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Who is Datamonitor?

Datamonitor is a premium business information company helping 5000 of the world's leading companies across the Automotive & Logistics, Consumer Markets, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technology sectors.

 

The Datamonitor Difference: The 3 key attributes of all our products

Quality Data

The best decisions are made from a fully informed base. Our emphasis on primary research generates unique databases that give you a complete and accurate picture of your business environment.

Expert Analysis

Information is worth nothing without understanding. We constantly develop both our analytical skills and industry expertise to provide you with truly perceptive insight. Our skill base is second to none. We have over 300 analysts from a wide diversity of backgrounds whose professional expertise and marketplace experience ensure we gain the deepest possible understanding of your market.

Future Focus

Trend prediction is the key to business growth. Our analysis goes beyond simply feeding back information. Instead, we interpret the information to help you create new business opportunities and ideas.

 

Research Methodology

Providing our clients with the best possible data lies at the heart of our business. And to meet this need, we have invested heavily to establish primary research methodologies that place us at the leading edge of the information industry. The foundations of our success rest on the exceptional experience and expertise of our staff. Our clients are able to benefit not only from their market insight but also their valued opinion, vision and authoritative commentary.

As part of our ongoing services, we excel at providing coverage across all global markets. However, should you have very specific information needs, we are able to put together specialist teams of researchers and analysts to tackle even the most demanding task.

One of the cornerstones of our success is the quality of our primary research process. At each stage of this methodology, accuracy is ensured through continuous quality control so that we can confidently assess the past, present and future.

Our primary research process is tailored to individual markets and divided into two distinct methodologies:

  • Qualitative interviews - opinion-based, these build knowledge about future market trends and company strategies.
  • Quantitative interviews - fact-based, these determine market values, shares, volumes and pricing structures.

 

Why do people use us?

Datamonitor should be the No.1 place to come for:

  • Keeping ahead of the very latest industry developments, issues and research
  • Lead generation – identifying new business leads and channels
  • New product development – understanding the environment, assessing the opportunity and positioning within your sector
  • Tracking your competitors nationally and globally, and benchmarking your organization
  • And ultimately growing your business – made possible by having quality information at your fingertips

 

Clients & Credentials

Nothing speaks louder than our clients

Datamonitor is a premium business information company helping 5000 of the world's leading companies across the Automotive, Consumer Markets, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare & Technology sectors.

Clients include:

Automotive - Volvo, Ford Credit, Toyota, Exel Logistics
Consumer - M&M Mars, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Unilever
Energy - Shell, EdF, Total Fina Elf, BG Group
Financial Services - Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal & SunAlliance, Citibank, Prudential
Healthcare - Pfizer, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough
Technology - IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, British Telecom

Nothing speaks louder than our clients - that's why we've asked them what they think about us.

"Datamonitor's analysis capabilities and reports help to fulfill our need for quality marketing and industry information and to better understand the wider competitive and operating environments across Europe."

David Heath, European Marketing Manager, GMAC

"In Datamonitor Exel enjoys a sound industry reference combined with a flexible research resource, in relation to third party logistics intelligence within Europe. Datamonitor has worked for Exel for a number of years and continues to provide insight into business critical issues"

Chris Tierney, Business Intelligence Manager, Exel Logistics

"Datamonitor helped us to gain a quick and incisive understanding of a new market and provided well thought out strategic options"

Manager, Bourjois UK

"I found that the people at Datamonitor had the experience and expertise to understand my problems, their insight and superb analytical skills enabled my business to grow in what was termed as difficult market conditions"

Marketing Director, Leading Food Manufacturing Company

"The personal service provided by Datamonitor has been excellent...the way in which we have developed the relationship between Royal & SunAlliance and Datamonitor into a real partnership has been most welcome."

Alan Thompson, Worldwide Group Office, Royal & SunAlliance - Marketing Practices

"Datamonitor's studies in the wealth market provide a good introduction to anyone wishing to find out about new geographies, or market segments. Their consistent form of reporting allows you to understand a market, and easily assess shifting trends over time."

Mike Dennehy, Strategic Planning & Research Director, Citibank GCB

"When I make product development decisions, the stakes are high. I always want to know what Datamonitor says before I act."

VP, Business Development, Leading US Orthopedic Manufacturer

"Datamonitor's understanding of the business dynamics and their industry insight provide invaluable assistance in Microsoft's strategic planning."

Financial Services Marketing Manager, Microsoft

 

Datamonitor Business Information Center

The Datamonitor Business Information Center is our compiled business information service using published desk research and secondary data sources to create Company, Industry and Country Profiles.

10,000+ Company Profiles:

Datamonitor's Company Profiles provide insight into how the world's major companies are organized and function.

Company Profiles contain: company overviews, business descriptions, company history, executive listings, product listings, locations, news and commentary.

To identify which companies to profile, we assess which are the most important global companies, taking care to ensure a balance between US, European and Asian companies. Our current company coverage is split along the following regional breakdown: 45% US, 35% Europe, 15% Asia, 5% rest of world.

Company Profiles are supported by a team of 40 researchers, ensuring that content is always up-to-date and accurate.

2,000+ Industry Profiles:

Datamonitor's Industry Profiles are a quick and reliable way to get data on key industrial and consumer sectors across the world's leading economies. The reports draw on extensive primary and secondary research, all aggregated, analyzed, cross-checked and presented in a consistent and accessible style.

All Industry Profiles contain:

  • 5 year historical and 5 year forecast market values and/or volumes
  • market segmentations
  • company and/or product market shares
  • explanatory text identifying major trends and significant growth points
  • analysis of each market's competitive landscape, including main players, distribution channels and regulatory issues

Each profile offers readers an in-depth understanding of the industry segments their clients and potential clients operate in, dramatically cutting research time for presentations and improving the effectiveness of sales pitches. It also allows researchers to find out size, segmentation and trends in any market with minimal time and effort. Business planners can also benefit from this service, improving their market understanding and forecasting ability.

Among the industry areas covered are...

  • Food industry (over 500 reports)
  • Technology & telecoms (over 300 reports)
  • Pharmaceuticals (over 150 reports)
  • Financial services (over 100 reports)
  • Automotive industry (over 100 reports)
  • Energy industry (over 100 reports)
  • Business services (over 100 reports)
50+ Country Profiles:

Through a unique combination of macroeconomic and industry data, Country Profiles give you quick access to country data points, trends and analysis, including:

  • A description of the country's economic performance and GDP
  • An assessment of the potential for development
  • Detailed market and industry analysis of the country's business environment
News & Comment

The Business Information Center is supported by a live feed of relevant news, comment and analysis to keep you and your team up to date with current business issues. Datamonitor analysts provide their reactions to breaking industry news, including merger and acquisition activity, product launches and regulatory changes, and provide insight into how these issues will impact both companies and consumers. Our editors summarize continuously hundreds of news articles from thousands of sources including the financial and international press, online information providers, conferences and journals.

 

Precision Searching

All content is meticulously indexed using our proprietary taxonomy supported by Verity technology. Searches can be tailored to meet your unique requirements.

Power User Tools:

  • Run a single search, by text or keyword, across our entire database
  • Select searches by industry sector, product type, geography or time period
  • Search results grouped according to product type and display synopses
  • Advanced Browse functionality
  • Specialist Query Language
  • Datamonitor proprietary taxonomy