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Market research is any organized effort to gather information about markets or customers. It is a very important component of business strategy. The term is commonly interchanged with marketing research; however, expert practitioners may wish to draw a distinction, in that marketing research is concerned specifically about marketing processes, while market research is concerned specifically with markets. Market research,as defined by the ICC/ESOMAR International Code on Market and Social Research, includes social and opinion research, [and] is the systematic gathering and interpretation of information about individuals or organizations using statistical and analytical methods and techniques of the applied social sciences to gain insight or support decision making. HistoryMarket research began to be conceptualized and put into formal practice during the 1920s, as an offshoot of the advertising boom of the Golden Age of radio in the United States. Advertisers began to realize the significance of demographics revealed by sponsorship of different radio programs, so they increasingly sought more direct feedback about their markets. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. Who provides comprehensive databases of US consumers (with key demographic information) that can be used for large enterprise market research and targeting? Asked by metrics1 - Fri Apr 27 13:12:48 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. There are a few good ones out there.. bu that kind of stuff costs money. I gout lucky about 6 months a go I needed research for a potential start-up and I found it in on google answers for a few dollars, $15. Answered by Fres-YES!!! - Fri Apr 27 14:51:08 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Market Research"
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