Research and Course Guides: Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Business & the Economy: Industries

How to Research the Impact of COVID-19 on Industries: Subscription Resources

These resources are great sources of industry information (typically including reports, statistics, articles, etc.)

Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides statistics gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources. Search for COVID-19 or coronavirus to find related statistics. Examples: smartphone COVID; airlines coronavirus.
eMarketer This link opens in a new window
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Market data, statistics, and articles on online marketing, e-commerce, media, and emerging technologies worldwide. Search for coronavirus.

Mintel Academic | Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19 related insights, trends, articles, and reports produced by Mintel, a consumer products and services focused market research resource. Restricted to current UST students, faculty, and staff.

Passport This link opens in a new window
Includes market research data, reports, and consumer trends worldwide. Restricted to current UST students, faculty, and staff. Search for coronavirus.
IBISWorld Industry Market Research This link opens in a new window
IBISWorld Industry Market Research Reports provide in-depth industry analysis for 700+ U.S. industries and hundreds of international industries. Restricted to current UST students, faculty, and staff. Check the COVID-19 drop-down menu. See also Coronavirus Update: Industry Fast Facts and Coronavirus: Updated Reports List.

Industry-Specific News and Reports

Medical/Health Care/Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical Technology | Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak: Latest News, Information and Updates
Continually updated. "Focusing specifically on issues relevant to pharmaceutical professionals working with technology, be it development, engineering, IT or production."
FDA Coronavirus Disease Updates
Continually updated. Includes news, updates, facts, and more. Particularly helpful for keeping tabs on the response from or impact on the pharmaceutical industry.
These Are the Drugs and Vaccines That Might End the Coronavirus Pandemic
From Bloomberg Online, April 16, 2020.

Travel

CAPA | Analysis
Continually updated. Use the search box on the left to filter by categories or alerts for COVID. CAPA, Centre for Aviation, "is part of the Aviation Week Network, is one of the world’s most trusted sources of market intelligence for the aviation and travel industry."
APEX | Coronavirus News
Continually updated. News on COVID-19 from APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association) which "is a network of the world’s leading airlines, suppliers and related companies committed to elevating the level of the airline passenger experience."
Travel & Tourism: Impact of the Pandemic (ebook)
Part of RKMA's Pandemic Series, four business reference ebooks assessing the impact of the pandemic on businesses in the U.S. consumer marketplace.

Restaurants

Restaurant Business Online | Tag: Coronavirus
Restaurant Business is tracking the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry.
National Restaurant Association | Coronavirus Information and Resources
Continually updated. Currently focused on resources to help restaurant managers and owners respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eater | A Guide to Coronavirus and the Food World
Continually updated. Wide range of content, news, and analysis on the impact of the coronavirus on the restaurant industry, restaurant workers, delivery options, etc.
Restaurants: Impact of the Pandemic (ebook)
Part of RKMA's Pandemic Series, four business reference ebooks assessing the impact of the pandemic on businesses in the U.S. consumer marketplace.

Retail

Retail & E-Commerce: Impact of the Pandemic (ebook)
Part of RKMA's Pandemic Series, four business reference ebooks assessing the impact of the pandemic on businesses in the U.S. consumer marketplace.

Sports

Sports: Impact of the Pandemic (ebook)
Part of RKMA's Pandemic Series, four business reference ebooks assessing the impact of the pandemic on businesses in the U.S. consumer marketplace.

How to Find Industry-Specific News and Reports

1. Track down "who cares?" about the industry.

Are there industry associations? (Google industry name + association + site:.org to find them. Example: restaurant association site:.org).

Are their government regulators? (For restaurants, think of the local Public Health agency or the Food & Drug Administration (FDA.) You can Google industry name + government regulators to find some quickly.)

Once you find these organizations, look on their websites for sections called News, Reports, Resources, Education, etc. Some of these resources will only be available to members of the trade/industry association, but many will be available for free.

2. Do some advanced Google searching. Examples:

restaurant association covid-19 site:.org

This search returns news and reports from a variety of national and local restaurant associations on COVID-19.

"food service" covid-19 filetype:pdf site:.gov

This search returns results for PDFs on US government websites related to the phrase 'food service' and COVID-19.