Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First CenturyI. Case issue: Implications of strategic rivalry on cola industrys structure and performance (See Exhibits 1 & 2 for analysis) A. Implications on structure of cola industry 1. Bottlers have been consolidated by concentrate producers (CP), placing smaller CPs at the mercy of Pepsi and Coca-Colas distribution systems (See Exhibit 3) a. Making it tougher for smaller CPs like Cott Corporation to compete and leaving them open to the threat
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2. Why did Coke change its formula for the New Coke in the eighties? Why did it fail? a. Cola wars begin, Pepsi become stronger. In1950, Pepsi targeted family consumption. In 1963, Pepsi launched “Pepsi Generation” marketing campaign, targeted the young and “young at heart”, this action helped Pepsi narrow Coke’s lead to a 2-to-1 margin. In 1960s, Coke focused on overseas markets, Pepsi battled Coke aggressively in U.S. doubled its U.S. share between 1950 to 1970. b. The Pepsi challenge. In 1974
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Loading | Download MP3 Help | | | It's the bloodiest clash yet of the cola titans. Coke, with its relentless focus--and a surprise attack--has stolen enough Of pepsi's market share to ask, is the war finally over? Inside the chairman's office on the 25th floor of Coca-Cola's stately headquarters in Atlanta, in the top left-hand drawer of his desk, Roberto Goizueta has for many years kept two charts. One describes Coca-Cola's fundamental business: selling the concentrate that transforms fizzy
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2 MARKET AND ADVERTISING 4 SWOT ANALYSIS 5 MARKETING 3 STRATEGIES 2 SALES FORCASTING 3 COCA-COLA SWOT ANALYSIS 4 PEPSICO SWOT ANALYSIS 4 CONCLUSION 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose Recently our company has been interested in the comparison of other companies so that we may learn from the successes and mistakes of others. With an analytical view, companies that have failed can be broken down and show the decaying
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“Cola Wars – Sustaining Competitive Struggle” I. Key Problem In the current business world the competition is very stiff. Major organizations are stressing on every possible resources to meet continuing rising demands of market and consumers. The prime aim for the current organizations is to render best services to their customers and increasing the market share. The current globalization scenario also provides ample opportunity for an organization to interact and present them globally. The integration
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Rimona Palas Caroline LAYANI Id: 94746 Michael WEIMBERG Id: 94852 Nathan BENAMOU Id: 94531 Sebastian KANOVICH Id:799048 I. Executive summary After analyzing the income statement, ratios and strategies of the Coca-Cola Company, we can conclude that Coca-Cola had a continuous revenue growth between the years 2009 and 2011. It is the largest soft drink industry company in the world and therefore stands in a privileged position to face potential crisis. The reason for having our results
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About Coca Cola India The Brand Coca Cola has been New India’s favorite for last 20 years. A market leader with strong hold of 51% over the Rs 50 billion soft drink industry in India. Coca Cola India boasts of growth rate twice that of the Indian GDP. Not only the numbers but the popularity and accepatibilty of the product cuts across all kinds of socioeconomic classification in India. The per capita consumption of Cold drinks in Inida is 7-8 bottles and cold drink segments collectively have a
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Compete in India A. Identification of issues and Problems Step 1—overview of the case study During the 1900s and the beginning of the new millennium India’s government had opened its doors wide open to foreign investors, but the Coca-Cola Corporation and PepsiCo experienced many difficult challenges. Both companies were engulfed with unexpected problems and difficult situations that led to the recognition that India’s market was very different and special knowledge, skills and local
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Perceived quality or consumer’s perception about the quality of a product, brand, etc. is the consumer's opinion about the product’s (or a brand’s) ability to fulfill his or her expectations. Consumer’s outlook of the brand may have little or nothing to do with the actual performance and excellence of the product and is based on brand’s current repute or public image, consumer’s experience with the brand’s other products, and the influence of the consumer’s opinion or perception of the brand. Brand
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Steven Dutcher Harvard Case: Cola Wars BUS 460 1 April 2014 Cola Wars 1. Why, historically, has the soft drink industry been so profitable? The soft drink industry has historically always been an extremely profitable industry since the beginning of it in the early 1900’s. There are many factors that have lead to the industry being so profitable but it is mostly contributed to the “war” going on with Coca Cola and Pepsi. Coca Cola and Pepsi have been around a very long time and have strong
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