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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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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Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Case Study By Shamika Shoulders CSUDH -Management 490 May 26‚ 2013 SWAT Analysis Company: PEPSI Strengths • The Brand Name • They appealed to the youth "Pepsi Generation" to help build it consumer base and increase its market share. The youth is a large majority of the population. • Core Strong Competencies in managing the capital-intensive bottling business. Weaknesses • Location- little efforts in the international market.
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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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Alternative solutions: 1. Coca Cola can start using healthy sweeteners like Stevia‚ Agava juice or honey. There is a growing trend of getting closer to nature all around the world. This is in accordance with lifestyle strategy: “Cola is good for you and makes you feel better”. This would make people realize that company cares about their health and way of living. Advantages: * trend of healthy living * lower price sensitivity of the market for healthy or bio food * relatively
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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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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 hard to find – carbonated water‚ sugar‚ bottles‚ so the only one that gave power for the suppliers
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9-711-462 REV: MAY 26‚ 2011 DAVID B YOFFIE RENEE KIM Cola Wars Contiinue: Coke C an nd Pepsi in 20110 oke and Pepsi vied for “t hroat share” o of the world’ss beverage m market. For more than a century‚ Co The most intense battles in the so-called colla wars weree fought over the $74 billio on carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry in the Un nited States.1 In a “carefu ully waged co ompetitive strruggle” that llasted from 1975 through the mid-199 90s‚ both Cok ke and Pepsi achieved average annual
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This form can be used to organize your thoughts about a case. As you perform your analysis remain open to the fact that your interpretation of the facts may change and therefore you should constantly revisit your answers. Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis. The type of case that this is an evaluation case. In this case‚ one of the major problems that will be the main focus is the simple fact that there have been
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The New Cola Wars: Coca-Cola Still Number One Coca-Cola has long been a world leader in cola products‚ with Pepsi being the only competitor coming even remotely close to removing them from their number one spot. However‚ with increasing globalization comes increasing fear that the success of domestic products may falter. In turn‚ this results in an increase in domestic producers of similar products in an effort to increase domestic success and limit control of foreign
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