Executive Summary Background about the Brand Coca-Cola began in 1886 when a Pharmacist‚ Dr. John Pemberton from Atlanta‚ Georgia founded the company. In 1891‚ Asa G. Candler‚ an Atlanta based entrepreneur obtained ownership of the Coca-Cola brand. The hourglass Coca-Cola bottle was created because of competitors imitating Coca-Cola products. The company went public in the stock exchange in 1919‚ sold at $40 per share. In 1929‚ the company expanded overseas and released the slogan “The Pause
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Coca-Cola In 1892‚ Candler set out to incorporate a second company; "The Coca-Cola Company" (the current corporation). When Candler had the earliest records of the "Coca-Cola Company" burned in 1910‚ the action was claimed to have been made during a move to new corporation offices around this time. After Candler had gained a better foothold of Coca-Cola in April 1888‚ he nevertheless was forced to sell the beverage he produced with the recipe he had under the names "Yum Yum" and "Koke". This was
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1.0 Introduction Coca-Cola has sold more than one billion servings every day. More than 10‚450 beverages are consumed every second. The company achieved earnings of $4‚347‚000‚000 in 2003. It is present on all seven continents and is recognized by 94% of the world population. How did Coca-Cola grow from its humble roots as a home-brewed Georgia-based patent medicine to be the international soft drink powerhouse that it is today? Coca-Cola used numerous technologies to achieve its rise to the
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The Coca-Cola Company In 2006‚ The Coca-Cola Company adopted a new compensation plan for its Board of Directors. Its main point is that‚ the members of the Board get payed if the Company meets the performance goals it targeted. During a period of 3 years (mid-point of the Company´s performance strategy)‚ yearnings per share must raise at a compound rate of 8% a year. The plan foresees a flat fee of $175.000 in stock each year‚ with no extra payments. When the performance goal is met‚ at the end
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Coca-Cola Case Study 1. SWOT ANALYSIS: Strengths Coca-Cola has been an intricate part of American culture for over a century. The product ’s image is laden with sentimentality‚ and this is an image many people have taken deeply to heart. The Coca-Cola image is displayed on T-shirts‚ hats‚ and collectible memorabilia. This extremely recognizable branding is one of Coca-Cola ’s greatest strengths. "Enjoyed more than 685 million times a day around the world Coca-Cola stands as a simple‚ yet powerful
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F A L L 2012 08 The Coca-Cola Company Kim Connors Hillary Edwards James Howell Sulki Jang Alex Williamson East Tennessee State University 1. ASSOCIATIONS WITH COCA-COLA 3 1.1 SPORTS 3 1.2 HEALTH 3 1.3 THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 4 2. Brand positioning versus Pepsi Co. 4 3. Competitors 5 4. Images Associated with coca-Cola 6 4.1 Santa Clause 7 4.2 The Polar bears 7 4.3 The Secret Formula 8 4.4 The Olympics
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Assessment 1 Case Study Report of Coca Cola Company Hang LU S81293 Executive Summary The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world ’s largest beverage company‚ largest manufacturer‚ distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and is one of the largest corporations in the United States. 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
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References: Standard and Poor’s Survey (2002): Beverage Industry Research http://www2.standardandpoors.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=sp%2FPage%2FSiteSearchResultsPg&l=EN&r=1&b=10&search=site&vqt=coca-cola#Funds
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afternoon‚ everyone. What a great privilege it is to be in our nation’s capital today to address the National Press Club. I can’t help but notice that a lot of folks are enjoying our beverages with your lunch today -- so let me just begin by thanking you for your business! And President Obama‚ if you’re listening by chance on Public Radio or watching live on C-span‚ I know from press reports that many of the soft drinks of choice in the White House are produced by Coca-Cola. That’s a policy position
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Coca-Cola: Marketing Plan Introduction [pic] The Coca-Cola Company was originally established in 1886 by Dr. John Styth Pemberton‚ since then the company has developed into one of the largest companies in the world and accomplishing more than they could ever imagine such as becoming the worlds number one manufacturer of soft drinks‚ operating worldwide in over 200 countries‚ having over a billion cans of Coca-Cola consumed everyday worldwide‚ to become the first company to both produce and use
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