Environment MIRBIS Exchange Student, Sweden 2011-05-16 Cola Wars; Going global 1. Compare and analyse market strategies of Coca Cola and Pepsi in the following ways; Country Market entry strategy China Coke used a three-step strategy where the first sold concentrate to franschised Chinese bottle-owners who were fully responsible for production and distribution. This step made Coke their name in China. In the second step Coke bought shares in the bottling business to reduce the effect
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Environmental issue Bottling operation is always a big problem for Coke Company since it causes huge environmental issues, especially in India. Environmental degradation in the form of depletion of the local ground water table due to the utilization of natural water resources by the company poses a serious threat to many communities. In March 2004, local officials in Kerala shut down a $16 million Coke bottling plant blamed for a drastic decline in both quantity and quality of water available
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Coca-Cola India On August 20, 2003 Sanjiv Gupta, President and CEO of Coca-Cola India, sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks. On August 5th, The Center for Science and Environment (CSE), an activist group in India focused on environmental sustainability issues (specifically the effects of industrialization and economic growth) issued a press release stating: "12 major cold drink brands sold in
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Case Analysis of Starbucks, Pepsi, & Coca- Cola International Marketing February 13, 2012 Starbucks, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola are companies that are globally well known. While all three companies initially started in the United States, they are now located in over 50 countries worldwide. Yet going into global expansion has caused a couple issues in which all three companies have had a setback. Despite having so much success in few years
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Coca-Cola in India 1. What aspects of U.S. culture and of Indian culture may have been causes of Coke’s difficulties in India? Something that could have been a problem right from the start is communication. Countries have different ways of communication, and something could be translated completely opposite of what was meant. Communication problems could have been a cause of the problems in India. Also, the different styles of communication could have been an issue because the United States
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percent per year. Numerous obstacles hindered foreign companies from investing in India, and many restrictions on eco- nomic activity caused huge difficulties for Indian firms and a lack of interest among foreign investors. For many years the government had problems with implementing reform and overcoming bureaucratic and political divi- sions. Business activity has traditionally been undervalued in India; leisure is typically given more value than work. Stemming from India’s colonial
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international companies. These issues could not have been anticipated prior to market entry, however, Coke could have agreed to start new bottling plants instead of what they actually did, which was buying out Parle, and then would have not have had to sell a whopping 49% of it’s equity. 2) For Pepsi, one advantage was that it gained 26% market share by 1993, by entering the market before Coca-Cola was able to become a popular choice in the market while it was still in development. A disadvantage
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“MARKET SURVEY OF RIGHT EXECUTION FOR COCA COLA“ PROJECT REPORT 2009 Submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award Of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUBMITTED BY NITIN TYAGI 0823170410 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF External: Mr. Alok Agarawal (Area Sales Manager) Internal: Mr. Neeraj Kumar (Lecturer) Department of Management R.D.ENGINEERING COLLEGE, DUHAI, GHAZIABAD 1 DECLARATION I here by declare that this project report prepared in lieu of a compulsory paper
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These days Coke and Pepsi are using the 4Ps of marketing mix (Price, Product, Place and Promotion) in such a way so that a good quality can be provided to the consumers at a reasonable price to attract the consumers towards their brands. Both the companies know that there is so much potential in the Indian soft drink industry and the can increase their sales by making good marketing strategies. So, they are spending a huge amount of money on advertising and other sales promotional activities of their
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Marketing Project Part IV March 8, 2015 Marketing Project Part IV Coca-Cola is one of the largest global corporations. It is one of the successful marketers in the world. It operates in almost all countries of the planet. So it has a well-designed and flexible marketing strategy. Coca-Cola has a marketing strategy called: Think- Education is essential to achieve sustainable, active, healthy lifestyle. Drink- Providing product and package variety is their commitment to consumers. Move- Physical
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