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27/2/26
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Posted: 27/2/26

Ipsos has closed the sale of 80% of its wholly owned subsidiary in Russia, Ipsos Comcon LLC, to Direct Investments JSC, a company run by businessman Andrei Malyshev. The move is to comply with a law limiting foreign ownership of MR companies in the country, which comes into force this weekend.

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Posted: 27/2/26

In the UK, a new company called Automotive Insights has launched, providing 'just-in-time' market intelligence from surveying 1,000 motorists each month.

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Posted: 27/2/26

Manchester, UK-headquartered behavioural data company RealityMine has appointed Phil Miles, a member of its Board since 2024 and a former Managing Director at Google and YouTube, as its new Chairman.

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Posted: 27/2/26

Kantar has announced a series of strategic leadership appointments, underlining the importance of North America in its growth strategy. Former group CGO Chris Petranto becomes Chief Client Officer NA; Brian James becomes Chief Solutions Officer NA; and Rachelle Minnis takes a new EVP role.

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5D Unveils Continuous Data Hub

Posted: 27/2/26

Strategic research consultancy 5D has launched a market intelligence hub, 5D Nexus, designed to bring together fragmented data sources and give organisations a forward-looking view of their business and the competitive landscape. More

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$9 Million for AI-Based Retail Platform Profitmind

Posted: 27/2/26

Accenture Ventures, the consulting giant's investment arm, has given its backing to Profitmind, an agentic AI decision intelligence platform built for retail teams, as part of a $9m seed round. The funds will fuel global scaling of the platform, recruitment and further extension of platform capabilities. More

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Shopper Data Firm Catalina Becomes Part of Infillion

Posted: 26/2/26

US-based ad platform Infillion, the company that bought MediaMath in 2023, has announced the acquisition of veteran purchase intelligence company Catalina. Financial terms were not disclosed. More

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Senior Shuffle, Hire and Departure for System1

Posted: 26/2/26

Ad effectiveness platform System1 has appointed Mohan (Mo) Taylor as Chief Product and Technology Officer; moved Orlando Wood to Chief Creative Officer; and promoted both Andrew Tindall and Tristan Findlay to separate Chief Growth Officer roles. Chief Customer Officer Jon Evans departs the firm. More

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Germany's Latana Hires for US Growth

Posted: 26/2/26

Latana, a firm based in Berlin and offering an AI-powered brand tracking and consumer insights platform, has appointed Heather Prekop as SVP Commercial Development. Prekop will lead the company's presence in the US, where it has enjoyed rapid growth of late. More

Recent Appointments

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Kubi Kalloo

Posted: February 9 2026

Manon Lloyd has joined Kubi Kalloo as a Junior Consultant, bringing around six months of experience in academic and agency-side market research at 2CV. In her new role she will support the Kubi team on projects across social and commercial sectors. More

StackAdapt

Posted: January 27 2026

StackAdapt has appointed former Trade Desk SVP Business Development Katy Friday as Vice President for its Central region, joining its revenue leadership team. More

Disrupt Insight

Posted: January 22 2026

Former Impact Research employee Teo Valdes has joined London's Disrupt Insight as an SRE. More

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