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ICM adds research director to lead omnibus offering

UK— ICM has hired Kantar Worldpanel’s James Guild as a research director to lead its omnibus team.

Sheldrake to lead Euro office for GMO Research/JMI

JAPAN/UK— Japanese agency GMO Research/JMI is opening a European office on 13 February. Jonathan Sheldrake, previously of Pulse Group, Advaith, […]

Shugoll Research buys Metro Research Services

US— Shugoll Research has bought Metro Research Services, a provider of data collection services and focus group facilities in Northern […]

InSites Consulting revenue passes €16m in 2011

BELGIUM— InSites Consulting has posted a 28% increase in annual revenue to €16m, with 20% coming from market research online […]

Millward Brown and Affectiva link for facial analysis technology

US— Millward Brown has formed a partnership with emotion-measurement technology company Affectiva to add facial expression analysis to its TV […]

Comptel Corporation to buy Xtract for analytics boost

FINLAND— Telecoms software firm Comptel Corporation is to acquire Finnish analytics firm Xtract in a deal worth €3.1m that will […]