Research Guides: Luxury and Retail MBA: Company and Industry Information

Company Profiles

Find company profiles, financials, SEC Filings, analyst reports, industry research, news and more with these multi-content resources:

GuideStar: the National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
Provides data on IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations in the U.S.Search by operating budgets, size, location, and National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). Highlight include a financial trends analysis snapshot for each organization and downloadable form 990s.
To access the premium section of Guidestar, you must register and create an account. Once registered, NYU users are permitted to download 1000 records per month. Registration can be done on this link here.
Hoovers
Hoovers contains public and private company profiles. Includes key executive profiles, industry coverage, and detailed company fact sheets.
Mergent Intellect
Mergent Intellect is a directory of public and private companies in the US and worldwide. Includes contact information, financials, and key personnel. It provides information from Hoovers Online and Dun and Bradstreet but with additional downloading capabilities.
Mergent Online
Mergent Online is the online version of the former Moody's Manuals. Provides a history of the company, summary balance sheets and income statements, capital structure, subsidiaries, principal officers, and financial filings.
Mergent Online will be discontinued on June 30, 2025. Please use Mergent Intellect for company information or LSEG Workspace for analyst reports.

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FitchConnect
FitchConnect provides global and country-specific industry reports including for the Consumer & Retail, Food & Drink and Tourism Industries. Additionally, FitchConnect contains country risk data, analysis, ratings and forecasts.
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First Research
First Research provides industry news and profiles.
IBISWorld
IBIS World is a comprehensive collection of industry market research.
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Not finding what you're looking for? The full list of industry resources is available on the NYU Business Library Industry page.