customers. • In addition to the insight that you’ll gain into customer needs‚ market-research studies can help you avoid costly mistakes‚ such as introducing an unpopular line of goods or developing a service that no one really wants Example • Coca-Cola ’s introduction of New Coke in the 1980s demonstrates what happens when decisions aren ’t supported by solid research. Coke revised the formula of its traditional brand of soft drink and lost millions in sales. By performing a study and determining
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Coca-Cola Managing Resource Constraints in China Background China is a major and expanding market for Coca-Cola. Surging sales in emerging markets like China and India have been credited for Coke’s best sales growth for almost nine years with sales rising 19% from 2007 (The Times‚ 2007). According to President of Coca-Cola China‚ Doug Jackson‚ the company currently counts China as it’s fourth-largest market in terms of revenue‚ although it is expected to overtake Brazil to become its third-largest
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Executive Summary On August 2003‚ Coca Cola India faced a sales drop due to pesticides residues issue brought by a non-government organization called CSE (Center for Science and Environment). This report aims at covering the case study from the Corporate Communication 5th Edition by Paul A. Argenti ‘s book page 284-299 (Case 10-1). These papers will include the case questions with answers‚ to analyze the key problems that Coke India should focus and how well-prepared was them in dealing with
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Coca-Cola Enterprises is the largest manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverages and syrups in the world. As with many large corporations in today’s world‚ the company has made great strides in becoming more energy-efficient and environmentally conscious. The company’s new sustainability campaign “Deliver for Today‚ Inspire for Tomorrow” focuses on corporate and environmental sustainability with the goal of leading the industry in two major areas: energy and climate change and
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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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SWOT Analysis of Coca-Cola: SWOT stands for Strengths Weakness Opportunities Threats. SWOT analysis is a technique much used in many general management as well as marketing scenarios. SWOT consists of examining the current activities of the organization- its Strengths and Weakness- and then using this and external research data to set out the Opportunities and Threats that exist. Strengths: 1. Beverage Experience 2. Personnel Relations 3. Knowledge Regarding Competitor 4. Hardworking
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Financial Analysis for the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo years 2004 and 2005. Financial Analysis is very important to present how well a company is being managed. Keeping track of financial statements‚ taxes‚ audits‚ and various other areas of financials show how well a company is doing‚ or better yet has done in these years‚ and the probability of improvement in the future. Having data on how a company will do in the future is important so that management‚ investors‚ and creditors can see if
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PROBLEM The Coca-Cola Co. is the leading company in the beverage Industry. It produces about 400 brands consisting of over 2‚600 beverage products. Its major rivals are PepsiCo and Cadbury Schweppes PLC. The PepsiCo obtains 60% of its Revenues from its snack division. Cadbury Schweppes PLC is the largest confectionary company and has a strong regional beverage presence in the Americas and Australia. Considering its rivals’ success in its snack division; The Coca-Cola Co. is considering
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The Coca-Cola Company Project Analysis Paul Mburu Business Summary The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE Symbol: KO) The Coca-Cola Company‚ a beverage company‚ engages in the manufacture‚ marketing‚ and sale of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. Its sparkling beverages include nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages with carbonation‚ such as carbonated energy drinks‚ and carbonated waters and flavored waters. The company’s still
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Case Study 4 - The Coca-Cola Company Struggles with Ethical Crises Case #11 January 5‚ 2014 1) The corporate role in any company builds the foundation of how a company succeeds and‚ also‚ how the public views them. Their organizational performance is based on how the company is run and what ethical structure they have in place. Their social responsibility runs parallel with their organizational performance. If a company is not successful within themselves they cannot be successful within
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