The Holmes Report awards “The Innovator 25 award” for Asia Pacific in 2018. Special congratulations to 25 prize-winners, which include Lifeng Liu, Chairman and CEO of Ipsos China, Glory Cheung, chief brand officer of huawei and Rebecca Kuo, senior public affairs director of ABI Asia Pacific. Ipsos China.
On October 23, 2018, Ipsos China Chairman and CEO Lifeng Liu and Ipsos China President Alick Zhou were invited to the 8th China’s Marketing and Market Research Summit, with the theme “Integration • Symbiosis”, organized by CMRA. In the event, Alick Zhou probed into such theme as “technology-driven retail industry”.
10 October 2018, Ipsos announces the successful completion of the acquisition of the 4 global divisions of GfK Custom Business Research, for an enterprise value of €105 million.
August 2018 – Ipsos’ Healthcare Service Line has launched its syndicated Lab Mapping Study and Oncology Molecular Diagnostics (MDx) Monitor in China. Combined, these two studies will provide a comprehensive picture of the oncology biomarker testing landscape in China’s tier I and tier II cities in unprecedented detail.
As a representative of the industry and judge of the event, Lifeng Liu mentioned that in the era of mobile Internet, everyone could speak directly to the world, and market survey and research were witnessing earth-shaking changes.
Phoenix Satellite TV and Ipsos signed a strategic cooperation agreement that would make the best of each other’s advantages in the construction of a strategic alliance of “Global Brand Project” to help Chinese liquor companies “go global” and realize a global layout.
As the income of Chinese residents continues to increase, the mid-to-high-end consumer goods industry fully benefits from the rise in consumption power. Since 2012, after four years of pain and adjustment, the overall liquor industry is still facing pressure. Nevertheless, the revenue of major liquor brands has also grown year by year, and the trend of recovery got increasingly apparent.
On July 27th, the 10th China CSR Annual Forum was launched in Beijing. Mr. Lifeng Liu, Chairman and CEO of Ipsos China, was invited to the event and presented the 2018 Responsibility Case Award.
On June 8, 2018, “AI Empower the Retail Scene,” a CEIBC (also being the host) AI theme event was launched in Shanghai. Mr. Alick Zhou, President of Ipsos China, was invited to the forum and made a professional presentation on “The Development Trends and Opportunities of New Retail”.
