Databases
- Fashion Forecasting
- Articles for Apparel Product Design
- Articles for Retailing & Consumer Studies
- Public Companies
- Private Companies
- Markets
- Industries
- Trade Data
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Fashion Forecasting
- A fashion forecasting and trend analysis service.
- Covers runway, trade show, and retail scenes.
- Includes in-depth analysis on upcoming trends in design themes, colors, key bodies, graphics, and more.
- Useful for trend direction, retail strategy, and brand and product development.
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Articles for Apparel Product Design
- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database.
- Includes some coverage of fashion and the apparel industry.
- Covers 1984 to present; earlier for some titles.
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- A large, general, full text database.
- Includes some coverage of fashion and the apparel industry.
- Covers 1980 to present.
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- Provides citations and abstracts from over 1,800 journals covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada
- Covers 1964 to present.
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- Indexes over 400 leading publications in the world of the arts.
- Covers 1929 to present.
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- Provides citations and abstracts from over 2,100 journals on world history and culture (excluding North American history) from 1450 to the present.
- Covers 1955 to present.
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- Provides full text of many popular magazines, including fashion magazines.
- Covers 1984 to present.
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- A collection of full text databases that include many articles about fashion and design.
- Covers 1971 to present.
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- Provides indexing and some full text of hundreds of journals covering textiles and apparel.
- While the historical emphasis of this index has been technological aspects of textile production and processing, it now also covers marketing and design.
- Covers 1944 to present for some core titles.
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Articles for Retailing & Consumer Studies
- Our largest database for business articles.
- Covers over 8,200 journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Also provides country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch.
- Also provides company and industry reports from MarketLine.
- Covers 1984-present, with earlier coverage for hundreds of top business journals.
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General OneFile
- Covers all aspects of business and economics.
- Especially strong in international and U.S. regional publications, and articles about specific markets and industries.
- Covers over 10,000 general periodicals and scholarly journals.
- Covers 1980-present.
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- Provides full text articles from business newspapers, press releases, newsletters, and some trade magazines.
- Especially strong in international and U.S. regional publications, and articles about specific markets and industries.
- A weak source for articles from general business magazines and scholarly journals.
- Covers 1975-present.
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OneSource Global (select "International Businesses" in ReferenceUSA)
- Select the "News & Reports" section.
- Provides full text articles from newspapers, newswires, and trade magazines.
- Use the advanced search to easily focus on certain countries, industries, etc.
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- Provides indexing and some full text of hundreds of journals covering textiles and apparel.
- While the historical emphasis of this index has been technological aspects of textile production and processing, it now also covers marketing and design.
- Covers 1944 to present for some core titles.
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Public Companies
- Provides detailed financials and descriptions of 55,000 US & international public companies.
- Covers product, service, and business lines, sales by continents and product lines, balance sheets, income and cash flow statements, ratios, stock, bond, and earnings information, top shareholders, subsidiaries, board members, senior executives and their salaries, and merger and acquisitions.
- Data can be exporting into Excel
- Companies can be easily compared using the Peer Report and Peer Analysis tabs.
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MarketLine Business Information Center
- Provides 10,000 company profiles (many including a SWOT analysis).
- Covers companies from around the world.
- Also provides 2,000 industry profiles.
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Mergent Horizon (5 concurrent users)
- Covers around 6,200 public companies (NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX companies) and hundreds of product and service sectors.
- Provides detailed hypertext product and service hierarchies for each company.
- Identifies competitors, customers, suppliers, and partners.
- Provides peer-group, competitive analysis, and merger and acquisition analysis tools.
- Includes detailed stock performance data.
- Provides enhanced data for health care, technology, media, and finance companies.
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- Provides full text company, investment, and industry research from Standard & Poor's.
- Covers public and private companies.
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Business & Company Resource Center (2 concurrent users)
- A "one-stop shopping" database for company and business research.
- Provides brief information on 445,000 US and international companies.
- Provides reports on over 1,000 US and international industries.
- Covers associations, company financials, company histories and chronologies, company rankings, investment reports, market research reports, market share, products, suits, and claims.
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Hoover's Company Records (via LexisNexis Academic)
- Look for the Hoover's link in the "Business Description" section of LexisNexis' company profiles.
- Hoovers provides several thousand profiles of public and private, U.S. and international companies.
- Provides executives, company description, history, NAICS and SIC codes, segemented sales data, and competitors.
- Disclosure, WorldScope, and U.S. Executive Compensation Database are also available from LexisNexis.
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- Provides basic company profiles and corporate family structure on 65,000 parent companies and 135,000 affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, and outside service firms.
- Covers public and private companies worldwide
- Companies can be searched by name, location, SIC code, number of employees, personal name, products, and more.
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Private Companies
- Provides descriptions of 14 million U.S. companies.
- Also covers 95,000 U.S. and Canadian high-tech businesses.
- Complex searches, based on any combination of 27 values, are possible.
- Search results can be downloaded.
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OneSource Global (select "International Businesses" in ReferenceUSA)
- Covers 3.7 million international companies.
- Complex searches are possible.
- Search results for companies can be sorted, and downloaded into Excel or PDF.
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Business & Company Resource Center (2 concurrent users)
- A "one-stop shopping" database for company and business research.
- Provides brief information on 445,000 US and international companies.
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- Provides basic company profiles and corporate family structure on 65,000 parent companies and 135,000 affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, and outside service firms.
- Covers public and private companies worldwide
- Companies can be searched by name, location, SIC code, number of employees, personal name, products, and more.
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- Provides company directories for U.S. and international private companies.
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Markets
Reports
Mintel Market Research Reports
- Provides fulltext market and consumer research reports for clothing and retailing (among other sectors).
- International in scope, but with emphasis on the U.S. and Europe.
- Most of the reports covers market drivers, market share, size, structure, segmentation, trends, consumer expenditure and spending patterns, psychographics, forecasts, and company and brand profiles.
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Euromonitor Global Market Information Database
- Provides market reports and statistics on countries, companies, markets, and consumers from over 200 countries.
- Particularly strong for clothing and retailing (among other industries).
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- Provides 25 to 45-page US industry reports for all 5-digit NAICS codes (over 720 reports).
- Each report includes statistics, industry structure, product & customer segmentation, performance analysis, major players & market share, external drivers, 5-year forecasts with forecast analysis, and more.
- Reports are updated three or four times a year.
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- Provides full-text market research, analysis, and forecasts
- Covers five industries: e-commerce and technology, consumer goods, energy, finance, and healthcare.
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MarketLine Business Information Center
- Provides 2,000 industry profiles, international in scope, which include market segmentation and market share data.
- Covers textiles and apparel.
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OneSource Global (select "International Businesses" in ReferenceUSA)
- Provides industry & market reports from Datamonitor, Freedonia, Business Monitor International, and STAT-USA/NTDB Industry Sector Analysis (use the "Industries" section).
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- The S&P Industry Surveys usually include some market analysis.
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Statistics & Data
- Covers U.S. population, age, race and ethnicity, income, housing, employment characteristics, and consumer expeditures.
- Provides data for census block-groups, census tracts, zip codes, cities, urban areas, counties, and states, as well as custom radiuses defined by the user.
- Areas can be compared and ranked.
- Provide tables, graphs, pie charts, and maps, which can be can be downloaded into Excel, Word, or Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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SimplyMap (3 concurrent users)
- A web-based mapping database for developing thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables.
- Each user accesses SimplyMap through a "personal workspace"; you will need to create an account the first time you use the database.
- Covers census block-groups, census tracts, zip codes, cities, counties, states, and the entire United States.
- Includes Mediamark Research (MRI) data, covering usage and consumption for thousands of products, including brand data, details of frequency of usage, and more.
- Data can be exported and maps can be printed.
- SimplyMap Quick Reference (PDF, 600K)
- SimplyMap Variable List (PDF, 2,100K)
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Euromonitor Global Market Information Database
- Provides market statistics and reports on countries, companies, markets, and consumers from over 200 countries.
- Particularly strong for the apparel, retailing, food, drink, consumer electronics, toys, travel, and personal care products industries.
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- Provides over 25,000 statistical data series on many topics, including population and demographics, economics, social indicators, health and mortality, voting and elections, geography, intellectual property, social services, and libraries.
- Covers the U.S., U.S. states, counties, cities, and other Census-designated places (more than 30,000 places total).
- Data can be ranked.
- Data can be downloaded into Excel, or formatted into a PDF file for printing.
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American FactFinder, U.S. Census Bureau
- The Census' search engine for population, housing, and economic data.
- You can search by state, city, county, or zip code, or just browse data for the entire U.S.
- Covers the 2000 Census, American Community Survey (annual data), the Economic Census, and more.
- Statistical Warehouse and SimplyMap provide more search, ranking, and/or mapping options.
World Development Indicators Online (WDI)
- Provides statistics on countries.
- Covers 550 indicators for over 200 countries and 18 county groups, from 1960 to one year ago.
- Includes social, economic, financial, natural resource, and environmental data.
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Industries
- Provides 25 to 45-page industry reports for all 5-digit NAICS codes (over 720 reports).
- Each report includes statistics, industry structure, product & customer segmentation, performance analysis, major players & market share, external drivers, 5-year forecasts with forecast analysis, and more.
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- Includes the S&P Industry Surveys, which provides analysis, descriptions, and data on 52 industries. Updated twice a year.
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- Provides industry & market reports from Datamonitor, Freedonia, Business Monitor International, and STAT-USA/NTDB Industry Sector Analysis (use the "Industries" section).
- Includes a keyword-searchable version of Investext -- investment reports on industries and companies and industries from investment houses and brokerage firms (use the "News & Reports" section).
- Also provides the full text of RMA Annual Statement Studies (industry ratios) in PDF format (use the "Industries" section).
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OneSource Global (select "International Businesses" in ReferenceUSA)
MarketLine Business Information Center (was Datamonitor)
- Provides 2,000 industry profiles.
- Covers textiles and apparel.
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Business & Company Resource Center (2 concurrent users)
- A "one-stop shopping" database for company and business research.
- Provides overviews of more than 1,000 U.S. and global industries.
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Manufacturing & Distribution USA 2006
- Provides industry analyses, statistics, and leading companies on 460 industries, listed by NAICS codes.
- The statistics include the number of establishments, employment, wages, production, selected ratios, leading companies, materials consumed, product share, and industry data by state.
- An ebook from the Gale Virtual Reference Library.
- Provides 14 financial ratios for 800 products and services, arranged by SIC code.
- Includes three years of data.
- Data can be exported into spreadsheet format.
- The print version of this source is Duns Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (stored at the Reference Desk).
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Apparel Industry Research Guide
Trade Data
Comtrade- Provides summary and bilateral global trade data, covering over 130 countries.
- Supports up to 5-digit SITC codes and 6-digit harmonized codes.
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U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Trade Database
- Covers United States imports and exports, at all levels of commodity classification.
- Free registration is required to use this database.
- Help using this database
- Provides U.S. state-level export trade data.
- Supports up to 6-digit harmonized codes.
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Consumer, Apparel, & Retail Studies Resources
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