Coca-Cola New Vending Machine: Pricing To Capture Value or Not? Coca-Cola‚ the renowned beverage is a flagship product of The Coca-Cola Company. The company is not only a manufacturer but also a distributor and a marketer of many other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Coca-Cola was invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated it in The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola
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#1 1/31/08 Coca-Cola’s New Vending Machine Statement of Problem Coca Cola‚ the world’s largest beverage company‚ has been under a tremendous amount of media scrutiny lately. Word got out that Coke is testing a new vending machine technology that changes price based on weather conditions. It charges a higher price during warmer temperatures and a lower price during colder times. Coke wants to increase its vending machine business with higher margins‚ but isn’t sure this new temperature
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Coca Cola Company would like to introduce the market with the vending machine technology‚ a new technology with changed price according to weather‚ which has been developed and tested in the lab internally. The thought is to be based on the idea of automatically adjusting the price according to the demand increase as the weather temperature increases. The purpose of this strategy is to continue increasing the vending machine profit‚ which had been already main the profit resource for the company
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1) Pros for Coca Cola Co. Technology Availability: Electronic components are becoming more and more versatile and cheaper. All that is required in order to adjust the price with the changes of the weather is a temperature sensor and a computer chip. Therefore‚ it can reduce the implementation costs. Increase competitiveness through price discrimination: Price discrimination is used in order to increase the economic efficiency. In principle‚ the temperature sensitive vending machine is no different
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Coca Cola a Vending Machine Case Study Problem Statement: Coca Cola Co.‚ the world’s largest beverage company is facing a public relation nightmare which can ultimately put their brand image at stake. Their Chairman and CEO‚ Ivan Ivester‚ abruptly announced the introduction of interactive vending technology which will lower the price of coke during off-peak buying time and increase the price during very hot weather conditions‚ Ivester virtually confirmed the vending machines will be
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................................................................................. 5 3.2. Planning.....................................................................................................................5 a. Buying a Vending Machine b. Arranging Capital c.Developing Marketing Strategy * Market Segmentation * 4 P’s of Marketing Mix d.Importance of Maintainance & Insurance e.Execution f.Monitor g.Evaluation
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Statement of the Problem: Coca Cola‚ the world’s largest beverage company‚ has been under a tremendous amount of media scrutiny lately. Word got out that Coke is testing a new vending machine technology that changes price based on weather conditions. The core problem which coke is facing here is public relations disaster. They have put their brand image at stake. The way in which the Chairman and CEO of Coke M. Douglas Ivester disclosed about the new vending machines was inappropriate. Price
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2012] • Vending Machine Design (2012) Harrington Vending Machines Ltd. [online] Available at: http://www.harringtonvending.com/design.htm [Accessed 1st December 2012] • Jobber‚ D. (2010) Principles and practice of marketing. 6th ed.The McGraw-Hill Companes‚ Inc.‚ 1221 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY 10020: McGraw Hill companies. • Kocken‚ P‚ Eeuwijk‚ J‚ Kesteren‚ N‚ Dusseldorp‚ E‚ Buijs‚ G‚ Bassa-Dafesh‚ Z‚ & Snel‚ J. (2012) Promting the purchase of low-calorie foods from school vending machines:
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School Vending Machines Thesis Statement: By looking at studies of in-school vending machines you can see that they are becoming a true problem. This is important because vending machines are lowering education standards and are contributing to the obesity epidemic. Introduction “Can I go to the vending machine?” This is common questions teachers are asked everyday in the class room. In-school vending machines have shown to be a problem for years now. Food sold out of school vending machines
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The Coca-Cola Company From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Coca-Cola Company Type Public Traded as NYSE: KO Dow Jones Industrial Average Component S&P 500 Component Industry Beverage Founded 1886 Founder(s) Asa Griggs Candler Headquarters Coca-Cola headquarters‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ U.S. Area served Worldwide Key people Muhtar Kent (Chairman & CEO) Products List of The Coca-Cola Company products Revenue US$ 48.01 billion (2012)[1] Operating income US$ 10.84 billion (2012)[1]
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