Management and Marketing

Comprehensive encyclopedia of globally relevant and standardized marketing terms, activities, metrics, and systems.

From MarketWatch. Basic and advanced charting tools, current/historic quotes, market/industry data from the U.S., Canadian, and other world exchanges. (Registration required for some access.)

Portal to web-based 5000+ resources for global business information; includes industry analyses and an international business blog.

Economic census data and economic indicators.

Browse for information by individual country or by economic indicator for rankings.

Collects data related to U.S. trade: national, sub-national, exports, tariffs, and more; some data restricted.

The Advance Monthly and Monthly Retail Trade Surveys (MARTS and MRTS), the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), and the Quarterly E-Commerce Report work together to produce the most comprehensive data available on retail economic activity in the United States.

The Index measures the satisfaction of U.S. household consumers with the quality of products and services offered by both foreign and domestic firms with significant share in U.S. markets.

Consists of two surveys, the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

See monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The world’s largest retail trade association

Over 800,000 data series from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Provides an overview of each countries' history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, and military. The Factbook also generates country comparisons.

Descriptions and analyses of historical settings and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Compares the competitiveness of over 60 nations on the basis of over 300 criteria, ranking and analyzing how an economy manages the totality of its resources and competencies to increase the prosperity of its population. Limited free use.

Provides market intelligence for U.S. countries expanding into emerging markets in different countries.

Provides information for 196 countries including historical data for more than 300.000 economic indicators, exchange rates, stock market indexes, Data is based on official sources, not third party data providers, and facts are regularly checked for inconsistencies.

The State Department's Background Notes may be the best starting place, as they provide very current condensed overviews, some detail, and links to existing Country Studies.

Data on household consumption in countries round the world. Choose a country--from Afghanistan to Zambia--to see data for all consumption categories, or choose a sector to see all countries' expenditures in particular areas. Sectors include food and drink, shoes and clothing, housing, energy, education, healthcare, and more.

From the World Bank, Enterprise Surveys are firm-level surveys of a representative sample of an economy’s private sector. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics including access to finance, corruption, infrastructure, crime, competition, and performance measures.