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Jun 17 2013
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

Jun 4 2013
Ipsos Marketing has appointed Sophie Goddard to lead its partnership with Bounty, the UK pregnancy, baby and parenting club. More

May 29 2013
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

May 23 2013
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

May 16 2013
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

May 13 2013
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

May 8 2013
Specialist healthcare fieldwork consultancy Ipsos Healthcare Field Services has returned to its former name, Fieldwork International, in the UK. More

Apr 29 2013
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

Apr 25 2013
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

Apr 23 2013
Ipsos has been awarded a further year’s contract to track Italian radio audiences, using its mobile radio audience measurement system MediaCell. More

Apr 18 2013
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

Apr 15 2013
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

Apr 9 2013
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

Apr 2 2013
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

Mar 28 2013
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

Mar 13 2013
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

Mar 4 2013
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

Feb 28 2013
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

Feb 27 2013
Lauren Demar has been promoted to the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for two Ipsos Marketing divisions: InnoQuest and MarketQuest. More

Feb 26 2013
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

Feb 20 2013
Ipsos has appointed former TNS exec Marie Lee as Managing Director of its operations in the Philippines. More

Feb 18 2013
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

Feb 12 2013
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

Jan 29 2013
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

Jan 24 2013
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

Jan 22 2013
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

Jan 21 2013
Ipsos Marketing has appointed Stephen Yap, previously Global Account Director at TNS, as Head of Market Understanding & Measurement. More

Jan 8 2013
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

Dec 6 2012
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

Nov 14 2012
Ipsos innovation and forecasting division InnoQuest has unveiled a new Framework, centred around ‘nine drivers critical to innovation success’. More

Nov 14 2012
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

Nov 7 2012
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

Nov 1 2012
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

Oct 24 2012
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

Oct 23 2012
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

Oct 23 2012
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

Oct 19 2012
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

Oct 16 2012
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

Oct 5 2012
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

Sep 7 2012
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

Aug 6 2012
Ipsos Healthcare has appointed Richard Clarke as Global Business Development Director for Syndicated Services, based in Kuala Lumpur. More

Jul 19 2012
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

Jul 16 2012
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

Jul 9 2012
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

Jun 28 2012
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

Jun 27 2012
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

Jun 27 2012
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

Jun 21 2012
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

Jun 20 2012
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

Jun 11 2012
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

Jun 7 2012
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

May 17 2012
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

Apr 27 2012
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

Apr 26 2012
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

Apr 23 2012
In the US, Ipsos Loyalty has appointed research veteran Thomas Gallagher as Vice President in its Financial Services practice. More

Apr 17 2012
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

Apr 11 2012
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

Apr 5 2012
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

Apr 3 2012
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

Mar 30 2012
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

Mar 26 2012
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

Mar 23 2012
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

Mar 22 2012
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

Mar 19 2012
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

Mar 12 2012
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

Mar 9 2012
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

Mar 1 2012
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

Feb 6 2012
Ipsos MENA has launched an online panel in Egypt, and will follow up with one in the UAE later this month. More

Feb 2 2012
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

Jan 25 2012
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

Jan 11 2012
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

Jan 9 2012
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

Jan 3 2012
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

Dec 20 2011
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

Dec 16 2011
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

Dec 7 2011
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

Dec 5 2011
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

Dec 1 2011
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

Nov 22 2011
In the US, Ipsos Loyalty has partnered with research software specialist Survey Analytics, to offer clients mobile panel capabilities. More

Nov 15 2011
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

Nov 15 2011
In Canada, Ipsos has promoted Luc Durand to the position of President, responsible for all its client service operations in Québec. More

Nov 8 2011
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

Nov 4 2011
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

Oct 26 2011
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

Oct 26 2011
Ipsos OTX MediaCT has promoted Ben Spergel to SVP, Television Insights. He remains Product Manager for the major tracking study TV Dailies. More

Oct 20 2011
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

Oct 18 2011
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

Oct 12 2011
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

Sep 29 2011
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

Sep 26 2011
In the UK, Ipsos MORI has appointed former Nielsen BASES EMEA MD Susan Malcolm as Managing Director for its Ipsos Marketing division. More

Sep 16 2011
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

Sep 12 2011
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

Sep 8 2011
Ipsos is planning to issue around EUR 200m worth of new shares, to part-fund its acquisition of Synovate. More

Sep 1 2011
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

Aug 30 2011
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

Aug 23 2011
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

Aug 10 2011
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

Jul 28 2011
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

Jul 27 2011
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

Jul 26 2011
In New York, Jeff Cail has returned to Ipsos to head US operations as President and Chief Executive Officer. More

Jul 18 2011
In Singapore, Ipsos has appointed former TNS director Melanie Ng as South East Asia (SEA) Regional Director for Technology. More

Jul 11 2011
Ipsos has appointed former TNS MD Grant Bertoli as its Regional Director of South East Asia (SEA) and Managing Director for Singapore. More

Jun 30 2011
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

Jun 27 2011
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

Jun 24 2011
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

Jun 6 2011
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

May 31 2011
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

May 18 2011
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

May 17 2011
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

May 3 2011
In Canada, Ipsos has appointed Mike Rodenburgh as Vice President of Product Development for its research innovation center, the Open Thinking Exchange. More

Apr 27 2011
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

Apr 11 2011
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

Apr 5 2011
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

Feb 23 2011
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

Feb 17 2011
Ipsos has announced the UK roll-out of its GamePlan Insights tool, which examines behavioural and attitudinal trends in the videogame market. More

Feb 17 2011
Ipsos has opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which will be led by Country Manager Steve Murphy. More

Feb 11 2011
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

Feb 4 2011
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

Feb 2 2011
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

Jan 20 2011
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

Jan 18 2011
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

Jan 13 2011
Ipsos MORI has appointed Lindsay Cowan, formerly TNS Research International's Global Director of Shopper Insight, as Head of UK Retail and Shopper. More

Jan 10 2011
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

Jan 7 2011
Ipsos has named a new management team in Asia Pacific, led by Lifeng Liu who was formerly CEO of Greater China. More

Dec 10 2010
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

Dec 8 2010
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

Dec 3 2010
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

Nov 23 2010
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

Nov 4 2010
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

Oct 12 2010
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

Oct 7 2010
In the UK, Nielsen veteran Marco Barbaccia has joined Ipsos MediaCT as International Director of Electronic and Digital Audience Measurement. More

Sep 29 2010
In the US, Ipsos is consolidating its Cincinnati operations into one large office, based in the city's historic Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood. More

Sep 28 2010
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

Sep 21 2010
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

Sep 6 2010
Advertising division Ipsos ASI has launched its 'Big Idea' service in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). More

Aug 31 2010
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

Aug 16 2010
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

Aug 10 2010
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

Aug 5 2010
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

Jul 28 2010
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

Jul 20 2010
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

Jul 20 2010
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

Jul 8 2010
Ipsos and mobile data collection technology firm Techneos have partnered to develop new mobile research techniques, technologies and applications. More

Jul 6 2010
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

Jul 1 2010
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

Jun 16 2010
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

Jun 4 2010
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

Jun 1 2010
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

May 11 2010
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

May 10 2010
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

May 7 2010
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

Apr 26 2010
In the US, media and entertainment research veteran Bruce Friend has been named President of the newly formed Ipsos OTX MediaCT business unit. More

Apr 14 2010
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

Mar 31 2010
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

Mar 26 2010
In the US, OTX is suing former employee Kevin Goetz, who left the firm earlier in the year to set up his own consultancy. In an initial ruling* on an application to stop Goetz from using OTX norms data, Judge James Chalfant has accepted assurances it will not be used while the case proceeds. More

Mar 15 2010
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

Mar 3 2010
Lindi Levitt, Account Director and Head of Ipsos' Qualitative division, has relocated to Durban, South Africa to open an executive office. More

Feb 26 2010
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

Feb 25 2010
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

Feb 25 2010
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

Jan 29 2010
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

Jan 28 2010
Ipsos has acquired LA-based hi-tech entertainment research specialist OTX (Online Testing Exchange) for an undisclosed sum. More

Jan 28 2010
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

Jan 28 2010
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

Jan 22 2010
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

Jan 21 2010
Ipsos has appointed Yannick Carriou as Managing Director, France, replacing Giorgio Caporusso who has joined confectionery manufacturer Ferrero in Italy. More

Dec 8 2009
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

Nov 23 2009
Former TNS Director David Richardson has been appointed as Regional Managing Director of Ipsos in North East Asia, based in Seoul. More

Nov 10 2009
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

Nov 6 2009
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

Nov 5 2009
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

Nov 2 2009
Ad research specialist Ipsos ASI has promoted Alex Gronberger to the post of Chief Executive Officer, based in its Chicago office. More

Oct 26 2009
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

Oct 22 2009
Ipsos and its online panel firm Livra are to launch an online community for users to share and gather opinions. More

Oct 12 2009
Ipsos Marketing in Poland has launched sales potential estimation tool 'NOVACTION NextGen' - billed as the first of its kind in the country. More

Oct 7 2009
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

Sep 10 2009
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

Aug 26 2009
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

Aug 24 2009
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

Aug 24 2009
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

Jul 29 2009
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

Jul 28 2009
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

Jul 9 2009
Ipsos Marketing in Poland has launched a pair of quant research tools - MARKETLandscape and BRANDStretch - for use at early stages of brand development. More

Jul 3 2009
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

Jun 10 2009
Mike Everett, formally CEO of Ipsos MORI in the UK, is to become Global HR Director for the Ipsos Group in July. More

Jun 4 2009
Dinko Svetopetric has taken over the role of President at Ipsos Poland from Aleksandra Leis, who is leaving the company. More

May 28 2009
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

May 19 2009
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

May 14 2009
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

May 14 2009
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

May 5 2009
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

May 1 2009
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

Apr 7 2009
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

Apr 6 2009
Ipsos has rolled out its Omnibus Tracker Series in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). The service provides data and key market indicators on the major business sectors in the territory. More

Mar 25 2009
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

Mar 18 2009
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

Mar 18 2009
Ipsos has acquired Punto de Vista, described as the leading company in Chile for customer satisfaction research and quality measurement. More

Mar 13 2009
In the US, Ipsos has appointed market research veteran Mary Kaye O'Brien as Vice President, to oversee its operations in Seattle. More

Mar 10 2009
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

Feb 19 2009
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

Feb 13 2009
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

Jan 27 2009
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

Jan 27 2009
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

Jan 21 2009
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

Jan 19 2009
The USA is viewed favourably by a majority of people in India (72%) and Poland (53%), and in America itself, but not in nineteen other major economies in a survey conducted by Ipsos for Reuters. Meanwhile other polls show the country’s high hopes for its incoming President. More

Jan 8 2009
In Paris, former Millward Brown/Added Value CEO Liz Musch has been appointed as Global Chief Executive Officer for Ipsos Loyalty. More

Dec 15 2008
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

Nov 26 2008
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

Nov 24 2008
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

Nov 13 2008
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

Oct 21 2008
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

Oct 20 2008
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

Oct 1 2008
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

Sep 16 2008
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

Sep 5 2008
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

Sep 3 2008
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

Sep 3 2008
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

Aug 27 2008
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

Aug 26 2008
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

Aug 14 2008
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

Aug 13 2008
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

Aug 8 2008
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

Aug 4 2008
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

Jul 24 2008
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

Jun 24 2008
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

Jun 12 2008
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

May 15 2008
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

May 12 2008
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

Apr 21 2008
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

Mar 11 2008
Ipsos MORI has appointed Johanna Shapira as Head of Ethnographic Research at its UK-based Qualitative Hothouse. More

Feb 25 2008
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

Feb 12 2008
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

Jan 24 2008
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

Jan 11 2008
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

Jan 8 2008
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

Dec 21 2007
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

Aug 28 2007
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

Jun 8 2007
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

Feb 19 2007
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

Nov 16 2006
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

Nov 15 2006
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

Aug 17 2006
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

Jul 24 2006
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

Jul 11 2006
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

Jul 5 2006
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

Jun 30 2006
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

Jun 22 2006
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

Jun 16 2006
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

May 22 2006
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

May 19 2006
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

May 16 2006
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

May 2 2006
Ipsos MORI has appointed Richard Habis as Business Development Director, and promoted Karen Swords to Director, both in its growing healthcare division. More

Apr 24 2006
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

Mar 28 2006
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

Feb 17 2006
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

Feb 16 2006
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

Jan 30 2006
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

Jan 27 2006
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

Jan 18 2006
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

Jan 10 2006
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

Oct 28 2005
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

Oct 14 2005
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

Oct 11 2005
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

Oct 7 2005
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

Oct 6 2005
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

Sep 8 2005
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

Sep 7 2005
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

Aug 23 2005
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

Aug 11 2005
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

Jul 15 2005
Three surveys out this week highlight the continuing growth of our digital culture. In the US, purchases of hi-tech products are set to increase, while increased uptake of digital services means UK consumers now spend a third more on TV, radio, and mobile communications than in 2004. More

Jul 13 2005
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

Jun 9 2005
Ipsos UK has appointed Sarah Owen, formerly of Granada and BusinessWeek magazine, as AD in its Media division. More

May 26 2005
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

Mar 11 2005
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

Jan 18 2005
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

Dec 10 2004
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

Nov 11 2004
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

Aug 16 2004
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

Jul 20 2004
Nearly half the UK's sixty-five biggest agencies showed double-digit growth last year, according to league tables published by Marketing magazine in association with the BMRA. More

Sep 16 2003
Eating habits in Europe and the US seem to be following some familiar patterns despite rumours of change. Italians are still the most likely to eat with the family, Britain is second to the US in takeaway consumption and very few people in the former eastern bloc countries eat out, according to Ipsos’ global reporting service World Monitor. More

Dec 23 2002
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

Jul 5 2002
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

May 30 2002
Ipsos UK has just announced the appointment of Rowland Lloyd as managing director of Ipsos Logistics, the operations division of the company. More

Apr 23 2002
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

Aug 14 2001
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

Jul 18 2001
Ipsos has launched a new omnibus-style service called Select which offers several added value benefits. More

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