L&E Research Increases Secondary Market Stronghold

August 14, 2014

L&E Research is proud to announce AIM Research’s Baltimore, MD and Columbus, OH branches are now part of the strategically growing L&E family.With these latest additions, L&E Research offers market research services in seven cities to broadly cover the eastern half of the United States, including the mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast and Florida markets.“We have been working with AIM Research in Columbus and Baltimore for quite some time to add these offices to our team,” said Brett Watkins, President. “Columbus excites us as a rapidly growing market with its university and state capital presence. Baltimore is a tremendous city with great access for traveling clients and a wonderfully diverse market boasting incredible medical offerings. The teams in Columbus and Baltimore have great client feedback; we’re looking forward to investing in these cities and making them even stronger options for our clients – just as we have done in Raleigh, Tampa, Charlotte, St. Louis and Cincinnati.”

By design, this expansion increases L&E Research’s stronghold in secondary markets. Watkins explains, “Secondary markets are so under-served, yet offer such tremendous potential.  Last quarter, 40% of our recruits were new to market research – that’s two in five people who had never participated in research before. L&E’s engagement in these exciting under-served cities is the reason; cities like Columbus, Charlotte and Raleigh are seeing rapid economic growth. Tampa, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Baltimore are experiencing rebirths as a result of the investments made to revitalize their communities. Yet, these locations see less research because companies frequent the same three to four cities in neighboring regions. We’re investing in making connections with these communities, and engaging clients by demonstrating how it can be improved. The result is better research – and our clients cannot help but take notice.

For more information about L&E’s newest locations and services, contact:

Charlene Randall

p: 919-256-9604

e: crandall@leresearch.com

L&E Research Now Provides Market Research Services in Cincinnati, Ohio

July 20, 2014

L&E Research announced on June 1st, 2014 that they are expanding their market research offerings by adding the former QFact Research facility in Cincinnati, Ohio to their growing list of secondary market options.  L&E Research has been providing market research services in the Southeastern part of the country for 30 years.This Midwest market will provide L&E Research clients and partners a new alternative market with a diverse community. The Cincinnati facility offers a unique space, with a large ideation room to accompany the four traditional focus group facility suites they offer. L&E Research, President Brett Watkins comments, “we are confident that our clients are going to be excited about us adding the QFact facility to our offerings, and expanding our connections into the Ohio and Midwest market. This will also expand our national reach to nearly 400,000 consumers.”

Cincinnati is a progressive 15-county region at the intersection of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana – and an all-together surprising region that is a global business center with 10 Fortune 500 companies, more per capita than New York, L.A. and Chicago, and more than 400 foreign-owned firms with great accessibility to customers and suppliers across the world. A recent $2.6 billion redevelopment of the downtown area gave the city a giant economic boost by attracting businesses and residents back to the city’s urban core.

Watkins adds, “Cincinnati, Ohio marks L&E Research’s 3rd expansion in less than a year, following Charlotte, North Carolina and St. Louis, Missouri. We anticipate additional expansion in the near future. We believe qualitative research is very much alive and kicking, and secondary markets provide a fresh perspective that our clients are seeking. We continue to make connections in our communities, delivering fresh recruits of engaged consumers through our advanced technologies. We have an incredible team that builds solid relationships, which is a model we strongly believe in, and in which we will continue to invest.”

L&E Research is independently owned and operated by Brett Watkins, President, founded in 1984. The Headquarters location is 5505 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh, NC 27612. L&E Research is Impulse Survey Top Rated with additional facilities in Charlotte, NC, Cincinnati, OH, St. Louis, MO, and Tampa, FL. L&E Research provides companies with the tools, resources, and people, to improve and develop new products and services.