ICF wins a $200 million dollar contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development to conduct demographic and health surveys. This includes researching, analyzing and disseminating data about malaria, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition among others.

IQVIA announces that their commercial technology suite has been selected by Roche for deployment across more than 100 markets. The goal will be to drive more meaningful customer engagement and inform commercial decisions.

ResearchBods won a contract of their own. They will build and manage online insights for supermarket chain, Asda. The insight community, called Pulse of the Nation, allows Asda shoppers to provide feedback on a variety of topics.

Ipsos acquires staff from Market Pulse International's APAC mystery shopping team. Thirty team members will be joining Ipsos own Mystery Shopping team for Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand.

The Advertising Research Foundation has acquired the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement.

Amanda Dudding will be the Director of Public Affairs Research for Ipsos New Zealand.

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