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How to Use This Page

  • Start by reading the first two sections, Germany: Overview and Germany: Articles & News
    • This information is relevant to all students working within Germany.
  • Research your specific company.
    • Companies are bolded at the top of each section. 
    • Either scroll OR click on the company in the navigation bar to the left.

Key Considerations:

  • Business databases are bolded and left-aligned.
    • Links bring you to the UBC library's page for the database, where you can connect to the resource.
  • Information sources (e.g. articles, ebooks) are bullet points under the business databases.
    • Some sources are linked, and you can go directly to them.
    • If a source does not have a link, you should go to the relevant business database and search for the title.
    • For example, articles and data sets in Passport GMID cannot be directly linked. To access them, connect to Passport GMID, then search for "Consumer Types in Germany" (if this is the article you are interested in).
  • Article databases (such as ABI/Inform, Business Source Ultimate) include queries directly underneath in italics.
    • Re-run the query in the database to find the articles we listed and more.
    • Other navigation guidance is also typed in italics directly underneath the relevant database.

Germany: Overviews

Overviews of the business and economic climate in Berlin, Germany, as well as consumer and industrial trends.

Passport GMID

Passport GMID does not provide direct links to their resources.

Access the below reports by pasting the title in the search bar. 

  • Berlin in Germany (Cities Report)
  • Germany Cities Review
  • Consumer Types in Germany
  • Consumer Values and Behaviour in Germany
  • Megatrends in Germany

Access the below reports by pasting the title in the search bar OR using the "Explore categories" search function. (See screenshot below.)

Report Category
Business Dynamics: Germany Economies -> Business Dynamics 
Commodities: Germany  Economies -> Commodities 
Economy, Finance and Trade: Germany   Economies -> Economy, Finance and Trade 
PEST Analysis: Germany  Economies -> Economy, Finance and Trade 
Households: Germany Consumers -> Households 
Income and Expenditure: Germany Consumers -> Income and Expenditure
Germany: Consumer Profile Consumers -> Population
Germany in 2040: The Future Demographic Consumers -> Population

Screenshot of Passport GMID, with the "Explore categories" search function circled in red.

Other Links:

Germany: Articles & News

Business Source Ultimate

Access Business Source Ultimate database, then search using keywords. Alternatively, you can search in specific publications. See below.

Search within Bloomberg Opinion for Berlin OR Germany (GE Geographic Terms). Examples:

ABI/INFORM Collection

Access ABI/INFORM database, then search using keywords. Alternatively, you can search in specific publications. See below.

Search within The Economist for Berlin OR Germany. Examples:

Search within The Wall Street Journal for Berlin OR Germany. Examples:

Factiva

Query suggestions: "Business in Berlin" OR (Business AND Berlin); "Berlin AND Politics". Set date to be in the last 3 months. Set region as Berlin. Examples:

7Learnings

Company Information

Market Information

ABI/Inform

Query: ("predictive pricing" OR "trade promotion optimization" OR "price optimization") AND ("artificial intelligence" OR "machine learning")

BCC Research

  • Predictive Analytics: Global Markets

Business Source Ultimate

Query: ("predictive pricing" OR "trade promotion optimization" OR "price optimization") AND ("artificial intelligence" OR "machine learning")

CB Insights

  • Market: Trade promotion optimization

eMarketer

  • AI Use Cases That Their Company Is Currently Pursuing According to UK/US Executives, March 2024 (% of respondents)
  • Areas Where CMOs Worldwide See Generative AI Having the Most Application and Integration in 2024, Q1 2024 (% of respondents)

Statista

  • Predictive analytics market revenue worldwide in 2020 and 2028
  • Market Insights: Business Intelligence Software (Region: Germany)
  • Machine learning revenue in Germany from 2020 to 2030

Competitors

PitchbookPrice optimization companies

CB Insights

Find on 7Learnings company profile

  • aifora
  • Competera
  • Luca

Business Market Research: PROS Holdings, Inc.

DYCLE

Company Information

Market Information

Business Source Ultimate

Query: (diapers OR "hygiene products") AND (sustainab* OR eco-friendly OR zero-waste)

BCC Research

Query: Sanitary

  • Baby Care and Feminine Hygiene Products: Global Markets

IBISWorld

  • Diaper Manufacturing in the US

Passport GMID

Explore by category -> Industries -> Health & Beauty -> Tissue & Hygiene -> Retail Tissue & Hygiene -> Retail Hygiene -> Nappies/Diapers/Pants

  • Country Report: Nappies/Diapers/Pants in Germany

Statista

  • Market Insights: Baby Diapers (Region: Germany)

Consumer Insights Tool

Insights -> Consumer Insights -> Explore Consumer Insights -> Popular Topics: Sustainability -> Change Country to Germany

  • Drivers of sustainable beauty/personal care purchases
  • Barriers to sustainable beauty/personal care purchases

Competitors

CB Insights

Query in search bar: Compostable diapers (view companies)

Pitchbook 

Companies -> Industries, Verticals & Keywords: diapers (keyword), compostable (keyword) -> change search logic from OR to AND -> search

PACE Aerospace Engineering & Information Technology GmbH

Company Information

Pitchbook

  • Company Profile: PACE Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology
  • Company Profile: TXT e-Solutions

CB Insights

  • Company Profile: PACE Aerospace & IT
  • Company Profile: TXT e-Solutions 

Business Source Ultimate

SQUAKE

Company Information

Market Information

BCC Research

  • Carbon Management Software: Global Market Outlook

Business Source Ultimate

Query: carbon AND emissions AND software AND (track* OR management)

Factiva

Query: carbon AND logistics AND transportation AND climate (Region: Germany)

  • Aviation in Germany - Industry Overview

Query: "carbon offset" (Region: Germany; Date: last 6 months)

  • Climate Impact of Carbon Crediting Projects Is Substantially Overestimated
  • Deutsche Bank AG - The price of CO₂

UBC Library Summon

Query: "carbon management software"

Query: ((SubjectTerms:"Business logistics" AND SubjectTerms:"Environmental aspects.") OR (SubjectTermsCombined:"Business logistics -- Environmental aspects.")) AND transportation

WARC: World Advertising Research Center

Query: Strategy -> case finder -> technology and electronics (category) + carbon (keyword) -> search

URVI GmbH

Company Information

Market Information

ABI/INFORM

Query: ("dietary supplement" OR vitamin) AND gumm* 

BCC Research

  • Probiotics in Food, Beverages, Dietary Supplements and Animal Feed
  • Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs and Dietary Supplements: Opportunities for Consumer Goods Distributors
  • 2021 Dietary Foods Research Review

Business Source Ultimate

Query: ("dietary supplement" OR vitamin) AND gumm*

eMarketer

  • Global consumers are purchasing a wide range of products to improve their well-being 
  • Consumer spending on health and wellness products is shifting to online channels

Passport GMID

Query: explore categories -> industries -> health and beauty -> consumer health -> vitamins and dietary supplements (select) -> geography: Germany (select) -> search

  • Market Size: Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Germany
  • Company Shares: Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Germany
  • Brand Shares: Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Germany
  • Retail Channels: Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Germany
  • Herbal/Traditional vs. Standard: Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Germany

Statista

  • Global dietary supplements and functional foods market - statistics & facts
  • Vitamins & Minerals: market data & analysis
  • Food supplements in Germany - statistics & facts
  • Target audience: Vitamin supplement users in Germany
  • Leading vitamin brands in Germany in 2023, by number of consumers

WARC

Query: strategy -> case finder -> vitamin (keyword), supplement (keyword) -> Europe (location) -> search

  • Redoxon: Guard of your goodness
  • Holland and Barrett: Redefining UK wellness through innovative research

Competitor Information

Among others,

Pinpoint

Company Information

Market Information

ABI/INFORM

Query: (setpoint OR set-point) AND optimization AND industr*

BCC Research

  • Manufacturing and Process Control: Sensors, Relays and Software Markets
  • Sensors for the Internet of Things (IOT): Global Markets

Business Source Ultimate

Query: (setpoint OR set-point OR "process controls" OR APC) AND ("artificial intelligence" OR "machine learning" OR "internet of things" OR iot)

CB Insights

Query: "process control" (view research)

  • The industrial internet of things (IIoT) market map
  • Advanced manufacturing: Top research and trends to watch

Statista

Research AI Query: Market for industrial automation or productive process control in Germany, especially relating to artificial intelligence or internet of things

  • Market Insights: Industrial IoT (Region: Germany)
  • Market Insights: AI Industrial Robotics (Region: Germany)
  • Evaluation of AI development in industrial production, material planning and machine service in Germany in 2024