DHE 470: Retail Merchandising

Reports and Surveys

Mintel Market Research Reports 

Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market share analysis and consumer profiles.  You can repeat the search in news and other databases.

Market Research Library (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)

Register and create a login and password in order to look at the reports.  

 

 

Subject Librarian

Retail Mix Analysis: Finding Secondary Sources

Articles in trade publications

Business Source Premier

LexisNexis Academic  Select Business / Sources / Industry to limit to trade publications in the clothing or retail industry.

Wall Street Journal

 

 

 

Information for specific retailers

Business Source Premiere.  Click on Company Profiles on the right hand panel.

Hoover's Online

Company, industry and market information for 14 million private and public companies.  Not all information is  available for free, but you will fund much that is useful.


 

Borrowing from other libraries

Books:

First see if a book is available through Summit. If it's not, request it through WorldCat.

Articles in journals:

Request through InterLibrary Loan.  Articles are delivered electronically, so the turnaround time is often 24 hours or less but may take up to 5 working days.

Find Books: Catalogs

OSU Libraries Catalog

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog
Academic libraries in Oregon and Washington.  Request books not at OSU (or checked out) and have them sent here in 3-4 working days

Suggest books you'd like the library to purchase.

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