Research Guides: Company and Industry Information: Industry Trends

Industry Trends & Analysis

The following resources provide access to industry trends and analysis.

These resources will help you answer questions such as:

Is this a growth industry?
What are some opportunities or threats to the industry?
What is the industry segmentation?

Industry Trends

BCC Research This link opens in a new window
BCC Research reports provide market research with statistical and analytical information. Topics include industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology industries.
GlobalData Disruptor This link opens in a new window
Disruptor tracks emerging tech-enabled opportunities across all industries by providing information on start-ups, tech-led innovations, latest technology trends, influencers, consumer insights, and venture capital portfolio investments.
Please click on "IP Access" and then "Disruptor" to access database
Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) This link opens in a new window
Provides in-depth industry research in key emerging markets worldwide, features market overviews, industry trend analysis, legislation and profiles of the leading sector companies.
Requires NetID and password.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Provides industry reports for the US, UK, Australia, China and global industry summaries.
Requires NetID and password on and off-campus.

Not finding what you're looking for? The full list of industry databases is available on the NYU Business Library's i ndustry page.

Industry News

Staying informed of current news is important as it keeps you informed of the threats and opportunities the industry is facing. News and article databases and trade associations are excellent resources for the most current information.

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry (Wikipedia). A Google search using your industry name and the word association will generate a list. e.g. searching "marketing associations" yields many including the American Marketing Association.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete is a full text database of articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Dates of coverage: 1886 to present.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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Not finding what you're looking for? The full list of article and news databases is available on the NYU Business Library's article/news page.