PRACTICE PROJECT WORKSHEET 1 – 2012 THE COCA COLA COMPANY l Porter's Five Forces Model 1. Competitive Rivalry within an Industry Coke has nearly 50% share of the global carbonated soft-drink industry and over 80% in many markets. The market share of other competitors is too low to encourage any price wars. Cola-Cola gets one of its competitive advantages through the well-known global trade marks by achieving the premium prices. It means Cola-Cola have something that their competitors do
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CSR Case Studies: Coca-Cola Prepared by the Kenan Institute Asia October 2010 Lead author John DaSilva, Project Development Manager, Kenan Institute Asia Research, editing, production and translation team Paul Wedel, Christine Davis, Richard Bernhard, Stephanie B. Soderborg, Pham Lam Thuy Quynh, Peeranun Panyavaranant and Kamonphorn Kanchana This case study was developed under the Global Compact Network Vietnam (GCNV). The Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) is the national
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Cola Wars Tonya Hall October 1, 2012 Executive Summary Coca-Cola Company is a leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of non-alcoholic drinks in the United States and all over the world. It is a multinational company that has market presence in almost all countries of the world. The company has also diversified from its initial soft drinks to manufacture fruit juices and other non-soda beverages. Its objective has been to maintain its global leadership in the supply of beverages and
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largely controlled by Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) and PepsiCo (Pepsi), together claiming a combined 72% of the U.S. carbonated soft drink (CSD) market sales volume in 2009. Refer to Exhibit 1 for an illustration of the CSD industry value chain. For more than a century, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have maintained growth and large market shares through mastering five competitive forces, shown in Exhibit 2, that drive profitability and shape the industry structure. Entry Barriers: Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have
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Jennifer DuBois Professor: Malick Diarrassouba Module 3 final Project The beverage industry has undergone profane changes as health awareness among consumers has been on the rise. In the current challenging conditions for the beverage industry, PepsiCo has been taking aggressive steps to cut costs to support long-term earnings growth and reinvest savings in their business. As the company faces growing concerns in the carbonated beverage industry because of growing health awareness and obesity concerns
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Coca Cola and PepsiCo, Inc are both universally recognized companies. Introducing these companies is not a necessity as everybody in the world knows about them and their products. These companies have been producing soft drinks, drinking water and flavored waters for centuries and have been competing in the same market for ages. We have come to know about this rivalry as “Cola War” which has its own celebrated history. In this market, there are many players, some are regional companies and some are
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1) Why, historically, has the soft drink industry been so profitable? Coca-Cola and Pepsi are 2 common soft drink companies that have been in existence for many years. Coca-Cola was founded in 1886 by a pharmacist, and the company grew from there. During World War II, soldiers were given reduced price Coca-Cola. Similarly, Pepsi (called Pepsi-Cola) was invented by a pharmacist in 1893. During the Great Depression, a 12 ounce bottle of Pepsi cost the same as a 6.5 ounce bottle of Coke, thus keeping
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advertisement. The impact of the ads methodology and resultant outcome towards the company’s stock turn-over with respect to the objectives set. Moreover, this research essay investigates on the promotional strategy towards rescuing the Coke brand of the Coca-Cola Company. This case study is picked on the basis of analysis of scrutinizing the contribution made by making a decision to
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the history of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. The pharmacist John S. Pemberton wanted to create a syrup against digestion problems also aportase energy, and ended up giving the most famous secret formula of the world. The pharmacy Jacobs was the first to market the drink at a price of 5 cents a cup, selling about nine every day. It was just the beginning of a history of over 120 years. • In 1891 Asa G. Candler pharmacist, his brother John S. Candler and Frank Robinson founded The Coca-Cola Company. Two
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Porter's Five Forces Model of Coca Cola Bargaining Power of Suppliers Most of the ingredients needed for beverages and snacks are basic commodities such as potatoes, flavor, color, caffeine sugar, packaging etc. So the producers of these commodities have no bargaining power over the pricing for this reason; the suppliers in this industry are weak. Bargaining Power of Buyers Buyers in this industry have the bargaining power, because main source of the revenue and market share in beverage and
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