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Below are APA examples for company/industry reports and social media postings. Remember that your entries will be double spaced and all lines after the first one will be indented five spaces.
Company citation:
Hoover’s Inc. (2018). Petsmart, Inc. Retrieved October 4, 2019 from Hoover’s database.
Industry citation:
Hoover’s Inc. (2018). Pet and Pet Supply Stores. Retrieved October 4, 2019 from Hoover’s database.
IBIS world industry report
Oliver, K. (2018). Puppy love: Pet owners will invest in premium products and services as the economy
improves. (Industry Report 45391). Retrieved October 4, 2019 from IBISWorld database.
Levin, A. (n.d.) Home [LinkedIn page]. LinkedIn. Retrieved February 4, 2021
from https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonlevin/
Cheng Library [@chenglibrary]. (n.d.). Snow Day [Highlight]. Instagram. Retrieved February 4, 2021,
from https://www.instagram.com/p/CKvHmbPLYiJ/
Saul, S. [@srsaul]. (2019, July 24). Congratulations to @Roku’s Alison Levin on being named a NYC Television Week 40 Under 40 honoree by @bcbeathttp://bit.ly/2YprXYq! #WeAreRoku #NYCTVWEEK #NYCTVWK40U40. [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/srsaul04/status/1154089614312923137