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)
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Select Business / Sources / Industry to limit to trade publications in the clothing or retail industry.
Collect information on the customer market served and the retail mixes used by each retailer. Collect information by consulting secondary sources (i.e., newspaper, trade magazines and business research articles about the stores, about industry trends, etc.)
Note: In the case of small independently owned stores where no information is available about the specific store, you can still find valuable information and analysis about the store format and category of merchandise.)
Company, industry, and market information for 14 milion private and public companies. Not all information is freely available, but you will find much that is useful. Hoover's Reports are also available on the LexisNexis Academic database. (Select Businessompany Profiles. Use the sources pull-down menu to select Hoover's.)
Information on more than 12 milion U.S. businesses.