Product diversity. Soda companies have several hundreds of brands‚ which include: carbonated and noncarbonated drinks‚ water‚ and snacks 2. Extensive distribution network. Products are served to more than 10 million stores per week in more than 200 countries. 3. Customer Service Orientated. Soda Companies recognize their role in a society and engage in education‚ recycling‚ water usage reduction‚ obesity fighting and other projects 4. Successful marketing and advertising campaigns. Billions
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1. Coca-Cola 2. Indirect Exporting- Coke sells their product to separately owned bottling companies around the world who then bottle the product and sell it to wholesalers around their location. 3. Product-Coca-Cola uses two formulas (one with sugar‚ one with corn syrup) for all markets. The product packaging in every country incorporates the contour bottle design and the logo in some way shape or form. However‚ the bottle or can also includes the country’s native language and is the same
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PepsiCo vs. Coca-Cola – A Financial Comparison June 13‚ 2007 AC550 May 2007 Executive Summary The purpose of this comparative analysis is to provide a summary of financial and accounting information to a potential investor who is looking to invest in either Coca-Cola or PepsiCo. This research will cover some facts from the financial statements of both companies for the year of 2004. There are many factors to review when comparing these two companies. They are two of the top manufacturers
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Coca Cola Research Proposal Outline December 11‚ 2013 Coca Cola Research Proposal Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta Georgia invented Coca Cola in May‚ 1886 (Bellis‚ 2013). The name of the product was created by Doctor Pemberton’s bookkeeper‚ Frank Robinson. A year later‚ Doctor Pemberton sold the Coca Cola formula to another pharmacist named‚ Asa Candler. Asa Candler purchased the formula for $2‚300 and began to aggressively market the Coca Cola product
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major events in the life of the Coca-Cola Company that have an impact on the company today‚ these include: 1886: Coca-Cola‚ the beverage‚ was first produced by John Pemberton. It was sold at fountains at a Jacobs’s pharmacy‚ a local pharmacy in Atlanta‚ for 5 cents a glass. Frank Robinson named the drink Coca-Cola and wrote it in his own unique script‚ to this day Coca-Cola is written in the exact same way. They used to sell an average of 9 glasses of Coca-Cola a day. 1891: John Pemberton
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Coca Cola dominance in the market is one of the greatest ways its marketing skills are used. Coke tried to dominate the European market by moving in and placing their products in various locations and they also started to buy out the local competition. In 1999‚ the European Commission investigated Coke‚ the commission was concerned that coke was abusing its dominant position. On October 19‚ 2004‚ the investigation was over and coke came to a settlement. The agreement‚ if coke ever breached it a
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Coca-Cola’s New Vending Machine (A) Case Questions 1. Is selling Coke through interactive vending machines a good or bad idea? Explain your answer. It is a good idea to sell Coke through interactive vending machines. Over the last three years‚ the soft-drinking giants have watched their earnings erode as they waged a price war in supermarkets. Vending machines have remained largely untouched by the discounting. Sales of soft drinks from vending machines have risen steadily over the last
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Coca-Cola and International Market Opportunity The Coca-Cola Company has long been a worldwide business. The first soda fountain sales to Canada and Mexico were recorded in 1897 with the first international bottler established in Panama in 1906. Coca-Cola entered China in 1927 and the 100th country‚ Sierra Leone‚ in 1957. Today‚ the Coca-Cola Company is the largest beverage company with the most extensive distribution system in the world. In the first two decades of the twentieth century‚ the international
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been the key success factors for Coca Cola? Answer: The key success factors for Coca Cola have been marketing strategy‚ introducing new products and globalization. Marketing strategy: Coca cola uses different types of marketing strategy for growing and retaining its customer. In early days‚ to build brand recognition‚ they offer clocks‚ calendars and weighing scales with Coca Cola logo to pharmacists who sold their drink. During mass market TV advertising‚ Coca Cola was the pioneers TV advertising
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Financial Analysis for the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo years 2004 and 2005. Financial Analysis is very important to present how well a company is being managed. Keeping track of financial statements‚ taxes‚ audits‚ and various other areas of financials show how well a company is doing‚ or better yet has done in these years‚ and the probability of improvement in the future. Having data on how a company will do in the future is important so that management‚ investors‚ and creditors can see if
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