Stagnito Business Information

What Stagnito Business Information does

Stagnito Business Information, operating commercially as EnsembleIQ, is a B2B media and business intelligence company headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, with a presence in Chicago. Founded in 1990, the company operates a portfolio of more than 24 industry-specific trade publications and digital media properties serving professionals across the retail, consumer goods, healthcare, hospitality, and technology sectors. The brand portfolio includes established titles such as Chain Store Age, Progressive Grocer, and Hotel Business, which together generate approximately 24 million annual digital pageviews, reach 12 million unique users, and maintain more than 283,000 social followers.

Name

Stagnito Business Information

Legal name

EnsembleIQ

Website

https://stagnitomedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

B2B media and business intelligence company operating 24+ trade publications across retail, consumer goods, healthcare, hospitality, and technology, serving 12 million annual unique digital users via subscriptions, events, advertising, and research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Deerfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Publications: Professional publications and research subscriptions across retail, convenience, grocery, hospitality, pharmacy, and healthcare verticals including Canadian Grocer, Chain Store Age, Convenience Store News, Progressive Grocer, Hospitality Technology, and others.
2. Events and Conferences: Industry-specific events including Category Summit Longevity, Inside Beauty & Wellness Forum, Star Women in Convenience, and Hotel Visionary Awards that drive attendance revenue and sponsorships.
3. Digital Advertising and Sponsorships: Digital advertising placements across their portfolio of 24+ industry publications and websites reaching 12 million annual unique users.
4. Research and Market Intelligence: Market research reports and proprietary data services for consumer goods, retail, and hospitality sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stagnito Business Information (operating as EnsembleIQ) is a B2B media and market intelligence company that delivers actionable insights and professional connections through a portfolio of 24+ industry-specific trade publications, proprietary research, industry events, and member communities. It serves retail, technology, consumer goods, healthcare, and hospitality professionals across the U.S. and Canada with subscription-based content, advertising, sponsorships, and convening forums.

Product overview

EnsembleIQ is a business intelligence media company operating a portfolio of 17+ industry-specific publications, research institutes, and event brands. The portfolio is organized around five business solutions: Brands (trade publications), Marketing, Research, Events, and Member Communities. The core products are the individual publication sub-brands (Canadian Grocer, Chain Store Age, Consumer Goods Technology, Convenience Store News, Drug Store News, HBSDealer, Hospitality Technology, Progressive Grocer, Storebrands, etc.), which are complemented by the Path to Purchase Institute research arm and Product of the Year Canada award program. The company delivers actionable insights and connections to retail, technology, consumer goods, healthcare, and hospitality professionals through content, events, and community platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Canadian Grocer: Trade media publication covering the Canadian grocery industry
• Chain Store Age
• Consumer Goods Technology
• Convenience Store News
• Drug Store News
• HBSDealer
• Hospitality Technology
• Monday Retail IQ
• OCTANE
• Path to Purchase Institute
• Pharmacy Practice + Business
• Progressive Grocer
• Restaurant Technology Network
• Storebrands

Products and services

• Progressive Grocer

Quantifiable outcome

• 24 million annual digital pageviews
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MultiView: B2B digital media company producing niche trade publications and lead-generation solutions for associations and vertical industries — directly comparable in trade publishing monetization model.
• Winsight: B2B media, data, and events company serving the foodservice and convenience retail industries — direct competitor in overlapping retail and hospitality verticals.
• Questex: Private B2B media and events company operating vertical-specific brands in hospitality, retail, healthcare, and technology — virtually identical business model and end-market overlap to EnsembleIQ's portfolio.
• Networld Media Group: B2B media company publishing retail technology and restaurant technology brands including Retail TouchPoints — direct competitor in the retail-tech and hospitality-tech niches.
• Endeavor Business Media: B2B media company that rolls up niche trade publications across retail, healthcare, design, and industrial verticals — the closest comparable in operating model, audience profile, and roll-up M&A approach.

Broad incumbents

• IDC: Global provider of market intelligence, advisory, and events for the IT and consumer industries — directly comparable research and intelligence revenue stream with the Consumer Goods Technology vertical.
• Emerald Holding: Public B2B media and events operator across multiple verticals — comparable in portfolio breadth and event-led monetization, though at larger scale.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence: Provider of research, data, and analytics across multiple industries — comparable in subscription research and market intelligence revenue model, though serving financial and enterprise verticals.
• Foundry (formerly IDG Communications): B2B technology media and research company (CIO, Computerworld, etc.) — comparable in B2B media model and decision-maker audience, but concentrated in the technology vertical.
• Informa plc: A global B2B events, intelligence, and trade media giant operating thousands of brands across retail, healthcare, and technology — directly comparable business model to EnsembleIQ's portfolio of niche trade publications, events, and research, but at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/edgellcomm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stagnito-media

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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