Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India CASE STUDY 2 International Marketing 1. The political environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo and Coca- Cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not‚ could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? There are several specific aspects of the political environment
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environment in India has proven to be critical to company performance for both PepsiCo and Coca-cola India. What specific aspects of the political environment played key roles? Could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? If not‚ could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. Timing of entry into Indian market brought different results for PepsiCo and Coca-Cola India. What benefits or disadvantages as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3
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sweeteners and it accounts for high portion of sales. However‚ the bottlers are allowed to handle the non-cola brands as well and they have the right to decide on final retail pricing; and top bottlers get contribution from the main companies such as Coca-Cola. 2. How has the competition between Coke and Pepsi affected the industry’s profits? In the 1980s‚ Cola Wars between Coke and Pepsi started to heat up. To get more profits than the other‚ they tried in doing so many things such as a huge
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Case Study: Coke and Pepsi in India: Coca-Cola controlled the Indian market until 1977‚ when the Janata Party beat the Congress Party of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. To punish Coca-Cola’s principal bottler‚ a Congress Party stalwart and longtime Gandhi supporter‚ the Janata government demanded that Coca-Cola transfer its syrup formula to an Indian subsidiary. Coca-Cola balked and withdrew from the country. India‚ now left without both Coca-Cola and Pepsi‚ became a protected market. In the
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WEEK 1 DISCUSSION STRUCTURAL FORCES EFFECTS on COLA DRINKS INDUSTRY SUPPLY CHAIN by GIDAGA ALFRED HOOO31960 ABSTRACT Carbonated soft drinks branded under Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola remain major household names in the soft drinks industry. Spanning operation from the original Franchise agreement of 1899 to-date‚ is an indication of managerial ingenuity of strategy design‚ implementation and control. Profitability and sustainability as a key issue in business operations necessitates these
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COKE AND PEPSI LEARN TO COMPETE IN INDIA Brief Overview: * The case of Coke and Pepsi in India is a lesson that all marketers can observe‚ analyze and learn from‚ since it involves so many marketing aspects that are essential for all marketers to take into consideration * Pepsi entered into the Indian beverage market in July 1986 as a joint venture with two local partners‚ Voltas and Punjab Agro‚ forming “Pepsi Foods Ltd.” While Coca-Cola followed suit in 1990 with a joint venture
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the products of PepsiCo: The major brand categories owned by PepsiCo‚ Inc. include Pepsi‚ Frito-Lay‚ Gatorade‚ Quaker Oats and Tropicana. Each of these has numerous other product offerings in their respective categories‚ both U.S. and internationally 1. Pepsi 2. Diet Pepsi 3. Caffeine-Free Pepsi 4. Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi 5. Pepsi Wild Cherry 6. Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry 7. Diet Pepsi Vanilla 8. Pepsi ONE LITRATURE REVIEW: • According to kabir c. sen (june‚1997) Unlike
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for industry profitability‚ an analysis of the five competitive forces offers an explanation for the success of the soft drink (CP) industry. The soft drink industry benefits from generally benign forces. Colas characterized the first 50+ years of the soft drink industry‚ with Coke and Pepsi accounting for the top brand names. While substitutes for soft drinks certainly exist‚ the major players in the CP industry have successfully shaped this competitive force in their favor‚ by changing the arenas
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the new Coke fiasco‚ how could Coca-Cola’s marketing research have been improved? Be specific. Coca-Cola’s marketing research could have been improved in many ways to help it reach success over Pepsi in the long run. Pepsi started off in the 70’s and 80’s with marketing campaigns like the “Pepsi Generation” and the “Pepsi Challenge” which really made Pepsi gain momentum on Coke. Coke could have done some research on this to determine some similar types of campaigns to compete with Pepsi. Coke was also
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Communication of Pepsi & Coca Cola in Pakistan! Muhammad Kashif Omer Malik 840310-P655 E-mail: m_04119_omer@hotmail.com Tutor: Leif Linnskog Date: 01 Sep 2008 Marketing Communication of Pepsi & Coca Cola in Pakistan 2008 Extracts Date Author 01 September 2008 Muhammad Kashif Omer Malik Qilah Lachman Sing‚ Ravi Road‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan. m_04119_omer@hotmail.com +923214912558 Master level thesis in Business Administration (15 ECTS) Marketing Communication of Pepsi and Coca Cola in Pakistan
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