COMPANY OVERVIEW Coca-Cola‚ the world’s largest producer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverages claims a 10% market share worldwide selling about 500 million servings annually. On a worldwide scale‚ Coca-Cola divides and segments their operations into 5 different segments: • North America • Africa • Asia • Europe‚ Eurasia‚ and Middle East • Latin America As each segment is different‚ but equally important to their success‚ Coca-Cola’s largest driver comes from the Europe‚ Eurasia‚ and Middle
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Cola Wars Stephen Brennan Accounting II Tue/Thur. 3-4:30 The Wall Street Journal recently did an article on how the soft-drink battleground has now turned toward new overseas markets. While once the United States‚ Australia‚ Japan‚ and Western Europe were the dominant soft-drink markets‚ the growth has slowed down dramatically‚ but they are still important markets for Coca-Cola and Pepsi. However‚ Eastern Europe‚ Mexico‚ China‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and India have become the
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9-711-462 REV: MAY 26‚ 2011 DAVID B. YOFFIE RENEE KIM Cola Wars Conti inue: Coke an Peps in 201 C nd si 10 Fo more than a century‚ Co and Pepsi vied for “th or oke hroat share” o the world’s beverage m of s market. The most intense battles in the so-called col wars were fought over the $74 billio carbonated soft m b la e on drink (CSD) indus stry in the Un nited States.1 In a “carefu ully waged co ompetitive str ruggle” that l lasted from 1975 through the mid-199
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MANAGEMENT Cola Wars (Coke and Pepsi 2010) Case Study - Week 4 (S42166755) 1. Compare the competitive dynamics of the concentrate business to that of the bottling business? Why is the profitability so different? By using Five Forces Model by Michael Porter‚ it will shows competitive dynamics in the industry. Therefore‚ to define everything further this model will be used to do the comparison between concentrate business (CB) and bottling business (BB). • Barriers to entry‚ based on the case study
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doubt that the most spirited and intense competition in the beverage world is between coca-cola and Pepsi. Coca-cola was invented and first marketed in 1886‚ followed by Pepsi in 1898. Coca cola was named after the coca leaves and cola nuts John Pemberton used to make it‚ and Pepsi after the beneficial effects its creator‚ Caleb Bradham‚ claimed it had on dyspepsia. For many years‚ Coca cola had the cola market cornered. Pepsi was a distant‚ nonthreatening contester. In a simplified sense you
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This report is based upon the information from the Harvard business case: “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century”. Both Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo are the largest players in the Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD) industry. The purpose of this report is to gain insight into the possible strategies that can be applied‚ in order to expand the overall throat share in the future. History revealed that a highly competitive strategy that was utilized in the past by both companies resulted
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Based on the case “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010‚” use game theory approach/analysis to explain the competitive behavior of Coke and Pepsi making specific references to actions taken by each firm and the different “battlefields.” What conclusions can you draw about the competitive strategies pursued by both companies? At the time the Case was written was there a winner? Should both companies have acted differently?Based on the case “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010‚” use game
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Distribution 9 Profitability Analysis 11 Financial Analyses 12 SWOT and Ansoff Matrix Analyses 12 Where Should Pepsi and Coca-Cola head? 14 Keep status quo price competition and marketing mix? 14 Initiate Price War to enhance profitability while holding the rest of marketing mix? 14 Bottling drinking water‚ should the strategy be the same as CSD? 15 Should Coca-Cola and PepsiCo going in different strategies? 16 Industry Marketing Mix 16 Appendices 20 Figure A1: U.S. Liquid Consumption
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Michelle Ramirez Mgmt. 449_06 9/9/14 Case Study: Cola Wars Continue Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola have long competed for market share of the world’s beverage market. As the cola wars continued into the twenty-first century‚ Coke and Pepsi faced new challenges: Could they boost flagging domestic cola sales? Where could they find new revenue streams? Was their era of sustained growth and profitability coming to a close‚ or was this apparent slowdown just another blip in the course of Coke’s and
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• Cola Wars The rivalry between the soda giants‚ also known as the "Cola Wars"‚ began in the 1960’s when Coca-Cola’s dominance was being increasingly challenged by Pepsi Cola... • Cola Wars domestically and abroad (See Exhibit 3) C. Cola industry leaders‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi‚ should practice game theory to better understand their competitive market... • Cola Wars with the well established brands of Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Organization Due to the cola wars both Coca Cola and Pepsi have a similar
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