17% of UK Leather Merchants Companies are Now in Financial Danger.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c54044) has announced the addition of Leather Merchants - Portfolio Analysis to their offering.

The Leather Merchants - Portfolio Analysis is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2007 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 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 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 fullest 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 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,

Over the past 12 months in your industry:
-17% of companies are now in financial danger.
-8 companies are blatantly selling at a loss to capture market share.
-Average pre-tax profit was 3.7%
-Average sales growth was -1.2%
140 companies are analysed including:
Selectgift Ltd
Xtian 2000 Ltd
Shoemat Ltd
Yarwood 2000 Ltd
Shoon Ltd
Yarwood Leather Ltd
Southpac Ltd
Yarwood Ltd
J V C Casuals Ltd
Modrec International (Holdings) Ltd
J & E Sedgwick & Co Ltd
Monarch Leather Goods Ltd
J & F J Baker & Co Ltd
Multigoods Ltd
James & Alden Ltd
Newitts Of York Ltd
Edward Woodley And Sons Ltd
Joseph Clark & Sons (Soho) Ltd
Everest International Ltd
Joshua Kershaw & Co Ltd
Avinue Ltd
David Mather Supplies Ltd
Avion (Leather Goods) Ltd
Deenside Ltd
Banks Byrne Ltd
Dericci Leather Products Ltd
British & Foreign Trading Co Ltd
Eachgold Ltd
British & Foreign (Exporters) Ltd
Echo (U K ) Ltd

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c54044