DRNO - Daily Research News
News Article no. 9023
Published October 14 2008

 

 

 

DDW and MAi to Merge

In the US, independent marketing research firms Data Development Worldwide (DDW) and Marketing Analysts Incorporated (MAi) are to merge. Financial details have not been disclosed.

DDW MD Chip ListerDDW was founded in 1960, since when it has conducted over 30,000 custom MR studies in countries across the world. The firm employs more than 100 people at its New York headquarters and offices throughout the US. Specialist sectors include consumer products, financial services, pharmaceutical, communications, and traditional/new media.

Founded in 1982, MAi is a strategic, custom market research firm which offers virtual reality, volumetric forecasting, and price optimization for a broad range of industries, and conducts both quant and qual studies in thirty countries on six continents. The company is headquartered in Charleston, SC and has offices in Charlotte, NC and the New York metro area.

'There are terrific synergies between DDW and MAi,' explained DDW MD Chip Lister. 'Chief among them is that we both believe that providing custom-designed research approaches is fundamental to delivering truly actionable business solutions to our clients.' MAi Principal Rich Serrins adds that both firms have impressive teams of senior-level research talent, which gives clients 'great confidence'.

Web sites: www.datadw.com and www.mairesearch.com .

 

 
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