Investors and Analysts: Jackson Kelly T +01 404.676.7563 Media: Kent Landers T +01 404.676.2683 The Coca-Cola Company Global Public Affairs & Communications Department P.O. Box 1734 Atlanta‚ GA 30301 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 RESULTS Strong 4% global volume growth in the third quarter with growth across every geographic operating group Worldwide brand Coca-Cola growth of 3% year-to-date Volume and value share gains continued in total nonalcoholic ready-to-drink
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"Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010" Read and Apply: Michael E. Porter (2008)‚ “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ (January 2008)‚ pp. 2-17 Assignment Questions (AQ) (a) Why has the soft drink industry been so profitable for concentrate producers? Compare the economics of the concentrate business to the bottling business: why is the profitability so different? [50% points] The soft drink industry has been extremely profitable for Concentrate
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beginning of time or so it seem‚ we the consumer‚ have had the pleasure of enduring the “Cola Wars” between Coke and Pepsi. This has been an ongoing battle between the big two cola manufactures for over one hundred years. John Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ invented Coca-Cola in 1886; pharmacist Caleb Bradham invented Brad’s Drink‚ later to become Pepsi-Cola‚ in 1893 in New Bern‚ North Carolina. In 1938‚ Coke filed suit against Pepsi‚ claiming trademark infringement. In 1941‚ the court ruled
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“Coca-Cola Is Everything” March 2013 Abstract This paper will provide the answers to questions asked in week two assignment. The paper will explore concepts such as supply chain management‚ switching cost‚ and business intelligence and apply them to Coca-Cola’s internal collaboration efforts. Sources in the paper have cited the use of social media tools through Facebook and loyalty programs. Warden (2013) has called Coca-Cola king of social of media. This paper will compare Coca-Cola’s social
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Azam Nunn Khan July 29‚2013 MGMT 311 Homework #3 Page 283 Applying the concepts #2 Coca-Cola has sustained success in the maturity stage of the product life cycle for many years. Visit Coca-Cola’s web site (www.coca-colacompany.com/topics/heritage) and discuss how Coca-Cola has evolved over the years. Identify ways that Coca-Cola can continue to evolve to meet changing consumer needs and wants. Coca-Cola’s ability to sustain success for many years in the maturity stage of the product
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INTERGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION (IMC) According to Wikipedia‚ integrated marketing communications (IMC) is defined as a process for managing customer relationships that drive brand value primarily through communication efforts. Such efforts often include cross-functional processes that create and nourish profitable relationships with customers and other stakeholders by strategically controlling or influencing all messages sent to these groups and encouraging data-driven‚ purposeful dialog with
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Coca-Cola Japan: Should tea be introduced? Outline of Report Coca-Cola Background Japan and its culture Japan’s Beverage and Tea Market Coca-Cola Japan and its success Coca-Cola Product Line Competition SWOT Analysis Research and Development Marketing Plan and Recommendations Coca-Cola Company Background Founded in 1886 by John C. Pemberton World’s leading manufacturer‚ marketer‚ and distributor of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups More than 300 brands Corporate Headquarters
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Memo case study 1 To: Robert Smith (Executive Director-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States) From: (Student at UMUC) Subject: Safety and quality concerns of Coke products in India. Date: June 07‚ 2013 Coca-Cola has considerably gained a large share of the market in the soft drinks industry. In the chase of expanding to foreign companies‚ it decided to explore India which presented great potential for revenues due to the growing population. The company built bottling
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Coca-Cola is the most recognized brand in the world and has been closely identified with notions of consumption and democracy in the United States. It’s commercially successful over the following decades that by the time of the Second World War it was seen as such an evocative symbol of the American way of life that the company undertook to supply American troops with the drink wherever they were‚ thus maintaining morale. A similar strategy was repeated in the Korean and Vietnam Wars."Cola wars”
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/ context Coca-Cola is one of the most well known brands around the world. One of the main reasons behind this is because of the brilliant marketing that the company does around the world. Coca-cola is an extremely successful company that has 500 different brands being sold in 206 countries around the world‚ making it a successful 67 billion dollar global business. Coca-cola does not only have a domestic marketing strategy‚ but also has a highly successful global marketing strategy. 80% of coca-cola’s
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