Industry Reports & Statistics
The databases below contain industry overviews, analysis, and statistics. Use each resource to gather a significant understanding of the candy and confections industry.
Use the "Tips" tabs for specific search tips, keywords, and strategies for each database.
- Search for "candy," "chocolate," "confectionery," etc. to find industry reports.
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Passport
Passport offers comprehensive coverage of international consumer markets, consumer lifestyles in other countries, economic statistics, demographic forecasting, and industry reports for most major markets and consumer products, and more.
Passport has some incredible content for the candy and confections industry, though the resource can be a bit overwhelming to navigate. For this industry, I suggest you do the following:
- Upon arriving to Passport, select the "Industries" menu at the top of the page.
- Select "Food and Nutrition" then "Snacks."
- In the drop-down menu on the upper left side of the page, select "Snacks," "Confectionery," and any other categories, then click "Go."
- On the next page, click the "Plus (+)" sign next to "Confectionery" then select al of the sub categories.
- Next, use the "Select Geographies" tab and choose the countries/markets you wish to research.
- Once at least one geography is selected, click the "View Results" button in the top right of the page.
- The next page provides tabs of information for "Statistics," "Analysis," and "Dashboards."
- Have fun using Passport!
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D&B Hoovers
Use for company profiles, news, analyst reports, SWOT analyses, executive information, company financials, and more. Note: If you have trouble logging in, try opening the link in an Incognito or Private browser window.
To Find General Industry Reports
- Select "Search Industries" in the search menu in the top-right of the page to look for terms such as "candy," "confectionery," "chocolate," "gum," etc.
- Choose an industry to find an industry summary, news, some market research reports, and a list of industry participants.
To find the very useful First Research Reports
- Select "Research & Reports" in the search menu in the top-right of the page to look for terms such as "candy."
- Click the "Modify" and choose "First Research" under the Report Type.
- In the list of results, look for the "First Research" reports.
- Search for brand, company, industry keywords to find relevant statistics.
- Be sure to check out the "Source Link" for each statistic to expand upon the information.