Coke Zero Case Study Coca Cola is world renowned soft drink. Unfortunately when it comes to taking health into consideration this is one of the last things one should be ingesting into their system. That’s why Coke introduced Diet Coke in 1982. Unfortunately the typical male consumer shies away from dieting due to social pressure for being perceived or mistaken for the feminine persona often categorized as a homosexual. With proper understanding‚ Coke was able to market a no calorie‚ body conscience
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competitive strategies of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been examined‚ and even though they are different‚ both seemed to have been successful to become the first and second companies in the soft drink industry. Coca-Cola with effective advertising‚ and Pepsi with effective young generation market target‚ have developed their marketing strategies and began to modify their pricing‚ bottling and brand strategies. Both companies entered international markets‚ however Coca-Cola were more effective and lead
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1/20/2015 New Coke Case Study The failure of the introduction of New Coke raises the question of who was responsible for this notorious flop. The efforts to launch a new product began as a tactic to combat Pepsi’s taste test marketing campaign‚ in which consumers where shown preferring the taste of Pepsi over the original Coke product. This campaign contributed to Pepsi gaining significant market growth. Coke chose to respond by creating a new product that was preferred over both Pepsi and the original
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competition within the $74 billion carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry has been remarkable ever since Coca-Cola was formulated in 1886‚ and further intensified when Pepsi was introduced in 1893. Ever since then‚ the CSD industry has been dominated by these two companies‚ with Coke taking the lead in the early stage‚ followed by Pepsi doubled its market share between 1950 and 1970 by offering its concentrate at a lower price than its competitor. The CSD industry has been profitable historically due
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Dan Sweeney March 7‚ 2012 1. & 2) Short-term: The quick ratio‚ also known as acid-test ratio‚ calculates a company’s cash and accounts receivable divided by its current liabilities. This ratio is a more stringent measure of liquidity than the current ratio in that it excludes inventories and other current assets. Pfizer has a quick ratio of 1.78 while the industry median is 1.21. This shows the company does not rely too much on inventory of other assets to pay for short-term liabilities.
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Case 2.4 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India BRIEF SUMMARY OF CASE CONTENT: This is a detailed and comprehensive case describing the market entry of two global consumer product companies‚ PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Corporation into a Big Emerging Market (BEM)‚ India. It traces the history of the challenges encountered by these two companies in the developing country environment of India from the late 1980s to the present time. Emphasis is placed on lessons learned by the two companies as they
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? In an industry dominated by two heavyweight contenders‚ Coke and Pepsi‚ in fact‚ between 1996 and 2004 per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) remained between 52 to 54 gallons per year. Consumption grew by an average of 3% per year over the next three decades. Fueling this growth were the increasing availability of CSD‚ the introduction of diet and flavored varieties‚ and brand extensions
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Consider the CSD industry. Have Coke and Pepsi’s profits historically been high? Do you consider it surprising or not surprising given the product they produce? In the CSD industry‚ the highest net profit-sales ratio of Coke and Pepsi are 21.1% and 14.3%‚ and the steadily growth is also surprising.so the profits are high. The content is water‚ Coke syrup‚ CO2‚ and additives‚ which cost about 10 cents per can‚ nearly next to nothing. What are the primary
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Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for a “throat share” of the soft drinks market for more than a century. Carbonated soft drinks (CSD) contributed to majority of the revenues in soft drinks. 丁he core market was Ihc United States which had high per capita consumption (see Exhibit 1 for per capita consumption of carbonates in select countries). The Americas accounted for 54% of the global CSD market. Europe for 34.5%‚ and Asia-Pacific for 1 \%.] The industry was characterized by the presence of strong
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PepsiCo Inc. was created in 1965 as a result of the merger of Pepsi Cola‚ created in 1898 and Frito Lay‚ created in 1932. Both companies agreed that by merging they would gain access to a wider market. Diversification was part of the company’s strategy from the beginning‚ and we can say that because Frito-Lay was the result of a merger between two different producers of salty snacks. PepsiCo Inc. was clear as to what type of diversification strategy to use‚ and when to diversify. Their first strategy
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