Nielsen Financials Reveal Hot and Cold Research Industry Segments | RBDR

February 14, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) DigitGap’s analysis of the last five years of the MR industry and projections for the next five years sees the U.S. MR industry reaching $24.3 billion by 2022.

2) Nielsen’s final financial quarterly report for 2016 indicates growth sectors not just for the company but the market research industry as a whole – and those that are struggling.

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Nielsen Sells MR Assets, Harris Poll to Stagwell Group | RBDR

January 25th, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) Nielsen sells certain custom research assets and the Harris Poll to Stagwell Group.

2) Several unique research insights from Boston Consulting Group’s Nadia Morozova from her attendance at the Market Research in the Mobile World conference in London.

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Nielsen Changes Course, Embraces Advertising | RBDR

January 19, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) Nielsen reverses its corporate course and launches an advertising campaign designed to explain its work and capabilities to marketers.

2) What is the value to service providers and service users of online ratings services? A Wharton School post-doctoral studying is studying that.

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Rounding Up 2016’s Final Weeks in Research | RBDR

January 3rd, 2017. Today on RBDR, we feature a handful of news items that broke during the closing week of 2016:

1) The death of Louis Harris, one of the true research legends of the 20th century.

2) Polling questions persist: what percentage of Latinos voted for Clinton, versus Trump? Two studies show wide discrepancies.

3) Nielsen and Foursquare are partnering to learn HOW consumer exposure to online advertising leads to purchases in brick-and-mortar stores.

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Polling doesn’t help discourse? MR’s search to divide personal/respondent data. (RBDR 10.05.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) DePauw Professor Jeffrey McCall blogged his discomfort with polling because it does not serve the public interest and actually has been perverted to form public opinion. Read his post by clicking here.

2) Market researchers search for a solution to a issue they must re-confront: maintaining the separation between personal and respondent data.

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