Professor Patrick Barwise is new AMSR Chairman

Professor Patrick Barwise is new AMSR Chairman

Due to ill-health Dr Liz Nelson OBE, has stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Archive of Market and Social Research (AMSR). Professor Patrick Barwise, the current Vice-Chairman, will succeed her. Patrick (Paddy) Barwise is Emeritus Professor of...
TGI data donated to the Archive

TGI data donated to the Archive

AMSR is very pleased to announce an important addition to the Archive.  Kantar, who own and operate the TGI (Target Group Index) have made a major donation of data from the period 1987 to 2012. TGI is a continuous survey which has been carried out in Great Britain...
The CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive collection

The CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive collection

Industry legend Peter Cooper’s treasure trove of commercial and academic papers are added to the archive, providing valuable insights into the evidence-based methods he and his team used to understand why consumers respond to brands the way they do… Read more in the...
Have attitudes to the environment changed?

Have attitudes to the environment changed?

The continuous consumer study TGI has asked for respondents’ opinions on a range of topics since the mid-1980s.  Some of its attitude statements have remained constant; others have been added or removed to reflect changing times.  The area of greatest change has been...
Have we become less reliant on experts?

Have we become less reliant on experts?

“People in this country have had enough of experts”, Michael Gove was famously quoted as saying in the run-up to the 2016 EU Referendum. His evidence for the remark is unknown, but TGI data held within AMSR suggests some justification for it – at least in relation to...