For many years market research samples used in Brazil concentrated almost exclusively on São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and occasionally on one or two of Brazil’s other major cities. This representation had obvious drawbacks. But with the growth of online penetration across Brazil the tables have started to turn.

In the run up to ESOMAR’s CEE Research Forum this month in Prague, Programme Committee member Annelies Verhaeghe talks to industry representatives from both client and supplier sides to look at the changes and trends affecting market research in Romania and Central and Eastern Europe. In the first of 3 articles she looks at current trends in online research.

It’s the second day of ESOMAR’s Qualitative Research 2012 conference. And if you haven’t been able to get over to Amsterdam we will be covering the whole event. Check out the highlights from this afternoon here.

Welcome to rateocracy, a future in which every product, service provider and service location has a searchable, trackable rating. Robert Moran looks at what this means for research.

We take a look at usage and some of the challenges and implications of the digital age, using primary research that is essentially focused on Mexico and Brazil, combining a rich secondary data resource with primary data collected from healthcare professionals in LatAm.

The highlights of Day 2 at ESOMAR’s 3D Digital Dimensions 2011 conference in Miami covered live by Erika Harriford-McLaren.