Have we changed in the last 50 years?

Have we changed in the last 50 years?

There is a massive number of old survey results from the last 50+ years which are included and easily accessible in the Archive of Market and Social Research. Above all, these serve to show how much we have changed as a people in that time: highlighting a few...
Jim Whaley of OvationMR joins the AMSR Board of Trustees

Jim Whaley of OvationMR joins the AMSR Board of Trustees

The Archive of Market and Social Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Whaley, CEO of global market insights company OvationMR, to its Trustee Board from 1 May 2024.  Jim believes that an important aim for Ovation’s interests in the UK is to be part...
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...