Cola Wars Case Study DMBA 630 Marketing and Strategy Management in the Global Markeplace Introduction Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD) have been around for over a century and now accounts for a $60 Billion market with the average American consuming about 53 gallons a year. Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton as a “potion for mental and physical disorders.” Asa Candler acquired the formula and began marketing it as Coca-Cola. The first bottling franchise was accorded in 1899 for
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Sheet1 Fizzy Drink Survey Drink Pepsi Coca Cola 7 Up Lift Mountain Dew Fanta Ginger Beer Leed Lemonade Lemonade L&P Vanilla Coke Don't Know's Total People Surveyed 1st Preference 342 359 238 215 321 103 180 217 215 425 203 182 1st Preference % 11.40% 11.97% 7.93% 7.17% 10.70% 3.43% 6.00% 7.23% 7.17% 14.17% 6.77% 6.07% 2nd Preference 403 367 290 190 311 80 380 120 105 414 67 273 2nd Preference % 13.43% 12.23% 9.67% 6.33% 10.37%
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MLTG396 - Assignment 1 Question 1 (25 marks) 1. Customers The customers of Coca Cola in third world countries play a very large role in the success of Vitango. If the Customers do not like the product (taste, price, availability, etc..) than the product will not sell. 2. Competitors If the competition is cheaper or tastes better or is more readily available, Coca Cola will have a hard time selling their product, even if it contains essential vitamins. 3. Marketing Intermediaries
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I have choosen the huge Coca Cola Company for my presentation. The content is the history, health and different products. I’m going to start with the history of Coke: 1888 the chemist John Pemberton mixed a brown syrup from the Coca plant and the Cola nut. He wanted to use it as a medicine against headache and tiredness but then he found out that it tastes really good. Pemberton did not have the money to produce the drink alone, so he asked his friend Frank Robinson who owned a bottle shop
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consumers have little choice of products or brands and no guarantees of quality or reliability. Also, Indian Laws, the government mandated that Pepsi’s products be promoted under the “Lehar Pepsi” name. For Coca-Cola, they attempted to enter into Indian market by joining with Parle and became “Coca-Cola India”. Some of these things may have been anticipated, especially the corruption within Indian government. As far as the contamination issues goes, that might not have been so easy to anticipate. Both
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marketing research, company would be able to understand their customers and how to oppose competitors and external pressure. It is important to understand the right way to conduct research (KnowThis,2013). Coca-Cola is the world most recognized brand. There are intense competition between Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Coke has always been ahead until Pepsi repositioned itself as youth brand and successfully catch-up to Coke. In 1970, Pepsi introducing Pepsi Challenge, where they blind testing customer to see
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“Coca-Cola y Pepsi aprenden a compartir en India” Hechos más relevantes * La experiencia de ambas empresas en la India durante los años 90 y principios del nuevo milenio no fue muy feliz. Experimentaron problemas inesperados, aprendieron que “lo que funciona aquí” no siempre “funciona allá”. * En 1993, más del 45% del sector de los refrescos embotellados de India estaba formado por pequeños fabricantes. * Coca-Cola había estado presente en el mercado Indio desde 1958 hasta que se
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BUS 508 Coca Cola and Pepsi marketing are a consumer products company operating in highly competitive markets. They heavily rely on continued demand for products. To generate profit and bonus, they both must sell products that appeal to our customers and to consumers. Any significant changes in consumer preferences or any inability on the part to anticipate or react to such changes could result in reduced demand for our products and erosion of our competitive and financial position (Dyer, Jeffrey
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functional and can be used to transport an object bought on impulse; rear seat folds down and the Saab has 46 cubic feet of cargo space Heavy, medium, or light users Benefit of Enjoyment Goal: Reconnect people to the feeling of drinking a Coca-Cola; associate life’s good experiences with the brand
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1 Question 1 The political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both Pepsi and Coca-Cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? Coca-cola and Pepsi Inc. two world brand of carbonated soft drinks. They have their presence throughout the world and when these companies
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