The political environment in India proved to be very problematic for both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola when they entered the market. The government has long enforced a protectionist stance on its economy in order to safeguard the interests of its people. Even with the New Industrial Policy in 1991 (Pathak 2007)‚ that loosened the grip on foreign businesses entering the country‚ PepsiCo and Coca-Cola still had to jump through many hurdles before they could operate. For example‚ PepsiCo was limited to selling
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a new enterer to compete with the major players Coke and Pepsi and right after Cadbury. Bottlers were usually on a long term contract with the big companies and could not easily sign a contract with a new direct competing enterer. Two major players Coca cola and Pepsi have about three quarters of the soft drinks market were fiercely competing with advertising‚ creating new products and expanding new territories‚ without going into price war. The major products for the soft drink industry were not
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thinks about how Coca-cola and Pepsi begun in the soft drinks industry‚ and how this two industries was competing each other over 100 years? In that case we need to study and know about the history of these two industries‚ first we need to know its origin; the coke was invented by a pharmacist John Pemberton came from Atlanta in 1986. Pepsi was also created by a pharmacist named Caleb Bradham that is came from New Bern‚ North Carolina; Pepsi was invented in the year 1898. Coca-cola begins on business
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Question 1 The concentration producing industry has one buyer and through its value chain. Instead‚ costs for advertising‚ promotion‚ market research‚ and bottler relations were significant. On the other hand‚ bottling industry is the mid-way player in the soft drink industry. There are two suppliers and one buyer involved in its value chain (Exhibit 1). Whether two industries are profitable depends on soft drink consumption‚ which had increased for more than 20 years and plateaued in the 1990s
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CONTENTS Chapter No. Chapter No-1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Need for the Study 1.3 Objective of the Study 1.4 Methodology 1.5 Limitations Chapter No-2 PEPSI COMPANY OVERVIEW 2.1 Genesis and Growth 2.2 Organization Structure 2.3 Production Function 2.4 HR Function 2.5 Finance Function 2.6 Marketing Function 2.7 Future Function Chapter No-3 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Details of the survey conducted 71 Chapter No-4 SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS 4.1 Summary 4.2 Findings
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Pepsi and Coke fought over the 74 billion CSD (carbonated soft drinks) industry. --> Nothing contribute as much to the success of Pepsi than Coke and vice-versa What had to be done to ensure sustainable growth and profitability? Economics of the U.S CSD Industry 1970 - consumption grew by an average of 3% per year --> increasing availability of CSD + intro of new diet and flavoured variety + Declining real prices --> CSD more affordable -->
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"Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010" Read and Apply: Michael E. Porter (2008)‚ “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ (January 2008)‚ pp. 2-17 Assignment Questions (AQ) (a) Why has the soft drink industry been so profitable for concentrate producers? Compare the economics of the concentrate business to the bottling business: why is the profitability so different? [50% points] The soft drink industry has been extremely profitable for Concentrate
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PepsiCo Inc.‚ profitability ratios | | | Dec 29‚ 2012 | Dec 31‚ 2011 | Dec 25‚ 2010 | Dec 26‚ 2009 | Dec 27‚ 2008 | Return on Sales | | Gross profit margin | 52.22% | 52.49% | 54.05% | 53.51% | 52.95% | Operating profit margin | 13.91% | 14.48% | 14.41% | 18.61% | 16.09% | Net profit margin | 9.43% | 9.69% | 10.93% | 13.75% | 11.89% | Return on Investment | | | | | | Return on equity (ROE) | 27.71% | 31.29% | 29.86% | 35.38% | 42.47% | Return on assets (ROA) | 8.28%
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century Concentrate Producers and Bottlers were two of the four major participants that were involved in the production and distribution of Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs) in the United States. The Concentrate Producers (CPs) were responsible for blending raw material ingredients‚ packaging the blend in plastic canisters‚ and shipping it to the Bottler. Using Porter’s Five Forces analysis for the CPs industry‚ we determined that
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COLA WARS : COKE AND PEPSI IN THE 21ST CENTURY” INTRODUCTION "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century” explains the economics of the soft drink industry and its relation with profits‚ taking into account all stages of the value chain of the soft drink industry. By focusing on the war between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as market leaders in this industry – with a 90% market share in carbonated beverages – the study analyses the different stages of the value chain (concentrate producers
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