Alibaba.com
- The world's largest online business-to-business trading platform for small businesses.
- The company’s English language international marketplace (www.alibaba.com) serves to bring together importers and exporters from more than 240 countries and regions.
- According to Alibaba.com, there are currenntly 108 companies in Canada who manufacturer and/or distribute energy drinks in Canada alone.
- One can search according to broad criteria can refine or narrow search according to ingredients, packaging, marketing
- Can retrieve company profiles, including contact information, company ratings & testimonials from buyers/suppliers, main markets, number of employees, total annual sales volume, export percentage, etc. Product overviews, including ingredients, packaging, design, are also provided for each company listed.
- A company directory providing information on 6,000 of Canada's largest corporations.
- Detailed corporate profiles for 50 large companies are included on the company's website at no charge, but to access additional profiles, one must obtain a paid subscription. At present, none of the freely available profiles examine companies in the coffee and tea industry or the beverage industry.
- Guests may take a tour of the website to examine its features before committing to a paid subscription. At present, the annual subscription price for the website is $459.95 CAD for Canadian residents.
- The Blue Book of Canadian Business releases a print volume each year and contains the corporate profiles on its website. It is cheaper than a yearly subscription to the electronic version, as it is currently priced at $209.95 CAD.
CCC (Canadian Company Capabilities)
- A free company directory from Industry Canada that allows users to search a database of more than 60,000 Canadian businesses according to a number of criteria, including NAICS code, keyword, company name, product description, and/or province.
- In-depth profiles are provided for each company listed, including company history, current executives (names, titles, and contact information), number of employees, geographic market, and revenue.
- A free online directory of Canadian businesses maintained by ABACUS, a Toronto-based marketing firm, that allows users to browse a list of companies according to industry or geographic location. Users can also search by company name or keyword.
- Provides names and contact information of key representatives for each company listed.
- Provides a number of industry profiles (for the coffee & tea industry and related industries) with relevant financial details both at the national level and globally.
- Financial statistics include market value, size, segmentation, and forecasts.
- Users can search by name, keyword, and/or NAICS code to browse comprehensive company profiles provided by Standard & Poor, Hoover's, and D&B Company Profiles. Profiles include company history, detailed stock information and executives, for several hundred key corporations in the coffee and tea industry.
- Users can search by NAICS or SIC code to identify competitors within both the coffee and tea industry as well as competing industries.
- At present, only a few dozen companies within the coffee and tea industry around the world have detailed company profiles in Mergent's database, but the information provided on these companies is comprehensive.
- Many companies listed within the coffee and tea industries (as well as other industries) are international corporations, so Mergent is a good tool for gathering information on competitors on a global scale.
- The website of the Toronto Stock Exchange provides a directory of all companies currently listed in its stock exchange to facilitate easy retrieval of competitors' current and historical stock performance.
- An authoritative, bilingual directory of key businesses in Canada by a respected publisher.
- Currently available in print format or CD-ROM.
- Revised on an annual basis.
- Profiles the largest 20,000 Canadian companies, so the directory is a good resource for identifying key players in a given industry.
- Companies are listed alphabetically by business name, by geographic location, or by industry (SIC code).
- In the 2011 edition, seven companies are listed under SIC 2095 (Manufacturing-Roasted Coffee), five relevant companies are included under SIC 2099 (Manufacturing--Food preparations), and more than 100 companies, including several dozen coffee and/or tea manufacturers, are listed under SIC 5149 (Wholesale-groceries & related products).
