Acquisitions/transactions 

Market research and analytics company Leger has invested in consumer neuroscience and UX firm Cube. 

Multimedia research and consulting firm Jon Peddie Research has acquired media outlet Display Daily. 

Nielsen has completed its sale to a private equity consortium, led by Evergreen Coast Capital and Brookfield Business Partners.

Games and entertainment media IGN has acquired strategic partnerships agency 1TwentyFour.

Online survey and research services provider QuestionPro has acquired CX and journey mapping platform SuiteCX to create a "full stack" CX platform. 

Stagwell Marketing Cloud has acquired software experience and insights data platform Maru Group.

Data solutions company Sagacity Solutions has acquired data marketing agency REaD Group to offer insights throughout the customer lifecycle.

Digital business company NTT DATA has agreed to acquire data and analytics firm Aspirent. 

Digital Technology Advisory Group has invested in insight and advisory firm Citizen Good Consulting.

Shopper insights and solutions provider Field Agent has acquired workforce management platform SimpliField to solve in-store operation challenges. 

Toluna has acquired agile market research agency GutCheck, increasing its North American presence and offering GutCheck clients access to its products and services.

Video feedback and analytics company Voxpopme has acquired research operation platform HubUX to expand agile qualitative insight possibilities. 

Alliances/strategic partnerships 

EMX by Big Village has partnered with advertising platform Adform to connect its omnichannel SSP platform with Adform’s DSP.

Moving and storage brand PODS has adopted text analytics platform Canvs AI as part of its CX operations.

The Marketing Research Education Foundation (MREF) has entered a marketing partnership with the Insights Association to raise awareness of the efforts made by both organizations.

Logica Research has increased accessibility for its Future of Money Insights Kit, aimed to help financial brands.

Insights platform Stravito has partnered with ethical hacking platform Intigriti to launch a bug bounty program to offer its customers security protection. 

Technology and data company Big Village has added Forsta’s visualization technology to its CARAVAN survey data.

Digital marketing agency Global One Media has created a strategic partnership with investment research firm eResearch Corporation to help Gen Z and Millennials make better investment decisions. 

Health care marketing and analytics platform Lasso has partnered with data analytics and market researcher IRI to make consumer purchase data products available in Blueprint, Lasso’s audience builder. 

Market research cloud Fuel Cycle has launched its video feedback integration with human insight company UserTesting. 

EMX by Big Village has collaborated with Kroger Precision Marketing to make its retail sales data available through EMX’s Data Connected Private Marketplace offering.

Behavioral data collection company RealityMine and behavioral data company Qrious Insight have partnered to deliver mobile behavior data to clients.

Insights platform Canvs AI had added a text analytics connector to the Forsta Survey platform allowing data to be imported directly into Canvs.

Awards/rankings 

Market researcher Hello Ara received the Best Paper of 2022 Award at ESOMAR Congress.

Insights agency Gongos has announced the winners of the 2022 Value Exchange Awards, ranking Peloton as the No. 1 top brand that delivered on customer goals. 

Market research company DJS Research received the Delivering Good Engagement award at the 2022 Employee Ownership Association Annual Conference. 

New companies/new divisions/relocations/expansions 

Customer experience management platform Sprinklr has expanded its research and development center in Singapore. 

MMR Research Worldwide has opened a sensory research facility in Singapore.  

Market research and insights company MetrixLab will open its second U.K. office in Manchester this week. 

Research company earnings/financial news 

Consumer insight infrastructure provider Monnai has raised $3.15 million in its seed round of funding led by Better Tomorrow Ventures. 

Human insight company UserTesting has released its third-quarter 2022 financial results reporting a total revenue of $49.4 million, up 28% year-over year, and a subscription revenue of $47.5 million.