Cola Wars in China Ryan Criscione Alfred State College Cola Wars in China Wahaha Group was founded in 1987 and since then has become China’s leading soft drink producer. In fact‚ the company maintains a leading position in a number of product categories such as; water‚ milk drinks and mixed congee‚ and tea and juice drinks (Cravens‚ 2009). The Wahaha Group began as a children’s company and even though it is still considered one today‚ the company has really evolved into something much more
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Cola Wars CASE STUDY : COLA WARS CONTINUE : COKE AND PEPSI IN 2006 The case study “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006” focuses on describing Coke and Pepsi within the CSD industry by providing detailed statements about the companies’ accounts and strategies to increase their market share. ‘ Cola war’ is the term used to describe the campaign of mutually targeted television advertisement & marketing campaigns between Coke & Pepsi. Furthermore‚ the case also focuses on the Coke vs. Pepsi
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Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 other beverage. Within the CSD category‚ the cola segment maintained its dominance‚ alihough its market share dropped from 71% n 1990 to 60% in 2004.5 Non-cola CSDs included lemon/lime‚ citrus‚ pepper-type‚ olange‚ root beer‚ and other flavors. CSDs consisted of a flavor base (called "concentrate")‚ a sweetener‚ and carbonated water. The production and distribution of CSDs involved four major participants: concentrate producers‚ bottlers‚ retail drannels
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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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Session 3: Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Sun Hyun Park‚ Ph.D. Assistant Professor Marshall School of Business University of Southern California “Cola Wars” Blind Test “Can you tell the difference?” Student A 1: Coca Cola Student B 1: Big K Cola (Kroger) 2: Pepsi 3: Coca Cola Student C 1: Pepsi 2: Pepsi 3: Big K Cola (Kroger) 2: Coca Cola 3: Big K Cola (Kroger) Agenda for Today • Recap - Value chain analysis - Five Forces Model • Case Discussion: Cola Wars - Industry
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9-706-447 REV: APRIL 16‚ 2009 DAVID B. YOFFIE Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2006 For more than a century‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola vied for “throat share” of the world’s beverage market. The most intense battles in the so-called cola wars were fought over the $66 billion carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry in the United States.1 In a “carefully waged competitive struggle” that lasted from 1975 through the mid-1990s‚ both Coke and Pepsi achieved average annual revenue growth of around
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rP os t 9-709-451 REV: SEPTEMBER 30‚ 2009 FRANK V. CESPEDES Cola Wars: Goin Global ng op yo By 2008‚ per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) in the United States had declined in seven of the past ei ht years. Annual consumption of CSDs was 740 eight-ounce drinks ig per person in the U.S. versus 288 in the rest of the developed world and 77 in developing countries.1 As a result‚ the Coca-Cola Co. (Coke) and PepsiCo (Pepsi) increasingly looked abroad for growth
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Industry Analyses 6 CSD Industry Analysis 6 Porter’s Five Forces for Bottler & 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
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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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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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