In the UK, Alex Oliver has joined the IIPS (The Institute for Insight in the Public Services) – the joint initiative between BMRB Social Research and its sister company, Henley Centre HeadlightVision (HCHLV) – as Head of Service Transformation. More
WPP companies the Henley Centre India and IMRB International have launched a new consumer tracking service known as Wallet Monitor, to map spending by Indian households. Initial results show the emergence of an 'individualistic, indulgent, happy and confident Indian consumer who enjoys spending money on personal grooming and entertainment'. More
The Kantar Group has appointed Marc O'Regan to the new role of Director of Behavioural Insight. O'Regan, previously Head of Data at marketing agency Proximity London, is tasked with developing behavioural data analysis across the group's companies, which include Millward Brown and Research International. More
WPP, parent company of Millward Brown, Research International, The Kantar Group and The Henley Centre among many other companies worldwide, has reported robust revenues for the first five months of the year. Noting that revenue per head had increased, WPP's Chairman Philip Lader thanked the company's 84,000 staff worldwide for their 'outstanding efforts'. More
Advertising account exec and planner Sarah King has joined The Henley Centre from AMV.BBDO as a Director. The Centre also welcomes back senior consultant Eleanor Cooksey after a year spent on secondment in Mumbai helping to develop Henley Centre India. More
A recent report by the Henley Centre says that British society has produced 'a generation of self-centred adults who feel no obligation to care for their elderly parents, neighbours or other vulnerable members of the community'. More
Traditional Christmas cheer from the December edition of HenlEymail, the Henley Centre's electronic newsletter, which reports that the family is alive and well, and growing in importance as a source of emotional sustenance for consumers around the globe. More
Kantar has announced that Tamara Ingram, former CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi and of McCann-Erickson in the UK, is joining as president of 3 of its insight companies, Added Value, Fusion 5 and Henley Centre. Ingram will report in to Kantar CEO, Eric Salama and the CEOs of the three companies will report in to her. More
Henley Centre Chairman Martin Hayward predicts a distinct change in consumer attitudes during 2003, towards taking a long term view and away from the 'sod the consequences' thinking of the past few years. More
Never before has the need to understand the interaction between economics, consumer behaviour and attitudes, political and technological factors been so great. To provide the boardroom with the best possible chance of calling next year correctly, The Henley Centre has designed a one day event 'Planning for 2003' to be held on November 8 in London. More
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