Financial Analysis of Coca-Cola Company - February 7th‚ 2011 The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a beverage retailer‚ manufacturer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola‚ invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage‚ Coca-Cola currently offers more than
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Q1. Trace the history and major milestone of the Coca Cola Company. Write about new businesses‚ divestment‚ new market entered and exited. Coca Cola History: Coca-Cola began its existence in a three-legged brass pot in the backyard of John S. Pemberton on May 8‚ 1886. Pemberton was a pharmacist trying to create a new headache tonic. Pemberton took his creation to the now famous Jacob’s Pharmacy about 2 blocks from his home. There the syrup was mixed with cold tap water and sold to ailing customers
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References: Standard and Poor’s Survey (2002): Beverage Industry Research http://www2.standardandpoors.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=sp%2FPage%2FSiteSearchResultsPg&l=EN&r=1&b=10&search=site&vqt=coca-cola#Funds
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1.0 Introduction Coca-Cola has sold more than one billion servings every day. More than 10‚450 beverages are consumed every second. The company achieved earnings of $4‚347‚000‚000 in 2003. It is present on all seven continents and is recognized by 94% of the world population. How did Coca-Cola grow from its humble roots as a home-brewed Georgia-based patent medicine to be the international soft drink powerhouse that it is today? Coca-Cola used numerous technologies to achieve its rise to the
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Coca-Cola (KO) Analysis Coca-Cola Corporation and its Competitors Coca-Cola was discovered as a result of an accident. In 1886 a pharmacist named John Pemberton cooked up medicinal syrup. When he was done‚ he figured he had created a fine tonic for people who were tired‚ nervous‚ or plagued with sore teeth. He and his assistant mixed it with ice water‚ sipped it‚ and proclaimed it tasty. They wanted some more‚ and the assistant accidentally used carbonated water to mix the second batch. Instead
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Coca-Cola has strong brand recognition across the globe. The company has a leading brand value and a strong brand portfolio. Coca-Cola is the leading brands in the top 100 global brands ranking in 2012 (Interbrand). Interbrand also valued Coca-Cola at $67‚000 million. Coca-Cola ranks well ahead of its close competitor Pepsi which has a ranking of 22 having a brand value of $12‚690 million. Furthermore; Coca-Cola owns a large portfolio of product brands. The company owns four of the top five soft
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experience. This has given a chance to try and apply the academic knowledge and gain insight into corporate culture. This helps in developing decision-making abilities and emphasizes on active participation by the student. We undertook our Research in Coca cola Hindustan‚ a leading Bottler and Marketing partner of the beverage. During the project‚ we had worked on the topic “A comparative study of soft drinks”. We gained valuable experience & knowledge during
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On May 8‚ 1886‚ The Coca-Cola product was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia by Dr. John Stith Pemberton‚ a local pharmacist. He produced the carbonated water which was teamed with the new syrup to produce the Coca-Cola drink. (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/chronicle_birth_refreshing_idea.html)•In its first year‚ Coca-Cola products placed on sales for five cent a glass as a soda fountain drink with the sales about 9 glasses a day. (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/chronicle_birth_refreshing_idea
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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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Coca-Cola in Great Britain Live On The Coke Side of Life Table of Contents Introduction 3 PESTLE Analysis of the macro-environment 4 SWOT Analysis 5 BCG Matrix 6 SPICC 7 Suppliers 7 Publics 7 Intermediaries 7 Competition 8 Customers‚ consumers and markets 10 Soft Drinks Market 10 Table 1: Soft Drinks UK Market Segmentation 11 Market for smoothies 12 Table 2 : Forecast of UK retail sales of smoothies‚ 2001-11 13 Table 3 :Brand manufacturers sales of the smoothies
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