL is set for a summer launch for the new addition to its Europe 2000 family of surveys. The latest study, entitled 'Europe 2002', will be welcomed with a host of events during the month of July. More
Ipsos-New Media Research has this week signed an exclusive agreement with Lunarstorm, Scandinavia's largest youth portal, hosting more than 950,000 registered members. The deal will allow the agency to research the so-called 'early adapting' Swedish population. More
Alan Titchmarsh is apparently influencing our gardening purchase decisions in the same way that Delia Smith's take on cooking is steering our food shopping. This is according to new research by Ipsos UK conducted over the key gardening period of Easter. More
The Ipsos group is busy increasing its footprint on the MR world. Its latest bid for a greater share of the cake comes with its acquisition of ACNielsen's Vantis operation, the US-based strategic marketing researcher. The newly-enlarged company will be known as Ipsos-Novaction & Vantis. More
Global agency Ipsos has reported a significant increase of 46% in 2001 revenues to reach EUR480.2 million. These results mean that Ipsos now ranks as the third largest company in the worldwide survey based market research sector, tied with TNS, behind the Kantar Group and NFO. More
Jean-Michel Carlo has just been named head of Ipsos' new Regional Management for Europe. Functioning as the new chairman and CEO, Carlo will manage the financial responsibility for Europe along with marketing activities worldwide. He is also due to sit on the group's global Management Board. More
Global agency Ipsos has reported consolidated revenues of Euros 480.1 million for the year ending December 31, 2001, an increase of 46% over 2000 turnover. On a like for like basis growth came in at 8% for the year, confirming the ability of Ipsos to maintain a growth rate higher than that of the research market overall. More
The Ipsos group has recently released financial indicators for the first nine months of 2001. Its combined revenues rose to Euros 332.9 million, up 54% year on year. On this basis, Ipsos believes its performance has largely outpaced the overall market. More
French agency Ipsos is growing once more through the acquisition of a 40% stake in the Swedish company, IMRI. In addition, the Ipsos group will hold 51% of a new company to be set up in partnership with IMRI. Known as Ipsos-Imri, this new company will be entirely dedicated to marketing and communication research. More
French agency Ipsos has reported strong first half results with revenues up 64% and net income up a considerable 106% as well as an improvement in operational profitability. More
French agency Ipsos has recently signed an agreement to acquire majority control of Novaction, a specialist marketing consultancy, now to be known as Ipsos-Novaction. More
A new syndicated tool from research agency, Ipsos-NPD, Ipsos PharmTrends Drug Sample ROI Report, aims to measure the effectiveness of prescription drug samples in promoting sales of new and established drugs to prospective customers. More
Research agency Ipsos has reported a 64% increase in first half sales to Euro 217 million. For the second quarter alone, revenues reached Euro 122 million, a 65% increase over the same period in 2000. More
A consortium between BMRB Social Research and Ipsos UK has just won the contract for the research on two Home Office social research surveys. These are the British Crime Survey (BCS) 2001-2003 and the Home Office Citizenship Survey (HOCS) 2001. Both will be based on random probability sampling and CAPI data collection. More
The Ipsos group is planning to open a new US Public Affairs Polling Division, putting to use its recently acquired assets in the form of political pollsters Riehle Research. More
Ipsos has launched a new omnibus-style service called Select which offers several added value benefits. More
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