Bob Lederer RBDR, RFL Communications, Inc.

TAM merges with BARC in India. Unilever Foundry adds Crowdsourcing. (RBDR 9.1.2015)

Today on the Research Business DAILY Report:

1) TAM Media Research gets its foot back into India’s TV ratings business by merging with BARC, the nation’s current TV ratings provider.

2) Unilever expands the scope of its Foundry innovation collaboration program with expansion into Crowdsourcing.

3) The Next Generation Market Research group is accepting nominations for 3 different awards until Labor Day, September 7.

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Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Pew expands pct. of mobile calls in phone interviewing; Google’s acquisition of Nest could open new information trails; New Product from 24Tru (RBDR–1/20/2014), sponsored by Decision Analyst

1) Pew Research Center is altering its proportion of mobile phone and landline interviews when it conducts telephone research. 2) Google’s acquisition of Nest opens up a world of new information trails from people’s homes. 3) Some argue that there are too many MR innovations and not enough understanding of how they work best. But, that’s not slowing MR innovations, and RBDR spotlights three of them,(including 24Tru and Tag-Man) today.

Decision Analyst President & CEO Jerry Thomas invites you to read his
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