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Markets and sectors
The John Rylands University Library subscribes to a number of databases providing market research & industry sector data from established market intelligence providers. These databases include tailored reports, statistical data, and the latest news from a variety of sectors. The scope of information varies from database to database:
UK - Consumer and Industrial
- KeyNote: UK market research reports providing analysis for a wide range of industrial and consumer based products.
- Mintel: UK market research providing analysis for a wide range of consumer products (food, drink, household, health, electronics), leisure trends, financial services and retailing.
European/International - Consumer and Industrial
- Passport GMID (Formerly - Global Market Information Database: Euromonitor)
Analysis and forecasts for socio-economic, demographic and consumer market data for over 200 countries, international market research reports for over 300 consumer products plus company and country profiles.
- Frost and Sullivan: International and regional market analysis, technical insight research, econometric and applications research. Key industries include automotive, business services, aerospace, chemicals, communication and IT, consumer products, defence, electronics, environment and energy, healthcare, high technology, industrial automation and transportation.
Sector Specific - International
- Datamonitor 360 : Market analysis and forecasts for the consumer goods, energy, finance, healthcare and technology markets.
- Global Insights: Special reports for global automotive, energy, healthcare and telecommunications sectors
- Retail Analysis: International retail market information database providing in-depth company, sector and country reports for the retailing industry.
- WARC - World Advertising Research Centre: Contains over 25,000 articles, case studies, research reports, summaries and briefings for a wide range of marketing, advertising and media communications.
Additional Sources
The market research databases above provide a good starting point for researching specific products or sectors. You can build on your research by exploring other sources of information, this is very useful especially if you are unable to find a tailored market research report.
- Business News/Industry Publications : news feeds, newspapers and industry journals can often be an excellent way of establishing current information for a company, produdct, market or economy.
Use Factiva to search across international news and industry publications.
- Company Information and Investment Analysis:
We have a number of company databases eg: FAME, ORBIS, Thomson One Banker and Thomson Research providing financial and background information for UK, European and International companies. Use these sources to find further information on key competitors such as the latest financials and/or compare performance against other companies.
