Globalwebindex secures $40 million in series A funding which will facilitate the company's plans to expand to the US and Asia. Get the link to the full article in our show notes.

Research Fox unveils their Market Research Panel Book for 2018, encompassing 62 countries and over 10 million panel members.

The Populus Group launches a new tool, Populus Diversity. This index includes a range of demographic and social attitudes and is highly predictive of disruptor brands and politics, according to Karston Shaw, head of analytics.

Catalina also launches a new tool: buyR³Science, which uses real-time shopper data to improve brand performance.

Language Connect has been bought out by The Hut Group. The full press release is linked in our show notes.In human capital news of market research…

Jon Priest transitions from CEO of Future Thinking to Non-executive director of Next Wave Partners.

Maru/Matchbox hires Erica Ruyle as VP of Qualitative Insights. See the full press release in our show notes.

Pietre de Zwart joins Eyeota as CTO.

LivingLense adds three new members to their customer team: Brett Henderson as Global Director of Customer Success, and Juliana Almeida to manage European relationships and Jenna Boccia to focus on North America.

Andrew Bloom will now lead the Enterprise Data Solutions Division of Infogroup.

Label Insight promotes co-founder, Ronak Sheth, to CEO.