The death of the newspaper is eerily similar to the impending fundamental changes to the legacy of the Marketing Research Industry (MRI). Customers will only pay for information that serves up real value. Continue reading »

In the spirit of the season, here is my list of predictions for the year ahead. Continue reading »

Lately there have been several high profile new entrants into the “insights” business, most of them (but not all) from outside of the traditional market research industry. Examples range from some major global companies to small start ups. On a similar note, the Insight Innovation Competition GreenBook and NewMR are currently conducting is emerging as a showcase for even more companies that want to revolutionize the business of market research. It all adds up to a disruption of the market research industry that is simply unprecedented. Continue reading »

GreenBook and Merlien Institute are Co-Producing the 2nd International Conference on Market Research in the Mobile World coming up July 19-20 in Atlanta. If you are engaged in the practice or management of market research, business intelligence, marketing, or in developing mobile and social media technologies this unique opportunity MUST NOT BE MISSED! Continue reading »