Company Information (More on Company Information--->)

Public Companies

• Mergent Online: Financial and management information on US & International public companies.

Private & Public Companies

• Business & Company Resource Center: Information on companies, rankings, suits & claims, and much more
• Business Source Premier: Business magazines & journals; industry reports, and company analysis.
• Hoover´s: Database containing large public & private companies.  Information includes profiles, competitors, financials, and recent articles.

Articles & Press Releases

• ABI/Inform Global: Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
• ABI/Inform Trade & Industry: journals and articles on specific industries
• Business & Company Resource Center: Information on companies, rankings, suits & claims, and much more.
• Business Source Premier: Business magazines & journals; industry reports, and company analysis.

Industry Resources
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Industry Classification Codes

• SIC Code Manual: US classification system for types of businesses.
• NAICS & SIC Code Tables: Comparison of the old and new classification systems for types of businesses.

Industry Overviews

• Business & Company Resource Center: Database with industry information including rankings, market share, & associations.  Also full-text essays for industry overviews.
• Business Source Premier: Business magazines & journals; industry reports, and company analysis.
• NetAdvantage: Choose Industry at the the top; then select the relevant industry survey.
• Plunkett's Research Online - Market overview and trends; competitors
• Retail Industry - About.com - Retail industry portal to links and brief information.

Industry Statistics

• Business & Industry/Tablebase: Industry & trade publications with good international coverage
• US Economic Census: Recent information on industries.
• Associations Unlimited: Associations support businesses within specific industries they can be powerful sources of statistics and support.

Industry articles & news

• Business & Industry/Tablebase: Industry & trade publications with good international coverage
• Business Source Premier : Business articles, industry profiles, and SWOT analyses.
• Business & Company Resource Center: Industry and trade publications

More resources can be found on the Industry Topic Page

Market Data & Research (More on market research --->)

• Business & Industry/Tablebase: Industry & trade publications with good international coverage .
• Global Market Information Database GMID: In-depth market research reports.
• MarketResearch.com - Academic: Market research reports and MarketLooks.

More resources can be found on the: Market Research & Marketing Topic Page

Consumer Habits & Spending

• Choices III: Statistical data on consumer habits and advertising.
• Mediamark Reporter: Staistical data on consumer habits and advertising
• Survey of Buying Power: Guide to consumer purchasing trends.
• Guide to Household Spending: Provides information on spending habits in distinct catagories broken down by different demographic characteristics.
• Lifestyle Market Analyst - Reference guide for consumer market analysis
• Business & Industry/Tablebase: Industry & trade publications with good international coverage