High Growth Reported for the Top 10 Spirits Companies: Industry Trends and Growth Strategies of Leading Players

By   2009-4-24 10:29:21
  NEW YORK, Apr 21, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
  
  The Top 10 Spirits Companies: Industry trends and growth strategies of leading players

  The Top 10 Spirits Companies: Industry trends and growth strategies of leading players

  The global spirits market was worth $216bn in 2007, a 2.4% growth over 2006. The global spirits market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.6% during 2007-12 to reach $245bn in 2012. Evolving markets in BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China), Latin America, Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe and innovations in developed markets are driving the growth of the spirits industry. However, maturing volume growth trends in developed markets, rising commodity prices, stringent legislation and unfavorable tax regimes in certain high potential markets continue to stifle the growth of the spirits industry. 'The Top 10 Spirits Companies: Industry trends and growth strategies of leading players' is a report published by Business Insights that analyzes the innovation and growth strategies of the top 10 players in the spirits industry. This report identifies the product areas that the top 10 players are seeking to develop. It also examines the comparative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the world's leading spirits companies.

  Key Findings
  
  - Increasing consumer interest in premium and super-premium spirits brands is driving innovation in the spirits industry. The overall spirits sales volume in the US increased 2.4% in 2007 whereas high end and super-premium products registered 4.5% and 11.3% growth respectively.
  - William Grant outperformed the other top 10 spirits companies with sales growth of 30.4% in fiscal 2007, whereas fortune brands registered the lowest growth (3.7%).
  - Whisky is the largest spirits category and contributed to 23.8% of the spirits industry revenue in 2007, whereas tequila is the fastest growing category.
  - Diageo is the global leader in the spirits industry with revenue of $14,968m in fiscal year 2007.
Use this report to...
  - Gain insight into the world's leading spirits companies with this report's ranking of the top 10 companies, detailing their financial performance and future prospects.
  - Identify and target future growth areas from this report's analysis of acquisitions and divestments made by leading spirits companies and their strategies for growth.
  - Understand the key trends in the spirits market and the impact that they are expected to have on the top 10 players.
  - Enhance your product development strategies by examing the leading spirits companies' innovation and NPD strategies and recent product launches.
  - Create more effective competitive strategies based on this report's SWOT analyses of the top spirits companies.
Key Issues
  - Premiumization. Globally, the spirits industry has seen a shift towards premium and super premium products, driven by emerging markets experiencing high economic growth and consumers having a higher level of disposable income.
  - Private Label. The US market for private label spirits was $3bn in 2006 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.2% by 2011, higher then the private label growth in both the wine and beer categories.
  - Emerging markets. Including BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China), Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Middle East have become high growth markets in the spirits industry due to the large population, liberalization of trade norms and rising income levels.
  - Organic spirits. Following the trend of organic wine and beer, the demand for organic spirits is also growing. This is being driven by health conscious consumers with ethical and environmental concerns.
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