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Sampling firm Innovate has announced three new hires - Michael Krameisen, Erin Fredericks and Josh Brezner - along with impressive annual growth. In the last year, revenues have tripled and headcount has doubled to 50 people. More
Research data solutions and technology firm SSI has acquired LA-based Instantly - whose services include panels and product concept testing - for an undisclosed sum. More
Audience sampling firm Innovate, which was set up by uSamp founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, has hired former colleagues Rodney Lazar as SVP of Global Finance and Accounting and Rachel Tak as Director of Global Account Management. Katherine Albers has also joined the company. More
On-demand survey sample company Innovate has announced a strategic relationship with online community specialist Passenger Inc., whose FUEL community platform it will now offer to clients. More
Research and technology firm Instantly has launched new features giving researchers direct access to its Automated Sample and to predefined audiences. Currently available in the US, the updates will be released in the UK before the end of the year. More
Research and technology firm Instantly has appointed tech exec Jim Collins as EVP of its Audiences division. Collins' remit is to continue growing the firm's consumer panel, while further optimizing panelist responsiveness and survey completion. More
Research and technology firm Instantly is to build a research panel focused on South Asian audiences in the UK, on behalf of ethnic audience research specialist Quant Edge Ltd and known as Multi Cultural Britain Think. More
Research and technology provider Instantly has appointed Carla Bourque as General Manager of its Automated Sample solution, which provides real-time access to millions of profiled respondents. More
Research and technology provider Instantly has announced partnerships with location-based mobile advertising specialist xAd and Vistar Media, which it says will expand its Ad Effectiveness offering. More
Recently rebranded research technology company Instantly has teamed up with mobile location-based platform Vistar Media, to measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns across out-of-home (OoH) media. More
LA-based research technology company Instantly (formerly uSamp) has opened an office in central Manhattan, New York City, adding to its existing US location in Los Angeles. More
LA-based research technology company Instantly (formerly known as uSamp) has introduced a new crowd-sourced insights tool called Product Watch, which alerts brands about newly launched consumer products and tracks their performance across key metrics nationwide. More
LA-based research technology company uSamp is changing its name to Instantly, Inc. While planning substantial investment in its sample business, the firm says the new name will allow it to grow this in tandem with its burgeoning insights platform. More
On-demand panel and sample company Innovate has opened an office in Gurgaon, India, where it has already hired a number of execs for its operations team. Meanwhile in the US, the firm has appointed former uSamp exec Vanessa Carey, and promoted Amanda Keller and Jason Poyser. More
Online research tech company uSamp has rolled out its Instant.ly Concept Test (ICT) tool in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has announced three senior appointments: Scott Stein is promoted to VP, Research Solutions; Alan Mavretish, has joined as Senior Director, Research Solutions and Scott Jones returns to the firm as Senior Director, Retail Solutions. More
In the US, online sampling and technology company uSamp has appointed former Ipsos and Hall & Partners exec Dean Burnett as Senior Director, Global Panel and Sampling Operations. More
Online research tech company uSamp has opened an office in Frankfurt, Germany and hired Susanne Minneker and Catherine Gibbon who will be based there. More
Online research technology company uSamp has introduced a tool called Instant.ly Shelf Score, giving CPG manufacturers and retailers a measure of consumers' intent to purchase recently launched products. More
Online research technology company uSamp has introduced a new system called Instant.ly Concept Test (ICT), which it says will help consumer packaged goods brands and retailers screen new product ideas faster and more cost-effectively. More
Innovate, the on-demand panels and sample company launched recently by uSamp founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, has hired Lisa Wilding-Brown as EVP of Global Operations, based in Dallas, Texas; and Amanda Keller as Senior Director of Global Project Management, based in Encino, CA. More
Online sampling and research technology company uSamp has appointed industry veteran Joe Jordan as Vice President, Panel Operations, with a focus on mobile. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has launched two new products - Mobile In-Home and Mobile In-Store - to allow real-time access to consumers in these two very different contexts. More
Sample industry pioneers Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin have announced that former uSamp exec George Llorens has joined them as co-founder of their new online and mobile sampling and data collection business Innovate. The team has also appointed three further former uSamp colleagues. More
uSamp co-founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin have launched a new firm called Innovate, which they say will 'pinpoint' global panelists on demand and deliver sample via connected APIs. More
Online sampling specialist uSamp is launching a system called 'Adaptive Profiling', which involves asking questions to panellists based on their correlated attributes. The firm claims this will reduce the total number of profile questions asked by half, while doubling completion rates. More
George Llorens is leaving his role as EVP of Sales at online sampling firm uSamp 'to pursue other interests'. He will be replaced by Ted Bouzakis, who most recently served as Head of North American Sales. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp is to move to a fully open application programming interface (API) platform called SampleCORE, allowing clients to gather richer insights from sample - including traditional profile, social, behavioral and geo-location information. More
In London, online sampling and technology company uSamp has promoted Ben Leet to the position of Managing Director for Europe, following the departure of Gaelle Norman who has returned to France to set up her own market research support consultancy. More
uSamp co-founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin have confirmed that they have left the company to 'explore new opportunities'. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has appointed former Kraft Foods insight leader Karyn Hall as Vice President responsible for its Instant.ly online survey product. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has closed $15m in a Series D round of funding, with development of its instant.ly survey product one of the priorities for investment. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has appointed three new members of staff to support expansion both in the US and Europe. More
uSamp has announced the newest version of its iPoll mobile app, which it says offers improved performance and a faster, more intuitive in-app user experience. More
In the US, online sampling and technology company uSamp has appointed former Ticketmaster SVP Carl Trudel as Chief Technology Officer, to oversee existing platforms and help it navigate developments in areas such as virtualization, the cloud, big data and data management. More
Alan Gould, the co-founder of IAG Research, has joined online sampling and technology company uSamp as Chief Executive Officer, while the firm's founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin will continue to operate the firm's core sampling business. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has opened an office in Paris, France, where it has appointed former SSI exec Franck Pernez as Sales Director, to support its expansion in Europe. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has appointed former Pepsico insights exec Robert Clancy as Senior Director of Insights and Strategy. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has promoted George Llorens to the role of Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales, tasked with further driving sales in Europe, where the firm reported growth of 104% in the past year. More
In Germany, online sampling and technology company uSamp has hired former Toluna director Ronald Meier for its newly created role of Sales Director, to oversee growth across Europe. More
IAG Research founder Alan Gould has joined the Board of online sampling and technology company uSamp, along with Sean Moriaty, who is the former CEO of Ticketmaster. More
Online sampling and technology company uSamp has joined NBCUniversal's Olympics Lab research initiative, to help the media network track consumers' real-time reactions and behavior during the London 2012 Games. More
US-based online sampling and technology company uSamp has introduced a proprietary Hispanic panel with more than 100,000 members, adding to its existing global panel of around 7.5 million respondents. More
US-based online sampling and technology company uSamp has launched an invite-only B2B panel called 'TheWhiteboard', which uses a variety of recruitment tactics through partnerships with loyalty reward programs in the hotel, airline and travel industry. More
In the US, online sampling and technology company uSamp has launched a free self-serve platform offering unlimited authoring and data collection with optional use of the company's 6.5m panellists. More
Online sample provider uSamp has hired eight new members of staff to support the growth of its recently opened London office. More
Online sample provider uSamp has enhanced its self-service panel access platform SampleMarket, to enable users to add multiple suppliers of survey respondents to their projects. More
Online sample provider uSamp has opened an office in London, to be led by former Greenfield/Ciao director Gaelle Normand. More
Online sample provider uSamp and DIY online research firm Ask Your Target Market (AYTM) have partnered to make uSamp's panel of more than 1.7 million US survey respondents available to AYTM clients. More
In California, uSamp has teamed up with online qual researcher GutCheck to provide automated delivery of screened and qualified participants for moderated, online qualitative research studies. More
MR technology and online sample firm uSamp is to build a custom online market research panel for publisher Kiplinger, comprising business decision makers, investors and financial advisors. The new panel will be available to uSamp clients for their own surveys. More
MR technology and online sample firm uSamp has launched a new version of its SampleMarket panel access platform, offering enhanced real-time self-service access to its US proprietary panel. More
Online panel and technology firm uSamp has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, promoted two execs, and doubled the number of sales directors employed in its US offices. More
In the US, JD Power and Associates has partnered with online sample firm uSamp to develop an online panel expanding its existing survey-based customer satisfaction and product quality research. More
Online panel and technology firm uSamp has reported a 167% rise in revenue for the past year, which it says was driven by an increase in use of global consumer panels and river sampling, along with growth in tracking studies following its recent acquisition of DMS Insights. More
Online panel and technology company uSamp is testing a mobile survey platform providing researchers with access to millions of users of smart phones and mobile devices, and exploiting the rise of 'check-in' location sharing for precise geographical targeting. More
Online panel and technology company uSamp has acquired online research specialist DMS Insights from AOL, just two days after closing a $10m funding deal. Financial details were not disclosed. More
Online panel and technology company uSamp has closed a $10 million Series C round of financing, led by OpenView Venture Partners of Boston. More
US online panels specialist uSamp has opened a new office in Connecticut, and formed a new project management team in India. More
In the US, online panels firm uSamp has appointed Steven Sobolevsky, a web application product management specialist, as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Sobolevsky will guide the firm's product and IT strategy and execute its next generation panel platform. More
Online panel specialist uSamp has introduced an automated web-based panel management platform, which it says simplifies the delivery of online panel for market research. More
In the US, online panel specialist United Sample has changed its name to uSamp and re-vamped its web site, while global marketing research firm Data Development Worldwide (DDW) has rebranded as Radius Global Market Research. More
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