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Apparel Industry Research Guide

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Amadeus - about - help: Public and Private European Companies only. Can search by geography, industry codes, size criteria, financial data and more. Select desired criteria from the "Expert Search" list of variables. Click on "OK" on bottom right when finished. To view the list and export a report, click on the "List" tab at the top of the page.
Hoovers Online - about - help: International. Public and Private Companies. Search by company name or ticker. Profile will include address and phone, overview, financial data, key people, SIC and NAICS codes, competitors, and rankings.
LexisNexis Academic - about - help: International. Public and Private Companies. Select "Companies" from the left of the page, then "Company Dossier". Search by company name or ticker. Snapshot will include address and phone number, recent stock activity, NAICS and SIC codes, financials, executives, current news, bond ratings and competitor list.
Mergent Online - about - help: International. Public and Private Companies. Can search by geography, size, industry codes, in-depth financial data and more. Select the "Advanced Search" tab and build search of desired criteria. Customize output.
Thomson ONE - about: Select "Screening and Analysis" from the bottom left. This resource is only available using Internet Explorer.

Hoover's Online - about - help: International. Public and Private Companies. Can search by geography, size, industry codes, financial data and more. Select "Build A List" on the right and select desired criteria.
MarketLine Advantage - about: (Previously Datamonitor) MarketLine offers a collection of company, industry, financial, product and country information, research and data extending over all major marketplaces and industries.
Passport GMID: Global Market Information Database - about: Locate demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries, as well as detailed income, expenditure and lifestyle statistics. Access 4500 consumer lifestyle reports.
S&P Netadvantage - about - help: Click on the "Industries" tab, top of page, use the drop down box under "Industry Surveys". Qualitative and quantitative in-depth S&P research and analysis covering 55 industries.

ABI/Inform - about - help: More than 2,965 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information.
Business Source Premier - about - help: Full text from more than 2300 business journals, including The Harvard Business Review.
Factiva (includes Women’s Wear Daily) -about - help: More than 25,000 sources including the The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and the Dow Jones and Reuters newswires.
LexisNexis Academic - about - help: Access over 6,000 news, business, and legal sources.
RDS Business Reference Suite (includes Women’s Wear Daily) - about - help: Full text from trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies and management journals.
Vogue Archive - about: A fully searchable, full content run of the U.S. edition of Vogue magazine from its first issue in 1892 to the present month.

MarketResearch.com - about - help: Market Research reports. Look under the "Demographic" heading.
Mintel Reports - about -: Consumer market studies by Mintel analysts. Covers food, beverage, apparel, beauty and personal, retail, travel and more. Each study provides a synthesis of both primary and secondary data and analysis. International in scope but strong in European countries and the U.S.
Passport GMID: Global Market Information Database - about: Locate demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries, as well as detailed income, expenditure and lifestyle statistics. Access 4500 consumer lifestyle reports.
RDS Business Reference Suite - about - help: Subjects covered include: market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, production and consumption statistics, imports and exports, usage and capacity, number of users and outlets, trends and demographics. Most of this information is in the database "Tablebase" so be sure to put a check in that box.
SimplyMap - about: Web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.

Advertising Redbooks - about: Contains exclusive information on over 24,000 U.S. and international advertisers who each spend more than $200,000 annually on advertising. Each listing includes advertising expenditures by media, current agency, fiscal year-end and annual sales, contact information on key personnel, brand name info, SIC classifications and other key data.
SRDS Standard Rate and Data Service: Provider of media rate and data for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and cable stations. Found in four print volumes located in the Reference collection of the Business/SPEA Information Commons.

American Apparel & Footwear Association: National trade association representing apparel, footwear and other sewn products companies, and their suppliers, which compete in the global market.
Association for Retail Environments: Represents the retail environments industry (store fixture suppliers, retail design firms, suppliers of visual merchandising products). Access their trade journal Retail Environments.
Just Style: Textile, apparel, and footwear industry news analysis and research.
National Retail Federation: The world’s largest retail trade organization.
National Shoe Retailer’s Association: Trade organization representing independent shoe retailers.
Texas Fashion Collection: A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and documentation of historically significant fashion.
Trendzine Fashion Information: A womenswear forecasting and trend reporting service offering a close and detailed insight into fashion trends from a unique perspective.

Journals useful for apparel industry research. Those with an asterisk are peer reviewed.

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