Operations management problem in Pepsi Introduction Operations management remains as an important branch of study both in the corporate worldas well as in academics. Talking of academics‚ operations management is an important partof the study in the curriculum of management studies. In other words‚ it is seen that thetheoretical base that a manager or a n executive needs to deal with the problems of thecompany are taught in the curriculum. Operations management is also an important part in anorganization
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Business Horizons (2009) 52‚ 357—365 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Social media: The new hybrid element of the promotion mix W. Glynn Mangold a‚*‚ David J. Faulds b a b College of Business & Public Affairs‚ Murray State University‚ Murray‚ KY 42071‚ U.S.A. College of Business Administration‚ University of Louisville‚ Louisville‚ KY 40292‚ U.S.A. KEYWORDS Integrated marketing communications; Social media; Consumer-generated media; Promotion mix Abstract The emergence of Internet-based
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An internal or external environment analysis is an analysis of the target market for a company’s goods or services that can provide understanding of environmental factors that need to be addressed for a products success. Even major Companies like Pepsi are affected by these factors. When considering the importance of the factors that affect marketing an organization plan it are necessary to note that the environment and market can be very complicated and are in the majority of instances ever changing
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PEPSI BLUE CASE STUDY: THE CHALLENGES INHERENT IN EXECUTING A GLOBAL RE-BRANDING CAMPAIGN During the 1990s‚ PepsiCo launched new products and engineered a global re-branding campaign in an effort to grow sales volume; reinvigorate their stagnant brand; and to close the increasingly large sales and market share gap between itself and its primary competitor‚ Coca-Cola. In 1993‚ Pepsi jump-started its marketing efforts by adding two brands to its portfolio: Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Max. Crystal
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Strength Pepsi has a broader product line and outstanding reputation. Merger of Quaker Oats produced synergy across the board. Record revenues and increasing market share. Lack of capital constraints (availability of large free cash flow). o Great brands‚ strong distribution‚ innovative capabilities o Number one maker of snacks‚ such as corn chips and potato chips PepsiCo sells three products through the same distribution channel. For example‚ combining the production capabilities
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BRAND WARS: WHEN BIG BRANDS PLAY DIRTY “In business as in life‚ you don’t get what you deserve‚ you get what you negotiate.” Chester L Karrass. Today companies do not sell on the basis of their products. The features or benefits provided by the product is a small cog in the whole machine of the customer interaction process adopted by the company. The product sells on the basis of its power to convince customers‚ to appeal to customers and to attach a certain sentiment with the customers. This
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2.1 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND BRAND PERSONALITY A brand personality can be defined as the set of human characteristics associated with a given brand. Thus it includes such characteristics as gender‚ age‚ and socioeconomic class‚ as well as such classic personality traits as warmth‚ concern and sentimentality. Brand Personality like human personality‚ is both distinctive and enduring. For example‚ one analysis found Coke to be considered real and authentic whereas Pepsi was young‚ spirited and exciting
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the top of the global brands with an estimate value of &78 billion. IBM has closely behind with 71$ billion. Despite those two businesses have totally different of business nature‚ these two firms have a significant common characteristic which is the value of their brand is extremely high. However‚ the value of branding isn’t only reveal in those two firms but the entire market has the common factors which are the most successful firm always has a high value of their brand. Branding is one of the
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Brand Extensions are an important brand growth strategy The popularity of ‘Brand extensions’ rose since 1990s‚ with the increase in competition and the high costs of developing new brands (Chernatony & McDonald‚ 2002). This concept has been derived by marketers to optimize sales and profits by launching new or modified products under the parent brand name. In definition ‘Brand extension’ is using the leverage of a well-known brand name in one category to launch a new product in a different category
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advertising color plays an important role‚ if a red colored product is advertised in a islamic country‚ it may be rejected but could have surprisign response in a red loving country. Pepsi wisely invested several dollars in research and found out that blue was a universally accepted color and immediately changed its brand color to blue from red ‚ thus saving millions of dollars on advertising. Celebrities and stars often carry a lot of weightage on an individual’s decision about buying something
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