Online Marketing research:Market research Online:Competitive(or) intelligence sources(Company info)

1	Dun and Bradstreet	www.dunandbrad.co.uk
the best known company directory - some free information
2	Factiva from Reuters	www.factiva.com
Business/company news (global)
3	FULD	www.fuld.com
Consultancy specialising in Competitive Intelligence. Guide to CI and list of resources on site.
4	Companies House	www.companies-house.gov.uk
limited information on all registered companies
5	Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals	www.scip.org/ci
This page has a good overview of CI
6	Competia	www.competia.com
A portal and online community for competitive intelligence and strategic planning professionals
7	Corporate Information	www.corporateinformation.com/ukcorp.html	-
free 20 000 plus company profiles on site and has a search engine for 350 000 profiles at other sites
8	Trade Partners	www.tradepartners.gov.uk	-
Export info - good for sector specific information (aka www.tradeuk.com)
9	MrWeb	www.mrweb.co.uk	-
Excellent directory of MR sources for company data by industry sector including trade associations, specialist directories and links by country. Includes trade associations.
10	Kompass	www.kompass.com	-
Established European directory
11	Kelly's	www.kellys.co.uk	-
Established business directory
12	Hoovers	www.hoovers.com
US company financial information, now with European version
13	PR Newswire	www.prnewswire.com	-
Business/company news (global)
14	FT.com company information	www.ft.com	-
Mainly limited to corporates
15	Company Sleuth	www.companysleuth.co.uk	-
The name says it all? Have not tried
16	AWARE	www.marketing-intelligence.co.uk	-
Competitive Intelligence provider with good range of resources
17	DM Review	www.dmreview.com	-
DM stands here for 'Data Mining', but now includes many articles on BI, CI and KM.
18	Businesswire	www.businesswire.com	-
Business/company news (mainly US)
19	Ernst and Young country business guide	www.doingbusinessin.com	-
Useful for overseas market research
20	Shopsmart	www.shopsmart.com	-
Price comparison engine - useful for identifying competitor price discovery
21	Ammo	www.ammo.co.uk
News about UK media companies - good for lead generation
22	Statistics.com	www.statistics.com	-
Aggregation of free statistics, quite good on country specific data, but patchy coverage internationallly
23	Bloomberg	www.bloomberg.co.uk	-
Company information from share dealer
24	PwC Edgarscan	edgarscan.pwcglobal.com	-
Large US corporates
25	Business.com	www.business.com	-
Industry news and company information (US orientation)
26	Hemscott	www.hemscott.co.uk	-
Quoted company information
27	OneSource	www.onesource.com
Access company details (e.g. turnover) by sector. Subscription only. They say: 'UK Business Browser delivers a complete range of corporate and industry information.
28	BUBL Information service	www.bubl.ac.uk	-
Some online journals and directory of UK organisations Some online journals and directory of UK organisations
29	BMC News	www.bmcnews.com
Business/company news (mainly UK)
30	Cyveillance	www.cyveillance.co.uk/us/Solutions/competitvereach.asp	-
Agency specialising on CI with some background articles
31	World in Figures	www.worldinfigures.org	-
Aggregation of free statistics
32	Kelkoo	www.kelkoo.com	-
Price comparison engine - useful for identifying competitor price discovery
33	Competitive Intelligence.co.uk	www.competitive-intelligence.co.uk	-
Agency specialising on CI with some background articles
34	CI report	www.cireport.com	-
Paid for report 'CI Report provides focused, organized information resources for the competitive intelligence community' Sample copies given. Book revies on CI books.
35	Trade Associations Online	www.taforum.org.uk	-
UK trade associations may lead to company information

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