Did market research save the Dulux sheep dog?

Did market research save the Dulux sheep dog?

In the late fifties ICI was Britain’s only truly global conglomerate and in its Paints Division there was already a free-standing market research company, called Household Product Research Ltd. As management trainees there, four new graduates were put through the mill...
Have British attitudes to the environment changed?

Have British attitudes to the environment changed?

An October 2020 poll by YouGov found that 67% of the British public wanted Britain to be a world leader on environmental issues. In February 2021, YouGov also found that 75% thought climate change was the result of human activity. Meanwhile, a report by Opinium in...
What were we reading in 1956?

What were we reading in 1956?

Geoff Wicken acquired a vintage readership survey report for AMSR. It has much to tell us about a very different time… For anyone researching specific topics, the reports in the Archive provide insight into a huge range of subject-matter. Additionally some of the...
Claire Langhamer, Colin MacDonald are new AMSR Trustees

Claire Langhamer, Colin MacDonald are new AMSR Trustees

Professor Claire Langhamer Colin MacDonald The Archive of Social and Market Research (AMSR) has appointed Claire Langhamer and Colin McDonald to the Board of Trustees. Claire Langhamer is Director of the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of Modern History...