competitive moves between players. This interaction over time should make it easier for a firm to predict the direction and nature of their rival’s next (competitive) move. The authors suggest in Hypothesis 2a that the volatility of the relationship between Coke and Pepsi’s competitive moves would attenuate over time. However‚ they also discuss how it can be argued that firms will engage in
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the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States are the Atlanta‚ Georgia based Coca-Cola Company and the New York based Pepsi Cola Company. While both are called "colas" they both attempt to address the same target tastes but from different approaches. Coke was the first on market with what is still a "secret" formula and Pepsi followed with a similar (not exact) taste. Since taste is very much a factor of your personal likes‚ either or neither may appeal to you or seem sweeter (Inforefuge
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case of Coca-Cola changing their well established Coke formula and introducing an new one in 1985 for the purpose of gaining more market share; the reason why such decision was made by Coke’s executives was mainly because of a series of marketing campaign conducted by their major arrival - Pepsi. During mid 1970s‚ Pepsi has ran a the famous “Pepsi Challenge” of blind taste tests on all the commercials to show that the majority preferred Pepsi than Coke based on its teste. By 1977‚ Pepsi had exceeded
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Coke has been leading the competition from 1998-2002 in terms of higher market capitalization‚ gross margin and net income. However‚ Pepsi was leading the fight in terms of growth in revenue and net income. However‚ Pepsi’s stock performed 45% better than Coke’s stock. Overall‚ Pepsi was a smaller company but it was growing faster than Coke. Coke had a strong foundation‚ however‚ their revenue during this period increased due to summer months artificially increasing the demand. Pepsi‚ on the other
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Introducing New Coke Q. In your opinion‚ what was the most significant challenge (or problem) that Coca Cola faced with the Pepsi Challenge? Ans. The most significant challenge faced by Coca Cola was in the late 1970s when the top executives of the Coca Cola actually paid less and less attention to the marketing and sales of their central product and they were making attempt on diversifications‚ and the competitor Pepsi during this period targeted the young generation by
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Coke vs. Pepsi As we all know‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been rivals for centuries. While most people have their own preference on which cola they prefer‚ they have no idea what makes these two cola brands so similar yet so different. While both are similar in color and taste‚ the biggest difference between these two brands are their sugar level. Coca-Cola‚ the dominant coke brand‚ contains less sugar compared to that of Pepsi’s. Furthermore‚ these two world renowned colas are said to help regain
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The Coca Cola Company: Diversity and a Global Presence You do the Research: 1. I don’t think that Coke can stay up with changing tastes for non-cola drinks. I believe that Goizueta did have the right idea to develop new products‚ but Coke fell behind after some embarrassing problems within the company‚ such as the 1999 contamination scare‚ their slowing unit growth‚ ugly class action racial discrimination suit (which result in a $195.2 million settlement with 2000 employees)‚ and an aborted
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it can be difficult to determine which company uses the best practices in their marketing strategy as both use similar strategies to expand their local and global markets. In this paper the subjects to describe are the products‚ prices variations‚ target demographics‚ promotion mix‚ sales‚ relationship building strategies‚ unfair predatory marketing‚ technology‚ and marketing campaign successes and failures for Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola. Product Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola offer a variety
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Coca-Cola has had one ethical issue after another to resolve over the past decade or so. There is no current evidence to suggest that Coca-Cola could become the next Enron. Both companies have had to deal with issues with employees not having loyalty to the business. What differs between the two is Enron had accounting numbers that did not add up correctly. The reason behind this was later discovered that company money was being transferred to off shore bank accounts. This was later proven to
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of Coca-Cola’s drinks from back then. One of the drinks is Pepsi Cola that is from back in the day. The bad thing about it is that they don’t have that drink today. These are some drinks that Coca-Cola makes today. It is Dr. Pepper‚ Coke Zero‚ and Diet Coke. That is only some of Coca-Cola’s drinks they made and make.
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