Datamonitor
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Market Intelligence |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Mike Danson, Doug Wilson |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
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Area served
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Global |
| Parent | Informa plc |
| Website | www |
Datamonitor is an international company providing market intelligence, data analysis, and opinion via a worldwide network of in-house analysts. 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.[1]
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, Germany, and Hong Kong.[2] In November 2000 Datamonitor went public on the London Stock Exchange.[3][4]
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".[5] In 2011 Informa closed down Datamonitor offices in Hyderabad, India, and Dubai,[citation needed] which had been opened in 2006 and 2007, respectively.[2] 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".[5]
On July 27, 2015, Progressive Digital Media, a business chaired by Datamonitor founder Mike Danson, announced that it had agreed to acquire Datamonitor Financial, Datamonitor Consumer, MarketLine and Verdict businesses from Informa for a combined cash price of £25m. [6] Datamonitor Healthcare and Datamonitor Energy remain businesses of Informa plc. http://www.datamonitor.com/
Industries
Datamonitor covers the following seven industries:[7]
- Automotive
- Consumer packaged goods
- Energy and sustainability
- Financial services
- Logistics and express
- Pharmaceuticals and healthcare
- Sourcing
Acquired companies
- Computerwire (2002)
- Productscan Online (2004)
- eBenchmarkers (2004)
- Butler Research Group (2005)
- Verdict Research (2005)[8]
- Ovum Ltd. (2006)[9]
- Life Science Analytics (2006)
- Brown Wilson Group (2009)[10]
- Packtrack (2010)[11]
Many of the acquired companies continue to have an independent brand presence within Datamonitor.
References
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- ↑ "Reuters: Progressive Digital Media to buy some assets from Informa"
- ↑ "Datamonitor – About Us" Datamonitor, Accessed 20 October 2010
- ↑ Shah, Saeed, "Retailing guru nets £4.7m from sale of Verdict", The Independent, 19 May 2005
- ↑ Wilson, James, "Ovum is bought for £42m to strengthen technology", Financial Times, 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
