Overview
GfK (originally ) is the largest German market research company. It provides data and intelligence to the consumer goods industry and is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.
History
GfK was founded as GfK-Nürnberg Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung e. V. in 1934 by university lecturers from Nuremberg, among them the future German Minister of Economic Affairs and Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. The concept was developed by co-founder Wilhelm Vershofen.
Initially, the association conducted 71 different studies, including:
Awareness of trademarks
Personal care and soap consumption in Germany
Structure of beverage consumption in Germany
Patient and pharmaceuticals
The motorist assesses the road maps from fuel companies
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