J.C. Williams Group is one of the largest and most thriving full service retail and retail-related consulting companies in North America. Click on publications for the National Retail Bulletin, a free monthly report on retail sales activity in Canada or the United States.
(URL for this site: http://www.jcwg.com/)
Junior Achievement (JA) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring young people about business and economics. Annually, in Canada alone, over 6,150 business people contribute their time to JA and over 11,000 firms and individuals provide funds.
(URL for this site: http://www.jacan.org/)
Jupiter Research - A US fee-based research site, however, you can register as a guest to get some free reports and information on a variety of consumer-based markets. Excellent market research if you can afford the full reports.
(URL for this site: http://www.jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/home/)