A continuing series of industry reports with detailed statistics on products and industries. Industries include apparel, chemicals, metal, and machinery. For basic industry information, Hoover's Industry Zone profiles some 25-industry sectors. The January issue of Forbes ranks industries by their profitability and growth and gives the past year's trends and future prospects for more than 40 industries with rankings, growth, and profitability of the top companies in those industries. This site includes articles, and news on traditional and Internet marketing.
Trade associations are a great source of information and statistics on specific industries.
The site requires registration, but there is no charge for its industry profiles. Once you've registered, click Market Profiles at the main screen. The profiles are broken out by SIC code. The site offers Metrics, research, data and statistics on e-commerce. Covers the Hispanic market, African-American, Asian American, teens, singles, and over fifty.