THE COCA COLA COMPANY By: Rachelle L Goude May 27‚ 2006 Summary of the History of Coca Cola On May 8‚ 1886‚ Dr. John S Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ USA mixed the syrup that became Coca-Cola ’. His friend and bookkeeper‚ Frank M. Robinson‚ thinking that the two C ’s would look well in advertising ’‚ suggested the name Coca-Cola ’. He wrote the words in his now familiar Spenserian script‚ and the world ’s most recognized trademark was born. Selling his creation from Jacob
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Coca-Cola Coca-Cola’s profile Coca-Cola started its business in 1886 as a local soda producer in Atlanta‚ Georgia (US) selling about nine beverages per day. By the 1920s‚ the company had begun expanding internationally‚ selling its products first in the Caribbean and Canadian markets and then moving in consecutive decades to Asia‚ Europe‚ South America and the Soviet Union. By the end of the 20th century‚ the company was selling its products in almost every country in the world. In 2005 it became
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The crisis that happened at Coca Cola was a very crucial incident. It affected issues such as brand and reputation‚ and the company has to take action so as not to ruin its image. Coca Cola is a company with a very strong brand name all over the world. An attack like this of the NGO can lead any company to problems. Although the Center for Science and Environment attacked the safety of Coca Cola India ’s products‚ Coke was well within the Indian government ’s legal limits for pesticide residue in
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PRODUCT Coca Cola AGENCY/IGNITOR McCann India STORYLINE/CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS TVC opens in a cafe where a waiter is shown working rigorously cleaning dishes‚ taking orders and receiving instructions from the owner of the cafe (who seems to be a bit angry on him). On one table Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt‚ Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra are seated watching the waiter. Then Varun asks for three bottles of coke from the same waiter where Alia changed the order to four bottles instead. Varun and Sidharth
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value. According to Interbrand‚ The Coca Cola Company is the most valued ($77‚839 billion) brand in the world. 2. World’s largest market share in beverage. Coca Cola holds the largest beverage market share in the world (about 40%). 3. Strong marketing and advertising. Coca Cola’ advertising expenses accounted for more than $3 billion in 2012 and increased firm’s sales and brand recognition. 4. Most extensive beverage distribution channel. Coca Cola serves more than 200 countries and more
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Case 1: Global Human Resource Management at Coca-Cola 8/16/2013 1. What is Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial position: ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ or geocentric? Does this policy make sense? I believe Coca-Cola’s staffing policy for managerial positioning is primarily polycentric; however‚ I also believe it involves many characteristics of both ethnocentric and geocentric staffing policies as well. According to Dowling‚ et al‚ a polycentric staffing approach involves the multinational
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customer relationships that drive brand value primarily through communication efforts. Such efforts often include cross-functional processes that create and nourish profitable relationships with customers and other stakeholders by strategically controlling or influencing all messages sent to these groups and encouraging data-driven‚ purposeful dialog with them. IMC includes the coordination and integration of all marketing communication tools‚ avenues‚ and sources within a company into a seamless
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The Coca-Cola Company (KO) is the world’s largest beverage company‚ and it owns or licenses more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands. The company owns four of the world’s top five nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands: Coca-Cola‚ Diet Coke‚ Fanta and Sprite. The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company‚ a drugstore in Columbus‚ Georgia‚ by John Pemberton‚ originally as a coca wine called Pemberton’s French Wine Coca. He may have been inspired by the formidable
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Coca Cola Introduction: 1. History of Coca-Cola a. International * 1886 – 1892: Atlanta Beginnings John Pemberton‚ an Atlanta pharmacist‚ stirred up a fragrant‚ caramel-colored liquid and carried it to Jacobs’ Pharmacy. Here‚ the mixture was combined with carbonated water and sampled by customers who all agreed - this new drink was something special. Pemberton’s bookkeeper‚ Frank Robinson‚ named the mixture Coca-Cola®. To this day‚ Coca-Cola is written the same way. In the first year
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A12-04-0025 Coca-Cola’s Marketing Challenges in Brazil: The Tubaínas War Introduction For about a decade‚ the Coca-Cola Company’s Brazilian subsidiary tried to stop the growth of tubaínas (too-bah-ee’-nas). The word tubaínas designates numerous brands of fairly inexpensive‚ carbonated‚ and rather sweet beverages sold throughout Brazil. For more than half a century‚ hundreds of micro‚ and a few medium-size‚ manufacturers produced and distributed the so-called tubaínas on a local or regional basis
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