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NIQ Expands ConnectAI Charter Program with Mars Snacking

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

Mars joins a growing group of global companies working with NIQ forward-deployed engineers to bring proprietary consumer and market intelligence into enterprise AI workflows

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a leading consumer intelligence company, today announced Mars as a new ConnectAI Charter client, expanding the program’s growing roster of global companies working with NIQ to build the intelligence foundation for amplifying enterprise AI workflows.

Through the ConnectAI Charter Program, NIQ forward-deployed engineers and data scientists are working with Mars to embed NIQ intelligence in the expansion of AI-enabled workflows across its business. The engagement focuses on connecting NIQ

NIQ Expands ConnectAI Charter Program with Mars Snacking

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

Mars joins a growing group of global companies working with NIQ forward-deployed engineers to bring proprietary consumer and market intelligence into enterprise AI workflows

NIQ Announces 2026 Western Europe NIQ BASES Breakthrough Innovation Award Winners

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0400

Annual awards recognize the products reshaping FMCG categories across Western Europe's largest markets

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a global leader in consumer intelligence, today announced the winners of its 2026 Western Europe NIQ BASES Breakthrough Innovation Awards, recognizing the most successful and commercially impactful product innovations launched across Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

Now in its annual Western Europe edition, the NIQ BASES Breakthrough Innovation Awards celebrate products that have demonstrated exceptional market performance, sustained consumer demand, and meaningful category impact. Winners were selected using NIQ's comprehensive view of innovation performance, leveraging proprietary retail measurement, consumer

NIQ Announces 2026 Western Europe NIQ BASES Breakthrough Innovation Award Winners

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0400

Annual awards recognize the products reshaping FMCG categories across Western Europe's largest markets

NIQ to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Results on November 12, 2026

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NIQ (NYSE: NIQ) (the “Company”, or “NIQ”), a leading global consumer intelligence company, plans to report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, on Thursday, November 12, 2026 before market open. The Company will hold a conference call on the same day at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results, business highlights, and certain forward-looking information. The press release and a webcast of the earnings conference call (live and replay) will be available on the NIQ investor relations website: https://investors.nielseniq.com.

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NIQ to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Results on November 12, 2026

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

About NIQ

NIQ (NYSE: NIQ) is a leading

NIQ Global Intelligence Plc (NIQ) PT Raised to $22 at BMO Capital

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:41:25 -0400

BMO Capital analyst Jeffrey Silber raised the price target on NIQ Global Intelligence Plc (NYSE: NIQ) to $22.00 (from $20.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating.

NielsenIQ crosses 90% threshold in takeover bid for The U Group

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:45:14 -0400

NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) announced that its Australian subsidiary, Nielsen Connect Australia Pty Ltd, has exceeded the 90% shareholder acceptance threshold in its off-market takeover bid for The U Group & Co Limited, an Australian company specializing in consumer participation, receipt intelligence, and AI-powered data processing.

Surpassing the threshold allows NIQ Australia to proceed with the compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares in The U Group under Australian law.

The U Group's offerings include the ReceiptJar application, which captures receipt-based purchase data. NIQ said the acquisition will complement its existing consumer panel and Homescan solutions with receipt-based insights and consumer-consented purchase signals.

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NIQ Reaches Key Milestone in Acquisition of The U Group, Strengthening Trusted Intelligence and The Full View™

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) today announced that its wholly-owned Australian subsidiary, Nielsen Connect Australia Pty Ltd (NIQ Australia), has exceeded the 90% shareholder acceptance threshold under its off-market takeover bid for The U Group & Co Limited (The U Group), an Australian-based company specializing in consumer participation, receipt intelligence, and AI-powered data processing capabilities.

Achieving the acceptance threshold represents a significant milestone in the transaction process and enables NIQ Australia to proceed with the compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares in The U Group in accordance with applicable Australian law.

Building on a successful five-year partnership, the transaction

NIQ Reaches Key Milestone in Acquisition of The U Group, Strengthening Trusted Intelligence and The Full View™

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

Building on a successful five-year partnership, the transaction

NielsenIQ launches Omnishopper Taiwan consumer panel service

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:58:46 -0400

NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) has launched Omnishopper Taiwan, a consumer panel service that tracks actual purchasing behavior across retailers, categories, and channels using e-receipt data, according to a company press release.

The solution is designed to give brands and retailers a view of shopper activity across the Taiwanese marketplace. An optional Panel View Survey can be added to provide data on shoppers' attitudes, motivations, and purchasing reasons.

Key capabilities include analysis of shopper switching, retailer performance, loyalty dynamics, category performance, and consumer segmentation. The service also integrates with NIQ Discover, the company's broader market and retail intelligence platform.

"Today's brands and retailers need a

NIQ Launches Omnishopper Taiwan, Delivering a More Complete View of Consumer Purchase Behavior

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0400

New solution provides visibility into actual purchase behavior across retailers and categories, helping brands and retailers make more confident growth decisions

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a leading consumer intelligence company, today announced the launch of Omnishopper Taiwan. The new Consumer Panel Services solution provides brands and retailers with a comprehensive view of actual consumer purchasing behavior across retailers, categories and channels.

As Taiwanese consumers increasingly shop across multiple retailers and channels, purchasing journeys have become more complex, making it harder for brands and retailers to understand the behaviors driving growth. Businesses need more than traditional sales reporting

NIQ Launches Omnishopper Taiwan, Delivering a More Complete View of Consumer Purchase Behavior

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0400

New solution provides visibility into actual purchase behavior across retailers and categories, helping brands and retailers make more confident growth decisions

NielsenIQ selected by Maverik as analytics provider

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:46:18 -0400

NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) announced a retail collaboration with Maverik, a convenience store and fuel retailer operating more than 830 locations across 20 states, according to a press release from NIQ.

Under the agreement, Maverik has selected NIQ as its customer insights and analytics provider. The collaboration will give Maverik and its suppliers access to NIQ's Activate platform, which combines Maverik's first-party point-of-sale and loyalty data with NIQ's analytics and consumer intelligence tools.

The platform is intended to create a shared framework for Maverik and its supplier network to access performance analytics, category planning data, and consumer behavior insights.

"At Maverik, we want to

NIQ and Maverik Announce Strategic Retail Collaboration

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

Leading national convenience store and fuel retailer selects NIQ as its customer insights and analytics provider

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a global leader in consumer intelligence, today announced a strategic retail collaboration with Maverik — Adventure’s First Stop, the leading convenience store and fuel retailer operating more than 830 locations in 20 states from the Midwest to the West Coast. Maverik has selected NIQ as its customer insights and analytics provider, leveraging NIQ's consumer intelligence capabilities to create a unified platform for its retailer-supplier network and enhance its existing data tools.

In today’s evolving commerce landscape, retailers

NIQ and Maverik Announce Strategic Retail Collaboration

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

Leading national convenience store and fuel retailer selects NIQ as its customer insights and analytics provider

In today’s evolving commerce landscape, retailers

NielsenIQ adds AI tools to its retail space planning platform

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:46:14 -0400

NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) announced new artificial intelligence and automation capabilities for its NIQ Spaceman retail space planning and merchandising platform, according to a company press release.

The updates include NIQ Optiq, a conversational AI tool that allows merchandising teams to create and optimize planograms using natural-language requests. The company claims the enhancements can help retailers generate store-specific planograms up to 50 times faster than existing methods.

NIQ Spaceman is used by more than 600 retailers across 65 countries. The new capabilities are aimed at helping those retailers automate planogram creation, identify merchandising compliance gaps, and scale localized shelf decisions across large store

NIQ Brings New AI and Automation Capabilities to Retail Space Planning and Merchandising

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

New AI and automation capabilities help retailers close execution gaps and scale merchandising decisions across every store.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a leading consumer intelligence company, today announced new AI and automation capabilities for NIQ Spaceman®, its retail space planning and merchandising platform trusted by more than 600 retailers across 65+ countries. The enhancements help retailers create store-specific planograms up to 50 times faster, identify execution and compliance gaps, and scale merchandising decisions across their store networks through expanded cloud-based access.

"Retailers are under increasing pressure to localize assortments, execute consistently across stores, and respond more quickly to

NIQ Brings New AI and Automation Capabilities to Retail Space Planning and Merchandising

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:45:00 -0400

New AI and automation capabilities help retailers close execution gaps and scale merchandising decisions across every store.

"Retailers are under increasing pressure to localize assortments, execute consistently across stores, and respond more quickly to

34% of Global Consumers Say They Are Worse Off Financially Than a Year Ago as Households Adapt to a New Era of Permanent Uncertainty, NIQ Finds

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:45:00 -0400

Latest NIQ Consumer Outlook survey and report reveals shoppers are becoming more selective, with more than $23 billion shifting away from mainstream-priced CPG products toward value and premium alternatives

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With over a third (34%) of global consumers saying they are financially worse off than they were a year ago, and another third (30%) saying they are financially better off, consumers are no longer waiting for economic conditions to improve. Around the world, households are adapting to a future where volatility remains a persistent reality, creating increasingly different financial outcomes, spending priorities, and pathways to growth.

34% of Global Consumers Say They Are Worse Off Financially Than a Year Ago as Households Adapt to a New Era of Permanent Uncertainty, NIQ Finds

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:45:00 -0400

NIQ integrates Google's Meridian into its marketing platform

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:31:35 -0400

NIQ (NYSE: NIQ) announced the integration of Meridian, Google's open-source Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) framework, into NIQ Cadence™, the company's AI-native marketing effectiveness platform.

The integration allows marketers to run Meridian models within NIQ Cadence™ alongside data inputs and scenario planning tools, connecting measurement results to media optimization decisions in a single workflow. NIQ's proprietary data and a marketer's own inputs feed into the Meridian model, with results flowing into scenario planning and performance monitoring.

According to NIQ's CMO Report cited in the press release, 74% of CMOs said they face increased scrutiny to prove marketing ROI, while only 9% said they

NIQ Expands Google Relationship with Meridian Integration into NIQ Cadence™

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:30:00 -0400

Meridian, Google’s open-source Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), is now available within NIQ Cadence™, accelerating the path from measurement to continuous marketing optimization in one connected workflow.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a leading consumer intelligence company, today announced the expansion of its relationship with Google through the integration of Meridian, Google's open-source MMM framework, into NIQ Cadence™, NIQ's AI-native marketing effectiveness operating system. The strategic partnership gives marketers a single place to measure marketing performance and act on it, shortening the distance between insights and optimization.

Marketing leaders are under growing pressure to prove the return on every

NIQ Expands Google Relationship with Meridian Integration into NIQ Cadence™

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:30:00 -0400

Marketing leaders are under growing pressure to prove the return on every

NIQ Expands Health & Beauty Measurement to Capture $56 Billion in Amazon Marketplace Sales

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:45:00 -0400

New measurement covers third-party sellers (3P) responsible for 68% of Amazon Health and Beauty sales, giving brands a more complete view of category growth

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a global leader in consumer intelligence, today announced the launch of Amazon third-party marketplace (commonly known as Amazon 3P) measurement for all Health & Beauty Care categories. By integrating Amazon third-party data into NIQ’s established retail measurement and existing data sets, including Amazon first-party data (1P), the enhanced offering delivers an expanded view of category performance and consumer purchasing behavior across online and brick-and-mortar channels.

The strategic launch addresses