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Ipsos, the survey and marketing group (EUR 857 million turnover in 2006) has been established in Lebanon since 1995, through the group’s acquisition of Stat, a local company which had been created in 1988. The new entity, Ipsos-Stat, became the bridgehead of Ipsos for the whole of the region. |
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Ipsos, the survey and marketing group (EUR 857 million turnover in 2006) has been established in Lebanon since 1995, through the group’s acquisition of Stat, a local company which had been created in 1988. The new entity, Ipsos-Stat, became the bridgehead of Ipsos for the whole of the region. Beyrouth-based Ipsos-Stat is now present, through an integrated network,,in Syria and Jordan as well as in the Gulf States (Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia). To illustrate the company’s strategy of regional expansion, Ipsos Stat set up in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) in 2003.
The strategy of Ipsos, which has its regional management centre in Lebanon consists in offering its range of expertise (marketing studies, advertising and media studies, opinion polls and social research, studies linked to client relations management) throughout the Middle East. In order to achieve this, the group which is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, works with the local economic players (advertisers, public and public enterprises, media, etc.) and makes the most of the know-how that it practices in thirty countries. As far as the measurement of advertising efficacy is concerned for instance, Ipsos underlines that the products developed and marketed in France (« Baromètre Affichage », « Suivi Télévision Cinéma », « Suivi Impact Presse) are as well available in Lebanon.
The number four company in the world for surveys is happy with the rapid expansion of its activities and in particular with its Lebanese subsidiary in the domain of media and advertising. It has undertaken two major surveys for the audiovisual sector: National Media Analysis and TV Audience Measurement Survey. Ipsos,despite a fragile context in the region, nevertheless benefits from a strong growth rate (with an organic growth of 14% compared with the previous year), which underlines the strong potential of the Middle East markets. |
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