| Coca-Cola | Background Dr. John S. Pemberton invented Coca Cola in Atlanta‚ Georgia in May 1886. Coca-Cola first began selling their product at a soda fountain in Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta. The name came about when Dr. Pemberton’s bookkeeper‚ Frank Robinson suggested it. He even wrote out the script as seen today on the Coke bottles. Initially‚ Coca- Cola averaged nine drinks a day in the first year of their sales‚ adding up to $50 annual revenue. Today products of The Coca-Cola
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THE DESIGN The Coca-Cola contour bottle is one of the brand’s key icons and is the symbol of the brand’s authenticity. It was developed in 1916 to create a distinct identity for the brand in consumers’ minds and to protect the brand from being imitated by competitors. Today it represents the very essence of the brand’s identity in the marketplace and remains instrumental in differentiating the brand from all other competing products. The familiar shape of the Coca-Cola bottle and the flowing script
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Today cold drinks have become an important item of refreshment. Cold drinks are an important part of each and every occasion that provides freshness. Worldwide‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi are well known as the best soft drinks in the field of beverages. Under the present scenario companies are facing major problem that is “How to meet the consumer need.” The mind of the consumer is very unpredictable and it is very difficult to know what is going in the mind of the consumer. In today’s
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efforts to present the project scenario and the progress made on it so far. Thus‚ any deficiency in this project may kindly be excuse. Owais Shafi Wani CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the project titled “DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF COCA-COLA” Submitted by: Owais Shafi Wani for the award of degree of MBA in Marketing is a record of research work carried by him. He worked under my guidance and has fulfilled the requirements for the submission of his project report‚ which to my knowledge
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Coca-Cola India On August 20‚ 2003 Sanjiv Gupta‚ President and CEO of Coca-Cola India‚ sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks on the heels of a 75% five-year growth trajectory and 25-30%2 year-to-date growth. Many leading clubs‚ retailers‚ restaurants‚ and college campuses across the country had stopped selling Coca-Cola3 and only six weeks into his new role as CEO‚ Gupta was embroiled in a crisis
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live on C-span‚ I know from press reports that many of the soft drinks of choice in the White House are produced by Coca-Cola. That’s a policy position I certainly endorse and appreciate. I have been looking forward to this engagement at the Press Club for quite some time. As someone who has spent the vast majority of his career traveling to markets around the world for Coca-Cola‚ I have seen‚ first-hand‚ the correlation between the strength of a nation and the strength of its press. That’s no
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Coca-Cola as we know it is a huge beverage giant. The amount of data compiled by this company is overwhelming. With such a large collection of data the company has created many different programs designed to turn useless data into profit. I would like to discuss one of these programs in order to describe how they gather this information‚ what type of information they gather‚ and how this information helps Coca-Cola market its products. In order to gather useful information the Coca-Cola Company
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Coca-Cola Marketing Mix: Product‚ Place‚ Price‚ Promotion Product: In order for an organization to be successful it needs to have a well-defined marketing mix. The marketing mix consists of the four P’s; product‚ place‚ price‚ promotion (Hair‚ Lamb‚ & McDaniel‚ 2006‚ p. 48). Product is defined as “everything‚ both favorable and unfavorable‚ that a person receives in exchange” (Hair‚ Lamb‚ & McDaniel‚ 2006‚ p. 48). The Coca-Cola Company’s products consist of beverage concentrates and
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value among consumers. So‚ the core target audience of Coca Cola is youngster or youth. Their targeting is not based on gender but the results show that both genders like this product and use it. Finally‚ Coca Cola consider each customer as a target and a potential consumer. All age groups are being targeted but the most potential is the age group from 18-25 that covers around 40% of total age segments. To know what their customers need‚ Coca-Cola uses the consumer segmentation criteria and market into
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sport drinks. i. Bargaining power of suppliers The main ingredients for Coca-Cola syrup include either high fructose corn syrup or sucrose derived from cane sugar‚ caramel color‚ caffeine‚ phosphoric acid‚ coca extract‚ lime extract‚ vanilla‚ and glycerin. The suppliers are not concentrated or differentiated. Bargaining power of suppliers is low. ii. Bargaining power of customers The individual buyer has no pressure on Coca-Cola because just like having large retailers it has a bargaining power of
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