Executive Summary Coca-Cola‚ the product that has given the world its best-known taste was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ on May 8‚ 1886. Coca-Cola Company is the world’s leading manufacturer‚ marketer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ used to produce nearly 400 beverage brands. It sells beverage concentrates and syrups to bottling and canning operators‚ distributors‚ fountain retailers and fountain wholesalers. Coca-Cola was the leading soft drink brand in India until 1977
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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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Production‚ Distribution‚ and Marketing of Coca Cola‚ by Lateifa Hope Lateifa Hope Organization & Management Fall 2011 December 2‚ 2011 The Production Raw Materials Coca-Cola consists of 94 % carbonated water. Carbon Dioxide acts as a mild preservative giving the beverage that special sparkle. Carbon dioxide is the main ingredient in all soft drinks because it’s non-toxic‚ cheap‚ and easy to liquefy. Sugar is the second main ingredient in Coca-Cola in which it makes up 7-12% of the beverage
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Analysis of Coca-Cola Company - February 7th‚ 2011 The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a beverage retailer‚ manufacturer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola‚ invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage‚ Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over
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T Y PEKKA TUOMINEN Managing Brand Equity ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to discuss and elaborate the main issues encountered in managing brand equity. In order to achieve this purpose‚ we first analyse the concept of brand equity; second‚ we provide a comprehensive framework for managing brand equity; and finally‚ we distinguish different ways to leverage and measure brand equity. The concept of brand equity emerged in the early 1990s. Brand equity can be regarded as a managerial concept
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The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer‚ retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups and one of the most highly recognized soft drink brands in the world.(1) The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola‚ invented in 1886 by pharmacist John S. Pemberton in Columbus‚ Georgia. (2) The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler (co-founder of Coca-Cola) who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company
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The fact that brands are a part of the company equity is now a universal concept‚ however what this awareness implies has not yet been fully analyzed. As is often the case‚ phrases such as ‘brands are our equity’ become company leitmotivs. The truth is that‚ when taken at its word‚ this brand equity awareness has actually revolutionized operational marketing. The most salient aspects of this development are described below. ____________________________________________________________ __________________
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INTRODUCTION Since the late 80s‚ brand equity (BE) has been regarded as one important marketing concept in both business practice and academic research as it gives marketers more competitive advantage through successful brands (Lassar‚ Mittal‚ & Sharma‚ 1995‚ p. 11). Although there are many researches about brand equity carried on by numbers of authors‚ most of their conclusions are consistent with Farquhar’s concept of brand equity as “the value added by the brand to the product” (Srinivasan‚ Park
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measuring brand equity of Nokia‚ Cadbury and SBI. Brand equity:- Brand equity refers to the marketing effects or outcomes that accrue to a product with its brand name compared with those that would accrue if the same product did not have the brand name Keller‚ Kevin Lane (2003). It is also the intangible‚ but real‚ value of words‚ graphics or symbols that are associated with the products or services offered by a business. In other words it is the value - both tangible and intangible‚ that a brand adds
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The AsiaTravel is facing the following problems regarding its brand value to customers: * Its brand name is merely the generic version of its services‚ therefore price is seen as its main competitive advantage in the travel market; * Associations of the brand have not been clearly defined and conveyed to customers‚ therefore their perception about its brand name is not sufficiently strong for them to recognize and recall this brand among other alternatives; * Information on past experiences
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