South Africa Market Demographics
Statistics South AfricaPopulation, community and consumer statistics by and about South Africa
[
Details]
OECD iLibraryTo browse all content including data, articles and book chapters, use the drop down menu to choose South Africa and search. For demographic statistics navigate to OECD stat.
[
Details]
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)Market Indicators and Forecasts includes demographic statistics.
[
Details]
Consumer Culture
McKinsey recenty published The Rise of the African Consumer which includes some useful insights. The University of South Africa, Bureau of Market Research also offers some open source high quality reports on consumer behavior and attitudes.
Euromonitor (Passport)Single most useful database for foreign marketing projects. Use the Countries and Consumers tab to navigate to the Country Pulse, a chronological report on trends and Country Lifestyle a report on a wide range of consumer habits.
[
Details]
Search business articles (ABI Inform, Business Source Premier, ISI Emerging Markets and Lexis-Nexis) for observations and studies about buyer behavior. Search by keywords and leverage the power of subject terms to search throughly.
Product & Market Mix
Market research or industry reports are a good way to begin studies of product positioning and market mix.
Euromonitor (Passport)This time use Euromonitor to get reports, news and statistics on the product category you've chosen. Use the Search tab and expand the category trees to check off the closes approximation of your product. Select the South Africa geography
[
Details]
ReferenceUSAThis database has selected regional and foreign industry reports from MarketLine and Freedonia. From the landing page search OneSource by industry keyword.
[
Details]
IBIS WorldIBISWorld may have a relevant global (but not South Africa) industry report.
[
Details]
Price Waterhouse Coopers publishes surveys and reports on industries in S.A. International trade associations are good sources for industry reports too. Give these a try:
Promotion
The following database can be used for information about advertising costs and media usage patterns in South Africa.
WARCCase studies, news and data on global marketing and advertising.
[
Details]
e-Marketere-Marketer is an international aggregator of data and reports on digital marketing from over 4000 sources. Access reports, data and news about media usage, social media, mobile, digital advertising, e-commerce, e-mail marketing, and search across a wide range of industries.
[
Details]
Doing Business in South Africa
Make an Appointment for Research Help
U.S. Commercial Service Market Research LibraryFree registration required. Obtain both Country Commercial Guides and more narrowly focused market research reports.
[
Details]
Global EdgeGlobal business knowledge site providing access to authoritative data from Michigan State University.
[
Details]
World Bank Doing BusinessData and reports on business regulation for regions, 189 nations and some subnational entities and cities.
[
Details]
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)Commerce Reports cover how to do business in S.A.
[
Details]
Make an Appointment for Research Help