...Hunter Lee Mountain Dew Case 10/16/12 For Pepsi Co. and BBDO to choose a specific advertisement to place into a slot during the super bowl; there has to be a varying degree of analysis on different aspects to decide which ad’s to place in the slots. Certain criteria need to be satisfied by the ad that is selected; it needs to hit the target audience, get across the correct brand image, have the correct brand symbolism, needs to be a “Story” in a sense, have a good product integration, and be in line with the campaign extension. If one of the ad’s can fall into line with these certain criteria all while “symbolizing that drinking Mountain Dew is an exhilarating experience” (Gopalakrishnan). BBDO is going to need to give Mountain Dew certain ad’s choices that are based off of certain filters that are factored into the decision that Mountain Dew makes. The first is that the ad’s need to expand to new customers also while still appealing to the current users. The selected ad needs to communicate a universal appeal. As well, the creative should bring out the product benefits: energizing, quenching, and great taste, emotional benefits: exhilaration and suiting to an irreverent, daring and fun personality. The outlying problem for Mountain Dew is selecting an advertisement that suffices all these criteria, but will be able to differentiate itself from the rest of the ad’s during the super bowl. Considering the super bowl advertisement market is possibly the largest...
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...9-502-040 OCTOBER 5, 2001 DOUGLAS B. HOLT Mountain Dew: Selecting New Creative Standing at the front of a PepsiCo conference room, Bill Bruce gestured enthusiastically, pointing to the sketches at his side. Bruce, a copywriter and Executive Creative Director, headed up the creative team on the Mountain Dew account for PepsiCo’s advertising agency, BBDO New York. In fact, it was Bruce who devised the famous “Do the Dew” campaign that had catapulted Mountain Dew to the number three position in its category. With his partner, art director Doris Cassar, Bruce had developed ten new creative concepts for Mountain Dew’s 2000 advertising to present to PepsiCo management. Gathered in the room to support Bruce and Cassar were BBDO senior executives Jeff Mordos (Chief Operating Officer), Cathy Israelevitz (Senior Account Director), and Ted Sann (Chief Creative Officer). Each of the three executives had over a decade of experience working on Mountain Dew. Representing PepsiCo were Scott Moffitt (Marketing Director, Mountain Dew), Dawn Hudson (Chief Marketing Officer, and a former senior ad agency executive), and Gary Rodkin (Chief Executive Officer, Pepsi Cola North America). Scott Moffitt scribbled notes as he listened to Bruce speak. Moffitt and the brand managers under him were charged with day-to-day oversight of Mountain Dew marketing. These responsibilities included brand strategy, consumer and sales promotions, packaging, line extensions, product changes, and sponsorships....
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...Marketing Research Carbonated Drink Industry: How does advertising outlay affect the profitability and sales. Mid-Review Submitted By: 1. Disha Hooda 2. Akshay Sharma - 168 - 145 3. Ankur Jhunjhunwala -77 4. Raunak Khetan - 199 Background and Motivation Various writers have viewed advertising from different perspectives. Advertising is a tool of marketing for communicating ideas and information about goods and services to an identified group, which employs paid space or time in the media or uses another communication vehicle to carry its message. It openly identifies the advertiser and his relationship to the sales effort (Wanoff, 1997). Advertising is a non-personal communication paid for by an identified sponsor who is relayed through various media with the aim of influencing people’s behavior towards the advertiser’s products and services at the lowest possible cost. (APCON, 2002). Frank (2005) defined advertising as the aim to persuade people to buy. Advertising is the dissemination of information concerning an idea, service or product to compel action in accordance with the intent of the advertiser. Advertising is any paid form of non-personal communication about an organization, product, service, or idea by an identified sponsor, (Alexander, 1965:9). The economic importance of advertising can’t be over emphasized. Advertising and promotions are an integral part of our social and economic system, evolving into a vital communications system that gives businesses...
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...Introduction Pizza Hut was started in 1958, by two brothers in Wichita, Kansas. Frank and Dan Carney had the idea to open a pizza parlor. They borrowed $600 from their mother, and opened the very first Pizza Hut. In 1959, the first franchise unit opened in Topeka, Kansas. Almost ten years later, Pizza Hut would be serving one million customers a week in their 310 locations. In 1970, Pizza Hut was put on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PIZ. In 1986, Pizza Hut introduced delivery service, something no other restaurant was doing. By the 1990's Pizza Hut sales had reached $4 billion worldwide. In 1998, Pizza Hut celebrated their 40th anniversary, and launched their famous campaign "The Best Pizzas Under One Roof." In 1996, Pizza Hut sales in the United States were over $5 million. Out of all the existing pizza chains, Pizza Hut had the largest market share, 46.4%. However, Pizza Hut's market share has slowly eroded because of intense competition from their rivals Domino's, Little Caesar's and newcomer Papa John's. Home delivery was a driving force for success, especially for Pizza Hut and Domino's. However, this forced competitors to look for new methods of increasing their customer bases. Many pizza chains decided to diversify and offer new non-pizza items such as buffalo wings, and Italian cheese bread. The current trend in pizza chains today is the same. They all try to come up with some newer, bigger, better, pizza for a low price. Offering special promotions...
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...CASE STUDY : COLA WARS CONTINUE : COKE AND PEPSI IN 2006 The case study “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006” focuses on describing Coke and Pepsi within the CSD industry by providing detailed statements about the companies’ accounts and strategies to increase their market share. ‘ Cola war’ is the term used to describe the campaign of mutually targeted television advertisement & marketing campaigns between Coke & Pepsi. Furthermore, the case also focuses on the Coke vs. Pepsi goods which target similar groups of costumers, and how these companies have had and still have great reputation and continue to take risks due to their high capital. Both Coke & Pepsi have segmented the soft drink industry into two divisions, via – 1.Production of soft drink syrup. 2.Manufacturing & distribution of soft drinks at retail level. Coke & Pepsi have chosen to operate primarily on the production of soft drinks syrup,while leaving independent bottlers with more competitive segment of the industry.The purpose of this report is to gain insight into the possible strategies that can be applied, in order to expand the overall throat share in the future. History revealed that a highly competitive strategy that was utilized in the past by both companies resulted in cannibalization. Because of this, the report is described from the perspective of both Coca-Cola and Pepsi. This report focuses on increasing the overall share and finding new opportunities in the unrevealed...
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...meaning of kind of/sort of should not be confused with that of the discourse marker (Aijmer 1984, 2002, Holmes 1988, Kay 1997). Generally speaking, while a kind of can be assumed as a synonym of a type of (e.g. Aijmer 2002: 176), kind of has always been taken as a discourse marker. Note, however, the identification of the various uses of a kind of is far more complicated. Does a kind of elephant, for instance, always refer to a particular subcategory of elephants? What is the difference between a kind of elephant and a kind of an elephant? In addition, are there any cases in which a kind of is used as a discourse marker? In Fetzer’s (2009) systematic analysis of sort of and kind of functioning as head of NP, modifier of qualifying function, discourse marker and contextualization cue, a sort of human being can refer to both a particular subcategory of humans and a particularized animate nature. A sort of in both cases is nominal, in which sort can be viewed as the lexical head of the construction meaning a type of and a premodifier signifying fuzziness respectively. According to COB5 and LDCE5, as illustrated in the following examples, “a kind of +n (single)” is used to say that the description of something is not exact or refer to something we are uncertain about, but it is roughly like the thing mentioned or has the qualities mentioned. (1) I still have a kind of suspicion about it. (COB5) (2) a kind of reddish-brown color (LDCE5) As to “a kind of a NP”, in some previous...
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...PEPSI COLA [pic] Introduction: Pepsi Cola started in the January 1898, from a small Drug store in the city of North Carolina. The owner of the Drug store, Mr. Caleb Bradham, prepared a drink, which the customers called "the Bred Drink". Bred registered this drink with the name of Pepsi Cola in 1903. Then he started his own production at Marco level and established his own company. The business expanded and this drink got fame time. In 1909 this company reached to 24 states of America with more than 250 dealers. The very first packing of Pepsi was in 16.5 ounce. In 1932 Pepsi cola has introduced its new packing in 12 ounce. In 1950 Pepsi Cola has started its new Advertising Campaign with the name of "Refresh without Filling". It also changed the chemical formula and decreased its sweetness and calories. With the efforts of the Sales & Marketing Department, Pepsi got so much fame that it established new plants at a rate of thirty per annum. In 1985 the design of the bottle has been changed after 20 years. And a new and attractive packaging has been offered with two new flavor i.e., Teem & Mirinda. Today Pepsi is available in more than 160 countries of the world including Soviet Union & China. HISTORY OF PEPSI COLA: 2001 Pepsi puts "a little twist on a great thing," introducing lemon-flavored Pepsi Twist and Diet Pepsi Twist. The product launch marks the return to lemon-flavored...
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...Case Analysis and recommendations for Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc.: Squirt Brand Dr. Pepper/Seven Up incorporated Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc. is the largest division owned by Cadbury Schweppes PLC, who is the third largest soft drink maker in the world by a landslide. Although only bested by Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, Cadbury Schweppes took Dr. Pepper/Seven Up a little bit of a different route concerning the flavors of their beverages, becoming the number 1 seller of non-cola carbonated soft drinks with the individual brands Dr. Pepper and Seven Up consistently in the top ten soft drink beverages consumed in the United States, the other 8 being owned by Coke or Pepsi. In addition to Dr. Pepper and Seven Up, DP/SU Inc. owns other top national brands that are often best sellers like Canada Dry, which is the best selling ginger ale in the US; Schweppes, the best selling tonic water; Squirt, the leading grapefruit drink; and A&W Root Beer, which was the highest selling root beer drink in terms of can and bottles. While Dr. Pepper/Seven Up incorporated may be lower on the charts than Coke or Pepsi, it is obvious that the company was no novice when it came to creating and marketing a product that consumers enjoyed on a national level. The carbonated soft drink industry in the United States In the US the carbonated soft drink industry has been on the rise since the 1800’s and had become everyday beverages to almost every citizen. By the year 1990, it was found that, on average, every...
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...« Previous Post - Next Post » Coke vs. Pepsi The Dilemma: You’re at a restaurant. You’ve specifically asked for a Coke when you get handed a Pepsi, or vice versa. You tell the waiter what you requested, and he gives you the “What’s the difference?” shrug. Perhaps it’s time you laid it on him. People You Can Impress: “Impressed” probably doesn’t accurately reflect the aforementioned waiter’s likely response. The Quick Trick: If you drink them side by side, Pepsi is the sweeter of the two (which is why people tend to prefer Pepsi in the Pepsi Challenge). The Explanation: Although the fantastic ad campaigns run by both companies would have you think otherwise, the soft drinks’ similarities are pretty striking. For starters, Pepsi and Coke were both the brainchildren of Southern pharmacists. Coca-Cola was invented by Atlantan Dr. John Pemberton in 1886. And yes, there was originally a concentration of cocaine in the soda, but it was reduced to a tiny amount (1/400th of a grain per ounce) by 1902 and removed altogether by 1930. Th e Coca-Cola Company changed hands a few times, and after Prohibition Coca-Cola was sold to the Woodruff family for $25 million. Pepsi, on the other hand, was born a few years after Coke. In 1893, pharmacist Caleb Bradham began experimenting withvarious drink mixtures in New Bern, N.C. His 1898 concoction, then known by the creative name “Brad’s Drink,” became an overnight success, and “Doc” Bradham began selling his “Exhilarating, Invigorating...
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...Advertising Management Assignment “Analysis of 6 TV Advertisements” Table of Contents Sl. No. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X Introduction Advertisement 1 – Mountain Dew’s “Bad Cheetah” Ad Advertisement 2 – Kinetic Blaze Introductory Ad Advertisement 3 – Gillette’s “Champions” Ad Advertisement 4 – Orbit White Chewing Gum “Cow” Ad Advertisement 5 – VISA’s Pierce Brosnan Ad Advertisement 6 – Surf Excel’s Ad (Brother & Sister Duo) TV Advertising Advertising Success Conclusion Topic Introduction A television advertisement or television commercial is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organisation that conveys a message. Advertisement revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks. The vast majority of television advertisements today consist of brief advertising spots, ranging in length from a few seconds to several minutes (as well as program-length infomercials). Advertisements of this sort have been used to sell every product imaginable over the years, from household products to goods and services, to political campaigns. Many television advertisements feature catchy jingles (songs or melodies) or catchphrases that generate sustained appeal, which may remain in the minds of television viewers long after the span of the advertising campaign. Some of these ad jingles or catch-phrases may take on lives of their own, spawning gags or “riffs” that may appear in other forms of media, such as...
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...Advertising Management Assignment “Analysis of 6 TV Advertisements” Table of Contents Sl. No. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X Introduction Advertisement 1 – Mountain Dew’s “Bad Cheetah” Ad Advertisement 2 – Kinetic Blaze Introductory Ad Advertisement 3 – Gillette’s “Champions” Ad Advertisement 4 – Orbit White Chewing Gum “Cow” Ad Advertisement 5 – VISA’s Pierce Brosnan Ad Advertisement 6 – Surf Excel’s Ad (Brother & Sister Duo) TV Advertising Advertising Success Conclusion Topic Introduction A television advertisement or television commercial is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organisation that conveys a message. Advertisement revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately owned television networks. The vast majority of television advertisements today consist of brief advertising spots, ranging in length from a few seconds to several minutes (as well as program-length infomercials). Advertisements of this sort have been used to sell every product imaginable over the years, from household products to goods and services, to political campaigns. Many television advertisements feature catchy jingles (songs or melodies) or catchphrases that generate sustained appeal, which may remain in the minds of television viewers long after the span of the advertising campaign. Some of these ad jingles or catch-phrases may take on lives of their own, spawning gags or “riffs” that may appear in other forms of media, such as...
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...Class Notes- Special Topics *Suggestion for case analysis 1. Define Issues - Major issues : ex) sales decline - Related issues 2. Analysis - qualitative & quantitative data [Facts - past / Assumptions - future] - Try to FIX in this process 3. Recommendations - Should be logical and consistent *MKTG : Exchange of value - Supplier gives product, idea, and service to customers - Customers give money to supplier. - The goal : Customer franchise and satisfaction - To satisfy customers, companies should fulfill the needs and wants of them by using Marketing Mix. - Needs : Ex) Transport - Wants : Ex) Rolex (Expensive goods) - Marketing Mix (4P) : Product, Price, Place, Promotion *Positioning - Occupying a unique position in customer's mind - Segmentation + Differentiation -> Communication, Promotion >Relative to competitors, 1. Segment customers - Who buys the product? - What is important to that customer? ex) Design, price, being liked by others (Social acceptance / teenagers) - Choose relevant attributes ex) Design + Price -> Functional / Social Acceptance -> Emotional >Differentiation 2. Identify one of two relevant attributes on which we are superior to all competitors (Even if perceived) 3. Communicate to customer + align your Marketing Mix - Functional attributes are very easy to imitate. Forget about the color. We give you excitement ! <- Mountain Dew Slogan High energy ! <- Red Bull => Must have at least...
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...28.08.2010 NBC, 38 S.I Gujranwala, Pakistan. University Of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus Page 1 Internship Report On NBC Introduction to Report This report is about Pepsi CO. (Nau-Bahar Bottling Company). This report is the part of my B.Com(Hons) degree which is compulsory for us to complete internship in any organization. The purpose of this internship is to provide an opportunity to the students to observe the practical applications of their background professional study. In this report I¶ve given the brief history of the Pepsi CO. and about Nau-Bahar Bottling Company, departments of the NBC, their functions and working of the some departments as well. I also include work done by me in NBC and Financial Analysis of the PEPSI CO and SWOT analysis of the NBC. And finally give the recommendations about the working of NBC. University Of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus Page 2 Internship Report On NBC A brief History of Pepsi Born in the Carolinas in 1898, Pepsi-Cola has a long and rich history. The drink is the invention of Caleb Bradham (left), a pharmacist and drugstore owner in New Bern, North Carolina. The information published here is provided by PepsiCo, Inc. and may be accessed at their site: www.pepsi.com. The summer of 1898, as usual, was hot and humid in New Bern, North Carolina. So a young pharmacist named Caleb Bradham began experimenting with combinations of spices, juices, and syrups trying to create a refreshing new drink to serve his customers...
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...STRATEGIC MARKETING Group Presentation Overview of Indian Market- Past • • • • • In the year 1991, the Indian Government adopted Economic Liberalization Policy “Cold Drinks” as popularly known in India were an Urban phenomenon and the favorites (soda based) were Campa Cola, Gold Spot, Limca and Thums Up Pepsi entered in the Indian Market as Pepsi Foods Ltd. and was known as Lehar Pepsi Coke tried to reenter* in 1990 by merging with Godrej but was denied; merged with Britannia Industries India Ltd. July 1993 Parle sold its brands and plants to Coke *Coke was present in India from 1970’s, but was banned in 1977 under FERA Overview of Indian Market- Present • • • • Today the Indian Market for Carbonated Drinks is worth more than Rs.17000 crore The present scenario of the carbonated drinks market is duopoly* situation. Although in every place there are local competitors and there is a huge unorganized flavored water market. As far as the carbonated drinks are concerned there are only two brands (as per the Market Share). – Coke (57.8%) – Pepsi (35.6%) *A duopoly is a competitive situation where there are two competitors, normally of roughly equal size. Coca-Cola BACKGROUND Coca- Cola Milestones • • • • • • • • • 1886: Founded by John Pemberton 1887: Registered as trademark. 1895: Sold in every state & territory in US. 2003: Headquartered in Atlanta with divisions & local operations in over 200 countries...
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...Dr Pepper/7Up, Inc. Squirt Brand Case Analysis SOFT DRINK INDUSTRY The soft drink industry in the United States is a highly profitably, but competitive market. In 2000, carbonated soft drink retail sales were estimated $60.3 billion, however, soft drink consumption growth has slowed in recent years. There are three major companies that hold the majority of sales in the carbonated soft drink industry in the U.S. They are the Coca Cola Company with 44.1% market share, The Pepsi-Cola Company with 31.4% market share, and Dr. Pepper/ Seven Up, Inc. with 14.7% market share. These three companies market the top ten brands account for 73% of soft drink sales in the U.S. Dr. Pepper/ Seven Up, Inc. owns two of the top ten brands: Dr. Pepper and 7UP. Colas are the dominant flavor accounting for 60% of total sales, but flavored soft drink sales are growing fast. Flavored soda is more popular with Hispanic and African American teens. Industry research indicates that most soft drink is consumed by individuals aged 20 to 49. Teens and young adults consume more regular soda and over 25 year olds consume more diet soda. Per capita consumption of soda is higher among Hispanics and African American than other ethnic groups and among teens than adults. There are three major participants in the production and distribution of carbonated soft drinks in the United State: concentrate producers, bottlers, and retailers. Concentrate producers manufacture the basic flavors for sale...
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