Strategic issue Maintain competitive focus‚ while splitting PepsiCo and creating governance for the new Pepsi Bottling Group. Internal Analysis Pepsi was invented in 1893‚ establishing a franchise bottling system of 270 bottlers by 1910. Pepsi struggled in its early years declaring bankruptcy twice. The 1970’s and early 80’s‚ Pepsi surpassed Coke for the first time. Bottling was a capital-intensive business and involved highly specialized production lines. Bottling and canning could cost between
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The case of Coke and Pepsi in India is a lesson that all marketers can observe‚ analyze and learn from‚ since it involves so many marketing aspects that are essential for all marketers to take into consideration. Both companies had many difficulties‚ especially Coca-Cola‚ and it’s useful to observe how it dealt with the different aspects‚ stating from the political environment of the Indian market and the trade barriers it faced‚ going through the market entry and penetration strategies considered
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Case 2.4 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India BRIEF SUMMARY OF CASE CONTENT: This is a detailed and comprehensive case describing the market entry of two global consumer product companies‚ PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Corporation into a Big Emerging Market (BEM)‚ India. It traces the history of the challenges encountered by these two companies in the developing country environment of India from the late 1980s to the present time. Emphasis is placed on lessons learned by the two companies as they
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Coke Is Better Than Pepsi Pepsi and Coca Cola have long been rivals in the marketing industry and two most recognizable names in soft drinks. Together they produce the #1 (Coca Cola)‚ #2 (Diet Coke) and #3 (Pepsi) soft drinks in the United States and each make tens of billions of dollars in profits every year. Since 1886‚ Coke has been going strong holding the award of "Best Soda Drink in the World." In 2011‚ Coke still beats Pepsi in sales and long-term taste tests. I totally agree because to
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Individual Assignment Marketing Pepsi’s New Healthy Option In the United Kingdom (Case study) STUDENT NAME :Nambuhewage Buddhini Shashika STUDENT ID NUMBER :G1406999U LECTURER :Ms.June DATE OF SUBMISSION Table of Content Word Count Number of Pages: Number of Words: Word count is exclusive of the followings: Cover page Content Page List of References 1: INTRODUCTION Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been battling each other for more than a century. It’s a legendary brand
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PepsiCo‚ Inc. is one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world‚ with 2000 revenues of over $20 billion and 125‚000 employees. The company consists of: Frito-Lay Company‚ the largest manufacturer and distributor of snack chips; Pepsi-Cola Company‚ the second largest soft drink business and Tropicana Products‚ the largest marketer and producer of branded juice. PepsiCo brands are among the best known and most respected in the world and are available in about 190 countries and territories
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COKE CLASSIC VERSES PEPSI THE CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION 11/15/99 The American Soft drink has become an internationally recognized icon. As a children we choose our preference Coca-Cola or Pepsi-cola. We go to restaurants and ask for it by name‚ and if for some ungodly reason‚ we are forced to submit to one or the other we do it with reluctance and hesitation. Coke-cola and Pepsi-cola have integrated and weave itself‚ into our daily lives‚ through fast food‚ celebrities‚ and controversy
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Coke Wars Case Analysis: Competition‚ Strategy‚ and Implications Webster University Summer 2012 INTRODUCTION The rivalry between Coca-Cola & Pepsi can be deemed as legendary‚ “the top soft drink competitors in the world spend millions of dollars yearly to try and convince you that their version of soft drink is better” (Dotson pg 1).
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Coca-Cola versus Pepsi-Cola: Competitive Strategies Coca-Cola (Coke) and Pepsi-Cola (Pepsi) have been the most popular soft drinks for many years‚ and has also been each other’s biggest competitor. Coke was created in 1885 by John Stith Pemberton‚ a pharmacist‚ and was initially made as a tonic (Smith‚ 2012). In the beginning‚ Coke had cocaine in it‚ which was to fight depression and also make consumers addicted to the drink. In 1904‚ the Food and Drug Administration eliminated the use of cocaine
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MARKET IN INDIA In India‚ cold drink market is growing exuberantly day-by-day and coming out as a most profitable business. All the activities of cold drink market are revolving around three major competitors i.e. coke‚ Pepsi and cad buries. Out of these three‚ two coke and Pepsi have a face-to-face competition with unequal brands. Cold drink market is flourishing rapidly with a total market of 3000 crores from which Rs 1800 crores market is snatched by cola flavor and market
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