Topic 1: Introduction to Marketing Red Bull 1. The Product/ Competitors/Industry 1.1 Product Red Bull is a sweet‚ caffeinated drink aimed to give consumers the high energy kick. Available only in rather expensive 250ml cans‚ 350ml bottles‚ with 4 packs and only two ‘flavours’ (original or sugar-free). It contains caffeine‚ taurine‚ glucuronolactone‚ and B vitamins. Founded in 1984 by Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz‚ Red Bull has become the worlds leading energy drink‚ a staple in many
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HOW RED BULL CREATED THE “COOL” FACTOR QUESTION 1: Origin: Red Bull energy drink has had wings since it took off 25 years ago. The iconic Red bull drink as we know it today in the western world was originally found in Thailand in 1987 by an Austrian entrepreneur who was inspired when he realized that it could cure his jet lag. The original drink called Krateng Daeng was first invented and only available in Thailand. The Austrian entrepreneur‚ Dietrich Mateschitz then in partnership
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1. How will you characterize Red Bull’s overall marketing strategy (global‚ glocal or local)? Globalization is the deviation of businesses‚ philosophies‚ or technologies to propagate throughout the world‚ as well as the process of making this happen (SearchCIO‚ 2014). Glocalization is the idea that in a global market‚ when it is customized for the local or culture in where it is sold‚ a service or product is more likely to succeed (Rouse‚ 2013). Localization refers to the adaptation of a product
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Integrated Marketing Communications Management * Media Plan * Evaluation & Control 3. Executive Summary * Red Bull can be called as a pioneer in the energy drink category worldwide. In India too‚ Red Bull was the brand that created the energy drink category. * The brand came into existence in 1984. * The brand came to India in 2003. Although the brand has been keeping a low profile compared to the Cola majors ‚ Red Bull has created a category of energy
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Describe the promotional mix used by red bull Red bull was originally established in Thailand in 1962 under the name Krating Daeng‚ Red Bull was incorporated in 1984 with its head office in Austria. It is now a market leader in the energy drink segment with presence in over 130 countries and an employee base of over 3‚900 worldwide. It recorded a turnover of $2.6 billion in 2006 with a whopping 300% increase in global sales as compared to the year 2000. Starting with its first international foray
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Red Bull Report – Sales Forecasting 2010 Tiago LK‚ Jovan A.‚ Tamas F. BBCi_Principles of Sales 4/20/2010 RED BULL REPORT Red Bull operates within the energy drink sector of the soft drink market and has been the leading market share holder in this area for the past several years. It was founded by Dietrich Mateschitz‚ an Austrian who studied world trade and commerce in Vienna. In 1982‚ Mateschitz came back to Austria from a visit to Thailand with some samples of an energy drink called
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PLAN Red Bull Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Company Descriptions Red Bull is an energy drink found by Dietrich Mateschitz in Austria in 1984 and began to sell there in 1987 with special marketing strategy‚ which opened up a new product category in the world in the meantime. Red Bull now contains four types including the original Red Bull energy drink and the other one of sugar-free‚ the Red Bull energy shot and Red Bull Cola. With increasing demands of Red Bull‚ it soon
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Red Bull was founded by Dietrich Mateschitz and officially launched in 1987. Ten years after its launch Red Bull was finally brought to the United States first being introduced in California. In 2000 Red Bull had approximately $1 billion in worldwide sales. In 2006 more than 3 billion cans of Red Bull were sold in over 130 countries. Red Bull now accounts for approximately 50% of the energy drink market in the United States and up to 80% in other countries with an approximate 65% overall market
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RED BULL: BUILDING BRAND EQUITY IN NEW WAYS 02-05-2011 Question 1: Describe Red Bull’s sources of brand equity. Do these sources change depending on the market or country? Answer: Red Bull has a strong marketing strategy for communicating product value to customers. The strategy for building the brand has been created around a simple goal. Whenever a consumer is in need of energy‚ the company wants then to automatically think of Red Bull. The brand uses traditional media channels
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RED BULL: THE HYPE & THE BRAND A case study of the world’s most successful energy drink It may be ranked consistently among the worst in taste tests‚ and is rumoured to be a health risk‚ but Red Bull’s dominance over the energy drink market actually depends on such rumours. This company only manufactures and markets one product – and has become very good at it‚ being at the forefront of popular culture without being too outlandish. How did a traditional recipe from Thailand take over the world
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