COLA WARS CASE STUDY Market analysis: what are the sources of the profitability of the soft drink industry? * Duopoly industry: large and relatively stable market shares * Barriers to entry: * Informal: compete with the established brand names (trademarks)‚ distribution channels‚ and high capital investment * Technical barriers: amount of capital investment require‚ exclusive territories in distribution channel‚ access to retail channels * Exit barriers: leaving this
Premium Coca-Cola Soft drink Marketing
Virgin Cola( Shaking Up the Softdrinks Market It was official. Hubert Tan was named Vice-President for Sales and Marketing of InterBev‚ the latest addition to the business empire of taipan Lucio Tan. Hubert’s choice was not a difficult decision to make. After all‚ being in his late twenties‚ he was a go-go type of person who had a passion for business. There was great expectation that his joining would contribute greatly to the Tan group of companies. Hubert obtained his business
Premium Coca-Cola Virgin Group Richard Branson
1) How could the Belgium problem have damaged Coca Cola? Coca-Cola had been creating a really strong and successful image‚ and people had great sympathy for the brand. But because of the Belgian scandal‚ the credibility of the umbrella brand was being doubted. First of all‚ customers (mainly from Belgium and France at the beginning) were scared of drinking Coca-Cola products. For example‚ parents did not want their kids to get contaminated. More so‚ the brand was not giving a specific reason for
Premium Coca-Cola Advertising Belgium
marketing environment of Coca Cola. Before Neville Isdell was brought out of retirement in 2004‚ Coca Cola’s main product focus was single mindedly devoted to the traditional cola‚ producing ‘syrupy concentrate for bottlers‚ under license‚ to transform into the world’s favourite drink.’(Jobber‚ 2010) But in the face of changing consumer’s attitudes towards soft drinks and the pushing of healthier choices by the state governments‚ (Fresh! Healthy Vending‚ 2010) Coca Cola was slowly losing out to PepsiCo
Premium Coca-Cola Soft drink
Beand extension example of coca-cola Brand extension sometimes is called brand stretching. It is a marketing strategy in which a firm marketing a product with a well-developed image uses the same brand name in a different product category. The new product is called a spin-off. Organizations use this strategy to increase and leverage brand equity. (Wikipedia 2013) A brand’s "extendibility" depends on how strong consumer’s associations are to the brand’s values and goals. One typical example is
Premium Coca-Cola Cola
Coca-Cola was invented by 1886‚ by a pharmacist who fought in the Civil War named John Pemberton. His nickname was “Doc”. Pemberton died in August of 1888. A man named Asa Griggs Candler rescued the business. In 1891‚ he became the main owner of Coca-Cola. When Candler took over‚ one of the most creative marketing techniques was started. He paid traveling men to hand out free Coke coupons. Candlers idea was that people would get a free Coke‚ enjoy the beverage‚ and buy more of the product.
Premium Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company has a unique and exciting story when it began and the hero of this story is an Atlanta pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton who founded it in 1886 in New York. He developed a fragrant‚ caramel-coloured liquid after that he offered it for sale at Jacobs’ Pharmacy. Then‚ this mix was blended with a carbonated water and introduced to customers to try it and they took a fancy to this new drink. Frank Robinson‚ who is a Pemberton’s bookkeeper‚ named and wrote the mixture of Coca-Cola out
Premium Coca-Cola
RC COLA – Antipolo Plant (COMPANY PROFILE) Company Profile Highly accomplished and enterprising‚ Tony Panajon‚ Gerry Garcia and Butch Aves decided to set up their own softdrink company. Together with Alfredo Yao and Ricky Sandoval – successful entrepreneurs in their own right – they pooled their knowledge and compantencies in the beverage industry to form the cornerstone of the company called….. Asiawide Refreshments Corporation. Empowered with an exclusive license awarded
Premium Coca-Cola Corporation Cola
comments Socio Cultural barriers faced by coca cola in India Coca – cola‚ the world’s largest selling soft drink company had established its strong presence in the world since 1886. Coca-Cola is the first international soft drink brand to enter the Indian market in the early 1970’s. Till 1977 Coca-Cola was the leading brand in India; later‚ due to FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act)‚ they left India and didn’t return till 1993. Coca-Cola had to face many issues regarding its quality‚ resource
Premium Marketing Soft drink India
B890 Assignment 1 Student Name: Sin May Yin Jennifer Student ID: S11005210 Tutorial Group: 01 Introduction: To ease the discussion in the 4 areas required‚ an introduction has been added to summarize the challenges faced by Coca cola in India. More details have been added from various sources to provide a more detail picture outlining the plight of Coke in India. Coke has suffered the below difficulties when operating in India. Reports of Center for Science and Environment (CSE)
Premium Coca-Cola Soft drink