HBR Case Study: “Introducing New Coke” 1. What is the case about? This case study is the story of Coca-Cola‚ its history and the report about one of the most fascinating stories about the company this is still regarded by many as a mysterious case: “the introduction of the new Coke”. The author Susan Fournier‚ in the case study went on by presenting the history of the Coca-Cola Company: how the company started and how throughout its history it became a brand‚ a part of everyone’s
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Coca Cola and 31% for Pepsi) and almost 72% in 2009 (almost 42% for Coca Cola and almost 30% for Pepsi). The barriers to enter the CSD market are very high mainly because of the economies of scale enjoyed by Pepsi and Coca Cola. These two firms produce a very large portion of the total output of the market and they reach their MES (minimum efficient scale) when they cover for over 70% of the market. Another important barrier to enter this industry is the well-known reputations that Coca Cola and
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Pepsi Co. and Coca-Cola’s Vertical‚ Horizontal‚ and Ratio Analysis XACC/280 Submitted by: Lataikeii Evans Date: April 8‚ 2011 Daneene Barton Arbitrating a company’s monetary physical stability inculpate their financial statements (income statements‚ balance sheets‚ and statement of cash flow). These statements must follow the GAAP standards. Sidewise from the statements that are involved in balancing a company or in my case comparing the financial stability of the two successful companies’
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Shan Widjaja Date: May 21‚ 2015 Subject: Case Analysis of Cola Wars Continue Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Essentially the case discusses about the rivalry of Coca-Cola and Pepsi throughout the years from the beginning‚ and how they manage to come up with a more lucrative way to establish more market share. The case mentioned the reasons profitability of the soft drinks industry. The reasons for this profitability are: Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have an agreement with their own bottler who specializes in
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For 125 years‚ we have been refreshing the world. Did you know? Did you know? If all the Coca‑Cola ever produced were to cascade down Niagara Falls at its normal rate of 1.6 million gallons per second‚ it would flow for nearly 83 hours. Studies have shown that Coca‑Cola is among the most‑admired and best‑known trademarks in the world. In fact‚ it is documented that “Coca‑Cola” is the second‑most widely understood term in the world‚ after “okay.” Did you know? namic Ribbon keThis
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Recently‚ I found myself standing in line waiting to get a sandwich at Dutch‚ when I looked through the ever-so-perfectly placed drinks cooler...and what did I see? Coke and Coke Zero‚ the original and the supposed ’clone.’ Now‚ naturally being an extremely inquisitive person‚ I decided it was time to do an experiment. I grabbed one of each and about 10 of those little water cups and went over to the completely unsuspecting group I had come with. Little did they know‚ they were about to be a part
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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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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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Page Executive Summary Introduction Executive Summary This report have a brief introduction of The Coca-Cola Company and first part will contain an analyse of the environment and ethical problem that due to The Coca-Cola Company and how these affect their business‚ the company unethical and major environment issue had exist since the company growth bigger and bigger. Second part will analyse and describe how the
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Jiamin Ma Porter’s Five Forces Analysis on Cola Wars Case Threat of New Entrants The threat of new entrants in the soft drink industry is low. Barriers to the CSD industry are extremely high because customers have high brand loyalty towards to either Coke or Pepsi. As the case mentioned‚ Coke and Pepsi spend millions of dollars on advertising even though they are already the dominant companies in the industry. Thus‚ heavy investment on advertising and promotions is necessary for
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