During WWII Coke was able to establish itself in the European and Asian markets with the help of the government because it was being sold to the American troops in those regions Weaknesses: 1. Coke’s imagine could not compete with Pepsi’s “Pepsi Generation” campaign because it was perceived as being one of small town and outdated 2. Business relationships with bottlers have not been standardized 3. Carbonated drinks faced completion of “new age” drinks. Opportunities: 1. Quick
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Case Summary In 2000‚ under the leadership of the former CEO Steve Reinemund‚ PepsiCo.launched a new business strategy that based on the racial and culture diversity. It emphasized the importance of having equal working and promoting opportunities for all employees from different ethnic groups. In order to help the company keep up with the demographical shifting in United States‚ this strategy was initially resisted by some of the employees as well as senior division managers. The resistance
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Feb. 15‚ 2015 Pepsi Blue Yanran YAN Pepsi Blue Case Analysis I. Strategic Situation In 1995‚ Pepsi-‐Cola International (PCI) headquarter planned to carry out a $500 million global brand identity and logo plan‚ also known as Project Blue. The plan failed to get support from regional executives. The better way to carry out a
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COMPANY PROFILE-PEPSI CO. (US) PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient foods and beverages‚ with revenues of about $27 billion and over 143‚000 employees. The company consists of the snack business of Frito-Lay North America and the beverage and food businesses of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods‚ which includes PepsiCo Beverages North America (Pepsi-Cola North America and Gatorade/Tropicana North America) and Quaker Foods North America. PepsiCo International includes the snack businesses of Frito-Lay
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Current Market Conditions Paper Productivity Coca is always looking for ways to improve their productivity to stay a top notch competitive in the market of soft drinks. Currently Coca is introducing a new system call MC9000. Coca-Cola’s deployment of Symbol’s flagship MC9000 mobile computers across EMEA operations is part of a strategic initiative to improve the efficiency‚ productivity and customer service delivered by its mobile workforce. The Symbol mobility platform replaces
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The Coca Cola and Pepsi War 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? * The soft drink industry remains profitable because of the market share based on Porters Five Forces. * Coke has protected its recipe for over a hundred years as a trade secret‚ and has gone to great lengths to prevent others from learning its cola formula. The company even left a billion-person market (India) to avoid revealing this information. As a result of extended histories and successful advertising
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Running head: COKE A Coke is a Coke ITT Tech PROBLEM Why do some of us have such strong soda preferences? There’s all this uproar of Coke vs. Pepsi‚ and really looking at the ingredients‚ the products aren’t all that different. Both are made of carbonated water‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ caramel color‚ sugar‚ phosphoric acid‚ caffeine‚ citric acid and natural flavors (Pendergrast‚ 2000‚ p.6). The natural flavors are where they differ. Coke includes a “secret ingredient” known as Merchandise
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JIANGYONG TAO ZHIGANG PEPSI GROWS POTATOES IN CHINA After entering China in 1982‚ Pepsi continued to do well in the country‚ offering a wider range of products than its arch-rival‚ Coca-Cola. Pepsi’s potato chip business was successful despite competition from other multinational rivals and Chinese domestic brands. As its potato chips became more successful‚ however‚ the problem of how to secure a supply of quality potatoes also grew. In the North American market‚ Pepsi relied on external suppliers
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Table of Contents Introduction Supply Chain Management is the process of planning‚ implementing‚ and controlling the operations of supply chain with the purpose to satisfy customer requirements as efficiently as possible. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials‚ work-in-process inventory‚ and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. It is a cross functional approach to managing the movement of raw materials into an organization and the movement
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CASE STUDY - PEPSI: PROMOTING NOTHING QUESTION 1: What markets should Pepsi target for Aquafina? Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola have been competing with each other for many years through numerous taste tests and television ads. One of the ideas they came up with is water. In the early 1990s Evian and Perrier were the brands that dominated the niche and helped establish bottled spring water’s clean‚ healthy image. Pepsi first tried to attack this market with bottled and sparkling water but failed. In
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