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Automotive research pioneer J.D. Power & Associates is moving on from McGraw Hill Financial after eleven years with the group. The new owners are London-based XIO Group, and the price is $1.1bn in cash. More
Chinese investment and research firm XIO Group is considering a bid to acquire US-based auto research specialist JD Power and Associates, according to a report published by Reuters. More
Global marketing information services firm JD Power has named Greg Hoeg Vice President of US Insurance Operations, with responsibility for syndicated research studies and consulting services. More
McGraw Hill Financial is considering selling its US-based auto research specialist JD Power and Associates for up to $1 billion, according to an exclusive report published by Reuters. More
US-based auto research specialist JD Power and Associates has acquired Korrelate, an Orlando-based company which measures consumers' online behavior and then links it to off-line sales activity. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More
RAC has overtaken the AA to rank highest in the newly released J.D. Power and Associates 2004 UK Roadside Assistance Customer Satisfaction Study(SM). The overall customer satisfaction scores of the two are 830 and 825 respectively out of a possible 1,000, showing intense competition. More
Virgin Mobile, appearing in the category for the first time, tops the pre-pay customer satisfaction tables in the J.D. Power and Associates 2004 UK Mobile Telephone Customer Satisfaction Study[SM]. Among contract (pay monthly) providers, Vodafone narrowly beats Orange for the top spot. More
Production of four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles in North America is expected to increase from around a quarter of all new light vehicles produced to close to 37% by 2008, according to a new report by J.D. Power and Associates. Sales are expected to grow in Europe but decline in the Far East. More
Airport security waiting times have decreased over the last year, although they are five minutes longer in the US than elsewhere, according to a recently released study by J.D. Power and Associates. In terms of passenger satisfaction, Frankfurt tops the list of large airports and Singapore's Changi International that of medium-sized airports. More
Retail sales of new vehicles in California have bounced back following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's repeal of the vehicle license fee increase on Nov. 17, his first day in office, according to transaction data from the Power Information Network (PIN), LLC, an affiliate of J.D. Power and Associates. More
J.D. Power and Associates has appointed Scot Eisenfelder as senior vice president of its automotive retail practice. Eisenfelder will be responsible for the enhancement and growth of the practice area, including syndicated research, proprietary tracking, consulting, and learning and performance systems. More
It's been a busy time for automotive research announcements. This afternoon DRNO provides summaries of four recent stories covering customer loyalty and retention, hybrid and diesel development and the Harris Interactive® Automotive Panel. More
Special finance packages like 0% financing are losing popularity among US automotive dealers, according to a recent report by J.D. Power and Associates. New incentive ideas – in particular dealer cash – are now rated most effective by dealers. More
Anti-whiplash seats, brake-by-wire and electronic stability control are among new automotive features covered by the recently released J.D. Power and Associates 2003 US Automotive Emerging Technologies survey. Of the seven features of most interest to consumers, five are very likely to be considered at their expected market price, with the prices of the other two acting as a bigger deterrent. More
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