Data Sources

Where do we get our data?
Every company profile you find in our directories and electronic directory systems is created and updated by direct company contact at least annually and often semi-monthly. Yes, every profile. Mailings, telephone calls, faxes, e-mail - all to make sure our information is the most accurate available at any price. Our editors, industry analysts and researchers monitor information from sources as diverse as the 24-hour newswire, newspaper clipping services, the Internet, trade/industry publications and even the proverbial grapevine. More importantly, they are all knowledgeable retail experts who sift and blend these various sources into an information package you can rely on.

Furthermore, all our directory products are at least partially supported by our retail site database, a one-of-a-kind source of information which operates on a store-by-store level. Ask our competitors if they can say the same. Trade Dimensions Retail Site Database currently contains the point locations of over 340,000 retail sites in the US, and that number continues to grow as we expand our coverage into additional retail categories. We make millions of changes to that database every year (on a daily basis) in a concerted effort to monitor every store closing, opening, merger, acquisition and sale that occurs in the most dynamic business segment there is.