Research market

Retail & E-commerce Data Research

Research retailers, brands and online merchants with platform and category attributes.

Industry challenges

What Makes This Market Hard

  • Merchant universes churn quickly
  • Brand, retailer and marketplace roles overlap
  • Category classification is inconsistent
  • Store counts and platform data go stale fast

Our approach

How We Research It

We research merchant and brand universes with category and platform attributes, verify trading status and identify commercial decision makers.

Research services

Specific Research We Deliver

  • Merchant universe research
  • Category classification
  • Platform and technology attributes
  • Trading status verification
  • Contact research

Deliverables

Typical Data Fields

  • Company Name
  • Website
  • Sub-Industry
  • Country
  • Technology Used
  • Company Status
  • Decision Maker
  • Job Title

Use cases

Typical Business Objectives

  • Market Research

    Quantify a vertical with researched company universes rather than estimates.

  • Lead Generation

    Reach the right accounts with researched, role-matched contacts instead of recycled lists.

  • Data Cleansing

    Remove duplicates, retire dead records and correct classifications across the database.

Research workflow

How the Programme Runs

  1. 01

    Define

    Understand your ICP, market, geography, data fields and business objective.

  2. 02

    Research

    Research companies, people, websites and market information using structured research workflows.

  3. 03

    Verify

    Verify company identity, website status, contact information, industry and other required attributes.

  4. 04

    Enrich

    Complete missing company, contact, firmographic and market information.

  5. 05

    Quality Control

    Run structured quality checks before delivery.

  6. 06

    Deliver

    Provide clean, structured, campaign-ready or CRM-ready data in the format required.

Case studies

Relevant Research Programmes

CASE STUDY 01Media & Publishing

Media & Publishing Database Research

Challenge
A media and publishing business needed a reliable database of relevant companies and decision-makers across specific industry markets. Existing…
Approach
We researched companies and relevant decision-makers across the defined markets using targeted web research and multiple publicly available sources.…
Scope
Company research, decision-maker research, B2B lead generation, contact enrichment, web research and data validation.
Markets
Media, Publishing, Information Services and related B2B markets.
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FAQ

Retail & E-commerce — Questions

Can you verify whether a merchant is still trading?

Yes. Trading and company status verification is a standard check for this vertical.

Send us a sample of your data.

We will tell you what can be verified, what needs correcting and what we can add — before you commit to anything.

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