Wine Merchants - Portfolio Analysis is Ideal Both as a Tool to Benchmark Your Own Company's Results and to Study the Market in More Depth

Business Wire, March 28, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86986) has announced the addition of "Wine Merchants (UK) - Portfolio Analysis" to their offering.

The Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis - Wine Merchants is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2008 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own company's results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, the Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. The Analysis lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis.

The report is divided into two colour-coded sections for your ease of use, Sector Analysis and Individual Company Analysis. Sector Analysis: Sales growth, market share and profitability are all analysed over a 10 year period giving you the fulllest picture possible of the health of the market. Companies are ranked on these categories so you can see which companies are outshining the rest. Use the industry average tables to benchmark your own company's performance -- how do you compare to the rest of the industry? Industry Analysis: Each company receives a full page of analysis, evaluating their financial performance over the last five years so you get a full picture of the long term prospects of each company. Each company page of analysis is also packed with the following information: Full business name and address, names and ages of directors, contact details and website address, seven unique Plimsoll charts showing at a glance the performance of each company. Averages for the industry are also shown indicating the bare minimum each company should be looking to achieve, and five years of the latest accounts available. New! Written summary on each company highlighting their key strengths and weaknesses.

Companies Mentioned:

-- A H Rackham

-- Celtic Wines Ltd

-- A H Wines

-- Antique Wine Co (Franchising)

-- Colombier Vins Fins Ltd

-- Arkwrights Stores

-- Colours Of Africa Ltd

-- Arlington Vintners International

-- Compass Supply Solutions Ltd

-- Asta Ross

-- Best Brews And Carafe

-- Dillon Bass Ltd

-- Bibendum Wine

-- Direct Wines Ltd

-- Budget Wines Beers & Spirits

-- Elswood Agencies Ltd

-- Burgundy Wines

-- Emanel Ltd

-- Bvi Number 2

-- Enotria Group Ltd

-- C P A 'S Wine

-- Findlater Mackie Todd & Co Ltd

-- Fionda Wine Importing Co

-- (The) K & M Stores Ltd

-- Fortmount Trading

-- Kachhela Brothers Ltd

-- Four Vintners

-- (The) Kedem Europe Ltd

-- Frank Ward

-- Hallamshire Wine Shipping Co

-- Majestic Wine Plc

-- Hallgarten Wines

-- Majestic Wine Warehouses Ltd

-- Hanwood Group

-- (The) Mason & Mason Wines Ltd

-- Hanwood

-- Hennings Wine Merchants

-- Mills Whitcombe Ltd

-- Heritage Wine Co

-- Mjlm Ltd

-- Heritage Wine Group

-- House Of Townend

-- Morgenrot Group Plc

-- John Armit Wines

-- Pacific Foods Ltd

-- Justerini & Brooks

-- Pasta In A Minute Ltd

-- Just-In-Case (Wine Merchants)

-- Patriarche Pere Et Fils Ltd

-- K Colombier

-- Pennine Wine & Cheese Co

-- (The)

-- Premier Wines

-- Uncorked Ltd

-- Promotion Wine

-- United Wine Merchants Ltd

-- Purefoy

-- Upton Upon Severn Wines Ltd

-- Vicomte Bernard De Romanet Ltd

-- Rayners Wine

-- Villeneuve Wines Ltd

-- Reh Kendermann (Uk)

-- Vin Select Ltd

-- Reid Wines (1992)

-- Virgin Wine Online Ltd

-- Ruiz Wine Merchants & Co

-- W A V Ltd

-- Russell Mellor And Co

-- W J Armstrong Ltd

-- Rustenberg Wines (Europe)

-- Waterloo Wine Co Ltd

-- S A Brain & Co

-- Wee Dram

-- S H Jones And Co (Wine And Spirit Merchants)

-- Western Wines Ltd

-- S R & E Barron (Dyce)

-- Wiland Wines Ltd

-- Saltmarsh And Druce

-- Wilkinson Vintners Ltd

-- Sandham Wine Merchants

-- St James's Property Co

-- Winemark The Winemerchants Ltd

For more information, visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c86986.