Case 3 Assignment: Coke and Pepsi Identification of the strategic issues and problems- The world’s two largest soft drinks‚ Pepsi and Coca-Cola experienced numerous unexpected problems and difficulties‚ leading them to learn that marketing and competing in India requires a special type of knowledge and local skills to become successful. Working in America is not always going to be similar as working overseas. Analysis and evaluations- Strengths- Pepsi had an early entry‚ since they entered
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Introduction The PepsiCo challenge is to keep up with archrival The Coca-Cola Company never ends for the world’s soft-drink maker. PepsiCo’s soft drinks (including Pepsi‚ Mountain Dew‚ and Slice) make up about one-quarter of its sales. (Bottling operations are run independently). Pepsi Co also owns Frito-Lay‚ the world’s number 1 maker of snacks such as corn chips (Doritos‚ Fritos) and potato chips (Lay’s‚ Ruffles‚ WOW!). PepsiCo sells its Gatorade sports drink and Tropicana orange juice brands
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HISTORY OF PEPSI COLA Caleb Bradham of New Bern‚ North Carolina was a pharmacist. Like many pharmacists at the turn of the century he had a soda fountain in his drugstore‚ where he served his customers refreshing drinks‚ that he created himself. His most popular beverage was something he called "Brad’s drink" made of carbonated water‚ sugar‚ vanilla‚ rare oils‚ pepsin and cola nuts. "Brad’s drink"‚ created in the summer of 1893‚ was later renamed Pepsi Cola in 1898 after the pepsin and cola nuts
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Pepsi advertising endeavour Pepsi has always formulated advertising strategies keeping in mind its target group. Its target group has always been the youth. Pepsi’s basic advertising techniques: a) Catchy tag lines and associate lines b) Evolution of the logo c) Association with main sports events d) Youth icons as brand ambassadors i. Creativity in advertisements ii. Grabbing attention a) Catchy tag lines and associate lines: Ever since Pepsi’s entry into India
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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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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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beirut | FINANCE 210 CASE | PEPSI VS. COCA COLA | Instructor: Leila Atwi | | 12/12/2010 | Raneem Jaffal (Ratio Computation) Jana Haounji (Ratio Analysis) Alexandra Aboulhosn (Recommendations and Comparison) This is a financial comparison between Pepsi and Coca Cola in terms of company liquidity‚ solvency‚ asset management‚ profitability‚ and valuation between the years 2008 and 2009 respectively. | Part One: Pepsi Ratio Analysis: Pepsi PEPSI RATIOS | | 2009 | 2008 | Percent
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Coke and Pepsi are the main pieces of this market. They struggle for over a century to conquer the number one position in the market‚ competing fiercely in last few years‚ following each one’s strategic decisions. Nevertheless‚ something seems to threaten the profitability of these two giants. The increasing share of non-carbonated soft drinks seems to be able to decrease the high margins that once ruled in the CSD’s industry. In this sense‚ what will the future of Coke and Pepsi be? How will
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Running head: COKE A Coke is a Coke ITT Tech PROBLEM Why do some of us have such strong soda preferences? There’s all this uproar of Coke vs. Pepsi‚ and really looking at the ingredients‚ the products aren’t all that different. Both are made of carbonated water‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ caramel color‚ sugar‚ phosphoric acid‚ caffeine‚ citric acid and natural flavors (Pendergrast‚ 2000‚ p.6). The natural flavors are where they differ. Coke includes a “secret ingredient” known as Merchandise
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CASE STUDY - PEPSI: PROMOTING NOTHING QUESTION 1: What markets should Pepsi target for Aquafina? Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola have been competing with each other for many years through numerous taste tests and television ads. One of the ideas they came up with is water. In the early 1990s Evian and Perrier were the brands that dominated the niche and helped establish bottled spring water’s clean‚ healthy image. Pepsi first tried to attack this market with bottled and sparkling water but failed. In
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