Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-Cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $74 billion CSD industry in the United States‚ where the average American consumes 46 gallons of CSD per year. In a "carefully waged competitive struggle‚" from 1975 to the mid-1990s‚ both Coke and Pepsi had achieved average annual growth of around 10%‚ as both U.S. and worldwide CSD consumption consistently rose. However‚ starting
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= 7.75 ÷ 4.5 = 1.723 The beta for Coca Cola Company is 1.723(www.pcquote.com/stocks/).Beta measures the unsystematic risk of a firm under analysis. Beta can be derived from sensitivity analysis. This beta can increase the risk of investor’s portfolio as it is more than 1 as compares to the market risk. Beta measures the responsiveness of the returns in the market. The higher the beta the aggressive the share prices(Wood‚Donald‚2000). The beta of the Coca cola company is higher and the market is
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Abstract This case study will provide an overview of the Coca-Cola Company as the perfect business as it pertains to the characteristics that make up a good business. A series of three questions will be discussed. Identifying four characteristics of a good business‚ identify four companies that display these characteristics‚ and in three years after purchasing common stock in these companies determine if the present analysis was correct. Discuss at least four characteristics of a good
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Prins (112381) Luc Zijlmans (149689) | Coca Cola & Pepsi | Analysis International Strategy | Coca Cola & Pepsi | Analysis International Strategy | Index 1. Analysis International Strategy 3 2. The Coca-Cola Company & PepsiCo 4 3. Marketing 5 3.1 Marketing mix of Coca Cola 5 3.2 Marketing mix of Pepsi 7 3.3 Brand differentiation 8 3.4 Coca-Cola & Pepsi Worldwide 8 4. Management 9 4.1 Management Coca-Cola 9 4.2 Management PepsiCo 11 4.3 Management
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TASK: As a marketing consultant‚ working for Coca-Cola‚ you are required to provide them with a report based on your analysis of the situation highlighted in the attached report form the Guardian newspaper and your own research. Your report should cover the following areas; A marketing audit of their business One new marketing objective for Coco-Cola. You should indicate the actions the company would have to undertake for the next twelve months to achieve this objective � INTRODUCTION This
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Introduction: Generally‚ Power quality is an issue that is becoming increasingly important to electricity consumers at all levels of usage. Sensitive power electronic equipment and non-linear loads are widely used in industrial‚ commercial and domestic applications leading to distortion in voltage and current waveforms. With ongoing regulatory‚ policy and structural changes in the Indian electricity industry‚ following the Electricity Act 2003‚ the issue of power quality is poised to become a
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Coca-Cola India San Francisco State University MKTG 432-02 Fall 2010 Professor Veronica A. Papyrina Group 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Problem Definition .................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Coca-Cola’s Concerns ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Coca-Cola’s Problem ....................................
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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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the Coca- Cola Company. 1.0 Company Overview Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist‚ Dr. John S. Pemberton‚ led him to create a distinctive tasting soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains. He created a flavoured syrup‚ took it to his neighbourhood pharmacy‚ where it was mixed with carbonated water and deemed "excellent" by those who sampled it. Dr. Pemberton’s partner and bookkeeper‚ Frank M. Robinson‚ is credited with naming the beverage "Coca-Cola"
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Overview of marketing management According to Philip Kotler (2000): "Marketing management has the task of influencing the level‚ timing‚ and compositions of demand in a way that will help the organisation achieve its objectives. Marketing management is essentially demand management." "The art and science of choosing target markets and getting‚ keeping and growing customers through creating‚ delivering‚ and communicating superior customer value." Marketing management is
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