9-706-447 REV: APRIL 16‚ 2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 For more than a century‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for “throat share” of the world’s beverage market. The most intense battles in the so-called cola wars were fought over the $66 billion carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry in the United States.1 In a “carefully waged competitive struggle” that lasted from 1975 through the mid-1990s‚ both Coke and Pepsi achieved average annual revenue growth of around
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THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2003‚ Jagdeep Kapoor‚ chairman of Samsika Marketing Consultants in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)‚ commented that "Coke lost a number ofyears over errors. But at last it seems to be getting its positioning right." Similarly‚ Ronald McEachern‚ PepsiCo ’s Asia chief‚ asserted "India is the beverage battlefield for 2003." The experience ofthe world ’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium was not a happy one‚ even though
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Coke VS. Pepsi James Esposito Strayer University The Business Enterprise BUS 508 Dr. Amanda Manners June 11‚ 2011 Coke VS. Pepsi The following paragraphs will discuss the financial positions of both Coke and Pepsi. There will be a discussion on which company has the greatest ability to pay off any current liabilities the companies have and what type of financial tools can be used to determine their capability to pay such debt. The reader will also be provided the tools that anyone can
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 other beverage. Within the CSD category‚ the cola segment maintained its dominance‚ alihough its market share dropped from 71% n 1990 to 60% in 2004.5 Non-cola CSDs included lemon/lime‚ citrus‚ pepper-type‚ olange‚ root beer‚ and other flavors. CSDs consisted of a flavor base (called "concentrate")‚ a sweetener‚ and carbonated water. The production and distribution of CSDs involved four major participants: concentrate producers‚ bottlers‚ retail drannels
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Michelle Ramirez Mgmt. 449_06 9/9/14 Case Study: Cola Wars Continue Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have long competed for market share of the world’s beverage market. As the cola wars continued into the twenty-first century‚ Coke and Pepsi faced new challenges: Could they boost flagging domestic cola sales? Where could they find new revenue streams? Was their era of sustained growth and profitability coming to a close‚ or was this apparent slowdown just another blip in the course of Coke’s and
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Coke Vs. Pepsi Interpret the results of your EVA calculation. If you had to choose between Coca Cola Co. and Pepsi Co‚ which one would you choose? Why? Both Firms EVAs are increasing from 2001 to 2003 _EVAs of Coca Cola is significantly higher than those of PepsiCo._ _EVAs insures that management perspective and objective is to maximize shareholders wealth‚ as such we would choose Coca Cola. The reason is because EVA is a measure of added value‚ and since Coca Colas EVA is
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2009 FRANK V. CESPEDES Cola Wars: Goin Global ng op yo By 2008‚ per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) in the United States had declined in seven of the past ei ht years. Annual consumption of CSDs was 740 eight-ounce drinks ig per person in the U.S. versus 288 in the rest of the developed world and 77 in developing countries.1 As a result‚ the Coca-Cola Co. (Coke) and PepsiCo (Pepsi) increasingly looked abroad for growth. Coke and Pepsi approached international
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Cory Wells Coke and Pepsi Case Coke and Pepsi have been long time rivals with competition being the name of the game in their industry. Historically‚ the soft drink industry has been so profitable because Americans tend to love soft drinks‚ more than any other beverages out there. Americans soda consumption grew by an average of 3% a year since 1970. Coke and Pepsi had an average annual growth of 10% from 1975 to 1995. Not to mention‚ the internal rivalry
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Coke v. Pepsi – 5 Forces Analysis Industry concentrate produces High intensity (depends on price/advertising cost/ high number of substitutes(low calorie drinks/no carb drinks/ not carbonated drinks like orange juice) Pepsi products /Coke products New Entrants (barriers/rivalry) High Intensity-Brand recognition dominant market/ patents on style and colors Network relationships & high cost of entry established such as distribution‚ warehouse‚ bottlers‚ and shelf-location high marketing
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competition to enter the market. For example‚ both Coke and PepsiCo havefranchise agreement with their existing bottler¶s who have rights in a certaingeographic area. These franchise agreements strictly prohibit the bottler fromtaking on business from new competing brands. Furthermore‚ if a concentrateproducer wanted to build their own bottling plants due to the inability to bottlefrom the existing bottling plants as prohibited by Coke and Pepsi; the newbottling plant would require an extensive capital
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