For those of you researching or interested in the Colorado Ski Industry, the following resources may provide helpful starting points.

• NSAA National Ski Areas Association

Some industry stats are freely available.

• Colorado Ski Country Media Center

Mountain facts and occasional visitor stats.

• NSGA National Sporting Goods Association

Some sports participation stats

Other sources:

• Business Source Premier (CSU database) provides articles and reports on industries. Try searching using the keywords "ski resorts" or "winter resorts."


• Investext (CSU database) provides brokerage house reports on industries. Try a keyword search using "ski" or "ski resort."


• The U.S. Census provides economic census reports on various industries for each state. The NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) number for skiing facilities is 71392. This falls under the larger category of Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation. Click here for the Colorado report. Scroll down to NAICS 71. 2002 Economic Census for Colorado

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You can now access me (Louise Feldmann, CSU's Business Librarian) via IM. You can either simply send a message using the Meebo widget located on the lower right of the Business Blog's main page or contact me using IM in Yahoo!, Google, or aim. My screen name is louisebizlib. I don't have set hours, but will be available and monitoring my IM accounts when I'm in my office.

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A website maintained by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University, GlobalEDGE is an excellent starting point for international research covering the topics of international business and country studies. If you're unsure of where to start, this is the place to go. Links are to an impressive number of websites with topics covering statistics, government resources, trade information, finance, current topics, and news.
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Frequently, I get questions from students researching the beer industry and, in particular, the craft or micro brew industry. Here's some places to start when researching this topic.

Places to start in your research:

Brewer's Association of America

http://www.brewersassociation.org
There are some craft brew stats here such as number of barrels, sales volume, etc.

Beer Institute

http://www.beerinstitute.org
Quite a few stats here under the "Research" tab on the top of the homepage. Gallon consumption, shipments, productions, per capital consumption, alcohol expenditures.

North American Beer Industry

HD9397 .A1 N67 2007 Ref
This book is in our reference collection. There is a good section on craft brewers with sales and market size stats.

Other possible sources:

Best Customers: Demographics of Consumer Demand

HC79 .C6 R87 2005 Ref
This book takes products and looks at average household spending on the product by age ranges. It also breaks this into market share. Look under "Beer and Ale at Home" and "Beer and Ale away from Home."

Beer Marketer's Insights

http://www.beerinsights.com
Wide range of industry data.

The U.S. Brewing Industry: Data and economic analysis

HD9397 .U52 T73 2005

North American Beer Industry

HD9397 .A1 N67 2007 Ref
Sales stats and market size information.

Beer Institute - Brewer's Alamanac

http://www.beerinstitute.org
See "Research" section.

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