Acquisitions/transactions
Communications consultancy SenateSHJ has acquired Di Marzio Research.
Performance marketing agency NP Digital has acquired search marketing tool AnswerThePublic.
Private equity firm Frazier Healthcare Partners has acquired health care data and insight provider Apollo Intelligence.
Branded Research Inc. has been acquired by data platform Dynata.
The Research Agency and ThinkTv have formed a strategic partnership to provide insights on popular advertisements in New Zealand.
Nordic Mystery Shopping has been acquired by customer service specialist Dive for an undisclosed sum.
Voice technology solutions provider Phebi Ltd. has partnered with insights technology firm Ignite Connexion to provide sales, marketing and customer support services in Canada.
Experience improvement company InMoment has acquired customer review management company ReviewTrackers to offer customer insights, analytics and action.
Brazilian multinational Stefanini has acquired research platform and marketing technology company Ecglobal.
NielsenIQ has acquired data and insights consultancy CGA Strategy Ltd to deliver a complete view of on- and off-premise measurement.
Alliances/strategic partnerships
Retail data and analytics company Intelligence Node has partnered with customer experience company BARE International to expand its online data capabilities and assortment data and insights.
Market research fieldwork company MIS Group has joined Alida’s Partner Network to deliver customer experience services across Europe.
Online survey provider QuestionPro has partnered with transformation firm Acquis Cortico-X to examine data usage and customer experience.
Consumer goods manufacturer Reckitt has selected insights platform Stravito as its knowledge management solution, creating one central hub for market and consumer insights.
Awards/rankings
Toluna and Harris Interactive received three awards at the 2022 Trophées Etudes & Innovations including Market Research Company of the Year.
Text analytics software Relative Insight has been recognized as one of the fastest growing tech companies by the 2022 Northern Tech Awards.
Experience platform Discuss has been named a high performer on G2’s quarterly 2022 Grid Reports.
Experience improvement company InMoment has been recognized as a leader in Forrester’s Text Analytics Platforms Q2 report.
Digital marketing firm Fathom has been named a 2022 Top Workplace by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
The ARF has announced its 2022 Great Mind award winners. Duane Varan received the Erwin Ephron Demystification Award, Martin Renaud received the CMO Award and the PepsiCo Mountain Dew insights and innovation teams received the Future Forward Award.
Significant Insights has opened nominations for its annual 30 under 30 list.
New accounts/projects
Digital optimization software company Amplitude Inc. has launched Amplitude CDP, an insights-driven customer data platform.
Market researcher Forsta has announced its Human Experience Partner Program to offer market research agencies white-labeled customer experience offerings.
Online survey provider QuestionPro is partnering with incubators and accelerators to offer free research software subscriptions to up to 1,000 qualified startups.
The Market Research Institute International has created a committee to search for its new executive director.
New companies/new divisions/relocations/expansions
Market research agency The Source has announced Duck, Duck, Goose, a new kids and youth research and insights division.
Kantar has launched a Brazilian cross-media consultation to optimize campaigns across all viewing forms, platforms and devices.
Market research and advisory firm Savanta has opened a new hub in Amsterdam.
Market researcher Heart+Mind Strategies has opened its MENA regional headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
GMO Research has opened a subsidiary branch in New York and will begin business operations July 1, 2022.
Market research and insights company MetrixLab has opened its first office in Poland.
Market researcher RONIN International has opened a new operations center in Lancaster, U.K.
Research company earnings/financial news
In first-quarter 2022 financial results, researcher Kantar has reported a gross revenue increase of 6% to $911 million and a gross margin increase of 6% to $621 million.
Toluna’s partnership with the Red Cross to raise money for Ukraine resulted in 66,000 individual donations and €30,000 in total donations.
Customer insights company Knit has raised $3.55 million in an oversubscribed seed round of funding.
Insight consultancy Basis has reported a gross revenue growth of 20%, an organic growth of 21% within its consumer/B2B division, 13% in its health division and 420% in its new social division. It also reported a 33% increase in staff employment.
Indonesia-based consumer insights platform Populix has raised $7.7 million in its Series A round of funding.
Cultural intelligence company Collage Group has raised $25 million in growth capital.