Librarian
Research the industry
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PassportThis international database provides access to 1,300 market reports that analyze 21 consumer and service industries across 80 countries. Also includes more than 6,500 company profiles.
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Business Source CompleteSearch thousands of business journals. This database includes market research reports, detailed Datamonitor company and industry profiles, as well as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight and CountryWatch.
Research current trends
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WGSN BeautyAccess trend reports on hair, cosmetics, packaging, and skincare.
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WGSN FashionAccess catwalk news, and trend reports on all aspects of fashion
To save and download images, you will need a WGSN account. Go to the Humber WGSN account page to register.
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Trend HunterSearch for the latest trends in beauty and spa design
Find demographics and statistics
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VividataVividata surveys over 40,000 Canadians on their consumption of over 3,500 products and services. The survey results include demographic and psychographic information such as age, gender, and household status, as well as media, brand, and shopping preferences.
Royalty Free Images
Looking for images to use in your presentations or assignments? Here are some resources where you can search for royalty-free images with a Creative Commons License:
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FlickrFlickr is an online image hosting service that provides access to tens of billions of images.
When you search for images, choose "All creative commons" as your license type. You can also limit your search by dominant colour, orientation, size, and other stylistic choices. -
Google ImagesTo filter your Google image search results, choose TOOLS > USAGE RIGHTS > LABELLED FOR REUSE.
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UnsplashUnsplash is a great resource for royalty-free high-resolution images.
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PixabayPixabay is another great resource for royalty-free high-resolution images. PLEASE NOTE: Avoid the top row of results in your searches - these are images from a stock photograph supplier, Shutterstock. These images are thumbnails for paid resources and contain a watermark. Anything below the top row of results will be free images with Creative Commons licenses.
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Getty Open ContentOver 100,000 images from the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute.