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
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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.
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COMPANY OVERVIEW The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) is a leading manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of Non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ in the world. The company owns or licenses more than 400 brands‚ including diet and light beverages‚ waters‚ juice and juice drinks‚ teas‚ coffees‚ and energy and sports drinks. The company operates in more than 200 countries. Approximately 74% of its products are sold outside of the US. The company is headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia and employs
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or Pepsi. Both of which are cola based products‚ whereas Dr Pepper is a different pepper flavored based soda. Additionally Dr Pepper is held by Cadbury Schweppes‚ a company who holds the third largest share of the U.S. soft drink market‚ behind the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. Inc. Given those two facts it can be inferred that Dr Pepper must spend more proportionally on advertising to appeal to the niche market soda consumer who may not like cola based sodas or cola drinkers who are looking for
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Promotion Coca cola follows a 5 lesson guide in marketing their products‚ these steps are: 1. Create Liquid content by creating liquid content is to ‘create’ ideas so ingenious that it attracts people and how it does will just flow as like a liquid‚ thus named ‘liquid content’. eg: this content must be able to beg people to want to share it with others‚ making viral on the internet such as on social media platforms‚ etc. it can be anything from an image to a video even an article of the
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Coca Cola Company would like to introduce the market with the vending machine technology‚ a new technology with changed price according to weather‚ which has been developed and tested in the lab internally. The thought is to be based on the idea of automatically adjusting the price according to the demand increase as the weather temperature increases. The purpose of this strategy is to continue increasing the vending machine profit‚ which had been already main the profit resource for the company
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India History Background Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India Case Summary Indian softdrinks Market Six product segments-Economic crisis of 1991 leaving consumers with little choice of brands -1986 “Pepsi Foods Ltd.” “Lehar Pepsi” -1990 Coca-Cola Reenters market with joint venture “Britco Foods” -Later partner with Parle Advertising Pepsi and Coke sponsor TV campaigns‚ Urban Youth‚ Cultural Festivals and Sports Fans. Both Pepsi and Coke look to expand into other markets (fruit juices‚ bottled
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....................................................................................Page 4/5 Benefits and Costs- Assessment Criteria: 2.1............................................................................................Page 5/6 Macro and Micro Environmental Factors- Assessment Criteria: 2.2................................................................................................Page 7 Segmentation Criteria - Assessment Criteria: 2.3..............................
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INTRODUCTION PEPSI- Pepsi Cola is a carbonated beverage that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. It is sold in stores‚ restaurants and from vending machines. The drink was first made in the 1890s by pharmacist Caleb Bradham in New Bern‚ North Carolina. The brand was trademarked on June 16‚ 1903. There have been many Pepsi variants produced over the years‚ including Diet Pepsi‚ Crystal Pepsi‚ Pepsi Twist‚ Pepsi Max‚ Pepsi Samba‚ Pepsi Blue‚ Pepsi Gold‚ Pepsi Holiday Spice‚ Pepsi Jazz‚ Pepsi
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Gross Profit Margin (USD $ in Millions) Source: Coca-Cola Co. Annual Reports Gross profit margin(2013) = 100 × 28‚433/46‚854 = 60.68% Gross profit margin(2012) = 100 x 28‚964/ 48‚017=60.32% Gross profit margin(2011) = 100 x 28‚326 = 60.86% Source: PepsiCo Inc. Annual Reports Gross profit margin (2013) = 100 x 35‚172/66‚415 = 52.96% Gross profit margin (2012) = 100 x 34‚201/65‚492 = 52.22% Gross profit margin (2011) = 100 x 34‚911/66‚504 = 52.49% Gross profit margin is a resource
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