For more resources and strategies, visit the following guides:
Looking for more specific resources or industry specific insights? Try finding associations and newsletters.
Companies will often join professional organizations that promote their industries, and you can often find information that isn't published broadly from these sites.
Similarly, these organizations often publish news letters and host conferences, these are often free and readily available.
Try Statista first. Look for broad studies and then look for more specific ones.
National Cannabis Industry Association: https://thecannabisindustry.org/about-us/ncia-faqs/
The industry newsletter: https://marijuanaretailreport.com
Marajuana Dispensary Newsletter: https://mjbizdaily.com/category/dispensary-news/
Cannabis Dispensary Magazine: https://www.cannabisdispensarymag.com
Interesting economic data: https://mjbizdaily.com/category/charts/
Cannabis industry analytics: https://bdsanalytics.com/cannabis-retail-price-index/
Kansas City Fed Report on Colorado: https://www.kansascityfed.org/publications/research/rme/articles/2018/rme-1q-2018
Restaurants/Bars
Restaurant Association: https://restaurant.org/Home Reports such as this monthly update: https://restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/Research/Economic-Snapshot/EconomicSnapshot-Nov2019.pdf
The National Restaurant Association: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/future-50-2019
as well as this one: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/top-100-independents-2018
Music
Here is the recording studio industry association (they have some excellent resources): https://www.riaa.com/reports/
Mix: Library Proxy
And the professional musicians association: https://www.riaa.com/reports/