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Retail Industry: Statistics

A guide to the best resources available at Penn for researching the retail industry and its key competitors.

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BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands
"The study, commissioned by WPP and conducted by Millward Brown Optimor [...], identifies and ranks the world’s most valuable brands by their dollar value, an analysis based on financial data, market intelligence and consumer measures of brand equity."
Business Wire Retail Reports
A Berkshire Hathaway Company. Current monthly and year-to- date sales data for selected retailers.
Deloitte on Retail & Distribution
Find Featured Insights including consumer surveys and industry analysis.
Global Retail Development Index
From A.T. Kearney. Ranks the "retail expansion attractiveness" of emerging markets.
International Council of Shopping Centers
Come to the Lippincott Library Reference Desk and ask to be logged into this resource. Click on Research to find eData, where you can perform searches for historical data on retail store openings and closings, sales, square feet shares, customer visits and much more.
Keynote Online Retail Transaction Indices
Tracks the execution time and success rate for customers shopping on specific retail websites. From E-Commerce Times. Covers apparel, books & music, and electronics.
Monthly and Annual Trade Volume
Statistics from the US Census Bureau.
Philadelphia Retail
Retail data for Center City neighborhoods, from the Philadelphia Retail Marketing Alliance.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
National data book from the US Census Bureau, with data and statistics related to wholesale and retail.