Case Study #1 – Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Cameron V. Collins MGT – 490 June 10th‚ 2011 Case Study #1 – Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Introduction When it comes to soft drinks there are two top soft drink brands that come to mind‚ Coke and Pepsi. These two brands were invented in the 1800s and produced tasteful drinks that could be acquired at the nearest drinking fountain. The first drink produced by both companies‚ Coca-Cola by Coke and Pepsi-Cola
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 The software drink industry has been very profitable historically because the manufacturing process requires low cost of overhead. Although this is not the case for bottlers‚ the high volume and demand for CSD allow for the market to be very attractive to incumbents. Since the 1970s‚ the CSD industry has been enjoying an average growth every year of 3% for the last 30 year. Even at the lowest point in 2009‚ CSD sales compose of 87% of all beverage sales
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study “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century” focuses on describing Coke and Pepsi within the CSD industry by providing detailed statements about the companies’ accounts and strategies to increase their market share. Furthermore‚ the case also focuses on the Coke vs. Pepsi goods which target similar groups of costumers‚ and how these companies have had and still have great reputation and continue to take risks due to their high capital. This analysis of the Cola Wars Continue
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Cola Wars: PepsiCo Dr. Michelle Biavatti 13 de octubre de 2009 Omar Sandoval Piña 119084 Mikel Novella Salazar 116656 Marisol Perez Chow 118631 Jorge Villanueva Almanza 121027 Gerardo Rafael Nomara Parra 119176 Índice Resumen Ejecutivo………………………………………………………………………. 3 *Identificación de la industria……………*……………………………………………… 4 Análisis Externo General………………………..……………………………………… 4 Modelo de las Cinco Fuerzas de Porter……………………………………………… 6 Ciclo de vida de la industria
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COMPANY OVERVIEW Coca-Cola‚ the world’s largest producer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverages claims a 10% market share worldwide selling about 500 million servings annually. On a worldwide scale‚ Coca-Cola divides and segments their operations into 5 different segments: • North America • Africa • Asia • Europe‚ Eurasia‚ and Middle East • Latin America As each segment is different‚ but equally important to their success‚ Coca-Cola’s largest driver comes from the Europe‚ Eurasia‚ and Middle
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Five-Step Approach to Unstructured Problems 1. Succinct Statement of the Financial Reporting Issue(s) When has a company completed its side of an arrangement‚ allowing it to record a sale and related loss contingencies (recall product costs)‚ while still conforming to GAAP? 2. Brief Summary of the Economic Purpose of the Transaction To better match revenues and expenses‚ Frequent Fixer has proposed recognizing all of its recall product costs at the time of sale to match its competitors
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Question 1 The concentration producing industry has one buyer and through its value chain. Instead‚ costs for advertising‚ promotion‚ market research‚ and bottler relations were significant. On the other hand‚ bottling industry is the mid-way player in the soft drink industry. There are two suppliers and one buyer involved in its value chain (Exhibit 1). Whether two industries are profitable depends on soft drink consumption‚ which had increased for more than 20 years and plateaued in the 1990s
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Yin Dongfang (2014-27148) 1) Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink industry been so profitable? According to Exhibit 3a‚ the operation profit margin of the two giants kept robust growing from ~10% in 1970s to ~20% in 2005. That probably resulted from two reasons: 1) net sales enjoyed robust growth; 2) COGS and other expenses cowered fast. Net sales enjoyed robust growth. According to Exhibit 1‚ consumption per capita increased by 3% per year lasting for 3 decades since 1970s‚ due to A. Increasing
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Case Study By Shamika Shoulders CSUDH -Management 490 May 26‚ 2013 SWAT Analysis Company: PEPSI Strengths • The Brand Name • They appealed to the youth "Pepsi Generation" to help build it consumer base and increase its market share. The youth is a large majority of the population. • Core Strong Competencies in managing the capital-intensive bottling business. Weaknesses • Location- little efforts in the international market.
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The Coca Cola and Pepsi War 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? * The soft drink industry remains profitable because of the market share based on Porters Five Forces. * Coke has protected its recipe for over a hundred years as a trade secret‚ and has gone to great lengths to prevent others from learning its cola formula. The company even left a billion-person market (India) to avoid revealing this information. As a result of extended histories and successful advertising
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