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Our team offers objective expert insights on which reports will best meet your needs.

MarketPublishers.com supports the most comprehensive collection of over 1,500,000 research publications from over 250 leading global research companies. The website indexes market research reports only, thereby eliminating the need to scour hundreds of Google or Yahoo! results for information that still needs to be verified by independent research.

Our research specialists will save your time and money by personally assisting you in finding the right report.

You can begin with a keyword search using the Search and/or Advanced Search field on the top right corner of every page or browse the research report using our publications catalogue on the left. The search generates the reports containing your keywords in the title, abstract or table of contents. You can also use Advanced Search to narrow your search by price, date published and geographic region.

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Click "Add to basket" on the page with the report(s) that you wish to purchase. As a result, the selected report(s) will be added to the basket. Then you can make a final order by clicking "Checkout". You will be offered available payment methods. Please choose the appropriate one and follow the next instructions. Your Personal Consultant will contact you within 24 hours and will execute the delivery of the report(s) to the address you indicated.

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If you have any questions about our reports or wish to make an order, please call our Client Support Centre at +44 (0)20 8123 2220.

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You can send a message with your order to our e-mail: [email protected]. Please indicate the report(s) title(s), delivery address, banking details and preferred payment method. Your Personal Consultant will contact you within 24 hours and will execute the delivery of the report(s) to the address you indicated.

You can pay by the following means:

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Click "Add to Basket" button in the report page(s) you are interested in to generate your order list. Once your order list is complete, click "Checkout" with wire transfer option to get the invoice where relevant banking details and a list of ordered report(s) are indicated.

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The payment is made in US dollars. If payment in other currency is required, please contact your Personal Consultant by email [email protected] or by phone +44 (0)20 8123 2220 who will arrange the appropriate documents.

Note: SWIFT transfers may take 2-3 days which you should take into consideration when ordering the report(s).

2. Payments by Credit Card

Click "Buy Now" button in the report page and follow the instructions to process the payment. We accept the following credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club.

3. Systems of electronic payments: Moneybookers and Web Money

If you decide to use one of these payment systems, please contact your Personal Consultant by email [email protected] or by phone +44 (0)20 8123 2220 who will assist you to make a payment.

Our standard policy is to sell the report as a single entity. Such strategy prevents any contextual misunderstanding that might arise because of the absence of the remaining chapters. The selected report fragments may lack valuable statistical data and other information unfold in the outstanding chapters, without which the picture might be incomplete.

In case you need the separate chapter(s) of the report, please contact your Personal Consultant using a request form at the right side of the reports page or call +44 (0)20 8123 2220.

The report receipt depends directly on the delivery formats. The report(s) may be delivered in the following ways:

1. By e-mail (electronic format)

The report in electronic form (PDF format) will be sent to your e-mail address. The standard delivery period is 24 hours, though in a number of cases express delivery within 2 hours is possible.

Note: Time zones may slightly affect the delivery period. Our company's working hours: 8.00 - 17.00 GMT-0 (UK time zone), however a number of our research partners are located in other time zones which may result in certain communication delays.

In case of urgency please contact your Personal Consultant or our Client Support Centre and we will do our best to serve you needs.

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2. By post (printed and/or CD-ROM)

Paper (and/or CD-ROM) version of the report can be shipped to your mailing address (we use mainly DHL or EMS). For hard copy shipping charges please contact your Personal Consultant.

A flat rate for hard copy mail delivery is USD 140. However, please contact your Personal Consultant by email [email protected] or by phone +44 (0)20 8123 2220 to confirm the shipping charges.

Unfortunately, the specific character of an information product could not stipulate its valid return in case of non-payment. Consequently, we do not send any materials until a full payment arrives.

To ensure the successful delivery of your order, please ascertain that there is adequate room in your inbox to receive the ordered report. Also, check that your email account is configured to receive both PDF and Word document attachments.

It may be necessary to contact your administrator to make sure the email hasn't been trapped by a spam filter.

Since we actually promote a hypermarket concept of selling ready-made market research reports, we initially quote the minimum price at which our research partners are ready to sell their reports. Thus, you can take advantage of a huge reports selection available at bargain prices.

We are interested in acquiring more regular customers who will be active users of our services thus we offer you to participate in our Customer Rewards Discount Program.

A customer registered at www.marketpublishers.com can obtain the following Rewards (Points) Discount Cards:

1.Premium Card

After you sign up at www.marketpublishers.com and purchase a report you will receive a Rewards Discount Card known as a Premium Card, which will allow you to purchase all further ready-made reports at a 5% discount.

2.Corporate Card

Active corporate clients can get a special Corporate Card, which will enable them to have a 10% discount on the purchase of ready-made reports and 5% discount on made-to-order market studies. Clients that place annually not less than 5 orders can qualify.

3.VIP Card

Corporate clients with a large volume of orders can get a VIP Card, which will guarantee them a 15% discount on ready-made reports and 10% discount on made-to-order market studies.

Clients that make annually not less than 25 orders can qualify.

The report prices indicated on our website exclude any taxes or duties.

Individuals, non-EU citizens, as well as companies registered outside EU, should not pay a value-added tax (VAT).

A legal entity registered in any EU member state is VAT exempt. However, such entity should provide its VAT-number for bookkeeping purposes.

Individuals, EU residents, should pay 15% VAT on electronic products. Consequently, tax will be added to your Invoice amount. However, printed materials are exempt from VAT.

Discounts availability for students are discussed with every single research partner directly and requires academic status confirmation. Please email your Personal Consultant ([email protected]) for further details.

For the bookkeeping purposes we may provide a client with an invoice (receipt) in PDF form or original and/or other relevant documents if required. Please contact our Client Support Center for all issues connected with documents background.

Certainly, we can deliver the report to your colleague. Just make sure you indicate the end user's email when placing an order. Thus, we ascertain to send the report to the correct email address.

Due to the nature of information products and the ease with which their value can be transferred, most of our research partners will not accept returns under any circumstances. However, we will do our best to accommodate return requests and handle each on a case-by-case basis. For further information regarding the process and conditions of returns please see our terms & conditions page.

We offer market research reports, which feature quantitative and qualitative research on various markets, industries, and companies. The formats and lengths of reports may vary from 7-page company profiles to exhaustive 1,000-page industry studies. The majority reports represented at www.marketpublishers.com are independent studies, which are available as PDF downloads or bound print copies.

We have developed a report classification system (helpful when purchasing the report) to evaluate the level of research elaboration. The following report types are introduced:

Article - an analytical essay on market state and/or its trends;

Book - a manuscript in classic printed or electronic form;

Brief Review - a concise market survey;

Business Directory - a business-related catalogue with contact details;

Data Base - a collection of data organized in such a way to provide effortless information search and sorting;

Periodicals - a regularly issued publication on a specific market;

Reference Manual - a reference book;

Strategic Report - an analytical market study.

The research publications are produced by more than 250 leading global research companies.

Every single report price is set by the respective research partner. Representing a global provider of ready-made reports and acting as a gateway to the international market of business-oriented research studies at no extra costs for our clients, we often give prices that are even lower than those proposed by the research companies themselves.

Our regular customers may join our advanced system of discounts and bonus which, under rich choice of options and reduced prices, allows them to use their marketing budget in the most effective way.

Speak to our Customer Support Center to find the report which will best meet your needs and budget.

Our research partners (professional companies with years of experience in preparing marketing research) feature impressive portfolios with major research projects on specialized fields. Their expert work has already gained positive critical acclaim from the clients.

The publications mainly come in Adobe Pdf, rarer in Word, PowerPoint documents and hard copies.

Yes, our specialists in collaboration with research partner companies can prepare an updated or customized research report. We are here to put together all possible options and tools to perform the research on your requested topic.

Please contact our Customer Support Center by email [email protected] or by phone +44 (0)20 8123 2220 to order a customized research report.

Every single report is copyright reserved by a respective research company. Consequently, the report or any part of it may be used within the purchasing entity or for private (non-commercial) purposes only. Transmission of the entire report or any part of it to a third party is strictly prohibited.

Please contact your Personal Consultant or Customer Support Centre by email [email protected] or by phone +44 (0)20 8123 2220 for detailed information on the possibility to publish and use purchased materials.

Licenses for electronic versions are intended to authorize the use of the purchased products. Customers who purchase electronic versions (PDF or web access) must always select one from a range of licenses depending on the number of users. Here "license" means the license to use a given product and that is granted to users by the publisher of the product. Types of licenses are, therefore, quite varied and differed between publishers according to their policies.

Note: Identical license types might have different definition or conditions depending on the research company. Please inquire the details from an individual product page or ask our Customer Support Center by phone +44 (0)20 8123 2220 or email [email protected].

Types of licenses include:

Single User License - A license granted to one user. Rules or conditions might be applied for e.g. the use of electric files (PDFs) or printings, depending on product.

Multi User License - A license granted to multiple users.

Department License - A license granted to a single department/section of a company.

Site License - A license granted to a single business site/establishment.

Regional License, Divisional License - A license granted to a specified region.

Corporate License, Global License - A license granted to a whole company (incl. subsidiaries and foreign offices).

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We are interested in acquiring more regular clients who will be active users of our services thus the following benefits are provided to our registered customers:

• Discount program (Customer Rewards Discount Program) for regular customers;


• Access to the information on new and coming entries;


• Access to market research news by our research partners;


• Free market reports search & direct download service;


• Up to 15% off ticket price for participation in Events & Conferences held by our research partners.

We offer you to participate in our Customer Rewards Discount Program. A customer registered at www.marketpublishers.com can obtain the following Rewards (Points) Discount Cards:

1.Premium Card

After you sign up at www.marketpublishers.com and purchase a report you will receive a Rewards Discount Card known as a Premium Card, which will allow you to purchase all further ready-made reports at a 5% discount.

2.Corporate Card<

Active corporate clients can get a special Corporate Card, which will enable them to have a 10% discount on the purchase of ready-made reports and 5% discount on made-to-order market studies. Clients that place annually not less than 5 orders can qualify.

3.VIP Card

Corporate clients with a large volume of orders can get a VIP Card, which will guarantee them a 15% discount on ready-made reports and 10% discount on made-to-order market studies. Clients that make annually not less than 25 orders can qualify.

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