According to a report published by the NPD Group, a retail market-research company, 16.3 percent of toy recipients in 1997 were over 18.

Atop the hill is a large stone mansion, occupied for many years by the Motivational Research Institute, one of the earliest market-research companies.

The prospects seem pretty good, according to J. D. Power & Associates, the market-research company.

The interests of the Maxwell family's private companies also included a market-research company, soccer teams and papers in Israel and Hungary.

Claritas, a market-research company, breaks down the population into different market niches, based on their buying patterns.

He was working for a market-research company in Buffalo, when, fearing he would be laid off, he began looking for another job.

Another study, by Mintel, a market-research company, covers some of the same ground as the academics' book (but costs £795).

Mr. Morris said a market-research company was hired to write letters to people convicted of subway crimes.

It's a bit surprising that a market-research company has decided to define a wine category by its label design.

Alexa Smith, president of the Research Department, a market-research company in New York, agreed.