| 1986 – |
Leopoldo Neira founds ICC (Investigators of the Consumer Conduct), with two people. The studies are about qualitative character exclusively.
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| 1987 – |
ICC makes its first quantitative investigation.
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| 1988 – |
Ernest Dichter and Leopoldo Neira dictate all together the first regional seminar of Consumer Psychology.
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| 1989 – |
ICC makes its first investigation in Costa Rica.
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| 1990 – |
Ernest Dichter and Leopoldo Neira found Dichter & Neira
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| 1991 – |
Dichter & Neira makes its first investigation in Guatemala.
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| 1992 – |
Dichter & Neira makes its first investigation in El Salvador.
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| 1993 – |
Leopoldo Neira takes charge of the executive presidency of Dichter & Neira
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| 1994 – |
Dichter & Neira offers the best electoral forecast of Panama.
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| 1995 – |
Dichter & Neira does its first investigation in the entire Central American region.
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| 1996 – |
Dichter & Neira receives income by investigations done outside the headquarters by 10%.
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| 1997 – |
Dichter & Neira belongs and complies with the International rules ESOMAR.
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| 1998 – |
Dichter & Neira is the only company whose results guessed right in the Referendum for the Re-election in Panama.
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| 1999 – |
Dichter & Neira is the only company that guesses right for the Presidential Elections in Panama.
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| 2000 – |
Dichter & Neira – receives income by investigations outside the headquarters by 20%.
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| 2001 – |
Dichter & Neira settles down in Costa Rica, his first operation abroad outside the headquarters.
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| 2002 – |
Dichter & Neira makes his first investigation in Dominican Republic and the Caribbean.
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| 2003 – |
Dichter & Neira makes studies in Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia for the first time.
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| 2004 – |
Dichter & Neira offers the best electoral broadcast in Panama, wins the world-wide prize John and Mary Goodyear Award and joins the global network of Harris Interactive.
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| 2005 – |
Dichter & Neira settles down in El Salvador and Guatemala, the third and fourth operation respectively.
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| 2006 – |
Dichter & Neira settles down in Honduras and Nicaragua, the fifth and sixth
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