Datamonitor is an international company providing
market intelligence
Market intelligence (MI) is gathering and analyzing information relevant to a company's market - trends, competitor and customer (existing, lost and targeted) monitoring. It is a subtype of competitive intelligence (CI), which is data and info ...
, data analysis, and opinion via a worldwide network of in-house analysts. The company tracks Automotive, Consumer Markets, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Logistics & Express, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Retail, Technology, Sourcing and Telecommunications markets. Its website claims to have over 6,000 clients, which it helps make strategic and operational decisions. Datamonitor was acquired in 2007 by
Informa for £513 million in cash.
History
The company was founded in 1989 by Mike Danson and Doug Wilson, with its first report covering the UK Frozen Food Industry. The company then expanded its coverage to include a number of markets and industries, having secured further business intelligence companies. In 1995, it expanded into the U.S. market by opening an office in
New York. In 1999, it opened an office in
Frankfurt
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,
Germany
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, and
Hong Kong
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.
In November 2000 Datamonitor went public on the
London Stock Exchange
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.
In 2007, Datamonitor was acquired by
Informa (
FTSE: INF) in 2007 for £513 million in cash, a surprisingly large amount considering it was "a multiple of more than seven times Datamonitor’s revenue".
[ In 2011, Informa closed down Datamonitor offices in ]Hyderabad
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, India
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, and Dubai
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, which had been opened in 2006 and 2007, respectively.[ In February 2015, parent company Informa wrote down Datamonitor's value of by almost 40%, and Informa CEO Stephen Carter said that it was considering selling "some of the 'consumer forecasting' businesses that were part of the Datamonitor deal".]
Acquired companies
* Computerwire (2002)
* Productscan Online (2004)
* eBenchmarkers (2004)
* Butler Research Group (2005)
* Verdict Research (2005)
* Ovum Ltd. (2006)
* Life Science Analytics (2006)
* Brown Wilson Group (2009)
* Packtrack (2010)"Datamonitor Group Acquires Research Organization Pack-Track"
''Package Design Magazine'', 5 May 2010
Many of the acquired companies continue to have an independent brand presence within Datamonitor.
References
External links
Company website
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Companies established in 1989
Companies based in London
Research and analysis firms
Research and analysis firms of the United Kingdom