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	  <description><![CDATA[February 25, 2010 – With a pleasing performance in the fourth quarter of 2009, GfK continued the positive trend of the two preceding quarters. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the Group recorded a revival in operating business overall.
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		  <title><![CDATA[Crop Protection and Animal Health Market Research Leader dmrkynetec Announces Full Integration Into GfK Global Network, Operating as GfK Kynetec]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[January 18, 2010 - dmrkynetec, the global leader in market research for the crop protection, biotechnology and animal health industries, announced today it will operate as GfK Kynetec following the company’s acquisition by the GfK Group, the world’s fourth-largest market research organization. The company had been partially owned by GfK since July 2008.

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		  <title><![CDATA[Tinsel angels fulfilling Christmas wishes]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[December 23, 2009 – At a small Christmas party, GfK’s CFO and Human Resources Director Pamela Knapp presented a check for EUR 8,000 to the Reutersbrunnenstraße city children and young person’s home. In addition, representatives of Straßenkreuzer e.V. and Tierheim Feucht each received a check for EUR 5,000. This brings the total donated to charitable causes in the course of GfK’s Christmas campaign to EUR 18,000. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2009-11-16T10:35:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Strengthening the Custom Research sector]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[October 1, 2009 – The GfK Group has expanded its network in the Custom Research sector. In Japan, a newly established joint venture, GfK Custom Research Japan, began operations on October 1. In Peru, the company GfK-Conecta became part of the fourth largest market research group worldwide, the GfK Group, on August 1.]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2009-10-01T12:00:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Pamela Knapp appointed new CFO of GfK SE]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[September 25, 2009 – Pamela Knapp (51), will assume responsibility as CFO and Human Resources Director of GfK SE on November 1, 2009.]]></description>
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	  <description><![CDATA[September 18, 2009 – Germans have regained a somewhat more optimistic future outlook compared with a few months ago. The number of those who believe it possible that the crisis is coming to an end is increasing slightly across the country, and fewer and fewer people fear a further economic crash. These are the findings of three surveys on the duration of the crisis, which were carried out between May and September on behalf of the GfK Association (GfK-Nürnberg e.V.).]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Measuring emotions  ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[September 7, 2009 – Emotions are a fundamental driver of human behavior, and this is undeniably the case for consumer behavior. Marketers are becoming much more focused on managing and optimizing the emotional dimensions of their brand strategies and communication campaigns. GfK’s EMO Sensor was designed to help marketers understand and better manage consumers’ emo-tional experience with brands.  ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2009-09-07T08:05:00Z</dc:date>
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	  <description><![CDATA[August 13, 2009 – Similar to the global economy, the GfK Group was also adversely affected by the impact of the financial and economic crisis in the first six months of the current year. Thanks to a high proportion of long-term contracts and consistent cost management, the trend in sales and adjusted operating income at GfK was robust in this difficult environment.]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[75 years of GfK ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[August 7, 2009 – For 75 years, the name GfK has been synonymous with responsibility, initiative and innovative spirit in the field of market research. The company has succeeded in growing from a small association with close university links to one of the leading global market research organizations. Back then, as now, GfK placed people at the very center of its work: according to founder Wilhelm Vershofen, it tries to “allow the voice of the consumer to be heard”. ]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[GfK expands and ramps up its German household panel]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[July 7, 2009 – With the takeover of French company IFOP MUSIC, GfK Retail and Technology is expanding its network. In the sector Media, GfK has acquired a stake in Cypriot company Watch Media. In Germany, GfK is increasing the size of its panel from 20,000 to 30,000 households. As a result of a market concentration, GfK Switzerland is transferring surveys in the area of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) to The Nielsen Company, and focusing on non-food, custom research and media. ]]></description>
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