Kresge Research Guides: Retail and Apparel Industry: Company Research

Best Resources for Companies

D&B Hoovers
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- Database features one-stop shopping that includes strategic initiatives, business and geographic segments, strengths/weaknesses, and ratio comparisons.
- Covers over 30 million U.S. and global companies and offers over 17,000 detailed company profiles
- Provides some industry reports (Datamonitor and Fredonia Focus Reports) which can be viewed by selecting the SIC and NAICS codes in the company record or by searching in the industry box.
- When looking at an industry, "Peer Analysis" in the left menu will provide a list of leading firms. Use SIC or NAICS codes to search for other similar industries.
Mergent Online
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Current and historical (past 15 years) firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, insider trading and supply chain for US and foreign companies. Mergent Online also provides access to Investext analyst reports.
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Technical notes: Company reports and financials can be exported to Excel.
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Mergent Intellect
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Private and public U.S and international company data, industry news, facts and figures, hierarchy/corporate family tree data, executive contact information, and industry profiles. Additionally, Mergent Intellect allows users to build lists of companies based on location, industry, size, etc.
Orbis
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- Information on over 100 million companies worldwide including 6 million in South and Central America, 4 million in Japan and 400,000 in China. More detailed profiles of over 60,000 companies listed on various global exchanges.
- Identifies competitors and customers and provides business and geographic segment information for selected companies
- Companies can be sorted by industry using the list building function
Technical Notes: Use of scripts or automated methods to download data from Orbis is strictly prohibited. If you require access to a larger dataset, please contact us at kresge_library@umich.edu.

Retail and Apparel Industry: Company Research

Best Resources for Companies

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