Athletic & Outdoor Industry: Trade Publications
Core Article Databases
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SMA: Sports Market Analytics (formerly SBRNet: Sport Business Research Network) This link opens in a new windowIncludes many trade publications. Click on Articles on the top menu bar to do a broad search. Or click on the sport you are interested in, then use the Article Search inside the specific category.
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowProvides full text and citations to articles in various business publications; also includes company profiles, industry profiles, and country information.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowIncludes full text sources for regional, national, and international newspapers as well as business, legal, and medical publications, and also, government documents.
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Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowOffers full text articles in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition, 1984-present) and the online edition (2010-present ), excluding stock quotes and classified ads. Updated daily.
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U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowProvides full text access to: The Chicago Tribune (1985-present), The Los Angeles Times (1985-present), The New York Times (1980-present), The Wall Street Journal (1984-present), and The Washington Post (1987-present). Closed captions are available. Interactive transcripts are available for many, but not all, titles.
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Portland Business Journal This link opens in a new windowProvides access to Portland Business Journal (and other city business journals) and Book of Lists. You must create an individual account to access.
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Financial Times This link opens in a new windowProvides online access to the Financial Times Newspaper. You must create an individual account to access.
PSU faculty/staff/students please create an account using your PDX email
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Bloomberg TerminalBloomberg Terminal includes news.
Additional Resources
The following resources may have free content. However, PSU does NOT provide access to subscription-only content.
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Gear JunkieGear Reviews
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HypeBeast"One of the premiere online destinations for editorially driven commerce and news... in the fashion community."
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Inside OutdoorTrade publication on the outdoor industry.
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Outdoor Industry Association NewsletterPress releases and news from OIA.
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Outdoor Sportswire"The most popular source for business news in the outdoor sports industry "
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Outside MagazineProvides "coverage of the sports, people, places, adventure, discoveries, health and fitness, gear and apparel, trends and events that make up an active lifestyle."
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Roadmunk BlogNuggets of insight for product managers. Also offers a newsletter.
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SGB MediaTrade publications and data on the sporting goods industry.
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SNEWS Outdoor"Insider source for outdoor and fitness industry news, products, trends and education."
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Sporting Goods IntelligenceSporting Goods Industry News
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Women's Wear Daily"Delivers information and intelligence on changing trends and breaking news in the men and women's fashion, beauty and retail industries."
Sustainability Related Resources
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Sustainable Apparel Coalition Higg IndexA suite of tools that enables brands, retailers, and facilities of all sizes to accurately measure and score a company or product’s sustainability performance.