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Librarian: Greg Tourino

Market Research Reports . Consumer Research . Branding & Packaging . Advertising . Regulation . Sample Plans

Market Research Reports

Mintel Reports

  • Provides reports on consumer attitudes, lifestyles, and trends.
  • Tracks product innovation in relation to select companies.
  • Lists advertising agencies.

Passport GMID Euromonitor

  • Offers Market Share statistics on many consumer product categores.
  • Provides reports on consumer attitudes, lifestyles, and trends.
  • Covers North America (U.S., Canada), Asia-Pacific, World

Frost & Sullivan Reports

  • High-Technology and Idustrial sectors.

Gartner Group

  • Focuses on markets for ICT product categories in varous industries.

 

Consumer Research: Geographies, Demographics, Psychographics, Sociographics

Hoover's Online
Next U.S. Residential database

SimplyMap
Allows you to map demographic and points of interest data.

Webpage American Fact Finder (U.S. Census)

Webpage Log Into North Carolina (LINC) (N.C. State Data Center)

Webpage Facts & Figures (NC OSBM, State Data Center)

Webpage Spending and Time Use Surveys (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Webpage ESRI Data - Tapestry Market Segmentation System
http://www.esri.com/data/esri_data/tapestry.html

  • Identify top three neighborhood lifestyles by ZIP code.
  • Community Tapestry Handbook (PDF) .

Handbook of Marketing Scales: Multi-item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research
Books DH Hill Library , Learning Commons HF5415.3 .B323 1999

Link Opinion Poll Statistics & Data Sets Guide
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/data/opinionpolls.html

 

Branding and Packaging Products

Brands and their Companies
Books DH Hill Library, Learning Commons T223.V4 A22
Available through Gale Directory Library

Business Source Complete
Next Advanced search Next limit by "product review" or click on More Options and search by "product name".

Lexis Nexis Academic
Next Power search Next limit by index term "branding" or "product management".

PaperChem
Next Search for "packaging" or "marketing".

 

Advertising & Media

Search for articles on your topic using the databases below (you can cross search these databases at the same time in EBSCO. Once you are in EBSCO, look for "Search Other Databases" or "Choose Databases"):

Advertising Red Books - Advertiser & Agencies
 Find advertising agencies used by large companies, and major accounts held by agencies, medium of advertisement used and total expenditure figures.

Direct Marketing Market Place
Books DH Hill Library, Learning Commons HF5415.1 .D57
Find companies that use direct marketing and those that supply them: catalogers, consultants, creative services, list brokers, telemarketers, letter shops, publications, associations and events.

Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
Books DH Hill Library Stacks (4th floor) HE8689 .B77

Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Books DH Hill Library, Learning Commons Z 6951 .A97
Available online through Gale Directory Library.

Webpage Advertising Age Data Center
http://adage.com/datacenter/

Webpage Advertising Research Foundation - Councils
http://www.thearf.org/channels/councils
Most of the content on this site is restricted to members or at cost, but individual Council pages provide free access to PDFs of powerpoint slides from previous meetings.

Webpage American Marketing Association
http://www.marketingpower.com
Free registration gets you access to webinars and reports related to marketing.

Webpage All Advertising Agencies
http://www.alladvertisingagencies.com
Helps you screen and identify ad agencies based on venue/ad type, industry, annual budget and zip code.

 

Regulation of Marketing in U.S.

Marketing practices are regulated at the federal, state and local levels. Generally, federal regulations apply to interstate commerce, and state and local regulations govern intrastate commerce. Below are three major regulatory bodies that play a part in product labeling practices and advertising claims:

Webpage Federal Trade Commission - Business Information
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/business.shtm

Webpage Food & Drug Administration - Information for FDA-Regulated Industry
http://www.fda.gov/oc/industry/default.htm

Webpage Federal Communications Commission

 

Sample Marketing Plans

Webpage MPlans.com
http://www.mplans.com/spm/

Webpage MoreBusiness.com
http://www.morebusiness.com/templates_worksheets/bplans/printpre.brc

Webpage Knowthis.com: Marketing Virtual Library
http://www.knowthis.com/general/marketplan.htm

Webpage BusinessTown.com Marketing Plans
http://www.businesstown.com/marketing/plans-sample.asp

Webpage Marketing and Strategic Planning
http://marketing.about.com/od/marketingplanandstrategy/Plan_Your_Marketing_Strategy.htm

 

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