Below are potential sources of information for researching your competitors. 1. ProFile Canada http://www.profilecanada.com/index.cfm 2. Canadian Trade Index – The Industrial Purchasing Directory http://www.ctidirectory.com/ 3. Profile USA http://www.nexport.com/ 4. US Industrial Directory http://www.macraesbluebook.com/ 5. FRASERS Canada’s online industrial directory and search engine. http://www.frasers.com/ 6. Canada One http://www.canadaone.com/business/ 7. RFPSource https://www.rfpsource.ca/E/index.cfm 8. Industrial Supplies Directory http://www.thomasnet.com/ 9. Business databases (for example: Hoover’s Online, and Dun & Bradstreet, LexisNexis 10. Strategic http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/ […]

Deloitte’s report “Canada’s productivity challenge in the Future of productivity report, A wake-up call for Canadian companies” (released June 2013) on productivity provides the following recommendations: o Companies need to pay more attention to competitive data. o With proper benchmarking, companies can be more confident that their decisions will help them compete successfully. o Companies should perform ongoing competitive intelligence and search for benchmarking opportunities. http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/insights/insights-and-issues/the-future-of-productivity-2013/index.htm “Canada’s productivity challenge in […]

The Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) defines Competitive Intelligence as “a necessary, ethical business discipline for decision making based on understanding the competitive environment.” Competitive intelligence helps you to: • become more competitive; • understand your competitive environment; • see market shifts and trends; • identify competitor strategies, strengths, and weaknesses; • analyze competitor capabilities; • improve your strategic decision making. Here are some of the resources you can […]