The following details my interactions with market research companies.<\/p>\n
Freedonia Group:\u00a0 This company was very helpful to me during the time when I was writing the review on terpenic resins; however, when it came to butyl rubber\/PIBs they didn\u2019t offer any information.\u00a0 I have yet to figure out whether they are simply refusing to help or if it is a case that they just don\u2019t have the information.\u00a0 So for anyone interested in buying reports from them I would say their information on terpenic resins is good; otherwise, I might be leery of purchasing other reports from them as their data might be questionable.\u00a0 At this point I cannot say definitively one way or the other and should they provide me with information for my book I will gladly update my blog and let you know what is going on with them.<\/p>\n
G+ (GLGroup):\u00a0 This is a real joke of a company.\u00a0 When I ran across them on the internet I attempted to contact the company through one of their webforms about 3 times (unsuccessfully) and then through one of their so called experts (first name was Lewis) and again had no reply.\u00a0 Finally, in one desperate attempt I tried a different email address that I came across listed on their website and had a nice conversation with a guy called Zack.\u00a0 It is interesting to see some parallels with Zack and some of the R&D scientists at BASF.\u00a0 Zack was able to realize that cooperating with me could only help GLGroup and promote G+ and that by doing so they were not risking anything.\u00a0 Still, he acknowledged to me that it was the higher-ups that were going to make the decision and when time came for that I again ran into a dead end.\u00a0 So I obviously do not suggest anyone use this company for anything.\u00a0 My guess is with the way things are run there I won\u2019t have any feedback from any of the higher-ups…<\/p>\n
ICIS Chemical Business:\u00a0 I am completely unimpressed with this company.\u00a0 For several years I use to read copies of the \u201cChemical Market Reporter\u201d that were thrown my way by a friend of mine.\u00a0 Interestingly, even though they are supposedly experts in the field of market information for the chemical sector they couldn\u2019t provide me with a single data point on either terpenic resins or butyl rubber\/PIB!!!\u00a0 I\u2019d be interested to see if anyone at this company will step up to the plate and offer some basic marketing information if nothing else.\u00a0 It might just amount to not making the right contacts.\u00a0 Again, if they step up to the plate I\u2019ll provide an update here on my blog to let you know.<\/p>\n
Gii.co.jp:\u00a0 Again, another dead end marketing report company.<\/p>\n
Marketpublishers.com:\u00a0 This is just a repeat of all the other companies that sell marketing reports.\u00a0 They are unwilling to provide any information free of charge.\u00a0 My suggestion to the reader, don\u2019t use them at all.<\/p>\n
Research and Markets.com:\u00a0 I put in a request and never got anything from them.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\n
Reports-research.com:\u00a0 Another example of a company that sells market reports that is unwilling to supply me with a single data point.\u00a0 As with many other related companies I do not suggest you use them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following details my interactions with market research companies. Freedonia Group:\u00a0 This company was very helpful to me during the time when I was writing the review on terpenic resins; however, when it came to butyl rubber\/PIBs they didn\u2019t offer … Continue reading