Executive Summary Background about the Brand Coca-Cola began in 1886 when a Pharmacist‚ Dr. John Pemberton from Atlanta‚ Georgia founded the company. In 1891‚ Asa G. Candler‚ an Atlanta based entrepreneur obtained ownership of the Coca-Cola brand. The hourglass Coca-Cola bottle was created because of competitors imitating Coca-Cola products. The company went public in the stock exchange in 1919‚ sold at $40 per share. In 1929‚ the company expanded overseas and released the slogan “The Pause
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PepsiCo. Introduction: The Pepsi Corporation has a strong focus on corporate growth and brand name domination. PepsiCo produces beverages‚ snacks‚ and foods. The company consists of PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB)‚ PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF)‚ and PepsiCo International (PI). PepsiCo was marketed first as a bargain brand. In the first part of the 20th century‚ PepsiCo changed chief four times and declared bankruptcy twice. PepsiCo modified its focus from bargain brand promotions to advertising
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Coca Cola: International Marketing Mix INTRODUCTION: This scope of this essay is to discuss the international marketing mix of Coca Cola‚ which is one of the biggest brands in the world. The debate between the global standardization and local adaptation of the marketing mix has been going on for more than four decades without a resolution (Agrawal‚ 1995) and globalization trends starting in the early 1980’s has further fueled the debate (Jeong‚ 2000). This has led the global companies to make the
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Discuss the Organizational Culture of Coca-Cola. Is it a strong culture? Why? The culture of the Coca-Cola organization is mission driven; focused on refreshing the mind‚ inspiring optimism‚ and making a difference. The rich history of the organization has allowed the company to compile hundreds of stories of consumers and employees. These stories share real life examples of what Coca-Cola Company that they created a museum in Las Vegas that focuses on the stories of customers. After visitors heard
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What Happened at Coca-cola Advantage of Diversify Organization In a multicultural nation such as the United States‚ one would assume that the concept of diversity would have a clear definition; but the definition of diversity differs from person to person‚ from organization to organization‚ and from author to author. In some organizations‚ diversity is strictly focused upon race‚ gender‚ religion‚ and disability status; in other organizations‚ the concept of diversity is extended
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Coca-Cola’s • Major Problems o Major problem now is how Coca Cola is perceived in the market o Communicate to the public real intentions to gain consumers trust o Company now stands to lose customers due to hidden ploy of increasing vending machine prices based on weather. o Company still need achieve goal of maximizing profits through vending machine sales. o Consumers may choose cold water instead of a coke to quench thirst on hot days. o Do coke products actually quench thirst in extreme
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Coca-Cola Marketing Mix: Product‚ Place‚ Price‚ Promotion Product: In order for an organization to be successful it needs to have a well-defined marketing mix. The marketing mix consists of the four P’s; product‚ place‚ price‚ promotion (Hair‚ Lamb‚ & McDaniel‚ 2006‚ p. 48). Product is defined as “everything‚ both favorable and unfavorable‚ that a person receives in exchange” (Hair‚ Lamb‚ & McDaniel‚ 2006‚ p. 48). The Coca-Cola Company’s products consist of beverage concentrates and
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Coca-Cola Dividend Policy The definition of dividend is as follows: A dividend is the distribution or sharing of parts of profits to a company ’s shareholders. Now the question is why do companies pay dividends to it s shareholders? Because it’s the shareholders that are the real owners of the corporation and one would not own a piece of anything unless it would make money for them. So in turn a company wants to pay dividends to keep the shareholders happy and show that they are being profitable
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COLA-WARS Main Issue: Factors causing the decline in CSDs and Cola Sales: ------------------------------------------------- Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs)‚ the foundation of Coca-Cola’s brand is declining‚ although it still holds the highest market share in comparison to non-CSD beverages. Coca-Cola is at risk of eventually producing a negative return from its CSDs and to be outperformed by non-CSDs‚ non-carb beverages and bottled water within its own product line‚ and with its competitors if
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SWOT Analysis of Coca-Cola: SWOT stands for Strengths Weakness Opportunities Threats. SWOT analysis is a technique much used in many general management as well as marketing scenarios. SWOT consists of examining the current activities of the organization- its Strengths and Weakness- and then using this and external research data to set out the Opportunities and Threats that exist. Strengths: 1. Beverage Experience 2. Personnel Relations 3. Knowledge Regarding Competitor 4. Hardworking
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