THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Ian Christopher Tapia Christine Joy Pabiton Edgel Perfinan Ma. Christina Gallaza INTRODUCTION The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, which is headquartered in Atlanta,Georgia. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula
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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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Coca-Cola India On August 20, 2003 Sanjiv Gupta, President and CEO of Coca-Cola India, sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks on the heels of a 75% five-year growth trajectory and 25-30%2 year-to-date growth. Many leading clubs, retailers, restaurants, and college campuses across the country had stopped selling Coca-Cola3 and only six weeks into his new role as CEO, Gupta was embroiled in a crisis
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research study was conducted to learn the localization strategy of the global beverage company Coca-Cola in terms of two of its marketing mix variables, namely, the product line and the distribution process. In the process detailed information was collected on products launched, sales and distribution practices followed by the company, the working style of the retail outlets that stocked and retailed Coca-Cola products, and to a limited extent the psyche of the consumers. In addition the study also uncovered
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Coca-Cola Case Analysis 4.SWOT (TOWS) Analysis, 11. List alternative strategies, giving advantages and alternatives for each 12. Recommend specific strategies and long-term objectives. SWOT (TOWS) Analysis Strengths Coca Cola is a well-known company. Being popular gives it a superior strength that is definitely incomparable. The branding system of the company is easily and obvious recognized. In this case, it is without doubt that there is no beverage company that can be compared with Coca Cola
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Coca Cola’s Marketing Challenges in Brazil: The Tubaínas War Case Analysis I. Summary The case study deals with Coca Cola’s attempt to pursue different strategies in order to stand up to the strong growth of the so called tubaínas. Tubaínas is defined as the numerous brands of inexpensive, carbonated and sweet beverages which are manufactured and distributed locally throughout Brazil by hundreds of small companies. Due to the significant growth of the tubaínas in Brazil, Coca Cola intended to
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The Cola Wars are a campaign of mutually-targeted television advertisements and marketing campaigns since the 1980s between soft drink manufacturers Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo Incorporated. * | [edit]Competition Many of the brands available from the three largest soda producers, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, are intended as direct, equivalent competitors. The following chart lists these competitors by type or flavor of drink. Flavor/type | PepsiCo |
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The Coca-Cola Company July 24, 2011 CONTENTS Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Coca-Cola: An Introduction.……………………………………………………………………....4 Financial Analysis………………..……………………………………………………………..…6 Competition Analysis: Pepsi………………………………………………………………………9 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………………..13 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………….…15 References………………………………………………………………………………………..16 Abstract Many international corporations began as small domestic ventures. As businesses
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Marketing Mix James Jones MKT/421 February 15, 2003 Marketing Mix The Coca-Cola Company uses unique elements to create their marketing mix. A marketing mix consists of product, place, price and promotion. This was created in 1960 by marketer E. J. McCarthy and is also known as the four Ps. Since its inception marketers throughout the world have adopted this method. McCarthy classified marketing activities into four categories. Product is the item that is being sold and what consumers demand
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b) Hiebig, Roman G, 2003 The Successful Marketing Plan c) Pendergrast, Mark 2nd edition, 1994 “For God, Country and Coca-Cola” 5. Preliminary analysis of leadership and Organizational behavior concept: Coca-Cola launched “Project Kansas” which was their secret mission to reformulate Coke. This blunder was overseen by key Coca Cola executives CEO, Roberto Goizueta, Ike Herbert, chief marketing officer and Sergio Zyman, senior VP-Marketing (Pendergrast, 1994). They uses the matrix departmentation
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