Marketworks, a marketing services firm, has moved from Syracuse, N.Y., to Seattle. The firm's new address is 3447 33rd Ave. W., Seattle, Wash.
MTA-EMCI, a Washington, D.C., firm providing information to the telecommunications industry, has opened an office in Singapore. The office will be managed by Mei Huang and Timir Premjee. The office is located at 20 Maxwell Rd., # 12-06 Maxwell House, Singapore.
MarketVision Research, Inc., Cincinnati. has opened its first MVR International division client service office in Toronto, under the management of Michael Gilligan.
Total Research Corp, Princeton, N.J., has expanded its annual EquiTrend syndicated quality study to a new monthly survey of 1,000 consumers to track short-term changes in brand equity scores and their impact on a client's marketing actions.
Business Location Research, a Tucson, Ariz., GIS data products company, has inked a strategic alliance with Spatial Insights, Inc., a Vienna, Va., GIS company, in which BLR will represent its products in the Northeast sales region on a non-exclusive basis.
Business Information Group, Inc., has opened a new focus group room at 1114 Pennsylvania N.E., Ste. B, Albuquerque, N.M. The office, designed in response to client needs, features a larger workspace and state-of-the-art recording and playback equipment, says Jim Larson, the company's president.
Gilmore Research Group, Seattle, has added a Customer Satisfaction Division to its scope of services. Tim Kula was hired in June to create and manage the division.
Marketing Evaluations/TVQ and The People Panel have moved to 1615 Northern Blvd., Manhasset, N.Y.
Q & A Research was named the fastest-growing marketing research firm in Northern California in a list compiled by the San Francisco Business Times, San Jose Business Journal and Sacramento Business Journal.
Walker Group, Indianapolis, has acquired a Canadian research company, opened a Mexico office and changed its name. Now called Walker Information to more accurately reflect its capabilities, the company has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Toronto-based Elliott Research Corp. Terms were not disclosed. Walker also opened an office in Mexico City to take advantage of new business opportunities created, in part, by NAFTA. In addition, the company has consolidated its six operating divisions under the Walker Information name.
Los Angeles Marketing Research Associates has changed its name to Focus & Testing, Inc.
Custom Research Inc., Minneapolis, was awarded the Minnesota Quality Award in November. The award was begun in 1991 and is patterned after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Herron Associates, with offices in Indiana and Florida, has opened a new qualitative and videoconferencing center in downtown Indianapolis.