For databases containing information such as market share, strengths and weaknesses, industry profiles, analyst opinions, and much more.
Mintel Reports provides access to market research reports and data on lifestyle trends including eating and drinking habits, clothing and footwear.
A global market information database, containing reports and statistics on industries (both consumer and B2B), markets, countries and consumers. You must register with your Brunel email address the first time you use the database. Passport works in multiple browsers, but access problems can usually be resolved by using Google Chrome. A comprehensive help section is available within the database. Also see the Market Research Library Guide for training recording by Brunel librarians on using Passport and other market research databases.
Statista is a leading provider of market and consumer data, covering 170 industries, more than 80,000 topics and a million plus statistics derived from more than 22,500 sources. Export statistics, infographics, publications and reports on areas such as brands, business plans, consumer, country, digital and trends, industry, politics and society.
Mintel Market Sizes (formerly Global Market Navigator (GMN), and Snapshots) provides market data for 22 consumer industries across 54 countries. Search by country and industry or market to produce a customised report. Mintel Market Sizes contains the data previously available in Snapshots, including international reports, too.
The UK Data Service is a comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data. Here you will find a single point of access to a wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, international macrodata, business microdata, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011.
You will need to register your Brunel email address before you can log in - World Bank datasets do not require registration as these are available on open access.
IE10 is not compatible with UK Data Service. IE11 should work. Alternatively, on campus, you may use Firefox ESR on Windows 10 (or on Windows 7 go to Start > All Programs > Central Software > Browsers).
We hope you'll find most things you need in our databases, but there is also lots of useful information freely available online:
You may need to look in several databases to find a report on the topic you are researching. You may also find it useful to read reports from several different databases, to find additional information.
Mintel Academic contains UK reports on a variety of market sectors, themes and demographics, and a monthly UK retail briefing. It is easy to search or browse. Most reports also have an Interactive Dataset which you can use to see the questions asked in surveys contributing to the report, and see the responses by specific demographic groups. Please note that we don't have all UK reports.
Passport contains statistics and reports on industries (both consumer and B2B), markets, countries and consumers, both globally and focusing on many countries around the world.
Mintel Market Sizes (previously known as GMN/Global Market Navigator) These global reports can be accessed via Mintel Academic, but they're easier to find directly using the Market Sizes database.
Reports from Business Source Premier links directly to an A-Z list of market research and industry reports in this database, which you can search or browse.
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