market share‚ PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have the lions share. They have dominated the industry over the past 40 years with Coca-Cola leading in the category in 2004. With little resistance from Cadbury Schweppes‚ the distant third largest company in the industry‚ the two companies’ main focus was to increase market demand by outdoing each other in promotions‚ advertisements‚ and corporate acquisitions. Rivalry and power struggle have defined the existence of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola‚ looking for a competitive
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Business Week February 5‚ 2002 Pepsi versus Coke The rivalry of Coca-cola and Pepsi is extremely widespread. In order to remain competitive in a two-person race it is important to analyze the way a company does business. This article gave a competitive analysis between Coke and Pepsi by looking at both the industry structure and at the individual competitors. As it looks at the industry structure‚ it refers to Porter’s Five-Force model to determine Coke and Pepsi’s strengths and weaknesses.
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Cola Wars (Porter’s Five Forces) Barriers to entry The barriers to entry are high for new companies; therefore‚ the threats of new entrants are low. For example‚ retailers enjoy significant margins for their bottom-line. This makes it tough for the new entrants to convince retailers to substitute their new products for Coke and Pepsi. There are an economy of scale‚ high required investment‚ high costs for advertising and marketing promotion‚ high channels of distribution‚ and high products differentiation
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Pepsi and Coke’s Uncivil Wars Chapter 9 in Competition Demystified: Uncivil Cola Wars: Coke and Pepsi Confront the Prisoner’s Dilemma What are the sources of competitive advantages in the soda industry? First we should look at industry structure. The cola companies buy raw materials of sugar‚ sweeteners and flavorings from many suppliers then they turn the commodities into a branded product which consists of syrup/concentrated combined with water and bottles. The companies are joined at the hip
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Why and how can Coke and Pepsi sustain their profits in the wake of flattening demand and the growing popularity of non-carbonated drinks? The ‘Cola Wars’ have through the years shown the intense competition between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. While the competition to gain new market share may no longer be as intense‚ the two companies are still fighting to remain relevant with a continued demand of their products. As the U.S. has shown an interest in non-carbonated drinks‚ domestic demand for carbonated
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Coke commercial Vs Pepsi commercial Coke and Pepsi have always been rival beverages for decades. I can remember my teens when most households would divide into two when it came to choosing their choice of drink‚ especially when going for grocery shopping. Even the advert aired by both brands shows a lot of rivalries between them. When one makes a new product‚ the other would do everything possible to make something similar or better than the former. Making people‚ both old and young believe
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COLA WARS CONTINUE: COKE AND PEPSI IN 2006 The case is about the rivalry between two of the biggest companies in the world‚ Coca Cola and Pepsi. It is a battle which started in the early 1990s and which still characterizes the soft drink industry; but‚ as a former CEO of Pepsi said‚ it is a “battle without blood”: Coca Cola could not exist without Pepsi and the other way round. They mutually force each other to adapt their strategy to customers’ new needs‚ to apply competitive prices and to face
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Market segmentation Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink‚ which sold in machines‚ restaurant and supermarkets. The company has many introduced brand such as diet coke‚ zero coke and coco cherry (Coca-Cola‚ 2014). According to the research‚ there are 136 brands of products in Coca-Cola Company. It sort into three different categories‚ carbonic drinks‚ juice and energy drinks and water (Coca-Cola‚ 2014). Market segmentation refers to divide the whole market into various submarkets‚ which have similar
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PEPSI COMPANY | | Type | Cola | Manufacturer | PepsiCo. | Country of origin | United States | Introduced | 1898 (as Brad’s Drink) June 16‚ 1903 (as Pepsi-Cola) 1961 (as Pepsi) | Related products | Coca-Cola Fanta Dr Pepper Sprite (soft drink) Irn Bru Cola Turka Big Cola | Website | http://pepsi.com/ | Pepsi is a soft drink produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. It is sold in many places such as retail stores‚ restaurants‚ schools‚ cinemas and from vending machines. The drink was first made
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A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT (MBA - 043) ON “A comparative study of promotional strategies adopted by Coca cola against Pepsico” Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme : 20011 -13 Of Gautam Budhha Technical University‚ Lucknow Under the Supervision of :- SUBMITTEDBY:- Ms. Ankita Tandon NAME:- Monika Vatwani MBA Department ROLL NO:- 1101470023
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