Branding Nike and coca cola are the two companies that I have chosen. A brand is a symbol/picture or tagline that a business is known by. There are two types of branding, commodity branding and concept branding. A commodity brand is one which communicates messages to customers about particular products they might spend their money on for example food clothes you wear and furniture. A concept brand is one which communicates an idea or campaign which you would like customers to think about or get
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The Cola Wars Competitive Strategy Introduction Coke and Pepsi have been going to war for over a century. This war has been fought with prices, with taste challenges, and with advertising. Throughout this bottle battle both companies have remained dominant players in the carbonated soft drink industry and have moved beyond their original products into many new areas. Resources The core resources that have allowed Coke and Pepsi to maintain dominance are their brand image and their marketing
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Communication document | Layout/ Professionalism | Style/ Language | Content: Information included | Immediate impact/ memorable | In keeping with the image of the organisation | Website- Coca Cola | The Coca Cola website is professional in a very fun way. For example they have all the information included that the audience will need, such as information about the business, information about the products, competitions that they are running, promotions and offers etc. But all of this information
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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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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Report prepared by Bruno Arnaud Executive Summary Coke and Pepsi have competed for more than a century for the world’s beverage market share. In all this time they have executed many different strategies and taken various decisions concerning the future of their companies. However, during this period, they had always experienced an increasing domestic carbonated soft drink (CSD) consumption. Now, that the CSD consumption is declining, and the non-CSD
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“Coke and Pepsi learn to compete in India” case 1. The political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo 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? A/ The Indian government was unfriendly to foreign investors, because outside investment
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Usage at Coca Cola When Coca Cola Enterprises, the executive bottler in the Western Europe area for Coca Cola decided to focus on remaining the top beverage maker, the company realized that it must update its systems and modernize platforms across markets to create a cohesive view of metrics and streamline processes (Sapardanis, 2012). The organization recognized that it needed to establish a uniform IT program across all business units to expand its footprint across Europe. Coca Cola Enterprises
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– The Company Coca Cola have evolved over the last century into a multinational leading manufacturer, distributer and marketer in the soft drinks industry that currently operates in over 200 countries (Coca Cola 2013). Based in Atlanta, Georgie, the Coca Cola company sells more than 400 different brands that produce over 3000 different products include Coke Zero. Coke Zero is a zero sugar drink introduced in 2005 and is designed to taste exactly the same as regular Coca Cola. It was primarily targeted
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background – a strong brand image that is undoubtedly known throughout the entire world. Holding a market share of 60% in the soft drink market Coca-Cola is a global key player in the beverage industry supported with operations in over 200 countries. Coca-Cola´s brand strength is reinforced by its worldwide distribution and availability. Therefore Coca-Cola chose to penetrate the Indian market as India is one of the most promising countries for overseas business operations according to several rankings
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Recommendations. Pepsi-Cola had a number of successes and serious competition over the years. Despite the challenges in the past, Pepsi-Cola was able to find a market in the United Kingdom (UK). Now that the UK market is changing towards more health conscious consumers, diet products seems to be the next phase of the market and growing fast, Peter Kendall the regional vice president of northern Europe of Pepsi-Cola International, is faced with the possibility that Pepsi’s rival Coca-Cola would launched its
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