This is the search box; when you open the tab, it defaults to the Trade/ product setting. From here, you can click on the Company/ Ticker button and search for a specific company or, if you don't know the company's name, click on the Trade/ Product button and enter the specific brand name of a product...
When you begin to type a name or ticker symbol, MergentOnline will make a suggestion. If you agree with it, click on the underlined name; if not, continue typing and hit Enter.
You will see a list of the products associated with the company; to see more, click on a product's name...
...and a hierarchical list of sectors the product is associated with then appears, with the number of companies in the sector on the far right. Click on the sector and a list of competing products/companies will appear.
Note the icons to the far right of the category links. These allow you to save the result of your searches; click on Download to save your results as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file or click on Printer Friendly then Print for a physical copy.
