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Retail and consumer goods image recognition and analytics firm Trax has acquired US shopping rewards app Shopkick for $200m. The deal combines Trax's shelf and shopper data with Shopkick's data, which tracks how shoppers enter stores and how they can be guided to certain products.
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GfK has promoted Eric Wagatha to the role of Head of its Consumer Life team in North America.
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New York-based Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) has launched its Research Quality Certification Program, to address the lack of trust and transparency which it says is hindering the industry.
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In the US, customer data quality assurance company Validity has acquired AppBuddy, which helps users integrate any data from the cloud to manage the entire B2B customer lifecycle in one view. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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In the US, insights and analytics firm J.D. Power is to publish the results of its 'first ever' Telehealth Satisfaction Study in November. More
UK-headquartered B2B and B2C researcher Touchstone and sister agency Shoppercentric have partnered with cloud-based neuroscience provider MindTrace, to identify which market assets attract consumer attention and understand how they feel about what they have seen. More
Raymond Cyr, the founder of research software firm Voxco, has sold the business to private investment firm Pivoton Capital for an undisclosed sum. Pivoton's Managing Partner Sumit Aneja becomes Chief Executive Officer and Cyr will remain as an advisor during the handover period. More
Alison Lewis is leaving her post as Chief Marketing Officer of consumer manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson, as part of a business shake-up which will see the role scrapped altogether. More
Marketing and innovation consulting specialist TD Reply has developed a business intelligence solution called China Beats, promising companies an in-depth understanding of the Chinese market and its players. More
In the US, Market Force Information has appointed John Scott as its Chief Financial Officer. The company hasn't had a CFO for many years, so Scott is technically moving into a new position. More
Swedish motion capture technology provider Qualisys has appointed Sofia Karisson as Chief Financial Officer and Katarina Hjältman as Application Engineer, while Charlotta Smålander is promoted to the role of Director Quality, Regulatory Affairs and HR. More
Kids, family and 'emerging generations' specialist The Pineapple Lounge has appointed Aaron Thomas as Vice President of Strategy in its US office in Brooklyn, New York. More
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