Industry Trend

What Industry Trend does

Industry Trend is a privately held digital media publication that covers business news, corporate performance, and industry developments across multiple sectors including retail, automotive, food and beverage, technology, and energy. The platform serves a horizontal audience of business professionals and industry watchers through free, ad-supported content delivered in English and Spanish, with editorial formats spanning news articles, company business reviews, executive interviews, and curated Top 10 lists. It is operated as a sole proprietorship-style entity under the legal name Berkshire Cooper LLC, registered in West Palm Beach, United States, and runs on a low-cost WordPress CMS stack augmented by the Slider Revolution plugin for content display.

The publication's core product is its website, industrytrend.net, with a parallel Spanish-language edition at enespanol.industrytrend.net. Distribution channels are limited to direct web access, RSS, social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn), an opt-in email newsletter, and a podcast section. The site carries no mobile app, no proprietary technology beyond the WordPress/Slider Revolution stack, no disclosed data assets, and no AI or machine-learning capabilities. All content is human-authored and published under the "industrytrend" byline.

Industry Trend's business model is advertising-led: revenue is generated through Google AdSense display ads and third-party advertising placements shown alongside editorial content. There is no subscription paywall, no premium tier, no sponsored content program disclosed, and no B2B contracts. The audience base is anonymous and unsegmented, with social media engagement recorded as effectively zero across measured platforms as of the 2020 source snapshot, and last visible editorial content dated May 2020 — a signal of operational staleness that materially affects the credibility of any forward growth claims.

Name

Industry Trend

Legal name

Berkshire Cooper LLC

Website

https://industrytrend.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Industry Trend is a privately held online business news publication covering retail, automotive, food/beverage, technology, and energy industries. It serves business professionals with free English and Spanish articles, reviews, and interviews, monetized via Google AdSense display advertising on a WordPress platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West Palm Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The website displays Google AdSense advertisements and other third-party advertising placements to generate revenue from website traffic and audience engagement.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Industry Trend operates an online digital business news and industry trends publication that publishes news articles, business reviews, executive interviews, and curated Top 10 lists covering multiple sectors including retail, automotive, food and beverage, technology, energy, and aviation. The platform distributes free content through its website at industrytrend.net and a Spanish-language edition, supported by Google AdSense and newsletter/podcast subscriptions.

Product overview

Industry Trend operates as a general business news and trends publication website. The site publishes news articles, business reviews, and curated Top 10 lists covering various industries including retail, automotive, food and beverage, and technology. The platform features a magazine section with featured companies and interviews, and offers a podcast and newsletter subscription service. The company is owned and operated by Berkshire Cooper LLC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industry Trend Business News Website
• Industry Trend Spanish-Language Edition
• Industry Trend Magazine Section
• Industry Trend Newsletter Subscription
• Industry Trend Podcast

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Industry Dive: Digital media company publishing industry-specific business news via newsletters and free web content with ad and sponsorship monetization; structurally aligned with Industry Trend's industry-focused news approach.
• Seeking Alpha: Online market news and analysis platform with ad-supported free content and contributor-driven articles covering stocks, business, and industry trends; similar digital publishing model and business coverage breadth.
• The Motley Fool: Digital media company publishing investment news, business analysis, and stock commentary via free articles, newsletters, and podcasts; structurally similar to Industry Trend's mix of news, magazine-style content, and newsletter.
• Benzinga: Digital financial news and trading-focused publication offering free content with ad-supported and premium monetization; highly comparable in business model and audience to Industry Trend.
• Investing Haven: Smaller online publication covering markets, industries, and business analysis with ad-supported free content; similar size and digital-only model to Industry Trend.
• 24/7 Wall St. Online business and financial news site covering markets, industries, and corporate developments with ad-supported free articles; closely comparable in content mix and digital-only monetization.

Broad incumbents

• MarketWatch: Established digital business news and stock market publication offering free articles, newsletters, and multimedia; comparable in topical focus (markets, business) and ad-supported free access.
• Business Insider: Large-scale digital business and financial news publication covering markets, corporate news, and industry trends; comparable to Industry Trend in topical coverage but vastly larger in audience and resources.
• Investing.com: Global financial news and market data site with ad-supported free content covering business and market developments; comparable in ad-supported model and stock/market news focus.
• Yahoo Finance: Major free ad-supported financial news and data platform covering business, markets, and industry news; comparable in monetization model and topical coverage breadth.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/industry-trend

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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