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Synovate's CEO for Australia and New Zealand, Brent Stewart, has been appointed CEO Global Business Planning. He will continue to lead the Australia and New Zealand businesses from Perth, in addition to his new responsibilities. More
Synovate parent the Aegis Group has purchased New Zealand-based MR agency Research Solutions for an undisclosed sum. More
Synovate has extended its two regional media surveys to probe into the digital media consumption and lifestyles of affluent consumers and business decision makers in Europe and Asia Pacific. More
Synovate is examining possible acquisitions in India. Asia CEO Tim Balbirnie said the company was looking for firms with strengths in specialist areas such as automobiles, healthcare and loyalty, as well as advanced analytics, according to online publication the Business Standard. More
Synovate has hired Mark Poolman to establish and head up a dedicated national customer loyalty research unit in Australia. As Executive Director, he will report jointly to Brent Stewart, CEO of Synovate in Australia and Frances Li, Asia Pacific Director of the Synovate Loyalty practice. More
Global fieldwork agency Medefield has completed the first stage of an aggressive expansion in its UK-based fieldwork and operations group. Meanwhile Synovate Healthcare has announced the launch of online physician panels in key Asian markets. More
Synovate has announced an expansion of its media research services and the promotion of Asia Pacific boss Steve Garton to lead a new global group, based in London. In addition, Craig Harvey joins from Publicis as Director, Media Research - Asia Pacific. More
Synovate has announced the rapid expansion of its global opinion panels across Europe and in the Asia Pacific region; and has appointed Emiel van Wegen and Shaun Griffin to help guide the process. More
Synovate has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement to market US-based KDPaine & Partners' public relations (PR) measurement software, known as DIY Dashboard, throughout Asia. More
The newly created Synovate Motoresearch division in Australia is to launch Synovate24, an automated customer loyalty tool for car dealers. The service uses technology to monitor customer feedback the day after a transaction, and provides dealers with an immediate analysis of customer satisfaction. More
The latest results from Synovate's PAX survey reveal that Asia's wealthiest consumers are spending more on high-end products than last year, funded by a big increase in income and an even bigger rise in borrowing on cards. More
Synovate has bought Asian youth trend research agency The Filter Group, of which it previously owned 25%. Filter will form part of the company's new global youth specialist unit, Synovate YC, and its CEO will become head of Synovate YC Asia. More
Synovate has announced the launch of a new Motoresearch division in Australia, with Peter Riley as Director. Meanwhile, Global Insight Inc's Automotive Group is opening offices in Tokyo and Shanghai to expand its business across Asia. More
Synovate has promoted Damien Duhamel to MD, Synovate Business Consulting, Asia Pacific. Meanwhile, Synovate Healthcare in the UK has promoted Marianne Purdie, formerly of NOP Healthcare and Pharmacia, to Group Research Director. More
Synovate has launched 'Asia's first local upscale media survey', tracking the spending patterns and media habits of Bangkok's most affluent people. The 'Media Atlas' survey is supported by the Media Agency Club (MAC) of Thailand and by leading publishers, Advance Agro. More
Synovate has acquired CORAL Pacific Inc., a Tokyo-based research business servicing CPG, primarily in the areas of brand and advertising tracking studies and product testing. More
Synovate has acquired Sydney-based AZTEC Information Systems. AZTEC supplies market research services to retailers, manufacturers and brand owners based on grocery, liquor and pharmacy retailers' EPOS or 'scan' data in Australia and New Zealand. More
Synovate has appointed Sue Phillips in the new role of Regional Director – Qualitative Research for the Asia Pacific region. Phillips has been running her own UK-based consultancy, Eureka! Research, for the past ten years having previously worked for Schlackmans, Pegram Walters and New Solutions. More
Synovate has announced pilot results from 'Media Brand Values Asia' (MBV Asia), a new syndicated survey looking at the way senior people in Asia view local and regional media. More
Synovate has announced the appointment of Steve Garton as Director, Media Research - Asia Pacific. Garton joined the company two years ago as Media Director for Hong Kong and has led the development of its media business on several fronts including the Synovate PAX media survey. More
Synovate has appointed Mike Sherman in the newly-created role of Executive Director - Consumer Insights, with a special focus on the Hong Kong, Mainland China and Korea markets. More
Synovate Healthcare has announced the appointment of Stuart Bartlett as Regional Director for Asia Pacific. More
Synovate has released data from its Pan Asia Pacific Cross Media Survey (Synovate PAX) for the final quarter of 2003. The survey tracks media, prosperity and influence in eleven markets across the Asia Pacific region. More
Synovate has promoted Audrey Tan, currently MD of the Singapore office, to the new role of Executive Director - International Research. She will be based in Hong Kong and will report directly to Asia Pacific CEO Tim Balbirnie. More
Synovate Healthcare has announced three more key appointments, two of them senior figures from Isis Healthcare, which will rebrand as Synovate Healthcare in October this year. More
Global research agency Synovate has appointed Maz Amirahmadi to head up its business in Thailand, replacing Barry Kelly. More
Synovate has announced that its Pan Asia Pacific Cross Media Survey (known as Synovate PAX) will publish a special report for subscribers analysing changes in media consumption in the Asia Pacific region due to war in Iraq and the battle to contain the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). More
Global agency Synovate has released data confirming that Indonesia is a country of smokers - or rather a country of male smokers. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, has this week announced a new Director of its Asia Pacific healthcare division. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), rebranding as Synovate in January 2003, has this week revealed the affluent of Hong Kong are more likely to be making decisions in shopping malls than in the office or boardrooms. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI) has today issued results from the Pan Asia-Pacific Cross Media Survey (PAX) for 2002/03. The survey tracks media, prosperity and influence across Asia with a sample taken from affluent sections of society - people who are in high income brackets, make business decisions and the all-important group which can be identified as top management. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI) - rebranding as Synovate in January 2003 - has just released the latest figures from the 'Label Love' study on luxury brands in Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, has just announced that Ping Lam will take up the role of Chief Financial Officer for the Asia Pacific region. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate at the beginning of next year, has this week announced two senior appointments within the company's qualitative research team. More
Consumers in Singapore have been shedding stocks since 2001. A recent survey conducted by AMI Commerce, Banking and Investments (AMI CBI), a specialist business and financial research division of Asia Market Intelligence, shows that currently 21 per cent of the Singapore population invest in stocks, a fall of 10 per cent from September 2001. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, has just announced a series of new appointments. More
Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), which rebrands as Synovate in January 2003, announced a series of new executive appointments. More
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