IBISWorld best practices and tips to help Searchers - Updated 3/17/21
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• Industry Report Walkthrough (video): https://help.ibisworld.com/s/article/industry-research-reports
Best practices:

• About this Industry chapter provides the Industry Definition, a visual Supply Chain with upstream and downstream industry links, and the industry’s Key External Drivers. • Use the Industry at a Glance chapter as a visual table of contents with Key Industry Data. Executive Summary is your 3-paragraph industry summary. Instantly view the internal strengths and weaknesses and the external opportunities and threats that are facing this industry with the SWOT Analysis to evaluate competitive position and to develop strategic planning.

Report types: • U.S. NAICS Industry Reports: Our NAICS collection analyzes industries at the 5-digit level offering the latest content on 700 industries. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more • U.S. Specialized Industry Reports: NAICS can often be too broad when dealing with small or new industries. IBISWorld’s Specialized Reports follow our standard report format and cover niche and emerging industries. Now over 650 industry report titles published! • Questions for Owners: Impact-specific meeting prep questions to prepare for initial client meetings with talking points related to industry trends. This adds a level of credibility to the conversation.

• International Industry Report Collections: Australia, Canada, China, Global, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Mexico, Spain, Europe, France, Italy.