- Datamonitor
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Datamonitor Type Subsidiary Industry Market Intelligence Founded 1989 Founder(s) Mike Danson Headquarters London, United Kingdom Area served Global Parent Informa Website http://www.Datamonitor.com/ Datamonitor is an international company providing business intelligence, data analysis and opinion via a worldwide network of in-house analysts. According to the organization's website in 2011, Datamonitor assists over 6000 of the world’s leading corporations in making strategic and operational decisions. The company uses audited methodologies to deliver their advice across the major industrial sectors. Datamonitor is a division of Informa plc (FTSE: INF), a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.
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Overview
The company was founded in 1989 by Mike Danson with its first report covering the UK Frozen Food Industry. The company then expanded its coverage to include a number of global markets and industries having secured further business intelligence companies. Datamonitor was then acquired by Informa in 2007 for £513m.[1]
Industries covered [2]
- Automotive
- Consumer packaged goods
- Energy & sustainability
- Financial Services
- Logistics & Express
- Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
- Retail
- Sourcing
Acquired companies
- Computerwire (2002)
- Productscan Online (2004)
- eBenchmarkers (2004)
- Butler Research Group (2005)
- Verdict Research (2005)[3]
- Ovum Ltd. (2006) [4]
- Life Science Analytics (2006)
- Brown Wilson Group (2009) [5]
- Packtrack (2010)[6]
Many of these acquired companies continue to have an independent brand presence within Datamonitor.
References
- ^ Grande, Carlos and Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew. "Datamonitor accepts £513m bid" FT, 14 May, 2007
- ^ Datamonitor About Us Page Datamonitor, Accessed 20 October 2010
- ^ Shah, Saeed"Retailing guru nets £4.7m from sale of Verdict" Independent, 19 May, 2005
- ^ Wilson, James "Ovum is bought for £42m to strengthen technology" 21 October, 2006
- ^ "Datamonitor acquires Brown-Wilson Group" Entrepreneur.com, May 2009
- ^ Datamonitor Group Acquires Research Organization Pack-Track Package Design Magazine, 5 May, 2010
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