Harris Interactive has reported third quarter revenue down 2% to $33.6m, and bookings down 13% to $34.4m. However, profits climbed and operating income was $1.1m, compared with a loss of $371k a year previously. More

Matt Knoeck has re-joined Harris Interactive as Senior Vice President, Healthcare, responsible for increasing the company’s presence in the sector and with a particular focus on stakeholder research. More

Harris Interactive has once again reported a drop in revenue and a rise in profit. Fourth quarter revenue fell 5% to $37.1m, but 18 months into its ‘business turnaround’ initiative, company profits have risen 81% to $2.9m. More

Alan Gould, the co-founder of ad effectiveness measurement firm IAG Research, has stepped down from the Board of Harris Interactive, citing increased responsibilities at venture capital firm Greycroft Partners. More

In New York, Harris Interactive has appointed research veteran Robert Clark as Senior Vice President with a focus on client advocacy and development. More

Harris Interactive has reported a 12% drop in revenue to $33m for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, from $37.8m in the prior year period; but has turned loss into profit as it continues its ‘turnaround’ and ‘rightsizing’ activities. More

In the US, Harris Interactive is partnering with Google to launch a new service allowing users to compare themselves to industry benchmarks. More

Harris Interactive has reported an 8.2% decline in revenue to $147.5m for the full year fiscal 2012 - a majority of which the firm says was part of a ‘right-sizing’ plan. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has appointed former Ipsos director Lee Langford as Research Director in its Telecoms, Media, Tech & Entertainment (TMTE) division. More

US-based Harris Interactive Service Bureau (HISB) has launched a sample-only offering called 'Get Sample!', to provide researchers with access to respondents from the parent firm's panels and real-time respondents from preferred partners. More

Harris Interactive CEO Al Angrisani has reiterated his confidence in the firm's turnaround program, after reporting a drop in net loss to $300k for the three months ending 31st March, from $2.3m a year earlier. However, during the period, revenue fell 8% to $34.1m from $37.0m last year. More

Harris Interactive has been told it can continue trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange, after achieving the necessary share price of $1+ for more than ten consecutive days. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has promoted Mike de Vere to the post of CEO of its US Business Groups, Todd Myers to Chief Operating Officer of the same division, and Marc Levin to Chief Operating Officer, responsible for European Operations. More

In the US, the Board of Harris Interactive has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $3m of the firm's common stock over the next 24 months, funded with cash generated from operations. The firm's share price passed the $1 mark this week for the first time in 10 months. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has announced that interim President and CEO Al Angrisani has been appointed to the role on an official basis until June 2014. More

In the US, the NASDAQ Stock Market has granted Harris Interactive another four months to raise its share price, so that the shares can continue to be listed on the exchange. More

Troubled agency Harris Interactive has announced second quarter results, with net income rising to $1.6m from $0.3m in the prior year period; but revenues falling 13% to $39.1m from $44.9m. More

Harris Interactive is to request a hearing to avoid delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market, after its shares failed to repass the market's $1 threshold in 180 days since its last warning. More

In New York, Harris Interactive has introduced 'word-of-network' (WON); a new panel-based approach to social media measurement, designed to monitor the sentiment of a given target market. More

Former Harris Interactive managers Amrita Banta and Asha Choksi have opened their own full service agency, Agility Research & Strategy, in Singapore. The firm will focus on research across Asia using online and digital data collection tools. More

Harris Interactive has reported a 3.5% increase in first-quarter revenue to $38.3m. Bookings however were down 11% for the quarter and CEO Al Angrisani says the firm is still facing 'major challenges' with sales. More

Harris Interactive's results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2011 show a further decline in revenues in real terms, and a significant rise in operating loss. Recently appointed Interim CEO Al Angrisani says there is 'not going to be a quick or easy fix' for the company's problems. More

In the UK, former Harris Interactive Director of Research Operations Dave Laybourne has formed a new data collection agency called Peak Answers, following his acquisition of Harris' Stockport-based call centre. More

Harris Interactive has announced the closure of its Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai offices, and restructured its UK operation with the loss of around 50 staff. More

Harris Interactive is planning to sub-let excess space in its US premises in Norwalk, Connecticut and Portland, Oregon, as well as in its UK offices in Brentford, Middlesex, in order to reduce costs. More

Harris Interactive's former President and CEO Kimberly Till is to receive a $900k severance payment, while former CFO Pavan Bhalla gets $127k. More

In the US, the Nasdaq Stock Market has given Harris Interactive another notice of a possible delisting, following a drop in its share price below $1. This news follows last week's shake-up in the firm's leadership, and the departure of Chief Finance Officer Pavan Bhalla. More

Harris Interactive shares shot up 13.79% to $0.82 yesterday, following news that CEO Kimberly Till has left and been replaced on an interim basis by former COO Al Angrisani, who was brought back last month to advise the firm on a turnaround strategy. More

Harris Interactive has integrated its permission-based access to Facebook users into its qual research methods to launch a product called QualLife, designed to validate clients' marketing or product development efforts. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has partnered with mobile commerce services firm Sybase to launch mobile research capabilities which work across each of the three primary mobile platforms. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has brought back its former Chief Operating Officer Al Angrisani to advise it on turnaround strategy, following a 9% revenue drop in quarterly revenue. More

Richard Bitner Wirthlin, President Ronald Reagan's former Chief Strategist and Pollster, died at his home in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, a day after his 80th birthday. More

Harris Interactive, which is in the process of restructuring its UK business following a major contract loss, today announced the appointment of Steve Reiman, an expert in managing online communities and usability trials, as Head of Qualitative Research. More

Harris Interactive has announced revenue up 2% at constant currencies to $44.9m, along with a small profit, for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2011. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Nathalie Perrio-Combeaux and Patrick Van Bloeme as co-CEOs of its UK operations, replacing Robert Salvoni whose position as President, International has been eliminated as part of a 'shake-up' of the UK business. More

Harris Interactive has launched 'Flash Poll' - a service which provides representative research data on up to 1,000 respondents in 36 hours. Each research project commissioned using the service is treated as a unique piece of custom research. More

In London, Harris Interactive has appointed former Millward Brown exec Colin Deller as Senior Consultant, New Product Development. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has reported a 5% decline in revenue for its first quarter, partly driven by lost tracking study contracts, the deferral of a large tracking study in the UK, and revenue declines in the US public affairs and policy, and healthcare sectors. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has named Pavan Bhalla as its new Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, replacing Robert Cox who left the firm last year. More

Panels and MR technology firm Toluna has hired former Harris Interactive leader Dr. George Terhanian as its Group Chief Strategy and Products Officer. More

George Terhanian, Harris Interactive's long-time European chief and more recently in charge of its US Centers of Excellence, is to leave the firm at the end of the month 'to pursue another career opportunity'. More

Harris Interactive has introduced the Body Mass Index (BMI) Speciality Panel, to provide clients with information about underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese US adults. More

Harris Interactive has announced fourth quarter and full-year fiscal 2010 results. In the latter, revenue fell fully nine per cent, showing the scale of problems, but operating loss of $56.4m in fiscal 2009 was all but wiped out following moves to restructure and stabilize the business. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has appointed Gerardine Padbury as Senior Consultant in its Consumer Research division, to provide research solutions to the FMCG market. More

Harris Interactive has expanded its Asia Sales division with the appointment of Kevin Huang as Vice President of Sales, and the promotion of Amrita Banta and Asha Choksi to the posts of SVP of Sales and SVP of Research respectively. All three are based in Singapore. More

Harris Interactive has announced a new financing plan reducing its lenders from five to one and extending its revolving line of credit by three more years to 2013. Separately, marketing services firm SPAR Group has secured a $6.5m revolving credit facility for growth and possible acquisitions. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has moved its headquarters and 120 staff to offices in the landmark Vantage West building in Chiswick, London, from its previous location in Brentford, Middlesex. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has launched a new approach to analysing the way people make purchase decisions across a wide range of products and service categories. More

Harris Interactive has gone live with its 'Research Lifestreaming' platform, which aims to provide a 360-degree view of panellists by linking the information they post online with survey responses and behavioral data. More

Harris Interactive has launched an insight tool which it claims analyses the relationship between the TV programs viewers watch and the brands they buy. More

Harris Interactive has announced improved results for the third quarter of its fiscal 2010, with bookings well up on 2009 and operating loss cut from $7.3m to $0.9m year-on-year. However, President and CEO Kimberly Till says the company 'still has more work to do' to complete its recovery. More

Harris Interactive's 89-year-old founder Louis Harris has returned to the firm after an absence of nearly 20 years, to develop an innovative series of polls reflecting his views on changes in America's current political environment. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Peter Shreeve as Senior Consultant, UK Financial Services Research. He joins from Frost & Sullivan where he was Director of Customer Research and responsible for developing business across all units. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Suhas Khanderia as its UK Head of Healthcare Research. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has been awarded the Film Audience Measurement and Evaluation (FAME) and Film Monitor research contracts by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA). The contracts were previous managed by TNS and BMRB. More

In the US, broadcast industry organization The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) has partnered with Harris Interactive and multi-screen media research firm Rentrak to study consumer usage habits for mobile digital TV (Mobile DTV). More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has appointed former Millward Brown/TNS public sector researcher Neil Russell as Senior Consultant, Public Sector and Social Policy Research, to drive forward the practice. More

After eighteen months of losses, Harris Interactive has posted net income of $1.3m on revenue of $44.6m for the quarter ending December 31. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has hired industry veteran Jeni Lee Chapman as Executive Vice President, Global Brand and Communication Consulting. More

Harris Interactive has added Clarabridge's text analytics to its flagship Harris Poll, in order to combine opinions posted on social media and other online sites with public opinion measured through its surveys. More

Harris Interactive has regained its compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards, which require listed firms' stock to be valued at a minimum of a dollar per share. More

Harris Interactive has rolled out its Advanced Strategy Lab (ASL) qualitative research facility in Hong Kong, to offer brainstorming, idea generation and solution development through networked computers. More

Harris Interactive has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, with revenue of $38.9m, down $11.3m or 23% on the previous period, but operating loss almost eliminated due to cost-cutting measures. More

Harris Interactive has partnered with innovation consultancy Ideas To Go (ITG) to enable clients to explore, create concepts for, and test new products. More

Harris Interactive's Asia President Anthony Venus has decided to leave the firm in mid-November. He will re-locate from Hong Kong to Sydney, where he plans to pursue a career in private equity. More

In the US, the Nasdaq Stock Market has given Harris Interactive 180 days to increase its share price, as this has now fallen below the $1 per share requirement for the previous 30 consecutive business days. More

Harris Interactive has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2009, showing a 23% decline in annual revenue. More

Harris Interactive has hired Michael Saxon as Senior Vice President for the Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications (TMT), North America business unit, responsible for the overall leadership and business growth of the TMT Sector. More

Harris Interactive has hired Edward Chatham for the newly created position of UK Sales and Marketing Director. More

Harris Interactive is to offer clients access to the opinions of families in Europe through a panel to be launched in the summer. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has appointed Robert Salvoni as UK and European Managing Director, replacing George Terhanian who took up the post of President of Global Solutions earlier this year. More

Harris Interactive has reported a 30.4% fall in revenue for the third quarter of 2009; from $57.3m in 2008 to $39.9m this year. The revenue decline impacted nearly all the firm's geographic regions, including the US, where revenue was down 33% for the quarter. More

Harris Interactive has amended its credit agreement in a move which President and CEO Kimberly Till says will provide it with 'the financial stability and flexibility needed' as the firm continues to implement its strategic plan. More

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Harris Interactive has approved a proposal to reduce Non-Employee Director compensation from $41,500 to $35,000, in order to better align their payments with the recent cost control initiatives implemented by the firm. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has partnered with retail financial consultancy Mercatus to deliver a new retirement industry forum, where executives will explore retirement industry issues. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has appointed former industry tech specialist Richard Scionti as Global Chief Technology Officer, responsible for process automation and solutions development, as well as leading the firm's efforts in the social media space. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has created a text analytics solution that combines text mining technology from software supplier Clarabridge with proprietary advanced analytics, to help firms map market trends. More

Harris Interactive has launched a new methodology to enable children and teenagers to participate in the co-creation of new products and services. More

Harris Interactive has announced that up to 30 UK jobs could go, as part of its plans to streamline the business. Meanwhile, continuing its US restructure, the firm has appointed former TNS Chief Information Officer Enzo Micali as Global EVP of Technology and Operations. More

Harris Interactive has made a further 90 staff redundant - 16% of its US full-time workforce - in a bid to make $10m in cost savings. The firm saved $9.5m through headcount reduction in October and December last year. More

In the UK, the technology, media and telecoms division of Harris Interactive has launched a syndicated study designed to understand media convergence as it affects young people. More

Harris Interactive has hired Stefan Schmelcher as President of its Global Loyalty Solutions practice, with primary responsibility worldwide for developing and implementing the strategy and tactics for the division and its recently-formed center of excellence. He will be based in Munich, Germany. More

Harris Interactive's US-based President of North American and Global Operations, David Vaden, is set to leave the firm on Friday. The company has also agreed adjusted terms for its purchase of Canadian research provider Decima. More

Harris Interactive has launched a specialist youth and kids practice that will operate within its Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) division in the UK. The new division is headed by Steve Mellor. More

Harris Interactive’s new President and CEO Kimberly Till has implemented a series of restructuring initiatives, including a net loss of 51 US jobs, c.8% of the total US full-time workforce; the formation of new vertical teams; and changes in senior management. More

Harris Interactive has reported a first quarter loss of $2.3m, compared with a profit of $1.1m a year ago, which it attributes to deepening economic turbulence in the US combined with the anticipated decline in its hHealthcare revenue. More

Billionaire investor and Havas Chairman Vincent Bolloré has bought another $376,000-worth of Harris Interactive shares, bringing his stake in the business to nearly 13%. More

Harris Interactive has announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. Annual revenue was up 13% to $238.7m, but pro forma organic revenue was down 1%, with a decline of 3% in North American more than cancelling out good growth of 6% in Europe. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive plans to make between fifteen and twenty full-time employees redundant. The firm says the move will help align the cost structure of its UK operations with the evolving needs of the business. More

Audiences develop stronger emotional connections to content and ad messages when they consume and interact with them across multiple platforms, according to new research by MTV Networks and Harris Interactive. More

Harris Interactive has announced the UK launch of two solutions, the Customer Commitment Model and Employee Ambassadorship, at a seminar in County Hall, London. More

Harris Interactive has reported third quarter fiscal 2008 results showing consolidated revenue up 11% to $57.3m, with a very good performance from newly acquired companies in Asia, France, Canada and Germany. However, due to declines in the US and UK, consolidated pro forma organic revenue dropped 4%. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has appointed Andrew Freeman as Senior Consultant for Media Research, and Hayley Warner and Caroline Dennett as Associate Directors supporting the firm’s services, consumer goods, and business and industrial sector clients. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Kevin Ford as European Head of Brand and Marketing Communications Research. He also becomes part of the senior leadership team of Harris Interactive UK. More

Strategies, a member of the Harris Interactive global network of independent market research firms, has launched a survey it claims is the first to analyse new trends among readers of Jordanian newspapers and magazines, as well as radio station audiences. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Stephen Wallace as its new Chief Information Officer, responsible for infrastructure and information security. More

In the UK, Harris Interactive has acquired the online consumer Canvasse Opinion Panel from Experian – terms were not disclosed. The panel will add up to 200,000 members to the current multi-million Harris Poll Online Panel. More

Harris Interactive has been awarded a patent for its Rapid Exposure system, which controls the length of time survey respondents can view an image online. More

Harris Interactive has announced that Len Bayer, who co-founded the company more than 30 years ago and currently serves as Chief Scientist, Chief Technology Officer and Director, is to retire at the end of March. He will be replaced by Harris veteran David Bakken. More

Harris Interactive has introduced a new model for measuring customer loyalty which it claims allows clients to see how changes in service delivery, facilities or any other aspect of their company’s operation will affect business results. More

Harris Interactive has released results for its second quarter and first half of fiscal 2008, ending December 31. Acquisitions drove the overall Q2 revenue figure up 13% on the year, but pro forma organic revenue dropped 2%, mainly due to a 5% decline in North America. More

In the US, Harris Interactive has launched a Complexity Science Practice. Robert Hart is promoted to lead the team, which aims to help marketers demonstrate their ability to effect measurable business gains. More

In Canada, Destiny Media has launched a version of its Clipstream software specifically for protecting clients’ media content from theft, copying or reuse when embeded in surveys. More

Harris Interactive has appointed Peggy Lebenson as Senior VP, to lead its Financial Services Research team. More

Harris Interactive has reported fiscal first-quarter revenue up 17% to $55.2m, mostly due to the inclusion of $6.1m from acquisitions made earlier in the year. Organic growth year-on-year was 4%. More

Brazilian agency CNP Global has joined the Harris Interactive Global Network as its newest affiliate member. CNP works as a data collection agency for MR firms as well as a full service provider for client firms and government institutions. More

Harris Interactive has announced the rebranding of its German and French subsidiaries, MediaTransfer and Novatris, as of September 1 – both will now operate under the Harris Interactive name. More

Harris Interactive has announced results for the fourth quarter and its full fiscal year 2007, ending 30th June. Fourth quarter revenue declined to $57.1m – down 3% from the same period a year ago – and full year revenue was $211.8m, similar to figures a year ago and well down on forecasts made then, of $230-240m. More

Harris Interactive has rehired Justin Greeves to lead its Public Affairs Research Practice, co-located in Reston, Virginia and New York City. He joined the firm with Wirthlin when it was bought in 2004, and left the following year to lead GfK’s Washington, DC office. More

Harris Interactive has acquired research firms Decima in Canada and MarketShare in Asia Pacific in deals with a combined value of more than $24 million. 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

Harris Interactive has launched its Advanced Strategy Lab (ASL) in Europe to provide simultaneous anonymous input from participants at any location. More

Harris Interactive, a major player in the US body establishing uniform standards of disclosure for the conducting of opinion polls, has taken up membership of its UK equivalent, the British Polling Council (BPC). More

Harris Interactive has introduced GlobalSynch(SM), an integrated, web-based platform giving fast and easy real-time access to research data collected anywhere via any method. More

Kenya-based Infotrak Research and Consulting has become the fifteenth member of the Harris Interactive Global Network of independent MR companies. As part of the deal, Infotrak will run its own Infotrak Harris Poll in August, covering social, political and topical issues in East Africa. More

Scott D. Upham, formerly a Senior VP at Harris Interactive, has started his own market research and management consultancy, Valient Solutions, based in Rochester, NY. He has worked in the automotive sector for much of his two decades in MR. More

Harris Interactive CEO Greg Novak has apologised to shareholders as the company reduced its earnings projections and reported a mere 1% rise in Q3 revenue totals. However, he told DRNO this afternoon that ‘Our strategy is working’ and outlined the well-targeted acquisitions he believes will help. More

Harris Interactive has promoted David B Vaden to the new position of President North America & Global Operations, responsible for all North American research, sales and operations units. More

Harris Interactive is looking for a bigger trophy cabinet after taking six gongs at the 2007 ARF Ogilvy Awards Gala. The US-based agency was also picked last week as one of SmartMoney magazine’s long-term investment portfolio ‘Ten Stocks for the Next Ten Years’. More

Harris Interactive has revised its forecasts for the second half of the year following sales bookings around $8m lower than expected in the third quarter of its financial year. The firm also chose today to announce a new loyalty tool, the Commitment Model. More

Harris Interactive has bought Hamburg-based online FMCG MR firm, MediaTransfer AG Netresearch & Consulting, for a cash price of EUR 9 million (c.$12 million). More

The latest Financial Times/Harris Poll suggests that in four of the five largest European countries, pluralities of adults believe life is worse since they joined the European Union (EU) - the exception is Spain. The poll also records dim views of the Euro and its impact on economies. More

Harris Interactive has been awarded a business method patent for a technology enabling the secure distribution and copy protection of images and video embedded in online surveys, as well as text appearing with them. More

Harris Interactive has underlined ambitions for its Loyalty practice with three senior hires. Industry veterans and loyalty specialists Bill Salokar, John Jessen and Sandy Lasky will focus on distinct sectors and clients, each taking the title of Vice President, Senior Consultant. More

Harris Interactive has announced the retirement of Dr. Richard B. Wirthlin, Reagan campaign strategist and founder of Wirthlin Worldwide, which Harris acquired in 2004. Harris also announced quarterly results showing strong growth in European business balancing a dip in US revenues. More

At a time when a BBC survey shows that a minority (44%) of UK children know that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, a Financial Times (FT)/Harris Poll shows Americans more likely than Europeans to believe in God, but also more likely to support the right of Islamic women to wear the veil. More

Jeff Neiheisel, previously Senior VP of Client Services with TNS, has joined Harris Interactive as Senior VP and Industry Research Group Leader for the firm’s CPG Research Practice. More

Harris Interactive has reported a drop in revenues for the first quarter fiscal 2007 of 2% to US$48 million. Figures for the quarter ended 30 September were affected by non-renewals, an aberrant number of no bids and outsourcing decisions that negatively affected revenue. More

Harris Interactive has just taken on Tom Perrott as Research Director for the company’s European Technology Research Practise based in London. He has specific responsibility for delivering on 'Insights,' a new division-wide role supporting collaboration among account leaders, researchers, solutions consultants and business issue experts. More

Harris Interactive has hired John Fricker as VP, Senior Consultant for its Loyalty Research Practice. He worked previously at Synovate and then TNS Business Solutions. More

Harris Interactive has launched a European unit for its Service Bureau. HISB Europe will offer MR firms in Europe a range of services including telephone, face-to-face and online data collection, the SynTrack Online survey transitioning service and Integrated CATI-WAPI (ICW), among others. More

Harris Interactive has released its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter (Q4) and fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. Revenue for Q4 was up 11% year-on-year to a record $60.0m and for the fiscal year up 10% to $216m. Net earnings leapt almost 500% to $9.5m or $0.15 per share. More

In the annual Harris Poll of ‘Best Brands’, just released, Sony tops the list for an impressive seventh consecutive year. Apple sneaks into the top ten for the first time while Microsoft has dropped out – as has General Motors. More

Harris Interactive has announced a reorganisation of its UK operations including the closing of facilities in Macclesfield and Stockport, and the loss of between ten and fifteen jobs. The company also announced the resignation of its UK Managing Director Aled Morris. More

B2B direct marketing firm DM2-DecisionMaker, part of Reed Business Information, has announced it will work with Harris Interactive’s Service Bureau division (HISB), to develop online panels of expert decision makers. More

Harris Interactive has announced results for its fiscal third quarter 2006, ended March 31. Total revenue was $52.2m, up 3% on the same period a year previously. Strong US growth of 9% (revenue now $42.4m) was counterbalanced by poor figures for Europe, where revenue was down by $2.0m / 17% to $9.8m ($0.8m due to exchange rates). More

Harris Interactive has hired Richard Goosey as Senior VP, Marketing Science and Methodology. Based in London, he will lead the firm’s Knowledge and Advanced Methodologies teams in Europe. More

It may surprise some British readers, but British adults are more likely to feel positively about their country’s state education system than Spanish or German adults. Harris Interactive surveyed consumers following the recent debate on education in the UK. More

Harris Interactive achieved revenue of $54.8m in the last quarter of 2005 - ahead of its expectations, despite a fall in European revenue. The company has also announced that it now has exclusive European ownership rights to the Harris name. TNS previously held rights to the name and trademarks in Europe. More

The UK’s Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) is conducting research for the European Athletic Association (EAA) via its global sports fan panel. The company has also announced the award of a market research grant to the CamToo project, which aims to build a river link between Cambridge city centre and Science Park. More

Harris Interactive is dropping the separate identity of its European subsidiary, which will no longer be known as HI Europe but will share the parent’s name. The company says the alignment will achieve ‘considerable synergies in its marketing, data collection and client management programmes’. More

Harris Interactive’s board of directors has named Gregory Novak as the company’s CEO and Director, following his appointment as acting CEO in May. At the same time, the company has reported that its revenue for the 2005 fiscal year increased by 42%, though income per share has fallen. More

Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) in Singapore has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Motorsport Asia to provide marketing research and analysis of next year’s Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) motorsport event. More

Sports Marketing Surveys has launched SailTrack, a syndicated study to provide information about awareness of the fast-growing sailing market. The study will cover three regions: Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and the Americas. More

Sony has topped the Harris Poll of best brands for the sixth year running. Coca Cola drops from two to four while Microsoft, which fell from the top ten last year, reappears at number nine. Meanwhile, analysis by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) says Wilson and Nike are the top sports brands at Wimbledon. More

Surveys by London-based agency HI Europe will provide the backbone for a new Channel 4 comedy series, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’. Two teams led by comedians will debate the results and the issues they highlight in a light-hearted style. More

Labour has a four point lead over the Conservatives, among those who are most likely to vote in the British General Election tomorrow, according to the latest from HI Europe. These figures suggest a closer race than those reported by MORI yesterday. More

Harris Interactive has hired Aled Morris as MD of its HI Europe UK operations. He was previously MD of the UK division of major recruitment services firm Spherion. More

‘We are a research and consulting organization first. The Internet and telephone are a means to an end’. Gregory Novak, President and COO Harris Interactive talks in depth to MrWeb’s Michael Kenyon about Internet research, Sesame Street strategy and ‘the perfect acquisition’. More

The British Prime Minister is the only world leader about whom a majority of Americans feel positive, according to the latest Harris Poll. His positive rating is well up on those of President Bush, Kofi Annan and the Pope, and more than 30% ahead of any other leader of a foreign country. More

Only 14 percent of British adults believe the recent rise in interest rates announced by the Bank of England will cause house prices to begin to drop, according to HI Europe. A much higher proportion (40%) believe they will continue to rise, albeit slowly. More

With the battle for control of UK retailer Marks and Spencer raging this week, a new poll from HI Europe reveals that around three quarters of all Britons have shopped in the store in the last year. More than half have bought food, just over a third underwear and a similar proportion other clothes. More

English football fans finding it hard to concentrate on work anyway this morning may be interested in some pre-tournament findings from HI Europe. A poll conducted in May reveals that well over half (58%) of British people intend(ed) to watch some or all of UEFA Euro 2004 on TV, including almost half of women. More

European mobile users ‘have dealt a massive blow to the prospects of early mass 3G adoption’ according to an HI Europe Poll of just under 10,000 mobile users in six EU countries. The findings come just months ahead of the widespread launch of 3G services across Europe. More

Harris Interactive® has announced the acquisition of the Paris-based online market research firm Novatris S.A. The deal will result in the creation of what is believed to be the largest online panel in Europe, with close to 1.7m members. More

HI Europe has announced the extension of the QuickQuery(tm) online omnibus service, created in the US by Harris Interactive® in 1999, to Great Britain. The company plans to add France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium in the near future. More

Levels of anxiety about possible terrorist attacks are very similar in Britain and the US, according to the latest results from Harris Interactive® and its subsidiary HI Europe – but there are differences in attitude between the two countries. More

Sony, already voted the best brand by British and American respondents earlier in the year, is also no.1 in Italy, according to research by HI Europe. Sony is the only brand to feature in all three top tens. More

American public support for policies on Iraq is steadily declining, according to the latest Harris Poll. A two-to-one majority (51% to 25%) now says they are not confident that US policies in Iraq will be successful, and support for the President’s handling of the crisis is down to 41% positive, 58% negative from roughly 50/50 in July. More

Following the Harris Interactive acquisition of Total Research Corporation last year, the global research and consulting firm is rebranding several business entities in the United Kingdom under one brand, HI Europe, as it embarks on building Internet research business in the country. More

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