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EC bans exit polls
30 Jan 2017
US media analytics firms ComScore, Rentrak to merge in $800-mn deal
30 Sep 2015
Both media analytics firms hope to create a leading cross-platform measurement company to take on rival Nielsen Holdings
Facebook, Instagram to control 65% of social media budgets this year
24 Sep 2015
Facebook and Instagram will control around 65 per cent, or roughly $16.3 billion, of the $25 billion social-media budgets this year
Google adds real-time trends to Google Trends
19 Jun 2015
Brainwaves can predict audience reaction for television programming
07 Aug 2014
By analysing the brainwaves of 16 individuals as they watched mainstream television content, researchers were able to accurately predict the preferences of large TV audiences
Sensex, Nifty surge as exit polls see clear win for Modi-led NDA
13 May 2014
According to six exit polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA is projected to win between 249 and 340 Lok Sabha seats, with 273 required to form the government
Opinion pollsters cook results for a price, finds TV channel ‘sting’
26 Feb 2014
Also on offer were increasing the margin of error to show a spike in seats; showing contradictory results projecting rival parties as leading the electoral race by creating separate companies; deleting negative data; and manipulating data
Customer complaints rise to 1 per second in the UK
11 Feb 2014
Energy, retail and internet telecoms were the most common sectors for complaints, followed by transport and travel
Consumers confidence in India waning: Neilsen
24 Jul 2013
India slipped to number 3 in the global consumer confidence ranking, in the second quarter of the current year amidst rising prices, the weakening of the rupee and the overall sluggishness of the economy
The limitations of market research in brand-building
08 Jul 2013
Consumer research may be one of the greatest marketing tools ever created, but marketers must know its limitations and be guided by their own judgement, says Vandan Chopra, founder-member and creative director, Adept Artvertising Solutions.
India tops Nielsen list in consumer confidence
23 May 2011
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