NAMED CALEB BRADHAM BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH COMBINATIONS OF SPICES, JUICES AND SYRUPS, TRYING TO CREATE A REFRESHING NEW DRINK TO SERVE TO HIS CUSTOMERS. HE SUCCEEDED BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS, INVENTING THE BEVERAGE NOW KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS ... PEPSI-COLA. 3 PEPSI’S BEGINNINGS PEPSI’S BEGINNINGS Caleb Bradham knew that to keep people returning to his pharmacy, he would have to turn it into a gathering place. Like many pharmacists at the turn of the century, he had a soda fountain in his
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came in the form of the beverage now known around the world as Pepsi-Cola. (Pepsi Legacy, 2005) And from that day forward the rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi would become legendary. These two beverage companies are competing for the top spot in a massive global market. The cola and carbonated beverage industry reaches to nearly every corner of the planet, and the vast majority of the market share belongs to the two giants Coke and Pepsi. With such a huge market and enormous revenue potential in an
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Effective Communication Strategies of Pepsi Cola Table of Contents Executive Summery 3 Introduction 4 History 5 Effective Marketing and communication strategies of Pepsi 6 Media Commercials 6 Advantage of media commercials 6 Disadvantages of media commercials 7 Sponsorships 7 Advantages of Sponsorships 8 Disadvantages of Sponsorships 8 How to enhance the effectiveness of Sponsorship 8 Community Activities 8 Advantages of Community activities 9 Disadvantages of community
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The brand that will be researched as a nationally or internationally known brand is Pepsi. This soft drink has been one of the top brands for a very long time. This product was created in 1898 in New Bern, North Carolina by a pharmacist named Caleb Bradham. In the 1930’s Pepsi became the first brand to have a jingle aired across the country, this made advertising and marketing history (pepsi.com, 2011). Today’s Market Today’s market is focused more on the diet line up of the soft drinks. With
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strategic management of Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola in an effort to make recommendations on how Pepsi Cola can build strategies in gaining a larger share of the market. The assessment of strategic management begins with the vision and mission of both organizations, which leads into literature review that identifies the consumer preferences of both Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola. Following the literature review is the teams’ own personal assessment of consumer preferences for the Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola brand
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The Coca-Cola Company FINANCE Spring 2013 [FNCE 601] February 1st, 2013 | WEMBA38 | Team 17 Mathieu Verbeeck Why has coca cola been so successful in the past? When Douglas Ivester took over the reigns at Coca-Cola in October 1997, he had big shoes to fill – indeed, Goizueta – who passed away earlier in the year – would be remembered as one of the greatest wealth builders of the 20th century: during his tenure as CEO, Coca-Cola’s market value grew from $4.3 billion to $165 billion
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growing water demand, but supply is dwindling. With the rapid population growth and economic development, coupled with a large number of agricultural areas of water irrigation, there will be a water supply crisis in India. In India, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been criticized. In addition to the alleged security problems inherent in the product, the water shortages and pollution problems which caused by products is the real key that made local people incensed. Thus, the cola giants have suffered not
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ROBERT F. HARTLEY • Cindy Claycomb 12th Edition T W E L F T H E D I T I O N MARKETING MISTAKES AND SUCCESSES Robert F. Hartley Late of Cleveland State University Cindy Claycomb Wichita State University VICE PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER SENIOR EDITOR PROJECT EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING MARKETING MANAGER MARKETING ASSISTANT DESIGN DIRECTOR PRODUCT DESIGNER SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGER PRODUCTION EDITOR
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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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