A new focus group facility has opened in Harrisburg, PA: The Bartlett Group, Inc., 3690 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110. Contact Jeffrey Bartlett for more information.
As a result of corporate restructuring, the Chicago-based customer satisfaction company Original Research II has changed its corporate name to Original Research Customer Management Services.
Gary Mullet has opened Gary Mullet Associates, Inc., a marketing research and statistical consulting and analysis firm. The address is 2399 Highway 29 So., Suite 4, Lawrenceville, GA 30244.
Market ACTION Research Software has moved to Clarendon Arms, Ste. 21, 16 W. 501 58th St., Chicago, IL 60514-1740.
A joint venture has been formed by Audits & Surveys, Inc., New York, and Market Research Services, Inc., Tokyo. It will conduct syndicated and custom consumer surveys and store auditing programs in Asia for non-Japanese companies. Equally owned, the new company, A&S/MRS Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo and will concentrate on servicing global packaged goods companies.
National Planning Data Corp. has opened a new software development office in Seattle. In a related move, the company has closed their Pittsburgh technical offices.
A new focus group facility has opened in the St. Paul area: Dynamic Observations, The Market Place Mall, 2900 Rice St. No., Suite. 290, St. Paul, MN 55113.
Events Marketing Research, a full-service research firm, has opened at 250 W. 54th St., New York, NY 10019.
Opinion Research Corp. (ORC) has announced an agreement with two Hungarian research and consulting firms, Investorg and Qualiforum, to become ORC affiliates. Both Investorg, with Dr. Kati Vilmos, managing director, and Qualiforum, with Laszlo Fixler as general manager, are headquartered in Budapest.
Equifax, Inc. has created an Office of Consumer Affairs. Larry Clemente, cor-porate vice president, will head the office. Jack Rogers, Equifax president and CEO, said, "The purpose of this formal position is to be an ombudsman for consumers as we seek to maintain the delicate balance between the corporation's legitimate right to information and the consumer's right to privacy."
With the addition of 150 interviewing stations in its new site in Omaha, the Gallup Organization has increased its CATI stations to 320.
Elrick and Lavidge has moved its Chicago and Downers Grove offices to a combined location at 3 Westbrook Corp. Center, Ste. 600, Westchester, IL 60154.
The Madison and Green Bay offices of Matousek & Associates now house separate companies. The Madison office is now Chamberlain Research Consultants. Sharon R. Chamberlain, a partner in the original firm, is president. The Green Bay office will remain a Matousek location, under the direction of Terri Matousek, president.
Kurtz Marketing Services has moved to One Penn Plaza, Ste. 3433, New York, NY 10119. In addition, the firm has formalized a link with Hudson, Payne & Iddiols, a London-based market research firm.