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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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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MKT 600-011 [Weekly Critique Notes] Case Title: Future of Avon China: Direct Sales‚ Retail Sales or Both 1. What is the central issue in this case? Avon China [who] is given the opportunity to consider the previously successful but fallen direct sales strategy which possesses challenges alongside the opportunity [what] in the distant future [when] because [why] * Chinese officials have intermediately lifted the direct-sales strategy ban after the economic instability in 1998
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1. Introduction of Coca-Cola in China. Coca-Cola Company is the biggest soft drink company in the world and famous for its classic coke. It has over 100 years of history and its business scope covers more than 200 countries. The extended experience and abundant resources have made the brand a great success. In 1927‚ the Coca-Cola Company began to invest in China and then left temporarily for Chinese political factors. In 1979‚ it returned after Chinas reform and opening to the outside world. By
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European imperialism in China‚ British forces attempted to establish the foreign trading of opium‚ a highly addictive substance extracted from the juice of the opium poppy (“Opium and Heroin”) . The Chinese were opposed to this enforcement due to its negative effects among the Chinese economy and civilians. As a result of this prolonged dispute between British and Chinese powers‚ British troops eventually attacked numerous Chinese villages‚ leading to the commencement of the Opium Wars in the mid-18th century
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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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products that go head to head. Coca Cola and Pepsi are an example of such reveries. There has been many taste test and competitions that involved the soda kings. This reverie has been going on for over a century. (See appendix 1) The start of this long standing soda war began 1886 when creator John S. Pemberton developed the original recipe for Coke. Then 13 years later Pepsi creator pharmacist Caleb Bradham developed his formula. By this time Coca-Cola was already fulfilling order that totaled
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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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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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