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• When doing research about sports fans, researchers often want to take a deep dive into understanding information about the fan base of specific sports.  Mintel is a great place to find market research reports about sports fans.
• Mintel also has excellent reports for consumer markets, so you can find anything from who buys candles, dines at casual restaurants, or is buying the next Playstation or Xbox.
• Use Mintel to understand if your sports fans align with potential sponsor's customer base

• Passport contains very in-depth reports on international consumer markets. 
  • As an example, you could use Passport to understand the Men's Toiletries & Grooming Products in any country to understand that consumer market for sponsorship alignment
  • The Consumer Lifestyles reports can be used to understand how consumers in each country spend their money and their time.
• Passport has some useful information in a report called “Sporting and Recreational Services" for several major international markets.   You can find this report by searching for the title in the Passport search box.

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• WARC is a great place to look for case studies about advertising and marketing campaigns.
• Simply search for a product, your company, or similar company to find case studies about what worked and what did not.