Product Level Data - MAR3503 - Consumer Behavior - Research Guides at The Florida State University

Introduction

Search for sales and product statistics in the following information sources:

Market Rresearch Reports
Analyst Rreports
Government Reports
Trade Organizations
Journal Articles

Market Research Reports

S&P NetAdvantage
Market research reports for over 50 industries by top industry analysts; Within each profile is "How the Industry Operates," and "Key Industry Ratios and Statistics" for revenues, ratios, and analyses
Business Source Complete
BSC has market research reports from a number of analysts, namely Datamonitor. Click on the "Market Research Reports" or "Industry Profiles" link on the right hand side of the start page.

ABI/INFORM Global This link opens in a new window
ABI/Inform also has a market research search that focuses on market research statistics within articles rather than using reports.
Subjects include:
Business
Economic conditions
Corporate strategies
Management theory
Management techniques
Business trends
Competitive landscape and product information
Accounting
Finance

Set up a My Research Account in ProQuest to save documents, searches, alerts and more (go to the top right corner of any ProQuest database).

Abbreviation: abi-global
Vendor: ProQuest
Subjects: Accounting, Business, Business Legal Studies, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, MIS: Management Information Systems, Real Estate, Risk Management
Type: Indexes / Catalogs

Analyst Reports

Savvy Researcher Hint: You can also contact an analyst or investment bank that covers the company or industry you are interested in. They will often share with you their most recent reports with you. Also check with a stock brokerage for access to brokerage and analyst reports. Several brkerages still provide free access to anaylsts reports.

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
Provides access to databases, see users guide for help in selecting the databases. You have access to only two reports at a time. Databases to select in "Sources":
o Analyst Reports, Combined
o Investext Current Reports

Government Reports

Economic Census
data on sales and business statistics collected across broad sectors, updated with varying frequency; down to firm level in some cases, collected every 5 years)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
national and international data from the U.S. Department of Commerce including GDP by industry and international trade data
Bureau of Economic Analysis/Personal Income and Outlays
data on consumption across types of products, second section
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Expenditure Survey
data on consumer expenditures across major categories
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index
Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producer Price Index
Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

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