Here are some helpful research sources:
WARC.com
Warc is a comprehensive marketing information service offering research and data from around the world .
WARC provides forecasts of advertising expenditure for all major economies, used by researchers worldwide.
Warc.com is a great source of case studies, best practice guides, marketing intelligence, consumer insight, industry trends and latest news from around the world.
If you are a Communications Council member, there is a 10% agency wide discount on warc.com.
IMI Research
IMI International is a market research company specialising in the promotions and short-term marketing industry.
IMI research offers consumer-validated facts and insights, tracking and trending capabilities over time and relevant case studies from around the globe.
APMA Members get a preferential rate for the Standard IMI Subscription - $2895 (save $580)
Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) was established in 2005 to focus research and development on the role the creative industries and their contributing disciplines make to a more dynamic and inclusive innovation system and society.
The CCI has broad research about the whole of the creative sector.
A helpful overview of the Creative sector is this Economy Report Card, which provides a snapshot of key facts about Australia's creative industries, the creative workforce and businesses -- based on analysis of national statistics and reports.
Contact Linde Wolters for more information:
linde@communicationscouncil.org.au