Roper Starch is one of the world’s leading consumer market research and

trends consultancy, providing leading edge syndicated research and consumer

trend analysis across the healthcare, financial services, IT and automotive

markets. The addition of Roper is another important step in United’s strategy

to build leading positions in its core market information businesses.

Roper Starch will now be merged with NOP World’s Audits and Surveys

Worldwide to form RoperASW, one of the most significant consumer research

groups in the US. The merger will generate revenue and cost synergies and

will provide critical mass to United’s growing US research operations.

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