Executive Summary The soft drink industry in India has two major players‚ Pepsi and Coke. Besides these there are some local players at different market‚ operating with different market share. But they are not a big threat to the market share of either Pepsi or Coke. However as of now the two big names in cola industry are only two top U.S. players Pepsi and Coke and the fight for acquiring the market is always going between these two players and the Cola industry has along seen a COLD WAR
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Coke and Pepsi Coke and Pepsi are both two big companies in the world which are known by cola. Pepsi is the biggest competitor of coke. The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest manufacturer‚ distributor and beverage company.(No author‚ 2009-6-26) Pepsi company is also a transnational corporation with long history. Each of them has big market in the world. However‚ a comparison of Pepsi and Coke reveals several similarities but a great number of differences. Coke and Pepsi are similar
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1990 Pepsi Ad: The choice of a new generation Pepsi has always been known for creating daring and unique advertisements. It is one of the most competitive carbonated beverage makers founded in 1898 by Caleb Bradham. From the beginning Pepsi has always tried to be two steps ahead of the times with their ads. With the 1990 Pepsi Pop Art Ad it creates a vivid take on its cans. This was the beginning of a new decade and new ideas had to come into play. Times were changing so companies had to be able
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The story of PEPSI In 1899‚ pharmacist Celeb Bradham started the company known as „Brad’s drink” in New Jersey. He discovered new drink in his pharmacy and decides to launch it in the market. At this time‚ he had no registered brand name‚ which turned out to be positive‚ as he soon realized that his company needs another name In 1902 the brand name was registered‚ one year after incorporating „Pepsi Cola Company”. In 1905 Pepsi had first logo change. Than it has been changing several times
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Pepsi Max 1 problem identification: Introducing new low calorie and sugar free soft drink and consumers are unaware of it‚ but they are aware of Pepsi brand in the market 2 target audience: Geographic: Land: world wide Demographic: Age: 15-35 Gender: males who want to stay healthy Psychographic: Social status: upper / middle / lower SWOT analysis Strength Pepsi has stayed in this market for almost one century. So they are so experienced and stationed in
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different brands names. INTRODUCTION Pepsi is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in purchase ‚ New york ‚ United States ‚ with interests in the manufacturing ‚ marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods ‚ beverages ‚ and other products . Pepsi Co. was formed in 1965 with the merger of the pepsi - cola company and Frito – Lay ‚pepsi co has since expanded from its namesake product pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands ‚ the
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percent. In 2010 they stepped up their investments in brand building‚ research and development‚ emerging markets infrastructure and their people. Brand building - they have a total of 19 brands; up from just 11 in 2000. Some of the brands include: Pepsi-Cola brands‚ Frito-Lay brands‚ Gatorade brands‚ Tropicana brands‚ and Quaker brands. Research and development – they increased investments in sweetener technologies‚ next-generation processing and packaging and nutrition products. Emerging markets
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ANALYSYS 15 PROBLEM STATEMENT 17 Problem Statement #1 17 Problem Statement #2 18 Problem Statement #3 18 Alternative Solutions (Strategies) 19 Alternative Solution #1 19 Alternative Solution #2 20 Alternative Solution #3 20 Recommendation/implementation 21 Conclusion 21 References 23 APPENDIX A – SWOT ANALYSIS 27 Appendix B - GRAND STRATegy MATRIX (David‚ 2005) 28 APPENDIX C - FINANCIAL RATIOS 29 APPENDIX D - RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM 31 Appendix e - balanced scorecard
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Generic Competitive Strategies A firm’s relative position within its industry determines whether a firm’s profitability is above or below the industry average. The fundamental basis of above average profitability in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage. Q: Definition of Generic Competitive Strategy-02 Basic approaches to strategic planning that can be adopted by any firm in any market or industry to improve its competitive performance. More precisely‚ generic strategies are approaches
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• The Porter Generic Strategy framework enables an organisation to check the logic of its current competitive strategy and if necessary- the organisation can look for a new strategy • COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE- the ability for a company to add more value for its customers than its rivals (therefore hold a position of relative advantage)….. The key drivers of competitive advantage are cost leadership and differentiation product • COMPETITIVE STRATEGY- the means by which an organisation seeks to achieve
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