Hot Links to Research and Market Information web sites

Research & Market Information

These websites are arranged alphabetically.

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A Virtual Business Advisor - for one-stop access to federal government information, services and transactions, go to the U.S. Business Advisor site. It's a wealth of information on starting a business, getting financing, complying with tax codes and other financial issues relevant to small businesses
Aesthetic Video Source - books, videos and DVDs about the industry; also has a newsletter
Allured Bookstore - great source for technical books about formulas, ingredients and techniques
ANYwhere Online's Market Research Center

Beauty Experts - The 'Yahoo' of beauty professionals. Featuring Beauty Websites for professional hair, nail, skin care products and supplies, hair shows and more.
Beauty Worlds - the focus of this site is the understanding and appreciation of beauty in the natural world, in Western culture, and in other cultures both past and present.
Business Wire
Computer Industry Almanac - stats on computer usage
Cosmetic Industry Report - a quarterly report that provides a digest of the latest industry information, including sales, demographics, trends and new product specifics in the U.S. market
CosmeticMarket.com
Datamonitor
Dictionary of cosmetic ingredients - a special section on the makeupnet.com site (just click on Beauty Dictionary on the lefthand side of the page)
Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 6th Edition - hot off the presses, a must read...has an updated cosmetic ingredient dictionary, which also is available on the website
DotCom.com (Internet Statistics) - facts, forecasts, stats and trends about the Internet economy
Environmental Working Group (Skin Deep section) - an investigatory group that "pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions."
Euromonitor
FashionInformation.com - an e-zine and subscription service for fashion trending and forecasting

F-D-C Reports - The Rose Sheet
Focus World International - where to go for focus groups
Gary Powers List of Lists - good research site, lots of free information plus special reports by subscription (the subscription information is at specialissues.com)
Girl On The Street - trendspotting
Global Reach - stats on computer usage, by language
Good Scents - great research site for fragrance formulations

Green Book - an annual report with up-to-date information about the professional beauty industry
Grasse's International Perfume Museum
Infomercials

Information Resources (IRI)
Kalorama Information - fee based market research studies, including data from Europe and Asia

Kline & Company
Market Research.com - a "collection of 50,000+ publications from over 350 leading research firms. Purchase only the information you need with our Buy by the Slice option."
Market View
Marketing Professionals - this is a great site for research
Make-up USA - how-to's for makeup products
Marquardt Beauty Analysis - about technology that "profiles recent findings of the genetic code for human facial beauty."...also has a history of beauty and a section on future research
Modes in Makeup - great site for research in cosmetic history with links to fashion history
Nanotechnology Consumer Products - new informational website with a database of consumer products using nanotechnology (search for cosmetics)
National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) - an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing public awareness of the benefits of true aromatherapy. NAHA is actively involved with promoting and elevating academic standards in aromatherapy education and practice for the profession; the site offers conferences, research links, school directory, online Yellow Pages, more
NPD BeautyTrends - a leading provider of comprehensive marketing of information to the prestige beauty industry
NUA Internet Surveys - How many people are on line? An "estimated guess" as to how many are online worldwide, by country and by continent.

Personal Care/Find SVP

PR Newswire

Research and Markets - sign up here for a free newsletter that summarizes these for-fee research reports; good information on trending and the markets

Scoop du Jour - a site for trends...this one is an online newsletter in diary format
Skin Biology Aging Reversal Sciences: Renewing Your Skin and Hair - an online "book" by Loren Pickart, PhD
The Color Association - the oldest color forecasting service in the US. Check it out for help in putting together color stories, new packaging, etc.
The Pink Repor t - sample pages from a "...quarterly research report that uncovers what female beauty buying consumers want, what they buy and WHY..." from The Benchmarking Company
The Trend Report
Trendwatching.com - global searches for hot, emerging consumer and marketing trends..site offers a free newsletter to help you stay in the know
University of Texas Library: Business Reference

USADATA Stores Shopped Past 3 Mos/30 Days Purchase
World Perfumery Congress - this site hasn't been updated in a while, but is an excellent starting place for learning about fragrance

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