F A L L 2012 08 The Coca-Cola Company Kim Connors Hillary Edwards James Howell Sulki Jang Alex Williamson East Tennessee State University 1. ASSOCIATIONS WITH COCA-COLA 3 1.1 SPORTS 3 1.2 HEALTH 3 1.3 THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 4 2. Brand positioning versus Pepsi Co. 4 3. Competitors 5 4. Images Associated with coca-Cola 6 4.1 Santa Clause 7 4.2 The Polar bears 7 4.3 The Secret Formula 8 4.4 The Olympics
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The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company‚ refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. The company and bottling partners are dedicated to the 2020 Vision‚ a roadmap for doubling system revenues this decade‚ focused on five key areas—profit‚ people‚ portfolio‚ partners and planet. General information: 128 years on the market global headquarters: Atlanta‚ Georgia products sold in more than 200 countries net operating revenues in 2013:
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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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Coca-Cola Company applies to an undifferentiated targeting strategy to promote a single product of identical size. This approach allows the firm to consider a potential buyer as the one who has similar needs and preferences like any other consumer at the market. Hence‚ there is no a particular market segment because market is regarded as the whole. Producing one item saves costs for advertising and marketing (Lamb et al.‚ 2011‚ p. 275). However‚ focusing on undifferentiated marketing prevents
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The Coca Cola Company Market Plan Marketing plan for a coca cola company Analysis of company situation: Introduction of Coca Cola Company: The Coca‑Cola Company is a beverage company that is publicly listed on the New York stock exchange. It is one of the most popular brands at the global level. Coca Cola Company has more than 400 products. Some major and well familiar products are Classic Coca Cola‚ Diet coke‚ Fanta‚ Sprite‚ Minute Maid etc. Vision statement
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Forces of the Industry...........................23 Key Success Factors......................................26 Strategic Objectives.....................................29 Strategic Recommendations................................30 Historical Summary Coca-Cola started as a fountain beverage used for medicinal purposes in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. It grew quickly‚ but only after a bottling system was developed did Coca-Cola have a chance to became the world-famous brand it is
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1. Why do you think Coca-Cola has had one ethical issue after another over the last decade or so? Ethical issues have been a problem for Coca-Cola because the company has lacked quality leadership in many areas of the organization. It seems that the company was not prepared to handle disputes or incidents when they occurred. They were slow to respond in many incidents because they were ill equipped to handle the fall out. They essentially had no crisis management skills. It seems that
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Objectives The main objectives for the Coca-Cola Company are to be globally known as a business that conducts business responsibility and ethically and to accelerate sustainable growth to operate in tomorrow’s world. By having these objectives‚ it forms the foundation for companies in the decision making process. Strategy One of our goals is to maximize growth and profitability to create value for our shareholders. Our efforts to achieve this goal are based on: (1) transforming our commercial
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History of Coca Cola Company Coca Cola was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in 1886 when he concocted a mixture of water‚ sugar‚ caffeine and extracts of the coca leaf and the kola nut. The concoction was originally marketed as a headache remedy‚ but was not successful due to poor advertising and Pemberton’s ailing health. In 1888‚ Pemberton sold the business to Asa G. Candler‚ a successful druggist with excellent business sense. The company grew quickly under his 26 year leadership. He expanded
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On Tuesday‚ April 23‚ 1985 The Coca Cola Company announced that it would change the formula of its flagship soft drink; a formula that had been America’s favorite for 100 years. Kansas newspaper editor William Allen White said‚ “Coca Cola is the sublimated essence of all that America stands for. A decent thing honestly made [and] universally distributed.” (As cited in Oliver‚ 1986‚ p.4) How could Coca Cola have tampered with the taste of a drink that was distributed to 155 countries and consumed
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