1. Compare Coca Cola’s response to the changing marketing environment before the arrival of Mr. Isdell to that of PepsiCo. Consumers’ seemingly inexhaustible thirst for cola products was the recipe for growing sales. However, as the market matured, consumers have become concerned about health and obesity, PepsiCo evolved divergent strategies, looking into snack food business, whereas Coke remained focused on carbonated beverages, seeking to expand in international markets. PepsiCo looked mainly
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Running head: Cola Wars1 Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century University of Redlands Deborah Bedgood-Ealy Professor Richard Doyle March 12, 2015 Coca-Cola and Pepsi function in the soft drink industry as dominating players and have remained market leaders for a long time. The key competencies of Coke and Pepsi range from the product, supply chain and distribution, marketing and customer loyalty. Each of them has developed operating procedure. The supply chain
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INTERNSHIP REPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY AT HINDUSTAN COCA-COLA BEVERAGES PRIVATE LIMITED by 1. Rahul Singh 12MB5121 2. Shamim Akhtar Shaikh 12MB5141 3. Subhash N H 12MB5093 4. Sumi Paul 12MB5162 5. Vartika Dwivedi 12MB5175 | | …………………………………………………………………………………….. | | II SEMESTER MBA Guide Prof. Sivadas Nambiar Internship
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respected course instructor SIR. HAMMAD UR REHMAN. The report contains a primary objective of conducting a structured research regarding the re launching of RC Cola. It was the guidance and supervision provided by SIR. HAMMAD UR REHMAN. This motivated us and made us strive to the end up with a valid and authentic conclusion that how RC Cola should be re launched. We would also like to thank SIR. HAMMAD UR REHMAN. for keeping us focused, and creating such an amazing environment for us to learn
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bottle container. Increase marketing strategy to increase sales and revenue. Provide marketing training. THREATS Local competitors with lower prices. Targeting employee strengths and weaknesses regarding customer service. Developing price war with new competitors in the local area. Justification of Selected Country The international country selected is Switzerland. Switzerland is in central Europe with land area of 15,355 square miles (Infoplease, 2009). Its population is about 7
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market exists 16.3% of carbonated soft drinks, PepsiCo is in this market the biggest in Canada, but they want more, even though PepsiCo had a market share of 45.3% in 2011, they feel the competition of Coca Cola (44.2% market share). PepsiCo is underperforming in comparison to its main competitor Coca Cola in the urban markets, like Toronto and Vancouver. PepsiCo started a marketing campaign in 2012 by reintroducing the Ultimate Taste Challenge (UTC), in which they focus especially on the Millennials
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the US Carbonated Soft Drink (CSD) Industry • • • Americans consumed 23 gallons of CSDs annually in 1970 Consumption grew by 3% per year over the next 3 decades Increasing availability of CSDs and introduction of diet and flavored varieties Non-cola CSDs were introduced • Production & Distribution of CSD 1. 2. 3. 4. Concentrate producers Bottlers Retail channels Suppliers 1. Concentrate Producer • • • • • • Blended raw material ingredients, packaged the mixture, shipped
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Overview PepsiCo is popularly associated with its flagship product Pepsi Cola. While Pepsi Cola is a sizable portion of PepsiCo’s revenue stream, PepsiCo actually has significant revenue generated from a slew of other products and divisions such as PepsiCo Beverages North America, PepsiCo International, Frito-Lay and Quaker Foods North America (Overview, 2005). PepsiCo’s Pepsi Cola has long been second in market share to Coca-Cola and the competition between Pepsi and Coke has been the stuff of business
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John Pemberton developed Coca-Cola, a non-alcoholic version of French Wine Coca. The first sales were at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. It was first sold as a patent medicine for five cents a glass at soda fountains, which were popular in the United States at the time due to the belief that carbonated water was good for your health. Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured many diseases, including morphine addiction, headache, and impotence. When launched Coca-Cola’s two ingredients
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segmentation and usually moves towards college, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, where the strength of young people are greater. The company also focuses towards students of colleges and schools. Geographic distribution of population: The company of Pepsi Cola is used to segment the market of the product geographically by focusing their market and attention towards the urban areas and in the hot summer days because people are interested in spending rupees to getting a good reasonable drink, which gives them
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