Industry Research: By Sector: Consumer Products & Service Industries

Including: Alcoholic drinks, Apparel, Beauty and personal care, Consumer appliances, Consumer electronics, Consumer foodservice, Eyewear, Fresh food, Home and garden, Home care, Hot drinks, Packaging, Packaged Food, Personal accessories, Pet care, Retailing, Soft drinks, Tissue and hygiene, Tobacco, Toys and games, Travel and tourism. Also offers many sub-industries. Look for “Category Briefing” for country specific industry reports.

See the Passport User Guide and video tutorials for help with searching and navigating this resource.

Including: Aerospace and defense, Automotive, Chemicals, Industrial goods and machinery, Paper and packaging, Pharmaceuticals and healthcare, Textiles, Transport & logistics. Also offers many sub-industries.
To isolate searching to industry reports (published by Datamonitor) select “Industries” from the drop-down menu option which appears beside the main search box.

Including: Canadian and U.S. Industry Reports (NAICS), U.S. Specialized Industry Reports, U.S. Industry iExpert Summaries, Chinese and Global Industry Reports, and U.S. Business Environment Profiles. In addition there are reports for a broad range of industries: Accommodation and food services, Administration, Business support and waste management services, Arts, Entertainment and recreation, Construction, Educational services, Information, Other services (except public administration), Professional, scientific and technical services, Real estate and rental and leasing, Retail trade, Wholesale trade. Also offers many sub-industries.

Procurement Reports include over 1,000 business-to-business product and service markets in the United States and facilitate industry research especially in areas such as purchasing, supply chain management and strategic sourcing.

This database provides access to country risk and industry reports for over 200 countries. Their industry reports cover 22 high-level industry sectors and include current and archived industry report content. Use the Data Tool to download historical and forecast data. Review our step-by-step FitchConnect guide to learn how to navigate this database. Please note, the library's subscription does not cover all of the content in this database.

Statista is a statistics portal and comprehensive, easy-to-use resource offering access to charts and tables, reports, dossiers, infographics, and a business plan data export feature. It is international in scope with coverage of many sub-industries. Statista draws on secondary sources for statistical information including the government, as well as industry, scientific, marketing, and trade organizations. This resource also offers Statista’s own proprietary/internal statistics generated through research and surveys they conduct with partner organizations. Statista also offers a wide range of consumer and market data, including consumer market forecasts and digital market outlooks.

To access industry reports select “Industry Analysis” and then select the Industry and Region of interest.
Sample industries include: Hospitality & tourism, Insurance, Media, Property and development, Retail.

Access First Research industry reports via Megent Intellect. First Research reports cover 500 industry profiles and 1000 industry segmentation profiles. Broad industry categories can be expanded for niche reports. Categories related to Consumer Products and Services are: Retail, Government, Education, Recreation, Food & Agriculture, Services and Technology & Communication. To access the reports scroll down and select the First Research link, then input your email address on the left of the interface.

Including: Apparel, Dolls, Toys and Games, Footwear, Furniture, Jewelery, Silverware, and Sporting Goods, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Major household appliances, Printing and related support activities, Specialized Design Services, Recreational boats, Retail trade, Tourism, Wholesale.

This module shows undergrad and grad students how to get started with company, industry, market, finance, and business article research. The module contains how-to videos, step-by-step database worksheets, and embedded quizzes to show students how to conduct business research effectively.

This webpage includes a set of step-by-step business database tutorials. There are tutorials that cover company, industry, market, finance, accounting, sustainability, and business article / book research.