Coca-Cola India On August 20‚ 2003 Sanjiv Gupta‚ President and CEO of Coca-Cola India‚ sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks on the heels of a 75% five-year growth trajectory and 25-30%2 year-to-date growth. Many leading clubs‚ retailers‚ restaurants‚ and college campuses across the country had stopped selling Coca-Cola3 and only six weeks into his new role as CEO‚ Gupta was embroiled in a crisis
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been the key success factors for Coca Cola? Answer: The key success factors for Coca Cola have been marketing strategy‚ introducing new products and globalization. Marketing strategy: Coca cola uses different types of marketing strategy for growing and retaining its customer. In early days‚ to build brand recognition‚ they offer clocks‚ calendars and weighing scales with Coca Cola logo to pharmacists who sold their drink. During mass market TV advertising‚ Coca Cola was the pioneers TV advertising
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Q1- Introduction‚ business profile of Coca-Cola‚ and its historical prospective. In May 1886‚ Coca-Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta‚ Georgia. The name was a suggestion given by John Pemberton’s bookkeeper Frank Robinson who was the first to script "Coca-Cola" into the flowing letters which has become the famous logo of today. Until 1905‚ the soft drink‚ marketed as tonic‚ contained extracts of cocaine as well as the caffeine-rich kola nut. As we know‚ every
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Coca-Cola has strong brand recognition across the globe. The company has a leading brand value and a strong brand portfolio. Coca-Cola is the leading brands in the top 100 global brands ranking in 2012 (Interbrand). Interbrand also valued Coca-Cola at $67‚000 million. Coca-Cola ranks well ahead of its close competitor Pepsi which has a ranking of 22 having a brand value of $12‚690 million. Furthermore; Coca-Cola owns a large portfolio of product brands. The company owns four of the top five soft
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major events in the life of the Coca-Cola Company that have an impact on the company today‚ these include: 1886: Coca-Cola‚ the beverage‚ was first produced by John Pemberton. It was sold at fountains at a Jacobs’s pharmacy‚ a local pharmacy in Atlanta‚ for 5 cents a glass. Frank Robinson named the drink Coca-Cola and wrote it in his own unique script‚ to this day Coca-Cola is written in the exact same way. They used to sell an average of 9 glasses of Coca-Cola a day. 1891: John Pemberton
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.......................30 Historical Summary Coca-Cola started as a fountain beverage used for medicinal purposes in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. It grew quickly‚ but only after a bottling system was developed did Coca-Cola have a chance to became the world-famous brand it is today. In 1894 in a candy store in Vicksburg‚ Mississippi‚ sales of Coca-Cola impressed the stores owner‚ Joseph A. Biedenharn. He began bottling Coca-Cola to sell‚ using a common glass bottle. Two attorneys
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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores‚ restaurants‚ and vending machines throughout the world.[1] It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27‚ 1944). Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton‚ Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler‚ whose marketing tactics led Coke
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Coca-Cola’s New Vending Machine (A) Case Questions 1. Is selling Coke through interactive vending machines a good or bad idea? Explain your answer. It is a good idea to sell Coke through interactive vending machines. Over the last three years‚ the soft-drinking giants have watched their earnings erode as they waged a price war in supermarkets. Vending machines have remained largely untouched by the discounting. Sales of soft drinks from vending machines have risen steadily over the last
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Corporate Governance The Coca-Cola Company is committed to sound principles of corporate governance. The Board is elected by the shareowners to oversee their interest in the long-term health and the overall success of the business and its financial strength. The Board serves as the ultimate decision making body of the Company‚ except for those matters reserved to or shared with the shareowners. The Board selects and oversees the members of senior management‚ who are charged by the Board with conducting
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Objectives The main objectives for the Coca-Cola Company are to be globally known as a business that conducts business responsibility and ethically and to accelerate sustainable growth to operate in tomorrow’s world. By having these objectives‚ it forms the foundation for companies in the decision making process. Strategy One of our goals is to maximize growth and profitability to create value for our shareholders. Our efforts to achieve this goal are based on: (1) transforming our commercial
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