Industry: Case Study of Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper Krisadee Rungsatcha MBA 500: Essentials of Business Management June 23, 2013 Larry Frazier Abstract The beverage industry nowadays is very competitive. Each brand pushes all strategies to be the number one in the market and try to win more consumers and achieve their goals. The main competitors in these industries are Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Inc., and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. Coca-Cola is the largest beverage
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Test 1 [pic] Apple Inc. the most famous multinational corporation that designs consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers in American. Their famous hardware products include Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. These hardware products lead Apple Inc get success and control all the electronic products market. For example from 2007 the first iPhone was sold to now there are over 51 million iphone was sold which mean it control over 16.1% of the cell phone
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Coca Cola Co. Name MGT 521 Date Professor’s Name Coca Cola Co. “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” (Coca Cola Co, 2012). Coca Cola is one of the all time biggest beverage company in the industry, that went from selling a few drinks a day from a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia to selling billions a day all over the world. According
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I. Introduction Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been competitors for over a century, but their fiercest competition has risen out of the fight to gain an advantage in the carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry, specifically in the United States. In the beginning, the competition yielded benefits for both firms. They were constantly trying to keep up with the other, which proved to be a mutually beneficial relationship. However, following the end of the millennium, US CSD consumption began to decline.
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SWOT Analysis Strengths • Zero sugar • Low calories • Taste is identical to regular Coke Weaknesses • Health-threatening artificial sweetener 4 SWOT Analysis Opportunities • Dominate the “healthy soft-drink” market Threats • Diet Pepsi • Diet Dr. Pepper SWOT Coca-Cola Zero is a sugar-free, zero calories soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. This product can benefit people who assist in weight lossing and lower the chance having dental
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to have a comfort drink to satisfy thirst. In Vietnam, Pepsi and Coca Cola took large amount of market share in beverage industry, applying consumer buyer decision process will help them a part in purchasing battle. * As usual buying decision process will cover through 5 steps. However, buying Pepsi does not need that much. Before any purchasing decision was make, the need awareness definitely appear first. Commonly, people will drink Pepsi when thirsty, be invited, habitual, etc (need recognition)
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Case Analysis: PEPSI-COLA UK Peter Kendall, regional vice president for northern Europe of Pepsi-Cola International, had a difficult situation where he was potentially being challenged by Coca-Cola entering the UK with the introduction of their successfully launched product “ diet coke” which was a growing segment in the US and would be in UK as well. Let us consider a SWOT analysis of PEPSI-COLA in UK as of 1982. Strengths: Pepsi-Cola definitely had a head start in the cola market in the U.K
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strategiilor de marketing utilizate de Coca-Cola şi Pepsi NUME: Badea Anamaria-Irina GRUPA: 8181 ANUL 2008-2009 CUPRINS CAP. 1 Scurt istoric al firmelor Coca-Cola şi Pepsi.................................................3 CAP. 2 Analiza PEST a firmelor Coca-Cola şi Pepsi...............................................6 CAP. 3 Analiza SWOT a firmelor Coca-Cola şi Pepsi.............................................9 CAP. 4 Modelul BCG1 pentru firmele Coca-Cola şi Pepsi..............................
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Study Brief Company History Coca-Cola was first introduced to the market in 1886 and has since been the leader, manufacturer, distributor and marketer within the carbonated soft drink and syrup industry ever since. The worlds leading soft drink was developed by John Pemberton, originally designed to work simply as a carbonated machine. Later, the formula Pemberton created was sold in a pharmacy for a mere five cents a bottle and became a town phenomenon. Coca-Cola’s mission is to, “Strive to
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Competitive Strategies Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi Co Joyce Conyers Strayer University 3 May 2013 BUS 508 Online Course Instructor: Dr. Phyllis Parise Dowers Grove Campus Phone Number: (630)874-6128 / (630)456-2348 Cell phone Question: Choose an industry in which two or more companies has historically competed to maintain a significant share of the marketplace. These could include: Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, Apple and Microsoft, GM and Ford Motor Company, or any other well-known
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