Market Research Search Firm Acquires Profound

MarketResearch Search Firm, Acquires Profound

Rockville, Maryland - July 23, 2007 - MarketResearch.com search company, has completed its acquisition of the Thomson Business Intelligence (TBI) Market Research (Profound) service, which will include additional content, along with a sales presence in North America and Europe.

Rob Granader, CEO and Chairman of MarketResearch.com remarked, ''Bringing Profound into the MarketResearch.com family will allow the combined services to realize their full potential as the world's largest provider of syndicated market research. Business professionals can now find exactly the information they're looking for through advanced, proprietary searching tools or expert, unbiased research assistance from industry specialists. 'At the same time, market research publishers around the world will benefit from greater international exposure and increased revenue.''

MarketResearch.com engages a comprehensive collection of continuously updated market intelligence. The service is recognized for advanced search capabilities, including a comprehensive taxonomy of companies and industries. About MarketResearch.com Established in 2001 as a centralized web-based distributor of market intelligence, MarketResearch.com is a provider of global market intelligence products and services. With over 130,000 research reports from more than 560 top consulting and advisory firms, MarketResearch.com offers instant online access to the world's most extensive database of expert insights on global industries, companies, products, and trends. MarketResearch.com's subsidiaries include MindBranch.com and market research publishers: Packaged Facts, Kalorama Information, and SBI. For more information, call Tom Ehart at 240-747-3014.

Profound provides a closed-platform, market research service that complements MarketResearch.com's open-format, web-based service.