FORT WORTH, TX--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2011) - [ Allied Electronics ], a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), ranks #59 in the 19^th Annual Multichannel Merchant (MCM) Top 100 published by Multichannel Merchant magazine. The rankings, released in September 2011, were decided by 2009 and 2010 sales through public records, datacard analysis, and input from financial analysts and sources within the industry.

Allied received special mention in the merchandise category of Electronics/Components as one of the top five distributors for boosting revenues 37 percent since 2009, from $286 million to $388 million.

Lee Davidson, president of Allied, says, "The reasons behind such strong sales growth are the performance of Allied's local sales offices, strong e-commerce growth and successful new customer acquisition."

To be included in the MCM Top 100 ranking, a company must print a catalog as part of its customer contact/selling strategy. The MCM Top 100 listing was featured in the September 2011 issue of Multichannel Merchant magazine and can be found online at [ http://multichannelmerchant.com/mcm100/ ].

About Allied Electronics
Allied Electronics is a small order, high service level distributor of electronic components and electromechanical products with over 50 sales offices across the United States and in Canada. With more than two million parts online and more than 110,000 products featured in the Allied Catalog, engineers and purchasers often look to Allied for a broad range of product solutions from over 300 world-class suppliers. Allied Electronics and RS Components are trading brands of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world's leading high service distributor of electronics and maintenance products headquartered in Oxford, England.[ www.alliedelec.com ]

About Multichannel Merchant
Multichannel Merchant exclusively serves catalog companies and online merchants, as well as retailers, manufacturers and wholesale/distributors, who sell goods via print catalogs and/or transactional websites. MultichannelMerchant.com is an online resource that includes supplier sourcing tools and targeted content, blogs and forums. [ www.multichannelmerchant.com ]