The political environment has played a key role in the performance of both Coke and Pepsi in India. At the time when Pepsi was entering the Indian market‚ India was generally seen as a very unfriendly place for foreigners to do business. In addition‚ in 1991 India experienced a severe economic crisis that was triggered by the rise in imported oil prices following the first Gulf War. This was around the time Pepsi was already in the market in India‚ and had already got a decent foothold in the market
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CASE 13 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2007‚ the President and CEO of Coca-Cola asserted that Coke has had a rather rough run in India; but now it seems to be getting its positioning right. Similarly‚ PepsiCo’s Asia chief asserted that India is the beverage battlefield for this decade and beyond. Even though the government had opened its doors wide to foreign companies‚ the experience of the world’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s
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10/Oct/2012 Author: Bin Liu | ID #: U1037223 | Assignment # 2 | A Completed Analysis of Marketing Plan for Pepsi New Zealand | Executive Summary This paper presents a completed marketing plan/analysis for Pepsi in order to assist it regain its “second leader” position in the soft drink market in New Zealand. The first half of this paper shows the situation analysis of Pepsi. In particular‚ the internal analysis focuses on the power of suppliers‚ buyers‚ new entrants‚ and product substitutes
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CASE STUDY Title: Pepsi-Cola Manufacturing International Ltd. Azwan Shah bin Aminuddin 1. Identify and discuss the business process redesign principles that have been applied by the BR project team. In business process redesign‚ the organization need to be have a guidance or principles to make sure that their redesign process is on the right track. In Pepsi –Cola Manufacturing International Ltd (PCMIL)‚ there are based on several principles to ensure they are on the
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and selling. Training programmes‚ enterprise development and the current thrust for competitiveness have now given high priority to promoting marketing awareness among small business owners‚ and marketing is now assuming its rightful place along with other business functions. Since early 1990s there has been a change in the thinking of businessman from product orientation to consumer orientation. Modern business concerns lay emphasis on ‘selling satisfaction’ and not merely on selling products
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INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATION PEPSICO INC ------------------------------------------------- Investment Recommendation BUY PEPCICO INC Dec. 10‚ 2011 INVESTMENT THESIS: * PepsiCo is increasing its investment in China‚ PepsiCo Americas Beverages and in Nutrition growth initiatives. This initiative will help the company to grow the annual earnings more than 10% on a longer term. * PepsiCo is the world’s largest snack food company‚ controlling 40% of the US snacks market and around
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COMPANY Case Pepsi: Can a Soda Really Make the World a Better Place? This year‚ PepsiCo did something that shocked the advertising world. After 23 straight years of running ads for its flagship brand on the Super Bowl‚ it announced that the number-two soft drink maker would be absent from the Big Game. But in the weeks leading up to Super Bowl XLIV‚ Pepsi was still the second-most discussed advertiser associated with the event. It wasn’t so much what Pepsi wasn’t doing that created such a stir
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wo of the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States are the Atlanta‚ Georgia based Coca-Cola Company and the New York based Pepsi Cola Company. While both are called "colas" they both attempt to address the same target tastes but from different approaches. Coke was the first on market with what is still a "secret" formula and Pepsi followed with a similar (not exact) taste. Since taste is very much a factor of your personal likes‚ either or neither may appeal to you or seem sweeter
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Coke vs. Pepsi As we all know‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been rivals for centuries. While most people have their own preference on which cola they prefer‚ they have no idea what makes these two cola brands so similar yet so different. While both are similar in color and taste‚ the biggest difference between these two brands are their sugar level. Coca-Cola‚ the dominant coke brand‚ contains less sugar compared to that of Pepsi’s. Furthermore‚ these two world renowned colas are said to help regain
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policies‚ they have already entered products close to those already available in India such as carbonated waters and fruit drinks. For promotional activities‚ Pepsi has a sponsorship at Navrati‚ a TV campaign using sports and celebrities while Coca-Cola has events and lifestyle focus such as vacations giveaways. For pricing policies‚ Pepsi uses an aggressive pricing policy to get immediate market share from Indian competitors while Coca-Cola have huge reductions up to 15-25%. For distribution arrangements
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