Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Germany’s World Cup Big Data edge; 27 DMAs band together into Global DMA (RBDR–7/16/2014)

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Today: 1) Germany’s winning World Cup squad seems to have an edge, a Big Data edge, provided by the “Match Insights” tool which delivered player and team metrics/tendencies. 2) 27 direct marketing associations from all over the world have banded together to form the Global Direct Marketing Association. 3) The UK’s Marketing Research Association has launched a sugging and frugging hotline that can be used by organization and individuals to report that sort of abusive behavior.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Google’s Smartwatch; Impact of young people on MR (RBDR–3/20/2014)

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Today: 1) Google is readying its smart watch, which requires the attention of app developers to provide popular and practical tools, including some enabling market research with its wearers. 2) WPP Chief Executive Sir Martin Sorrell told the MRS Annual Conference that young people will be a boon for market research. 3) TVB Chief Research & Analytics Officer Stacey Lynn Schulman speaks about some problems that research functions are having meeting the demands and expectations of entry-level researchers.