replace existing products. Having to replace existing products is much more costly than being able to use open channels. • The franchise system: Bottling is very capital-intensive‚ and the bottlers have exclusive arrangements with Coke and Pepsi for cola products. It costs roughly $6 billion to build national distribution ($75 million * 80 plants‚ see p. 3). Supplier Power: The suppliers to the
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Five-Step Approach to Unstructured Problems 1. Succinct Statement of the Financial Reporting Issue(s) When has a company completed its side of an arrangement‚ allowing it to record a sale and related loss contingencies (recall product costs)‚ while still conforming to GAAP? 2. Brief Summary of the Economic Purpose of the Transaction To better match revenues and expenses‚ Frequent Fixer has proposed recognizing all of its recall product costs at the time of sale to match its competitors
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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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studyPepsi and Coke Learn to Compete in India History Background Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India Case Summary Indian softdrinks Market Six product segments-Economic crisis of 1991 leaving consumers with little choice of brands -1986 “Pepsi Foods Ltd.” “Lehar Pepsi” -1990 Coca-Cola Reenters market with joint venture “Britco Foods” -Later partner with Parle Advertising Pepsi and Coke sponsor TV campaigns‚ Urban Youth‚ Cultural Festivals and Sports Fans. Both Pepsi and Coke look
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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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and how it has evolved. The CSD industry is very much concentrated. According to Exhibit 2 of the case‚ the market concentration of the two firms was over 75% in 2000 (44% for Coca Cola and 31% for Pepsi) and almost 72% in 2009 (almost 42% for Coca Cola and almost 30% for Pepsi). The barriers to enter the CSD market are very high mainly because of the economies of scale enjoyed by Pepsi and Coca Cola. These two firms produce a very large portion of the total output of the market and they reach their
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Yin Dongfang (2014-27148) 1) Why‚ historically‚ has the soft drink industry been so profitable? According to Exhibit 3a‚ the operation profit margin of the two giants kept robust growing from ~10% in 1970s to ~20% in 2005. That probably resulted from two reasons: 1) net sales enjoyed robust growth; 2) COGS and other expenses cowered fast. Net sales enjoyed robust growth. According to Exhibit 1‚ consumption per capita increased by 3% per year lasting for 3 decades since 1970s‚ due to A. Increasing
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Ciara Martinez March 3‚ 2014 Strategic Management Internationalizing the Cola Wars: The Battle for China and Asian Markets Coke was formulated in 1866 by John Pemberton‚ a pharmacist in Atlanta who sold it at drug store fountains as a “potion for mental and physical disorders.” Since then‚ it has grown and spread in the world as one of best Soft Drink in the world with an intense competition against Pepsi. It has started this competition in 1950s and continues until now. Coke is facing different
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we have chosen is Coco Cola India. Coca-Cola India Private Limited re-launched Coca-Cola in 1993 after the opening up of the Indian economy to foreign investments in 1991. Since then its operations have grown rapidly through a model that supports bottling operations‚ both company owned as well as locally owned and includes over 7‚000 Indian distributors and more than 1.3 million retailers. Today‚ their products are the leading brands in most beverage segments. The Coca-Cola Company’s brands in India
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Pepsi Cola produces Philippine Inc (PCPPI) grew its net income last year by 192 percent to 44 million on the back of double digit growth in volume and softer sugar prices. For the fourth quarter alone‚ net profit doubled to 147 million on gross sales of 6.2 billion. Volume grew by 21 percent for the quarter; bringing full-year volume growth to an average of is percent across brands and categories. Gross sales for the full year rose percent to P22.73 billion. “This is a significant
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