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8 November 2011
Ipsos appoints Jake Orpen head of South Africa
BRYANSTON – Global Market Research company, Ipsos, has appointed Jake Orpen as Country Manager of its South African operation. read »
12 October 2011
PARIS – Ipsos announces that it successfully completed yesterday the acquisition of the Synovate business for an enterprise value of £525 million*. Following this transaction, Ipsos becomes the third largest global market research company. read »
29 September 2011
BRYANSTON – Global Market Research company, Synovate is attempting to complete the longest rugby pass during the Rugby World Cup 2011. read »
21 September 2011
Census critical: The relevance of South Africa’s largest survey
BRYANSTON - With the fast-approaching census, Synovate takes a look at some of the detail and complexity surrounding such an enormous project. read »
1 September 2011
2011 Synovate Quality Awards for Product Quality announced
BRYANSTON - The 2011 Synovate Quality Awards have yielded a record average of 56 PP100 as an overall average in the Passenger vehicle category. This is almost a 31% improvement from last year’s overall average of 81 PP100. "These are exceptional results," states Richard Rice, Group Sales and Marketing Director at Synovate. "As the scores have been improving over the years, the rate of improvement has been levelling out, as one would expect. However, the manufacturers have managed to reverse this trend and have shown a dramatic increase in their rate of improvement." read »
28 July 2011
BRYANSTON - Synovate Customer Experience, Synovate’s global practice dedicated to customer experience research and consulting, announced today that it has joined the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) as a Founding Corporate Member. The CXPA is a global industry trade group whose members are responsible for creating and maintaining an overall positive customer experience – a vital objective for any organization that offers products or services for sale. read »
27 July 2011
Synovate comments on Aegis Group plc announcement on agreed sale of Synovate to Ipsos
LONDON - Today Aegis Group plc, parent company of top four global custom market research firm Synovate, issued an announcement to the London Stock Exchange indicating that it has agreed the sale of Synovate, excluding Synovate Aztec, and the Aegis Board has recommended that shareholders approve the deal. read »
6 July 2011
Two-thirds of South Africans support increasing the legal drinking age to 21
BRYANSTON – Two-thirds of South Africans polled in Synovate’s latest survey believe that increasing the legal drinking age to 21 will be effective in decreasing both underage drinking and alcohol abuse. read »
30 May 2011
2011 Synovate Quality Awards: Winners announced
BRYANSTON - Synovate has announced the 2011 Synovate Quality Awards for Sales and Service experience in the automotive industry. These awards recognise service excellence and are acknowledged as the highest accolade for customer service in the South African motor industry. Gold Award winners include Audi, Toyota, Isuzu, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet and Lexus. read »
5 May 2011
Synovate survey reveals latest green habits and consumption across the world
BRYANSTON – A new study from top four global custom market research firm Synovate on ‘green’ behaviour shows that women and older consumers across the world are more environmentally conscious overall. How people feel about the future and their family, and which country they live in, are less important factors in determining their green habits. read »
1 April 2011
Synovate appoints Global Heads of Brand & Communications and Customer Experience research
LONDON / CHICAGO - Top four global custom market research company Synovate announced today that it has appointed Global Heads of its Brand & Communications and Customer Experience practices. Jon Harper is now Global Head of Brand & Communications and John Carroll III is Global Head of Customer Experience. read »
11 March 2011
Gauteng toll roads: 86% of Gauteng motorists not willing to pay proposed rate
BRYANSTON - Sixty-nine percent of Gauteng motorists state that they would be happy to pay to use the toll roads if the amount is significantly reduced. This is according to the release of Synovate’s poll into toll road fees conducted amongst Pretoria and Johannesburg drivers. Fieldwork took place after the assembly of the Minister of Transport’s committee to review the costs of the toll roads. read »
5 January 2011
Synovate appoints Jake Orpen head of South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – Global market research firm Synovate, one of the big four custom research firms, today announced that Jake Orpen has joined the company as managing director for Synovate South Africa. read »