Research and Markets: The Top 10 Beer Companies: Emerging Opportunities, Growth Strategies and Financial Performance

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ee8c5e/the_top_10_beer_co) has announced the addition of the "The Top 10 Beer Companies: Emerging Opportunities, Growth Strategies and Financial Performance" report to their offering.

This report profiles the leading players in the global beer industry. The beer industry involves production, distribution and sales of beer. Low malt alcohols such as happoshu and new genre beers as well as quasi beer have been considered under the beer category in the report. This report analyzes global beer industry in terms of market size (estimated based on on-trade sales), key drivers and resistors, trends and competitive positioning in the global alcohol market. It includes profiles of the top ten companies in the industry and also involves a brief summary of top 11 to 20 players. The top 10 companies in the global beer industry were assessed on following parameters:

Each company's financial performance in the global beer market;
Each company's growth strategies and major acquisitions and divestments in this market;
Key partnerships and alliances formed by these companies;
Business-related strengths and weaknesses of these companies, and insights into the opportunities and threats facing them.

Key findings

The global beer market was valued at approximately $507bn in 2008, an increase of 1.8% over 2007. The authors anticipate that the value of global beer market will grow at a CAGR of 1.6% during 2007-12 to reach a total value of $540bn in 2012.
Shift in preference for premium beer in emerging market arising from rising purchasing power, and product differentiation and marketing and promotional activities in mature markets will help drive increase in beer market value through 2012.
Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa are expected to be the frontrunners in beer consumption by value through 2012.

Key features of this report

Market dynamics of the global beer market during the period 2007-12.
Key market drivers and resistors.
Implications of economic downturn on the global beer market.
Trends of the global beer market.
Identification of the top 10 players in the global beer market .

Use this report to

Learn from the strategies of the global beer companies to target future growth markets effectively, avoid their mistakes, replicate their successes and learn of the threats they face.
Benchmark your performance against the leading beer companies by comprehending their strategies.
Understand the major issues affecting the global beer market.

Discover

What was the market size of the global beer industry by value and volume in 2008?
What will be the market size of the global beer industry during 2009-12?
What are the trends in the global beer industry?
How is beer performing in comparison with other alcoholic beverage?

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