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Consumer & Retail Industry Solutions

Evaluating complex demographic and socio-economic drivers that shape global consumer spending.

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  • Take advantage of fast-growing consumer markets while managing risk: 

    • Evaluate market opportunities with comprehensive outlooks for 95 countries and consumer spending breakdowns across 22 categories.
    • Achieve a clear picture of the European consumer via detailed economic, demographic, and proprieary survey data.
    • Evaluate specific opportunities using the IHS Consumer Markets team's comprehensive approach to opportunities and risks. 

    Plus sustainability information solutions for compliance with existing and emerging regulations.

    Where IHS Can Help

    • Prioritize marketing investment and plan new product initiatives
    • Better understand consumer buying patterns and their underlying economic drivers
    • Anticipate market changes and seize new opportunities or mitigate potential risks
    • Develop reliable scenarios for effective sales planning
    • Obtain EHS and sustainability solutions, including workplace safety, GHG and energy management and corporate sustainability
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    Market Assessment & Planning

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    • Anticipate market demand and measure risk
    • Size, rank and compare international markets
    • Establish sales and market performance benchmarks
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    US Consumer Markets Analysis examines US consumer markets with analysis of household wealth, consumer confidence and consumer spending by category

    Purchasing

    IHS Global Insight's Pricing and Purchasing Service arms purchasing and finance professionals to effectively negotiate and realize supply chain cost savings.

    We help you better understand current and future price movements and support your future planning with:

    • Price Analysis and Forecasts
    • Buying Strategies and Cost Estimation
    • Market Developments and Implications
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  • Responding to leading consumer goods and retail companies, IHS has created a foundation of analytic work to develop a complete understanding of tomorrow's consumer behavior at local, national, and international levels.

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    Market Sizing Opportunities – prioritize marketing investments and plan new product initiatives
    • Global Consumer Markets Service
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      Global Consumer Markets Service

      Detailed Consumer spending for 22 categories

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    Speed quality idea generation for faster time to market, improve response to consumer trends and market needs, enhance existing products for optimal performance and cost
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      Goldfire

      Software platform powered by a world-class, multilingual semantic search technology, which transforms internal and external information into relevant, actionable intelligence. Helps engineers, scientists and researchers accelerate innovation and increase operational efficiencies.

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    New Market Entry Assessment – compare and rank market potential and evaluate underlying economic fundamentals that drive these markets
    • Global Consumer Markets Service
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      Global Consumer Markets Service

      Detailed Consumer spending for 22 categories

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    Detailed assessment of US Markets
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      Analysis of consumer health by country – debt levels and spending patterns

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    Enhance targeting and new product introduction
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      Consumer Electronics Research

      Allows customers to monitor seminal trends and applications and provides actionable insights and industry visibility through research reports, market trackers and database tools.

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      Media Research

      Trend analysis and business models on digital content creation, consumption and distribution including advertising, broadband, cinema, games, mobile, television and video.

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      Computer Electronics & Data Processing Research

      Advanced market research for financial and ID technologies, computers and data storage delivery. Reports, trackers, databases and teardown analysis deliver critical insights across the value chain.

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      Telecommunications

      Independent insight into pivotal telecommunication trends and applications, with reports, market trackers and analytical tools on broadband, digital home, mobile handsets, mobile technology and wireless systems and connectivity.

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    Enhance targeting and new product introduction - Assess cost and structural design of latest electronic devices
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      Electronics Manufacturing & Costs Research

      Provides complete competitive benchmarking assessments of electronic device and equipment design and cost

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  • At the forefront of industry information and insight, IHS delivers market intelligence, cost estimation and minimization tools, and price forecasts for more than 1,000 commodities.

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      IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing

      Forecasts for up to 1,300 detailed commodity price and wage concepts across 15 countries. Written analysis for over 100 industry and commodity areas each quarter.

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    Understand your suppliers' cost structure to negotiate commodity prices, and reduce supply chain costs
    • IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing
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      IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing

      Forecasts for up to 1,300 detailed commodity price and wage concepts across 15 countries. Written analysis for over 100 industry and commodity areas each quarter.

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    Strategically manage your supply chain to realize cost savings
    • IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing
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      IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing

      Forecasts for up to 1,300 detailed commodity price and wage concepts across 15 countries. Written analysis for over 100 industry and commodity areas each quarter.

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      Consumer Electronics Research

      Allows customers to monitor seminal trends and applications and provides actionable insights and industry visibility through research reports, market trackers and database tools.

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      Media Research

      Trend analysis and business models on digital content creation, consumption and distribution including advertising, broadband, cinema, games, mobile, television and video.

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      Computer Electronics & Data Processing Research

      Advanced market research for financial and ID technologies, computers and data storage delivery. Reports, trackers, databases and teardown analysis deliver critical insights across the value chain.

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      Telecommunications

      Independent insight into pivotal telecommunication trends and applications, with reports, market trackers and analytical tools on broadband, digital home, mobile handsets, mobile technology and wireless systems and connectivity.

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    Strategically plan purchases by understanding the cost of components and features that drive the total cost of an electronic device
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      Electronics Manufacturing & Costs Research

      Provides complete competitive benchmarking assessments of electronic device and equipment design and cost

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    Access accurate and up-to-date information and analysis on pricing and supply-demand of major chemicals and plastics.
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      IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service

      Daily, weekly and monthly analysis of key industry trends and relationships with upstream and downstream markets.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics of specialty chemicals used in the consumer products industry.
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      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      Reports offering in-depth coverage by market or functional area for specialty chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

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    Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and markets for bio-based materials as feedstocks for renewable chemicals and plastics.
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      IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series

      Special reports providing data, insight and analysis to understand threats and opportunities facing the chemical and related industries for bio-based materials and green technologies.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics for over 300 high-interest industrial chemicals.
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      IHS Chemical Economics Handbook

      In-depth information on over 300 industrial chemicals, including producers and capacity, overview of technology and key trends, supply and demand, end uses and markets.

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    Formulate timely, successful plans for growth in the rapidly changing chemical industry.
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      IHS Chemical Consulting

      Strategic investment studies, benchmarking and commercial and technical advisory services based on deep understanding of the chemical industry.

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      IHS Chemical China Report

      Authoritative analysis of more than 135 individual chemical markets and 13 key market sectors in China, including producing companies and capacity, recent pricing, trading trends and forecast of supply-demand.

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    Assess the impact of high-profile topics of key interest to the chemical industry.
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      IHS Chemical Special Reports

      Special focus studies delivering critical analysis of the most significant developments affecting the global chemical industry.

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  • For decades, EHS and sustainability professionals at IHS have served all kinds and sizes of organizations, worldwide. We pioneered the development of many sustainability information management solutions and continue to lead the way with new innovations.

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    Implement, document, measure and report on the organization's sustainability/CSR program
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      IHS Corporate Responsibility Solution

      Enterprise-wide management and reporting of your CSR program. Maintain a sustainability strategy and demonstrate your performance to stakeholders in a manner that is auditable, transparent and verifiable.

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      Cardinal Consolidated Law Registers

      A full legal compliance information package for health, safety and environment management and public protection management in the UK.

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    Comply with relevant environmental regulations, prevent and mitigate environmental impact, minimise brand degradation risk
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      Environmental Management

      A comprehensive, daily updated electronic library of all information relevant to environmental regulatory compliance in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

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    • IHS Product Stewardship Solution
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      IHS Product Stewardship Solution

      A comprehensive solution to support your continuous need for managing product, chemical and compliance lifecycle transitions.

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      IHS Health & Safety Solution

      Save time and cut costs related to compliance with US and international regulations and industry guidelines.

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      Environmental Performance Solution

      Streamline your emissions management processes to ensure compliance with regulatory and voluntary reporting requirements.

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      IHS Operational Risk Solution

      Helps mitigate risks ranging from routine safety incidents and workplace injuries to natural disasters or terrorism.

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      IHS Energy & Carbon Solution

      A complete solution for your entire GHG and energy management program - from compliance to emissions trading.

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