...contractors that serve our mission.Upon further thought, I realized defense contractors would be a poor choice since their marketing tactics would behard to research. I then got the recent Fortune magazine to research the Fortune 500. Walmart, ranked number one;may have been a good choice since my husband claims we should own stock with how much I shop there.However, I decided on number 92 on the Fortune 500, the Coca-Cola Company. "The Coca-Cola Company marketsfour of the world's top-five soft drink brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. " happento drink a lot of DietCoke. The company leads the soft drink industry with a 50 percent market share. For the purpose of thisassignment, I will discuss the Coca-Cola Company's competition and the how the Coca-Cola Company's marketingimpacts the company's financial objectives. But first, I will present the Coca-Cola's Company's mission.The Coca-Cola PromiseThe Coca-Cola Company's mission, also known as the Coca-Cola Promise is to "benefit and refresh everyone ittouches "and to "When we bring refreshment, value, joy and fun to our stakeholders, then we successfully nurtureand protect our brands, particularly Coca-Cola. " This blue chip company has remained a leading competitor in thesoft drink industry for 115 years because of its unwavering devotion to the Coca-Cola Promise. Except for that onetime, in 1985, when Coca-Cola imprudently decided to change the original formula of its leading brand Coke, thecompany has never changed its primary...
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...Coca-Cola Company Marketing Plan [pic] [pic] Beth Dougherty Terri Meunier Shadeequah Curry August 3, 2012 Table of Content I. Executive Summary (Terri Meunier) II. Organizational and Product Overview (Terri Meunier) II.1 Organizational Description II.2 Vision, Mission, and Goals/Objectives II.3 Product Description III. Market Analysis (Beth Dougherty) III.1 Market Definition III.2 Competitive Analysis III.3 Environmental Forces III.4 Market Segmentation IV. Marketing Strategies (Shadeequah Curry) IV.1 Target Market(s) Selection IV.2 Product Portfolio Mix IV.3 Product Positioning Strategy IV.4 Sales Support Strategies I. Executive Summary The Coca Cola corporation is a beverage company and is defined to be the most well known trade mark in the world, and it is justly so. The Company owns or licenses and markets more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands, primarily sparkling beverages, but also a variety of still beverages, such as waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and energy and sports drinks. It owns and markets a range of nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands, which includes Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. The Coca Cola products appeal to a wide range of people throughout the world from all races, genders, and ages. Coca Cola is well known for its worldwide...
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...3.1 Marketing Strategy 3.2 STP Analysis [pic] Figure: STP process Source: consumerpsychologist.com In marketing strategy Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning (STP) play a vital role which helps Coca-Cola to introduce its product to customer and make them buy through this process they capture value from customer (Kotler- et- al, 2013). To understand the Coca-Cola’s product and its value perception, here is the STP analysis 3.2.1 Segmentation Strategy The competitive market and the changed demands of consumer have made Coca-Cola to satisfy their needs by improving and changing its product. For these reason Coca – cola has been successful to attract the customers and enhance its sales without interrupting other company. Such attempts taken by this company is to introduce new product based on changed demand such are to introduce Diet Coke, Caffeine free Coke. There are multi segmentation strategy which is used by Coca Cola. The marketing mix is used for the every segmentation of Coca cola which has various products as estimated 400 and product mix of 3,500. Geographic segmentation There are different users of Coca Cola such as various ethnic groups, lifestyles, age groups, sexes etc. Examples: Oasis- Juice with various flavour for the people aged between 20-30 and this is served in Ireland and Britian. Coca Cola diet, Coca Cola zero etc. for health concerned people. Climate- the product of Coca Cola is used more in summer than in winter and the...
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...Harry Sethi International Marketing Coca-Cola Out of many brands globally, one brand that has been part of our lives somewhere someplace around the world is Coca-Cola. I have learnt a lot from this class from how to successfully market products to how to respect and turn culture into an advantage. One of the main things I learned from this class in regards to this brand has to be the 4ps. Product, Price, Promotion, and Place. This basic model has brought Coca-Cola to be known throughout, as a world class brand. The product that Coca-Cola has given to the people has always been similar but different to the world. First off, the product Coca-Cola has branded on is a carbonated soft-drink which is sold in stores, vending machine and restaurants. Coca-Cola first began its product as a coca based wine which had sold in Europe. With the introduction of prohibition it had changed its recipe to a non-alcoholic beverage. Many believed during this time that carbonated drinks had medicinal powers which Coca-Cola took advantage of and sold its beverage as a medicinal drink. As times have continued Coca-Cola has continued to expand its product variety from Coca-Cola to Minute-Maid its has consistently progressed different avenues of beverages. While it has expanded Coca-Cola has continued to protect Coca-Cola and has never changed its original product and never changed the recipe. Price, Coca-Cola as delicious as it is has always kept prices down and affordable to all, never raising the...
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...Coca-Cola Marketing Analysis Morgan Hight April 8, 2013 Steven Richards MKT/498 Coca-Cola Marketing Analysis In 1886, an Atlanta pharmacist by the name of Dr. John S. Pemberton developed the first Coca-Cola Coke. The product was created by using flavored syrup and carbonated water at Pemberton’s local pharmacy. Frank M. Robinson, Dr. Pemberton’s business partner and bookkeeper, is credited for giving the product its name, Coca-Cola, as well as the trademark script on the product that is still used today. Prior to his death in 1888, Dr. Pemberton sold portions of his dynamic business, with majority of the business being sold to Atlanta businessman, Asa G. Candler. Under Candler’s leadership, Pemberton’s original goal was accomplished, distributing Coca-Cola through soda fountains. In 1984, Joseph Biedenhard installed a bottling machine in his soda fountain, making him the first to bottle a Coca-Cola. The first Coca-Cola sold for only five cents. For only $1, three business men from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Benjamin Thomas, Joseph Whitehead, and John Lupton, purchased bottling rights from Asa Candler, and later developed what would become the Coca-Cola worldwide bottling system ("Coca-Cola History", n.d.). Today, The Coca-Cola Company’s number one competitor is Pepsico Inc., the maker of Pepsi. Other competitors include, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. and Nestlé. Coca-Cola dominates the beverage world controlling 51% of the global carbonated soft drink business...
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...Marketing Management Final 3-28-2012 Coca-Cola Executive Summary This paper is a comprehensive audit of Coca-Cola's marketing program and recommendations developed for future marketing plans. I provide recommendations for Coca-Cola's marketing efforts as well as product line enhancements, as Coca-Cola faces stiff competition and changing consumer tastes. These recommendations include: • Pursuing a multi-pronged marketing strategy, including growth into geographic regions like Russia, China, and Turkey. • Leverage the company assets by brand extension into water-based, slightly sweetened refreshment drinks to meet more health-conscious consumers. • Diversify offerings outside the non-alcoholic beverage market, leveraging the vast distribution network. Introduction Coca-Cola was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886 by Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist. Dr. Pemberton produced the syrup for Coca-Cola®, and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Carbonated water was teamed with the new syrup to produce a drink that was at once "Delicious and Refreshing," a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-Cola is enjoyed. During the first year, sales averaged a modest nine drinks per day. Today, over 6 trillion servings of Coca-Cola have been enjoyed worldwide and Coca-Cola has over 400 brands...
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...Marketing Mix: Coca Cola Any business must consider the marketing mix. This is a combination of factors that helps a business sell its product. There are a total of seven parts to the marketing mix: Price, Promotion, Place, Product, People, Physical Environment and Process. The ones in bold are the four main ones and the ones often referred to as the ‘4 Ps’. Throughout this essay, I will be using my reference to ‘Coca Cola’. The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and is one of the largest corporations in the world. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves 1.6 billion servings each day. The company operates a franchised distribution system dating from 1889 where The Coca-Cola Company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory. The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its current chairman and CEO is Muhtar Kent. {draw:frame} Its motto is 'To benefit and refresh everyone who is touched by our business.' The Coca Cola...
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...13BMKT17H | Marketing Research | 13BMKT17H | Marketing Research | Module Leaders: Dr Aida Nakhla Ms Ahella El Saban Module Leaders: Dr Aida Nakhla Ms Ahella El Saban Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………… Section 1: Problem Recognition………………………………………….. 1.1-Problem Recognition…………………………………………………………… 1.2- New Coke Problem Recognition……………………………….……….. 1.3- Critical Analysis on New Coke…………………………………………… Section 2: Know the Approach……………………………………………….. 2.1- Research Approach…………………………………………………………… 2.2-New Coke Research Approach…………………………………………… 2.3- Critical Analysis on New Coke…………………………………………… Section 3: Research Design and Formulation………………………….. 3.1- Research Design and Formulation……………………………………... 3.2- New Coke Research Design………………………….………………….... 3.3- Critical Analysis on New Coke…………………………………………….. Section 4: Data Collection………………………………………………………. 4.1- Data Collection…….……………………………………………………………. 4.2- New Coke Data Collection..……………………………………………….. 4.3- Critical Analysis on New Coke…………………………………………….. Section 5: Analysis of Data……………………….………………………………. 5.1- Analysis of Data………………………………………………………………… 5.2- New Coke Analysis of Data………………..………………………………….. 5.3- Critical Analysis on New Coke………….…………………………………….. Bibliography………………………….………………………………………..……. Introduction The birth of Coca Cola all started out in 1889, when original founder of the formula John Pemberton had developed the first version of Coca Cola from...
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...|_____Jonathan_____ | |Essay Title |Marketing Mix of Nike running shoes | | |_________________________________________________ | Due Date 14-08-2011 Word Count 1560 | | |I declare that this report is my own work, except where otherwise indicated, and that I | |have acknowledged reference sources used in writing it. | |Signature: | | Date: | | Marketing Mix of Coca-Cola 1. Abstract The aims of this report analysis Coca-Cola how to use ‘4p’ to increase the market sales in China. Our group questionnaire is content the Coca-Cola target customers, produce characteristic, price, and promotion aspects of the investigation. The results show that the Coca-Coca have most people know this brand and more popular in China. However the report shows that still need more investigation and research, especially in the promotion part. 2. Introduction The Coca-Cola Company was born in 1886. Its headquarters is in Atlanta, United States. Coca-Cola is a leader and a pioneer of the world's soft drink, and has nearly...
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...[pic] Marketing Plan On Coca Cola Submitted To: Rahima Lecturer of Marketing BBA Department Principle of Marketing Submitted By: 1. Arifur (Team Leader) 2. Koponur Islam 3. R Management"s Achievement Claims Perspective It is to no one’s surprise that Coca-Cola is one of the world’s largest companies. Fourteen years ago, Coca-Cola began building credibility to its investors by never over-promising, just consistently hitting long-term growth targets. In Great Britain, Coca-Cola surpassed two leading teas of consumption per capita. People said it would not be possible, but Coke did it. That is just one example. Coca-Cola’s management believes in the theory that people need 64 ounces of liquid everyday to survive. Right now, Coke only accounts for an average of less than two of those ounces. They believe that by adding strength to the world’s strongest brand, it will help people make Coke a more frequent choice for those 64 ounces. The part of this Annual Report that We personally wanted to attack was the lack of sales in Canada and Coca-Cola’s goals in improving them. Being native of Canada and a big Coke fan, I know that Coke has struggled in my homeland for several years. M. Douglas Investor answered my concern by stating that Coke allowed the retail prices of their products to out pace their value in the eyes of our consumers. Since 1994-1995, Canada’s unit per case volume increased 4%. Coke is expecting an even greater increase...
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...Marketing Mix of Coca Cola Different Product: The Coca-Cola Company’s products include beverage concentrates and syrups, with the main product being finished beverages. The business has over 300 brands of beverages around the world with the main ones being Coke, Fanta, Lift, Sprite, and PowerAde. Different Price: The prices of Coca-Colas products vary according to the brand and the size. Each sub-brand of coca cola has different pricing strategy. Their pricing strategy is based on the competitors pricing, Pepsi is the direct competitor to coke. 13. Marketing Mix of Coca Cola Distribution Activities: The Coca-Cola Company sells its products by bottling and canning operations. The distributors reached the coke to the wholesalers and the wholesalers reached it to retailers. And at last the customers buy coca cola from retailer shop.Promotion Activities: Advertising The Coca-Cola Company uses advertising as its main source of increasing consumer awareness. It mainly uses the television. There are many television advertisements on Coca-Cola products. This source allows the companys products to reach a large audience. 14. Coca-Cola in BangladeshCoca-Cola is the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink inhistory, as well as the best-known product in the world. Cocacola is the oldest brand in Bangladesh. From the last 50 yearsCoca cola has been marketing its products through localrepresentatives of Bangladesh. However, now it is marketed byAbdul Monem Limited. It marketed coca...
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...DEVELOP ORGANISATIONAL MARKETING OBJECTIVES 1. Evaluate how effective Coca-Cola has been in their marketing strategies in terms of product positioning in regard to their products and services Who/How/Where Coca-Cola positions themselves: Coca-Cola is one of the most widely used soft drink in the world. The company has very efficient and extensive distribution system in the world. There is a great variety of brands offered by Coca-Cola throughout the world like Diet coke, sprite, Fanta, Rc cola, Minute made etc. You can find the Coca-Cola soft drinks anywhere in every country of the world. Advertisements for Coca Cola started on the radio in the 1930s and on the television in 1950. Currently Coca-Cola is advertised on over five hundred TV channels around the world including Viral and Outdoor media. Coca-Cola has positioned themselves too market toward a certain age group, this age group is youths from 15-25 but they also have a unique way of marketing which also reached the 40+ audience. Targeting youths, they base their strategies on entertainment and for the older generation their marketing strategies are mainly about the family drink, which is low cost and convenient. Coca-Cola’s’ brand personality reflects the positioning of its brand. The process of positioning a brand or product is a complex task and must be done over time using all the elements of the marketing mix. Positioning is in the mind of their consumers and can be described as how the product is...
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...specific suggestions could you provide for your firm to follow in order to be more socially responsible? The only specific suggestion to give to the firm at this time would be to continue what they are currently doing. Coca Cola evaluates all of the operations and the impacts on the 10 countries which they operate in, all while considering social, economic, ethical and environmental impacts. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotes accountability of businesses in a wide range of stakeholders beyond shareholders and investors. The main areas of interest of CSR are to protect the environment and welfare of workers, community and society at large, both today and tomorrow (Corporate Social Responsibility in the Coca Cola Company, n.d.). Some of the ways they are socially responsible are a program called Wings & Wishes. Established in 2006, a group of employees from Coca-Cola Sabco Ltd had the innovative idea to donate their frequent flyer miles as part of an internal Corporate Social Responsibility initiative. These frequent flyer miles were in turn used to transport critically ill children and a family member to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town for treatment. To date Wings & Wishes have sponsored 5603 flights! Another organization that Coca Cola has been supporting for 30 years is the Tidy Britain Group; which helps local authority’s efforts to keep the local environment clean. To keep the environment clean means eliminating litter, disposing of abandoned cars...
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...The relationship marketing continuum contains three levels of long term relationship well-being. The three levels of relationship are to focus on price, social interactions to buyers and to make an interdependent partnership. Providing a reliable foundation for your buyers and contributing to their needs and wants helps a company stay afloat and in this case Coca Cola. The first method I would use to ensure that I offer my buyers a great continuing relationship would be the focal point on price. Today’s economy with so many products and services that cost a fortune it is hard to even evaluate a distinct price. Offering retailers that retail Coca Cola a competitive price that ensures they will make profit while the company does as well will get a more financial sound base for selling Coca Cola. Encouraging a competitive retail wholesale to stores and restaurants will offer more companies and places to offer the Coca Cola brand rather than Pepsi if they only own a certain brand. Meeting and going over a company’s expectations and offering valuable discounts brings more buyers and better relationships from seller to buyer in the long run. The economy regulates prices and the fact that someone can pinpoint how much something is and relatively cheap brings up moral from buyers. Offering a company cheap rates and alternative promotions like a free pallet of Coca Cola, after so many are bought and shipped to the store can be a price focus and which would also stimulate Interdependent...
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...Coca-Cola New Vending Technology and Marketing Paper Dennecia M. Carter BUS 508: The Business Enterprise Strayer University Paying more for a Coke dependent on the weather temperature is probably something that most people would not agree with. Coca-Cola tested a technology that would make such a thing possible. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer M. Douglas Ivester stated, “Coca-Cola is a product whose utility varies from moment to moment. In a final summer championship, when people meet in a stadium to have fun, the utility of a cold Coca-Cola is very high. So it is fair that it should be more expensive. The machine will simply make this process automatic.” (McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008) Now that is how you make your product benefit you at the expense of things that consumers can not control. The idea that the changing of prices based on the ambient temperature was thought of as just the law of supply and demand in action. Would it be easy for consumers that normally purchase a Coke for $1.25 now see prices of $1.50 thanks to a twenty degree increase in temperature? It had been reported in October 1999 that Coca-Cola was testing vending machines that could raise prices in hot weather. After this report it led to major national and international controversy for the company. The ability for the machine to make price changes based on temperature would be processed simply through a temperature sensor and computer chip. Besides price changes based...
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