A selection of useful links for data about the (European) Retail Market

(on some of the websites charges will apply):

Euromonitor - Global Market Information Database (GMID) (Country information)
Business Insights (Reports about different branches esp. consumer goods)
Access Asia (Market research studies for the Asian market)
Global Insight (Market analysis of various branches)
wiso Praxis (Retail information, German speaking area)

European Retail Market

World Trade Commerce (statistics and analytics on global commerce)

Metro Group: Stats and graphics on:  "Commerce - Industry of the future"

European Commission

World Trade Organization Statistics Databases

German, Austrian and Swiss Retail Federations

• National Retailing Federation (www.nrf.com)
• Swiss Retail Federation (www.swiss-retail.ch)
• Schweizer Detaillistenverband (www.detaillisten.ch)
• Hauptverband des Deutschen Einzelhandels (www.einzelhandel.de)
• Schweizer Bundesamt für Statistik (www.bfs.admin.ch)
• Statistik Austria (www.statistik.at)
• Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland (www.destatis.de)
• Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (www.diw-berlin.de)
• Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (www.wko.at)