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NELSON S MARKET company history timeline

1938

Since the establishment of our very first citrus grove in 1938 by Alfred, Hilda & William H Nelson, our family has always taken the approach of hard work, honest business and only providing excellent quality.

In France, for example, the Institut Fran&ccedils de l'Opinion Publique, that country's first polling organization, showed that a majority of the country had agreed with the signing of the Munich Treaty in 1938.

1960

1960: Intersearch is formed.

1963

1963: Sofres is founded.

1965

1965: Taylor Nelson is formed.

1966

1966: AGB wins U.K. television measurement contract.

1970

Ever since our company was founded in 1970, Nelson has grown quickly to meet the ever-changing needs of our company and candidate partners.

In the late 1970’s Market proprietor Nita Knight arrived in Nelson from Auckland on holiday.

1978

Nelson Market Owner and CEO since 1978

Nita started the Nelson Market in 1978 at Millers Acre next to the Maitai river.

The three founders of the 1978 "Trash n Treasure" second-hand market were at the corner of Montgomery Square on Saturday, passing out leaflets and talking to passers-by about what they called "the real history of the Nelson Market".

1985

1985: Taylor Nelson is listed on the London Stock Exchange; AGB launches PeopleMeter.

1987

Following the market crash of 1987, however, Addison Page was forced to shed a number of its businesses, and Addison Consultancy was spun off as part of a management buyout led by founding Taylor Nelson member Tony Cowling.

1988

1988: Pergamon acquires AGB; Addison Consultancy is spun off in management buyout.

1989

Cowling took the chief executive's position in 1989.

1991

By 1991, AGB was up for sale--and was snapped up by Addison Consultancy for less than US$25 million.

1997

Meanwhile, in 1997, Sofres moved into the United States market, buying up Intersearch.

1999

Most of that growth has come from acquisitions: in 1999 alone, the company made some ten acquisitions.

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