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Palo Alto, CA-based Symphony Technology Group (STG) has acquired Fishbowl Inc., which provides insight-based customer engagement platforms for the restaurant industry. More
Holding company Symphony Technology Group (STG) has sold its biopharma and consumer health research and analytics firm AlphaImpactRx to IMS Health. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Information services giant Experian has sold two high profile consumer insights businesses, Hitwise and Simmons, to Symphony Technology Group for $US 47m plus up to $5m in earnout. More
Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) is selling its mobile industry software and analytics services firm Symphony Teleca to holding group Harman International Incorporated, for an initial $780m. More
Symphony Teleca, which supplies software services to the mobile communications industry, has spun off its big data predictive and social media analytics tools into a standalone division called Symphony Analytics, targeting clients in the banking, financial services, retail and healthcare sectors. More
Retail and healthcare specialist SymphonyIRI has added the title of Chief Client Strategy Officer to former P&G exec Beverly Grant's existing role as President of Retail Solutions. More
Consumer, retail and healthcare specialist SymphonyIRI has promoted Piyush Chaudhari to the newly created role of President of the Americas, with a focus on driving performance and growth for domestic and select global clients. More
Cross-media measurement and ad effectiveness specialist Symphony Advanced Media (SymphonyAM) has appointed Nielsen veteran Charles Buchwalter as President and Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Manish Bhatia, who recently joined US ratings giant Arbitron. More
Retail analysis giant SymphonyIRI has appointed former Procter & Gamble grocery specialist Beverly Grant as President of Retail Solutions, with a remit to enhance and implement the company's broader US retail strategy. More
Retail analysis giant SymphonyIRI Group has appointed former Aon COO Andrew Appel as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, succeeding John Freeland who plans to retire later in the year. More
Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) has acquired patient and physician data provider Source Healthcare Analytics; and will combine it with its existing pharma offer to form a new division called Symphony Health Solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Retail analysis giant SymphonyIRI has partnered with UK independent grocery comparison web site mySupermarket, to provide what the firms describe as 'the first' multi-channel view of shoppers' behaviour in the UK - both online and in-store. More
In the US, InsightExpress has partnered with SymphonyIRI to launch a tool which combines digital ad measurement capabilities with off-line consumer data, helping to link online ad exposure and in-store buying behavior. More
In the US, retail analysis giant SymphonyIRI has partnered with online ad marketplace Legolas Media to enable marketers to buy online ads based on user-level in-store purchase behavior, and then use actual product sales data for ongoing ROI measurement. More
In the US, CPG, retail and healthcare specialist SymphonyIRI has promoted Rob Holston as Executive Vice President, leading its Analytics practice in North America. More
In the US, physician panel specialist ImpactRX has upgraded its POP (point-of-promotion/point-of-prescribing) survey tool, to provide 'more streamlined' processing, faster client turnaround and more granular data capture. More
Retail market intelligence provider SymphonyIRI Group is to work with Wal-Mart to introduce an online shopper insights and collaborative planning platform called 'Customer Advantage'. More
Gerald Eskin, a co-founder of Information Resources Inc. (IRI) died last week aged 76 after complications from heart surgery, in Iowa, USA. More
US-based retail market intelligence giant SymphonyIRI has secured an undisclosed amount of investment from private equity group New Mountain Capital, which now becomes its majority shareholder. More
In the US, private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) - the parent of retail market intelligence giant SymphonyIRI - has acquired a majority interest in physician panel provider ImpactRx. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More
In the US, Symphony Technology Group (STG) - the parent of retail market intelligence giant SymphonyIRI - has announced the launch of an ad performance analytics arm, supported by the acquisition of ad effectiveness measurement firm Factor Technology Group (FactorTG). More
In the US, SymphonyIRI has expanded beyond the consumer products goods (CPG), retail and healthcare categories, to offer its Symphony Analytics platform to a broader range of clients, including those in the apparel and financial services sectors. More
In the US, retail specialist SymphonyIRI has partnered with Synovate to create HispanicLink - a report that provides a view of Hispanic shoppers and their current $950 billion spending power. More
US retail market intelligence giant IRI has promoted company veteran Cary Schneider to the position of EVP of European Operations and Transformation, reporting to President Nigel Howlett. More
In the US, SymphonyIRI has integrated EmSense's neuromeasurement headsets with its BehaviorScan service, to quantify shoppers' emotional and cognitive responses to new products and ad campaigns. More
Retail market intelligence giant SymphonyIRI has launched a web-based solution designed to provide CPG clients with a 360-degree view of their brand performance against past marketing plans. More
Information Resources, Inc. is changing its name to SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. The company says the move reflects its expansion into new types of solution including predictive, automated analytics; technology platforms; and strategic consulting services. More
Retail market intelligence giant Information Resources Inc (IRI) is integrating its existing modeling services into the model and simulation tool capabilities provided by its Hendry (IRI) Market Structure division, to provide marketers with a single source for all modeling data. More
Online measurement firm comScore and retail market intelligence giant IRI (Information Resources, Inc) have launched a new solution to measure the effect of online ad campaigns on sales of consumer packaged goods (CPG). More
Retail market intelligence giant IRI (Information Resources, Inc.) has enhanced its Consumer and Shopper Insights platforms with a series of new digital media solutions. Partners including [x+1] and Dynamic Logic have already announced new offers based on the technology. More
US retail analytics giant Information Resources Inc (IRI) has launched a solution for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers, which enables them to predict the economic factors likely to impact brand or category growth over the next five years. More
In the US, Information Resources Inc (IRI) is acquiring consulting and software business The Hendry Corporation, from another company within its parent group, with the aim of expanding its Consumer & Shopper insights practice. More
In the US, Nielsen and retail analytics agency Information Resources Inc (IRI) have formed a new firm which will recruit, maintain and process data from a common set of households to support the Nielsen Homescan and IRI Consumer Network panels. More
Retail analytics giant Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has hired Krishnakumar (KK) S. Davey, Ph.D. and Ed See as senior partners for its Consulting & Innovation practice. More
In the UK, consumer, shopper and market insights specialist Information Resources Inc (IRI) has rolled out a system which enables almost instant data flow from in-store EPOS (electronic point of sale) devices, to IRI's databases and analytics systems. More
Retail data giant Information Resources Inc (IRI) has appointed Blair Ruelens as Managing Director in the UK, replacing Jeremy McNamara who has left the firm following a review of the company's UK business direction. More
Consumer specialist Information Resources Inc (IRI) has sold its Apollo Retail Space and Assortment Planning unit to retail software firm Aldata, for around $10.5m. More
CPG, retail and healthcare information provider Information Resources Inc (IRI) has announced a three-year-plus contract, starting on 1st January 2009, as the sole supplier of retail data to Nestlé in the UK. More
Mintel and Information Resources Inc (IRI) have enhanced their joint product development support solution, GNPD IRIS, with additional trend analysis. More
Consumer specialist Information Resources Inc (IRI) has appointed Hans Jessen as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of European Services and Global Analytics Delivery. More
Just over a year since joining TNS as Global Head of Access Panels, Robert Tomei has left to become President, Consumer & Shopper Insights at consumer analytics firm Information Resources Inc (IRI). More
In the US, consumer analytics firm Information Resources Inc. (IRI) has appointed Bernard Nann as EVP and General Manager of Technology. More
In the US, Information Resources Inc. (IRI) will be integrating TNS' Shades of Green methodology into its Consumer Network Household panel, to delve deeper into consumer attitudes and behavior towards environmental issues and motivation to purchase green products. More
Consumer analytics firm Information Resources Inc (IRI) has added a number of new solutions to its Consumer Network household panel to enable clients to gather reactions from hard-to-reach respondents. More
Nielsen and rival consumer analytics firm Information Resources Inc (IRI) have both announced major contracts with consumer giants. IRI says it has ousted Nielsen from a UK contract they formerly shared, with P&G; Nielsen says it has signed a global contract with the Coca-Cola Company. More
Consumer packaged goods specialist Information Resources Inc (IRI) has partnered with the GfK/TNS-owned Europanel Association to offer what the firms describe as 'the widest-reaching, single-panel research service in the world'. More
Information Resources (IRI) has this week unveiled a number of analytics platforms for the CPG / retail marketplace, at its annual client summit in Florida. More
US-based consumer info specialist Information Resources Inc (IRI) has appointed Thomas Peterson as President of Global Retail. More
Information Resources Inc (IRI) and The NPD Group have joined forces to launch the Beauty Cross Channel Monitor, claimed as the US beauty industry's first and only cross-channel retail tracking product. More
Information Resources Inc (IRI) has launched a syndicated service to track weekly point-of-sale (POS) data for more than 250 product categories sold in US convenience stores. More
Top ten global research agencies IMS Health and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) have announced a global, multi-year alliance to provide intelligence, analytics and consulting for the consumer health marketplace. More
Retail info giant IRI has appointed John Freeland, an Accenture veteran most recently President-Worldwide Operations for salesforce.com, as its new President and CEO. He succeeds Scott W. Klein, in the roles since January 2004, who moves up to IRI's parent, Symphony Technology Group. More
Retail analysis specialist Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has announced an extension to its relationship with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., creating a range of consumer panel services based on the consumer giant's customer segments. More
In the US, Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has launched its 'AllScan Convenience Store Tracking' service, to provide scanner-based point-of-sale data across the convenience store market. More
Retail information giant Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) is to extend its major syndicated study of brand drivers, the Long-Term Drivers Consortium, into a second phase. Results from the first phase provide good news for TV advertising, as does a separate GroupM study released this week. More
Chicago-based retail info giant IRI has appointed Teresa Sebastian as Senior VP and General Counsel, responsible for all corporate legal matters. More
Consumer, shopper and retail market intelligence agency IRI has opened its new BehaviorScan media testing studio in Colorado, USA, where retailers and manufacturers will be able to test the impact of their TV ad strategies. More
Retail analysis giant Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has partnered with comScore Networks to create an Internet tracking panel, along with support solutions to provide Internet media buying and planning tools for CPG clients. More
Analytics specialist Information Resources Inc. (IRI) has re-hired Jatinder (Ronny) Bindra as Senior VP of Retail Insights, based in the Chicago head office. More
In the US, Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has re-hired beverage alcohol expert David 'Bump' Williams, in the role of Executive VP and General Manager of its Beer, Wine and Spirits and Wall Street practices in North America. More
Digital video recorder (DVR) pioneer TiVo Inc. has continued its recent spate of research-related announcements with news of a partnership with US retail info giant IRI. The IRI TiVo Consumer Insights Suite will link DVR consumer viewing patterns with subsequent product sales. More
US-based Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has acquired the assets of Secant, Inc., a specialist in the alcoholic beverage sector whose offerings include data acquisition, transformation and reporting applications focused on hard-to-measure market segments. More
US provider Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has appointed Andrew A. Salzman as Executive VP and Global Chief Marketing Officer. Salzman is a veteran of Siebel Systems, Compaq, Kodak and a number of major ad agencies. More
US provider OTX (Online Testing eXchange) has appointed David Shanker, previously of IRI, as its new COO and promoted Bruce Friend to President of Media and Entertainment Insights. The company is growing rapidly, rising to 22nd in the Honomichl Top 50 in just 6 years of operation. More
US-based Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has announced the launch of IRI MarketView On Demand(TM), a web-based suite giving small and medium-sized CPG manufacturers and others 24/7 access to individually configured sales and market intelligence information. More
Janet Eden-Harris, formerly Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer for Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has joined Umbria, Inc., a company analysing the content of Consumer Generated Media (CGM), as Chief Executive. More
Retail analysis giant Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has appointed John Lawlor as Division President and General Manager of its Panel and Test Solutions business. Lawlor worked for IRI once before, in the early 1990s, but was most recently President of Ipsos-ASI North America. More
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) and comScore Networks have announced they will work together to offer clients improved product and advertising testing. The offer will combine IRI's BehaviorScan(R) in-market testing solution and comScore's advanced MR and targeting capabilities. More
VNU and IRI have settled their ten-year antitrust case, with VNU agreeing to pay IRI US$55m. The case was recently valued at around $650m but was on appeal following judgement in favor of VNU and its co-defendants. Both sides appear to have preferred the settlement to the possibility of the case rumbling on for a number of years more. More
A new study from Information Resources, Inc (IRI) focuses on eating trends and highlights the product innovations that can meet consumers' growing health concerns. The report, based on analysis of consumer and retail data, is designed to help manufacturers identify profitable health-oriented opportunities. More
US agencies Information Resources, Inc (IRI) and Acxiom have launched a new consumer segmentation and targeted marketing suite, combining information from IRI's household panel with Acxiom's InfoBase data and Personicx consumer segmentation solution. The new tool aims to target specific consumers who are likely to buy particular product categories. More
A new study from US agency Information Resources, Inc (IRI) recommends that retailers should look at the state of the economy as a whole to help them forecast trends and plan new product developments in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and healthcare markets. More
VNU today announced that the European Commission has ended its investigation into the contracting and pricing practices of the company's subsidiary ACNielsen, and has found no evidence of wrongdoing. More
Information Resources, Inc (IRI) has announced details of the third CPG and Retail Summit, taking place in San Francisco in February. Programmes are also available for ESOMAR's Healthcare and Brandmatters conferences, happening in New York in February, and ESOMAR is inviting papers for May's Global Diversity and Innovate events. More
The GfK Group and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) have agreed to disentangle themselves from two joint enterprises in Europe. GfK will transfer its shares in the German and Dutch subsidiaries of IRI to the parent company and at the same time buy out IRI's share in GfK Panelservices Benelux. More
The UK business of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) has announced a strategic partnership with William Morrisons, whose EpoS data will be incorporated into IRI's leading-edge continuous UK retail scanning service, InfoScan®. Morrisons have now completed the review of MR strategy which followed the acquisition of Safeway. More
UK manufacturer Premier Foods, the home of brands such as Typhoo tea, Branston pickle and Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate, has awarded a multi-million pound, three-year contract jointly to IRI and TNS, commencing January 2005. More
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