Newcastle University

Market research is expensive and there are few full reports which are freely available. Because of the commercial nature of the information the reports are often not available for Inter Library Loan, so it may be that you can only access an abstract.

• Mintel Oxygen
  Mintel supplies independent research on a wide range of consumer markets, publishing over 300 market research reports every year, covering the UK. We have access to the full text of the reports from the market and retail sectors as well as Library specials.
• Euromonitor (Global Market Information Database)
  The GMID provides key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers. It includes statistics for 205 countries, 6 years of market data, lifestyle indicators and market reports, company profiles, country profiles and links to other sources of information.
• Key Note Market Information Centre
  Key Note reports provide market information on a wide range of consumer, business and industry sectors. The executive summaries of the whole range of reports are available via this site, but we don't subscribe to the full service.
  Newcastle University students can have reference access to the printed copies of Key Note Reports that are available on Floor 2 of Northumbria University Library. Northumbria only has certain reports and years available in print. Please enquire with staff at Northumbria University Library.
• Market Research Portal
  This site gives access to some free articles, market research reports, news, jobs, research methods etc aimed at all members of the market research community.
• Export.gov
  A US government site set up to help US businesses export their products. It contains useful data about markets by country.
• The Office of Communications (Ofcom)
  The Office of Communications (Ofcom) produces comprehensive reports on telecoms and other technologies.