Pricey but impressive global industry almanac for beer now available

For a measly $3,000 you can own the latest, greatest industry almanac for the world of beer. Beer: Global Industry Almanac, MarketLine Industry Guides is a report you can purchase on Reportlinker.com, which provides “top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information on the beer industry as a whole,” including market share info, retail market size, values and volumes from 2007-11 and even forecasts to 2016. The profile also contains descriptions of the leading beer retailers including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Of course, there’s one important question here: Why the hell should you shell out $3,000 for this report? Well, says Reportlinker.com, this report will save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments and leading players in the global beer market. You can use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global beer market. There are leading company profiles available, which reveal details of key beer market retailers’ global operations and financial performance. Not to mention this report will add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the market with five year forecasts by both value and volume. Here are some of the highlights:

• The global beer market had total revenues of $514,508.0m in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.5 percent between 2007 and 2011.
• Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 1.7 percent between 2007-2011, to reach a total of 165,188 million liters in 2011.
• The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.3 percent for the five-year period 2011-2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $605,911.2m by the end of 2016.