Survey Sampling International (SSI) and Opinionology have received regulatory approval to merge under the SSI brand. The firm will be led by SSI's Kees de Jong, who will continue his role as CEO, while Opinionology's CEO David Haynes will serve as President and COO. More
Survey Sampling International (SSI) and US-based data collection specialist Opinionology are to merge to create a new company which will operate under the SSI brand. More
Opinionology, the Utah-based data collection company formerly known as Western Wats, has launched Real Customers, a new service to build and manage verified customer panels. More
US-based data collection specialist Opinionology - formerly known as Western Wats - has opened a new service bureau in London, to meet an increase in demand for its European research panels. More
US-based data collection specialist Opinionology, formerly known as Western Wats, has launched new panels in Italy and Spain, adding to its existing European panel inventory in the UK, France and Germany. More
US-based data collection specialist Western Wats has changed its name to Opinionology, in a move which it says better reflects its global presence and expanding service offering. More
US-based data collection specialist Western Wats has opened a new service bureau in Toronto, to provide local access to the firm's research panels. More
US-based data collection firm Western Wats has launched online research panels in Germany and France. More
US data collection firm Western Wats has rolled out a new sampling methodology combining its managed panel with samples from mobile phone users, phone to web recruits, social media communities and 'River' respondents. More
In the US, data collection firm Western Wats has launched a research solution which combines its mobile survey platform with its panel of mobile users. More
Orem, Utah-based data collection firm Western Wats has announced plans to create 170 new jobs in Casa Grande, AZ; Pittsburg, KS; and Brookings, SD. More
Western Wats, the Utah-based data collection company, has closed its call center in Wayne, Nebraska, at a cost of around 50 part-time jobs. More
US data collection firm Western Wats has paid $500,000 to settle charges imposed on it for child labor law violations, following a Department of Labor (DOL) investigation. The penalty is one of the highest ever imposed on a US company. More
US data collection firm Western Wats has been fined $552k for employing 1,482 minors, three of whom were as young as 13, to conduct market research and political surveys from its call centers in seven states. This is the highest such penalty ever doled out to a US company. More
US data collection firm Western Wats has closed its Chadron, Nebraska phone center, blaming the economic downturn. Around 100 part-time employees have been laid off. More
US-headquartered data collection firm Western Wats is to add to its presence in the Philippines by opening a new 500-seat call center in Davao City in mid-July. The firm, which also operates in Cebu City, has already invested between P60m and P70m (c$1.5m) in the new operation. More
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