COMPANY OVERVIEW The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) is a leading manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of Non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ in the world. The company owns or licenses more than 400 brands‚ including diet and light beverages‚ waters‚ juice and juice drinks‚ teas‚ coffees‚ and energy and sports drinks. The company operates in more than 200 countries. Approximately 74% of its products are sold outside of the US. The company is headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia and employs
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foreign colas boycott and pesticide allengations). Though most of the factors in the political environment are unpredictable and existed within the macroenvironment‚ steps could have been taken to anticipate and minimize the impact of the political risks. Coca-Cola could have worked with local partners and the host government. As “political sensitivity to foreign influences can be catastrophic – often driven by perception and not reality” (William Nobrega 2008) in India‚ PepsiCo and Coca-Cola could
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Charlotte SALLES SWOT ANALYSIS for Coca-Cola. 1.0 Introduction. SWOT analysis is a special technique which was invented by Albert Humphrey as a premeditated preparation device that is used to appraise the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats involved especially when a company is planning to go for a new or renew an exiting project‚ it involves giving out the purpose of the company ’s project and recognising the inside and peripheral factors that will affect the achievement of
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Stith Pemberton‚ a local pharmacist‚ produced the syrup forCoca-Cola®‚ and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs ’ Pharmacy‚ where it was sampled‚ pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Carbonated water was Dr. John Pembertonteamed with the new syrup to produce a drink that was at once "Delicious and Refreshing‚" a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-Cola is enjoyed. Thinking that "the two Cs would look well in advertising
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Crisis Communications 2. How does Coca Cola handle crises? Discuss whether this global leader has succeeded in handling crises from headquarters in Atlanta with reference to both the Belgium school children case and to Dasani in the UK. You must access relevant media comment from the time in making your assessment. A crisis is “a major occurrence with a potentially negative outcome affecting an organization‚ company‚ or industry‚ as well as its publics‚ products‚ services‚ or good-name”; it is
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opened doors for the world’s most recognizable beverage brand‚ Coca-Cola‚ to enter a rapidly growing consumer market. However‚ Coca-Cola is challenged with developing a strategy to ensure direct investments are protected despite the Burmese legal system. Entering into the Burmese market poses many political‚ economic and legal issues. The important question that must be answered when analyzing this situation is how Coca-Cola will be able to mitigate the risks involved with the instability
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understand that Coca Cola has faced several crises in the past. On February 2003‚ CSE (Center for Science and Environment)‚ an activist group in India has already brought the issue about Coca-Cola’s Kinsley Bottled water which was declared containing pesticides residues‚ six months before they brought up the same issue about Coca Cola. Since Coca Cola India remained silent about the first issue‚ the buzz was created and spread‚ made it even harder to maintain the situation. While in 1997‚ Coca Cola also had
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Creating an effective organisational structure A Coca-Cola Great Britain case study Page 1: Introduction The Coca-Cola Company is truly global‚ and its main product is recognised and consumed worldwide. The Company organises and structures itself in a way that reflects that fact. At the same time‚ the Company looks to meet the particular needs of regional markets sensitively and its structure also needs to reflect that fact. This Case Study illustrates the way in which the Company has built an
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Assignment The government charged the Coca-Cola Company with marketing and selling a beverage that was injurious to health. They charged the company with producing a beverage that produced serious mental and motor deficits due to the use of synthetic caffeine. They also claimed that Coca-Cola was misbranded because its name implied that the product contained coca‚ yet it did not contain the whole coca leaf (because the cocaine was removed) and the name constituted a
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Marketing for a New Coca Cola Drink The Coca Cola Company requires ideas on the development of a new fizzy Coca Cola Drink. It must utilise the flavours and styles of existing Coca Cola Fizzy Drinks‚ but capture a currently untapped or unfulfilled market segment. You need to consider the current market‚ find a suitable segment and develop a marketing strategy for your idea. Market research - Identify the most appropriate sources of primary and secondary data and consider which
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