TMR Inc. has moved to new, expanded facilities at 1974 Sproul Rd., Broomall, PA 19008. Telephone numbers remain unchanged.
St. Paul-based Concepts in Marketing Research (CIMR) will no longer provide qualitative research services and focus group facilities for the marketing research community. CIMR will concentrate solely on supporting the corporate marketing research efforts of its parent company, Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance. In a related development, former CIMR account executive Carolyn Ruble has established her own Twin Cities-based qualitative research firm - Carolyn Ruble & Associates, 5316 James Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55419.
Xtreme, Inc. has moved to 60 E 8th St., Ste. 34-D, New York, NY 10003.
National Planning Data Corporation (NPDC) has formed an agreement with Trinet, Inc. which enables NPDC to provide business data in the form of summarized and customized reports, based on the Trinet raw database of SIC (standard industrial classification) codes, (see this month' s Product and Service Update section for more information)
Woelfel Research, an offshoot of Market Dynamics, Inc., has opened offices at 2222 Gallows Rd., Vienna, VA 22027, and at 131 South Main Ave., Albany, NY 12208.
National Analysts (NA), the marketing research division of international management and technology consultants Booz Alien & Hamilton, and Japan's Marketing Intelligence Corporation (MIC) have formed a strategic alliance to enhance one another's ability to assist companies in pursuing global business strategies. The primary focus of the relationship would be marketing research and marketing consultation services. Specifically, NA is offering its clients in the U.S. access to several syndicated databases, along with custom survey and qualitative research capabilities provided by MIC in Japan. MIC is providing its clients in Japan custom marketing research and analysis, along with access to proprietary modeling techniques developed by NA.
Focus Vision Network, Inc. has moved to 6 Hutton Center Drive, 11th Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92707.