While Pepsico and Coca-Cola are both multinational corporations (MNCs) with extensive experience in international operations‚ their business dealings in India are not their most long held nor the least problematic. Pepsico has the most longevity in Indian operations having started there in 1988. This allowed Pepsico to establish a stronghold in the Indian market prior to Coca-Cola’s entry in 1993. Both of these MNCs experienced difficulty in establishing their companies‚ and while they have made
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to those already available in India such as carbonated waters and fruit drinks. For promotional activities‚ Pepsi has a sponsorship at Navrati‚ a TV campaign using sports and celebrities while Coca-Cola has events and lifestyle focus such as vacations giveaways. For pricing policies‚ Pepsi uses an aggressive pricing policy to get immediate market share from Indian competitors while Coca-Cola have huge reductions up to 15-25%. For distribution arrangements‚ production plants and bottling centres are
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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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Cola wars continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 Written by Alyona Kuzmina. Soft drink industry Shares of beverage companies have always been ranked high among other industries. Although‚ when consumer incomes decrease‚ sales of beer and soda don’t drop that much. Additionally‚ it is cheap to produce those and drinks are so popular so companies can sell them for a large price. Actually‚ it is a very unique case‚ that such a product‚ which is in the group of basic commodities‚ is profitable
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Coke Wars Case Analysis: Competition‚ Strategy‚ and Implications Webster University Summer 2012 INTRODUCTION The rivalry between Coca-Cola & Pepsi can be deemed as legendary‚ “the top soft drink competitors in the world spend millions of dollars yearly to try and convince you that their version of soft drink is better” (Dotson pg 1).
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Question 1 India‚ a“sovereign‚ socialist‚ secular‚ democratic republic” (India 2010)‚ has a nationalist and protectionstic political landscape with foreign-biased policies including “principle of indigenous availability” (Catero 2009) and “License Raj” (Nirmalya Kumar 2009). This limited free market economy made it challenging for foreign businesses to operate in India (e.g. PepsiCo had to promote under Lehar Pepsi). In 1991‚ the country’s capitalistic economic reform improved its business climate
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Coke Strengths: 1. In 1993 Coke held a 59% share of the fountain market—using it to promote the brand further. 2. Coke earned a high percentage of its profits in the international market. They established themselves with the help of “ ‘anchor bottlers’—large‚ committed‚ and experienced bottling outfits like Norway’s Ringnes and Australia’s Amatil” 3. During WWII Coke was able to establish itself in the European and Asian markets with the help of the government because it was being
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role in the performance of both Coke and Pepsi in India. At the time when Pepsi was entering the Indian market‚ India was generally seen as a very unfriendly place for foreigners to do business. In addition‚ in 1991 India experienced a severe economic crisis that was triggered by the rise in imported oil prices following the first Gulf War. This was around the time Pepsi was already in the market in India‚ and had already got a decent foothold in the market before Coke. Due to the strict regulations
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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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