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Retail Research for Industry Data, Market Research, and Other Info
Retail market research resources to help you gather data for your business plan. Industry data and reports, official statistics for retail trade information, general demographic information, polls, trends analysis, company profiles and executive mailing lists. Industry sales per square foot reports and profiles. Monthly retail sales figures for the industry and by retailer.
Market Research on a Budget
Researching your target market can provide you with sound and objective data. The problem is that market research can be extremely expensive, so how can you do the research if you are on a tight budget? Your About Guide to Marketing, Laura Lake shows you how.
Dun & Bradstreet
As the leading provider of business information for credit, marketing and purchasing decisions worldwide, D&B can help you perform a wide range of business analyses for a feehttp://www.smartbusinessreports.com/Main.aspx.
Smart Business Reports
Access your business credit report or search their database of more than 27 million credit-active businesses to learn the creditworthiness of suppliers, customers or partners.
Standard and Poor's
Supported by in-depth credit and economic indicators, research data and outlooks, Standard and Poor's research provides a wealth of information essential for successful business decisions.
American Demographics
A primary resource for market research articles, featuring information on customers and markets. The site provides briefs of information for free and full articles for a fee.
BizMiner: Industry Market Research Profiles
Profiles featuring market research information by industry segment on a national, state, and metro area level for over 16,000 industry segments.
Business Wire: Retail Sales Reports
Featuring monthly and year-to-date comparison sales figures by retailer.
Canadian Retail Trade Statistics
Retail trade by provinces, sector and other sales data for Canadian retailers.
County Business Patterns
County Business Patterns from the U.S. Census Bureau is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses.
Hoover's
Provides timely, accurate, and reliable business and industry information, including business reports and profiles.
IBIS World: Industry Market Research
Retail market research and analysis reports include retail industry performance, key statistics, segmentation, retailing market characteristics and many other categories.
Market Research Calculators
Selection of tools to assist you in determining incidence, response rates, confidence level and more.
Market Research: Retailing
An aggregator of global business intelligence representing the most comprehensive collection of published market research available on-demand. Use consumer goods and retailing market research reports for strategic insight into consumer packaged goods and retail markets.
Plunkett's Retailing Industry
With this you get the competitive intelligence you need to fully understand business trends, technologies, markets, finances and the leading companies. And, you can export mailing lists of companies and executives.
PR Newswire's Monthly Retail Sales Comparison
On the second Thursday of each month, most major retailers issue their same-store sales figures via PR Newswire. PR Newswire compiles this data the same day for a company-by-company review of monthly and year-to-date results.
SBDC National Information Clearinghouse
The Small Business Development Center's (SBDC) National Information Clearinghouse provides relevant industry research and web-based information to small business clients.
The Census Bureau
The Census Bureau collects data on a variety of different subjects, including economic and business related, housing, and special demographic tabulations.
U.S. Business Reporter
Retail industry statistics are available on a subscription basis from this firm. Reports include historical sales, retail inventory analysis, industry sales per square foot and more.
U.S. Census Bureau: Monthly Sales for Retail
Advance monthly sales for retail trade and food services report from the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau.
U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
The principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. An excellent resource of market demographic information.
UK Retail Sales Monitor
British Retail Consortium is the lead trade association representing the whole range of retailers, from the large multiples and department stores through to independents.
Wikinvest: Sales per Square Foot
Easy to read format of sales per square foot for publicly traded retail companies going back to 2004.
Zapdata From D&B
Access to Dun and Bradstreet's business information on 14 million U.S. companies so you can identify your target market.