INNOVATION: THE COCA-COLA CHALLENGE Abstract The Coca-Cola Company fully understands the meaning of innovation as evidenced by their ever-growing brand portfolio and internal processes. In this paper, I discuss Coke's three cola strategy as both a product and service innovation. Such strategy was implemented to widen the market presence of Classic Coke, Diet Coke and Coke Zero. The three cola strategy was developed initially for the purpose of rekindling the growth of the sparkling beverages
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MarHeting Quarterly, 2006, 15, 114-123, © 2006 West Virginia University Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo — A "Super'' Battleground for the Cola Wars? Steve M. McKelvey Overview of the Soft Drink Industry Coca-Cola: The Defending Champion Since its inception in the late 1800s, Coca-Cola has experienced meteoric growth, progressing from nine glasses per day to nearly 4.5 billion cases on an annual basis ("Top 10," 2004). Today, Coca-Cola offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries and controls the highest
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them every day in our comings and goings. Two of these world-wide brands that many of us know are also extremely similar in both product as well as marketing strategy. Those two brands are The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, Inc. On May 8, 1886, a pharmacist named Dr. John Pemberton carried a jug of Coca-Cola syrup to Jacobs’ Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, where it was mixed with carbonated water and sold for five cents a glass. (Our Heritage, 2012) Three years later in the summer of 1898 a young pharmacist
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Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India A. Identification of issues and Problems Step 1—overview of the case study During the 1900s and the beginning of the new millennium India’s government had opened its doors wide open to foreign investors, but the Coca-Cola Corporation and PepsiCo experienced many difficult challenges. Both companies were engulfed with unexpected problems and difficult situations that led to the recognition that India’s market was very different and special
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Study- Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century www.mbapgdmstuff.blogspot.com Home Human Resource Marketing Information system management Images You are visitor # Case Study- Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century 110,588 Search This Blog Translate Select Language ▼ Category Assignment Business Communication Business Environment Business Law Case Study Compensation MAnagement E- Business Summary: "Cola Wa
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Cola Wars Continue Coke vs Pepsi in 2010 Submitted by: Dinesh MR (13141) Submitted to: Prof. NR Govinda Sharma Case Description Carbonated soft drinks (CSD’s) are popular drinks constituting very attractive and profitable business for more than a century. This business is capital intensive and was and still dominated for long period by few giants who had patent rights and who gained very high brand recognition over the years. The competition between Coca Cola and Pepsi was very aggressive
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Introduction………………………………………………………………….………4 1. Objective of Report………………………………………..………...……..…5 2. Literature Reviews…………………………………………..………………...…….6 3.0 Findings……………………………………………………………………………….8 4.0 Analysis…………………………………………………………………….………..11 5.0 Conclusion and Recommendations……………………………………………..…13 III. Appendices…………....................................................................................................14 V. References……………………………………………………………………………15 iii. List of Charts/Figures/etc 1. Introduction
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States Markets increasing from 20.3 gallons per capita consumed in 1965 to 40.1 gallons per capita consumed in 1982; This explosion in growth led to the era of what has become known in the industry as the “Cola Wars.” As the consumer trended towards becoming more health conscious, the diet cola segment represented a significant opportunity for growth in the industry and companies were scrambling to understand how to position themselves for a competitive advantage. With an emphasis on sales and profit
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Pepsi versus Coca Cola You Are an Investment Analyst Financial Accounting 577 Professor Bryan Womack Paul Fowler March 16, 2014 In our society today, there are so many ways that people can get their point across and even look into investing. This point can be convey in so many ways imagine. Also in our world today we can promote so many different things through social media sites, such as Face book, Twitter, and even Pintrest. Even with
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org | | | 4 | Pepsi the history | www.wikipedia.orgwww.pepsiarabia.com | | | 5 | Products Of Pepsi | www.wikipedia.org | | | 6 | Coca-Cola An Introduction | www.wikipedia.org | | | 7 | Coca-Colathe history | www.cocacola.com | | | 8 | Products Of Coca-Cola | www.wikipedia.org | | | 9 | Pepsi Vs Coca-Cola A Comparison | www.versus.com | | | 10 | Pepsi Vs Coca-Cola THE COLA WAR | www.slideshare.netwww.scribd.com | | | 11 | Pepsi Vs Coca-Cola Which Cola brand is the Better
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