The Coca Cola and Pepsi War 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? * The soft drink industry remains profitable because of the market share based on Porters Five Forces. * Coke has protected its recipe for over a hundred years as a trade secret‚ and has gone to great lengths to prevent others from learning its cola formula. The company even left a billion-person market (India) to avoid revealing this information. As a result of extended histories and successful advertising
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1. Pepsi relied on the celebrities on its marketing campaigns throughout its history and the message given by Pepsi was most concentrated on being young “ 1961-1964: Now It’s Pepsi for those Who Think Young”‚ 1992-1993 “Be Young‚ Have Fun Drink Pepsi” to being socially responsible. Pepsi used to have a brand image of being “cool” however Pepsi tried to change this image to being socially responsible and started the campaign Pepsi Refresh which aims to grant aid to the projects which promises to make
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JIANGYONG TAO ZHIGANG PEPSI GROWS POTATOES IN CHINA After entering China in 1982‚ Pepsi continued to do well in the country‚ offering a wider range of products than its arch-rival‚ Coca-Cola. Pepsi’s potato chip business was successful despite competition from other multinational rivals and Chinese domestic brands. As its potato chips became more successful‚ however‚ the problem of how to secure a supply of quality potatoes also grew. In the North American market‚ Pepsi relied on external suppliers
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Pepsistuff commercials made an offer of a Harrier jet—the famous high-tech "jump jet" used by the U.S. Marines. In a TV commercial that aired in 1995‚ Pepsi jokingly included the Harrier as one of the prizes that could be received with a mere 7 million Pepsi points. While that sounds like a lot of points to get from drinking Pepsi products (roughly 190 Pepsis a day for 100 years)‚ the company also allowed customers to purchase points for 10 cents a piece. Leonard did the math‚ and discovered that the
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define target market B2C. Following are the methods to promote marketing strategies for target market B2C By applying common methods like questionnaires‚ interviews in target market to find out how customers think about their products or what exactly they want By gathering data about customer’s presence on social media and other online marketing strategies. Analysis of this data through statistical methods and using software. By forecasting future needs and wants of potential customers in target market
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Coke VS. Pepsi James Esposito Strayer University The Business Enterprise BUS 508 Dr. Amanda Manners June 11‚ 2011 Coke VS. Pepsi The following paragraphs will discuss the financial positions of both Coke and Pepsi. There will be a discussion on which company has the greatest ability to pay off any current liabilities the companies have and what type of financial tools can be used to determine their capability to pay such debt. The reader will also be provided the tools that anyone can
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1. What market opportunity and challenges did Pepsi face in China? Opportunity: high potential development in food process industry; big and growing snake market. Challenges: underdeveloped agribusiness; traditional agriculture; importing potato and potato seeds are banned; underdeveloped infrastructure for logistics; 2. What supply chain challenge did the face? Enough replenishment of raw material‚ potato. Underdeveloped infrastructure for logistics. Not enough qualified supplier.
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Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi Co 2 1. Using the current ratio‚ discuss what conclusions you can make about each company’s ability to pay current liabilities (debt). The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay its short term obligations with its short term assets. Between Coca Cola and PepsiCo‚ PepsiCo has a higher current ratio implying that is more capable of paying its obligations
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Comparison Contrast Essay 30 March 2011 Coca Cola VS Pepsi Coca Cola and Pepsi are the two most popular and widely recognized beverage brands in the United States. Pepsi and Coca Cola contrast each other on their taste‚ its associated colors and themes‚ and ingredients. Coca-Cola and Pepsi differentiate in more ways than one. Coca-Cola has more of a coke flavor taste. It is fizzier than that of Pepsi. It is smoother going down‚ and after about six hours it changes flavor and becomes more watery
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PEPSICO. PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion. PepsiCo‚ Inc. is founded by Donald M. Kendall‚ President and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi-Cola and Herman W. Lay‚ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Frito-Lay‚ through the merger of the two companies. Pepsi-Cola was created in the late 1890s by Caleb Bradham‚ a New Bern‚ N.C. pharmacist and quickly became a popular drink with some 300 bottlers by the start of World War I. Frito-Lay‚ Inc. was
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