Provides business professionals with critical information about companies, products, and executives as well as in-depth news and analysis of industry trends and developments. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific industries such as food & drink, pharmacy, telecommunications, computing, transportation, construction, and petrochemicals.
Includes US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports, covering industries in-depth; as well as Snapshots, market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
Includes First Research Industry Reports, which provide unlimited direct access to extensive market analysis on more than 1,000 top industry segments. Each report consists of key statistics and analysis on market and competitive landscape characteristics, operating conditions, business challenges, industry trends, current and historical industry growth, and industry forecasts.
Industry Analysis provides access to industry reports that contain information on current environments; industry profiles; and market trends and outlooks.
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