tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post4291229043703190564..comments2023-10-26T15:02:40.767+02:00Comments on Research Reinvented: GfK-TNS Group...?Emiel van Wegenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863902930565632453noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-33809879610154394942008-08-22T13:09:00.000+02:002008-08-22T13:09:00.000+02:004% of the US Gfk-NA's workforce was laid off this ...4% of the US Gfk-NA's workforce was laid off this week. Look for deeper cuts before the end of year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-2391154875927243602008-07-26T05:17:00.000+02:002008-07-26T05:17:00.000+02:00Here's the buzz from the US side of the pond. Sal...Here's the buzz from the US side of the pond. Sales from CR-NA are down in first half of 2008, there is a hiring freeze, Debbie Pruent is "managing" the US from her corporate board of director position in Germany, in the same week that DP cancelled the US summer company picnic bc of poor sales she appeared in the company newsletter at Cannes. Now there's great leadership for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-1114384013422858062008-07-07T22:24:00.000+02:002008-07-07T22:24:00.000+02:00Hi emiel,well, my colleague appears to have been a...Hi emiel,<BR/><BR/>well, my colleague appears to have been a bit confused by all the to and fro.<BR/>Actually, I entered this site just because of the amazing logo => great idea! (your joke, not the merger:-(<BR/><BR/>If anybody wants to know: about 80% of the employees are NOT in favor of this merger. We#d like to go ahead with a fair competition and all the variety of cultures that is left today.<BR/>About ten days to go - any more opinions from the real life, i.e. outside our 'orange world'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-30877807629176403532008-06-13T09:15:00.000+02:002008-06-13T09:15:00.000+02:00Dear GfK-reader,Thank you for leaving a comment! J...Dear GfK-reader,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for leaving a comment! Just to "comfort" you regarding the GfK TNS logo: it's just my funny way of triggering attention and I actually made it myself. So please regard it as a just a "joke". Best of luck to Germany!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-14211789946359004252008-06-12T22:11:00.000+02:002008-06-12T22:11:00.000+02:00hi,as an employee of GfK AG, Germany i'm wondering...hi,<BR/><BR/>as an employee of GfK AG, Germany i'm wondering about the logo placed in this blog.<BR/><BR/>Hope this is not an 'insider' information as i hate this 'pink' especially combined with the very clean an serious squared GfK logo :-)<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong. The logo is not the most important part to be discussed about this merger, but the logo found on this side made me sick :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Greets from Germany<BR/>syracusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-17739966021975797152008-05-21T14:50:00.000+02:002008-05-21T14:50:00.000+02:00Due to overwhelming presence of Nielsen in North A...Due to overwhelming presence of Nielsen in North America, I'd like to see this merger happen. I'd like to see a company strong enough to take on Nielsen, particularly in the television ratings marketplace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-80661866371021529302008-05-06T11:10:00.000+02:002008-05-06T11:10:00.000+02:00Thanks John, I agree indeed. Like ESOMAR is stati...Thanks John, I agree indeed. Like ESOMAR is stating in it's latest industry report: Of the research firms ranked in the top 25 ten years ago, 12 have been acquired by the firms on the 2006 list, and replaced by another 13.Emiel van Wegenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863902930565632453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-87490951982863815992008-05-05T19:30:00.000+02:002008-05-05T19:30:00.000+02:00i agree that we have not seen the end of consolida...i agree that we have not seen the end of consolidation in the MR industry:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.multiscope.nl/kennis/weblog/fusie-gfk-tns-begin-van-consolidatie.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.multiscope.nl/kennis/weblog/fusie-gfk-tns-begin-van-consolidatie.html</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420807529482868181.post-80817620142684460202008-05-04T19:19:00.000+02:002008-05-04T19:19:00.000+02:00It sounds like a bad ideaIt sounds like a bad ideaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com