Sample Providers JRA Acquires Chef Panel - 25/5/12 In the UK, JRA Research has acquired an online panel of chefs and catering managers, numbering around 1,200 individuals across a range of food service sectors. >> More
MARSC Launches Community Solution - 23/5/12 In Surrey, UK, sampling and panel management software provider MARSC Ltd has announced an online community solution, which combines a panellist interface with a fully featured content management system. >> More
Epocrates Takes the Oath - 22/5/12 Recent formed standards and guidelines partnership The Trust Alliance has been joined by online US physician network Epocrates. >> More
In the UK, JRA Research has acquired an online panel of chefs and catering managers, numbering around 1,200 individuals across a range of food service sectors.
In the US, commercial information company Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) has announced enhancements to its sales, marketing and research database D&B360. The new functionality will both increase overall data content and assist with systematic maintenance.
Research Now owner e-Rewards, Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire mobile research specialist iPinion, LLC, which will be rebranded as ‘Research Now Mobile’.
Access panel provider Cint has announced partnerships with Chinese panel Tudou, and News Corporation subsidiary STAR TV of India. The new panels will be available on Cint’s OpinionHUB and the alliances are in collaboration with Swedish online tracking specialist Nepa.
Google has launched a product combining DIY surveys with access to targeted respondents. Google Consumer Surveys will cost users a fixed fee per response from selected persons accessing premium content pages in Google’s publisher network.
In the US, Greenfield Online veterans Hugh Davis and Keith Price have officially launched reInvention, a global sampling and data collection services firm founded last summer and promising ‘a more human-to-human’ approach to sample acquisition. A London office is planned soon.
UK-based custom panel solutions specialist EasyInsites has reported a 37% increase in annual revenue to £750,000 for 2011. The firm has also moved into new office space and doubled the size of its team with the appointment of four new members of staff.
Cint has re-branded its product names to reflect its twin focus on sample access and panel management solutions - and also has a new logo. Separately, the firm has appointed former SSI exec Anita Haddu as Director of Panel Development, Europe.
Panel and research technology provider Toluna has introduced a new version of its iPad and iPhone app, to enable panellists to participate in its DIY QuickSurveys directly through their mobile devices.
