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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case “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010‚” use game theory approach/analysis to explain the competitive behavior of Coke and Pepsi making specific references to actions taken by each firm and the different “battlefields.” What conclusions can you draw about the competitive strategies pursued by both companies? At the time the Case was written was there a winner? Should both companies have acted differently?Based on the case “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010‚” use game theory approach/analysis
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FIZZ AND FILM Question 1 PepsiCo international launched Pepsi’s Sea of Stars in the Middle East region to help build brand awareness. Pepsi’s brand awareness is very high in the Middle East. Should Pepsi use a similar kind of campaign in other markets and is there any value in having identical advertising in both market? Answer Pepsico International can not use the same strategy to market its products in other countries because in each country has a different culture. Middle East countries‚ including
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Analysis on Cola Wars Case Threat of New Entrants The threat of new entrants in the soft drink industry is low. Barriers to the CSD industry are extremely high because customers have high brand loyalty towards to either Coke or Pepsi. As the case mentioned‚ Coke and Pepsi spend millions of dollars on advertising even though they are already the dominant companies in the industry. Thus‚ heavy investment on advertising and promotions is necessary for any new entrant to change persisting customers tastes
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QUESTION 1: What “international strategy” and “modes of entry” did COKE/PEPSI use to penetrate the Chinese Market? How effective were these choices? When Chinese markets opened up in 1980’s‚ Coke/Pepsi focussed on defining several strategies to Differentiate‚ Market and distribute their Cola products to Chinese consumers. International Differentiation Strategy: Both used two main aspects of this strategy “Branding” and “Cost Leadership“to force local producers to withdraw from the market or establish
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potential entrants. Of the five forces‚ competition is the highest weight between Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Industry Rivalry • Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola claim nearly 75% of the U.S. carbonated soft drinks marker sales volume in 2004. Each are globally established. • Other competitors including Cadbury Schweppes‚ Dr. Pepper/Seven-up Cos.‚ Cott Corporation‚ and Royal Crown Cos. struggle gaining market share due to Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola’s tight grip on retailers‚ bottlers‚ and distribution channels. Suppliers
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early 1990s through the acquisitions route. The professional management style of Coca Cola did not jell with the local bottlers. Four CEOs were changed in a span of seven years. Coke could not capitalize on the popularity of Thums Up. Its arch rival Pepsi is well ahead and has been able to penetrate deep into the Indian market. Red in the balance sheet of Coke is becoming thicker and industry observers are of the opinion that it would take at least two decades more before Coke could think of making
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"Acctg-320 group project 11-6 Pop’s Incorporated Variable Raw material cost Ingredient % of formula cost per liter of ingredient Carbonated Water 73.00% $0.08 $0.0584 High Fructose Corn Syrup 11.20% 0.49 0.0549 Sugar 6.30% 0.37 0.0233 Carmel Color 3.00% 1.40 0.0420 Phosphoric Acid 2.70% 0.10 0.0027 Caffeine 2.10% 0.12 0.0025 Citric Acid 1.10% 0.15
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“A COMPARITIVE STUDY ON PREFERENCE OF SOFT DRINKS IN YOUTH REPORT Submitted to: Submitted by: DR. RAJKUMAR CHIRAG GUPTA Roll no. 5382 MBA 5.4 MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [pic] INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH MDU‚ROHTAK 2010-2011 DECLARATION I Chirag Gupta‚ student of 5 year M.B.A 4th semester of Institute of
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Sprite. In so doing‚ they would trigger a $1 donation -- up to $250‚000 -- to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America. The following statistics point to Coca-Cola having a Competitive Advantage in the marketplace. Coke vs. Pepsi shows Coke having 17% of the Market Share where as Pepsi only had 9.5% . Coke shows having almost twice that of
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