market research

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

market research
    n 1: research that gathers and analyzes information about the
         moving of good or services from producer to consumer [syn:
         {marketing research}, {market research}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "market research":
      consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey,
      direct-mail selling, hard sell, hawking,
      high-pressure salesmanship, huckstering, jobbing,
      low-pressure salesmanship, mail-order selling, marketing,
      marketing research, merchandising, peddling, promotion, retailing,
      sales campaign, sales promotion, salesmanship, selling, sellout,
      soft sell, wholesaling