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Former Hansa Research Head of International Umesh Kumar has launched UKS Insights, a specialist MR agency headquartered in India and specializing in complex, underpenetrated and hard-to-reach markets.
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Viewing figures for Rakuten TV will now be independently measured by Barb, after the company became the latest streaming service to sign up with the UK audience measurement body.
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Custom MR firm AMC Global has appointed former Molson Coors research leader Abby Miller as Director, Qualitative Insights.
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Marcoms group Dentsu is to merge its Merkle consulting and digital marketing division into its broader Australia and New Zealand operations. Merkle will sell its Salesforce practice in the region to a US-based holding company, Enduring Ventures, which will operate it as a new, standalone business. More

US company BIScience is now offering data on ChatGPT ads via its AdClarity campaign intelligence platform. More

Innovation research specialist Dig Insights has appointed Emma Roberts as Vice President, based in a new office in Sydney, and supporting clients / driving commercial growth across Australia and New Zealand. More

MD Tom Johnson has been promoted to CEO at UK-based trend tracker and insight agency Trajectory, after more than sixteen years at the company. More

Marcoms group Stagwell has upgraded its predictive brand technology platform BERA, part of its Marketing Cloud and Harris Poll offerings, with the launch of a rapid brand impact report service called Brand-to-Business AI Agent. More
US-based full service custom insights firm MarketVision Research has appointed longstanding Kantar researcher Kerri Lehrhaupt as a Vice President in Client Partnerships. More
Manon Lloyd has joined Kubi Kalloo as a Junior Consultant, bringing around six months of experience in academic and agency-side market research at 2CV. In her new role she will support the Kubi team on projects across social and commercial sectors. More
StackAdapt has appointed former Trade Desk SVP Business Development Katy Friday as Vice President for its Central region, joining its revenue leadership team. More
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