Welcome to The Signal – a monthly column from Neudata that curates the latest, interesting data vendor research on market trends. Each link below highlights a research study or report released by a data provider, in which it analyses its own data in conjunction with this month's relevant market headlines.

Welcome to The Signal, we are looking at how markets are performing in a post- Covid world across multiple industries.

We share the names of five vendors that can help data buyers make sense of inflationary impacts across the global economy. 

In our July edition, we explore how US travellers are returning to Southeast Asia and discover some leading indicators to track the cruise line industry’s revival. We also dive into US department store performance.

In our June edition, we recap a study on data services, highlight the impact of COVID-19 on migration trends in the US and explore new monetisation strategies within the mobile gaming industry.

In our May edition, we recap a study on outsourced data services, highlight a dataset that can be used to track unemployment levels, and share the names of three vendors that can provide insight into the fundamentals of popular tech stocks like Netflix, Amazon and Ticketmaster.

In our March edition, we explore how the Russian-Ukrainian War is affecting supply chains and tourism, explore the effects of inflation on consumer spending, outline the current state of location data, and highlight the most popular keywords on app stores.

In our February edition, we explore consumer attitudes towards Valentine’s Day, highlight gaming acquisition implications, investigate workout trends and uncover some root causes of food price inflation.

In our January edition, it’s all about jobs! We highlight the industries poised to expand in 2022, dive into why December jobs posting data may not tell the full story, discuss the likelihood of vaccine mandates on hiring and explore the backgrounds of portfolio company leadership teams.

In our October edition, we highlight hiring trends among hedge funds, analyse the slow growth of back-to-school spending and assess trends in urban migration, US imports and crop production forecasts.