Marketing & Advertising

The web site for the trade periodical Stores offers some interesting rankings: Top 100 Retailers, Hot 100 Retailers, and Top 250 Global Retailers. Other features include a retail industry calendar, industry buying guide, retail industry software guide, loss prevention resource guide, free web seminars, and updated news.
Note: Due to budget cuts, EMU Library's paper subscription to Stores was cancelled in 2012.

Offers retail industry professionals current headlines, news discussions, white papers, & webinars. News discussion archives can be searched by keyword.
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This trade periodical often reports on useful consumer and grocery store trends.

This analytics and consulting company focuses on retail and the consumer packaged goods industry. Find useful consumer insight and industry trend info on the site. Free registration gives access to most content in the Insights Library.

A trade periodical for "modest margin retailers." Formerly titled Discount Merchandiser: DM.

eMarketer is a commercial service, but many of the news articles are available for free.

Statistical charts on consumer shopping and the retail industry, includes purchase intentions by product category, stores shopped by category, media influence on consumer by media type, data on spending seasons, e-commerce stats, relevant economic data, and more. Data comes for government sources and surveys commissioned by the National Retail Federation (NRF).

This free web site can be searched by keyword to find many charts with statistics on advertising & marketing topics, including conversion rates, consumer opinions, advertising trends, spending, media stats, etc. It summarizes content from many reputable sources mentioned on this guide. The By Topics menu (top bar) may also be helpful.

Includes: Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report, Annual Retail Trade Survey, & quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales Report. Offers numbers on sales, inventories, purchases, operating expenses, gross margin, gross margin as percent of sales, accounts receivable, & more.
Free. Some reports in Excel format.

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Numerous retail industry stats & trend analysis. Data from detailed survey of retailers, independent research, & interviews with industry experts. Includes analysis and stats related to IT, merchandising, supply chain, store operations, CRM, advertising, e-commerce, HR, & financial benchmarks. Benchmarks are for overall retail industry--not broken out by detailed industry segment (unlike former MOR/FOR pubs).