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 […]

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, […]

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; • […]