Conducting marketing research studies namely through periodic on-line consumer surveys pertaining to various business industries including but not limited to retailers, product manufacturers, financial institutions and automakers to monitor consumer attitudes, perceptions, shopping habits, future purchase plans and changing behavior for use by businesses to track and forecast consumer markets; analysis of information and data from consumer surveys to gain national and regional insights and identify future trends in retail consumer behavior and political strategies; providing information, data and analyses from consumer surveys via a global computer information network