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GfK Group achieves dynamic growth in second quarter
Nuremberg, August 28, 2008 – The GfK Group recorded a successful second quarter in 2008. The Group achieved excellent sales growth in organic terms of 11.4%. Adjusted operating income rose by 13.4% to EUR 43.8 million compared with the second quarter of 2007. With a figure of 13.6%, the margin, which represents the ratio of adjusted operating income to sales, was above the same quarter in the prior year when it stood at 13.2%.
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Ad hoc Announcement - Termination of discussions regarding a possible offer for Taylor Nelson Sofres plc (“TNS”)
27 August 2008 - Further to the announcement on 1 August confirming that GfK was pursuing an offer for TNS, the Management Board of GfK (the “Management Board”) announces that it has terminated all discussions in relation to financing for a possible offer and that GfK will therefore not be pursuing an offer for TNS.
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Innovation drives growth in technical goods
August 27, 2008 – The worldwide markets for technical goods are continuing to expand, with consumer spending on audio, video, photographic, IT and telecommunications hardware forecast to rise by 9% to EUR 462 billion (USD 680 billion) this year. These are the findings of a continuous survey carried out by GfK retail tracking in 73 countries and published at the 2008 Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin.
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Consumer electronics as a growth driver
August 19, 2008 – After a successful start to 2008, the German electrical appliances market sustained its strong growth in the second quarter with a rise of 5.2% on Q2 2007. In the wake of the Euro 2008 football championship, consumer electronics recorded the strongest growth, with LCD TVs doing particularly well. These are findings of the GfK TEMAX index for the German technical consumer goods market for the second quarter of 2008.
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iPhone 3G – new vitality in the mobile phone market
August 14, 2008 – The Apple iPhone is the ultimate must-have designer accessory and the “Invention of the year, 2007” according to Time Magazine. Now its new and improved successor, the iPhone 3G, has been met with a great deal of interest after its launch on the market a few weeks ago. A good 80% of those asked in a survey of cell phone users conducted by GfK Marktforschung in Germany and the UK said they had heard of the iPhone. Almost a third of respondents said they were considering buying an iPhone 3G.
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