Classification System (NAICS) code for the Coca-Cola Company is 3121 (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2012). This NAICS code is used to identify Soft Drink Manufacturing. However‚ the icon Coca-Cola is not in this industry alone. The data of 2002 identifies 2‚908 competitors in this category (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2002). This NAICS code encompasses establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soft drinks and artificially carbonated waters. Although Coca-Cola has made its global footprint as a leading
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COLA-WARS Main Issue: Factors causing the decline in CSDs and Cola Sales: ------------------------------------------------- Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSDs)‚ the foundation of Coca-Cola’s brand is declining‚ although it still holds the highest market share in comparison to non-CSD beverages. Coca-Cola is at risk of eventually producing a negative return from its CSDs and to be outperformed by non-CSDs‚ non-carb beverages and bottled water within its own product line‚ and with its competitors if
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INTRODUCTION 3 MARKETING RESEARCH 4 MARKETING RESEARCH METHODS 5 PRIMARY RESEARCH 5 SECONDARY RESEARCH 6 THE LINK BETWEEN PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING AND MARKETING RESEARCH 7 CONCLUSION 7 SOURCES 7 Introduction In this assignment I’m going to describe how the marketing research information is used in order to understand customers‚ competitors and the market environment in a company like Coca Cola. I’m also going to describe how the link between the principles of marketing are applied within
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Introduction The Coca-Cola recipe was originally founded and formulated by John Pemberton at the Pemberton’s Eagle Drug and Chemical House. By 1885‚ the product was registered as a French Wine Coca as a patent medicine. Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured morphine addiction‚ dyspepsia‚ neurasthenia‚ headaches and impotence. The carbonated drink began its first sales at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta‚ Georgia on May 8‚ 1886 for 5 cents a glass with its first advertisement in the Atlanta Journal on May
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Coca-Cola’s New Vending Machine (A) Case Questions 1. Is selling Coke through interactive vending machines a good or bad idea? Explain your answer. It is a good idea to sell Coke through interactive vending machines. Over the last three years‚ the soft-drinking giants have watched their earnings erode as they waged a price war in supermarkets. Vending machines have remained largely untouched by the discounting. Sales of soft drinks from vending machines have risen steadily over the last
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Assignment The government charged the Coca-Cola Company with marketing and selling a beverage that was injurious to health. They charged the company with producing a beverage that produced serious mental and motor deficits due to the use of synthetic caffeine. They also claimed that Coca-Cola was misbranded because its name implied that the product contained coca‚ yet it did not contain the whole coca leaf (because the cocaine was removed) and the name constituted a
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Identifying and Evaluate Marketing Opportunities 1. There are several marketing opportunities mentioned throughout the case study that Coca Cola have generated over the course of their 125 year history. Please identify at least five examples and categorise them according to the type of marketing opportunities? 2. Explain why it is important for an organisation to seek out new marketing opportunities and provide an example of the benefits one of Coke’s marketing opportunities has provided
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Using Coca Cola to Explain Ansoff’s Matrix Ansoff’s Matrix is a useful tool for examining a company’s product range. The four main options are: 1. Market penetration 2. Product development 3. Market development 4. Diversification Information about some of the products produced by Coca Cola is given below. Read this information and complete the tasks over the page: 1. Diet Coke m penetration
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sport drinks. i. Bargaining power of suppliers The main ingredients for Coca-Cola syrup include either high fructose corn syrup or sucrose derived from cane sugar‚ caramel color‚ caffeine‚ phosphoric acid‚ coca extract‚ lime extract‚ vanilla‚ and glycerin. The suppliers are not concentrated or differentiated. Bargaining power of suppliers is low. ii. Bargaining power of customers The individual buyer has no pressure on Coca-Cola because just like having large retailers it has a bargaining power of
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Coca Cola India Basic facts about the company: ▪ Returned to India in 1993 after 16 years. ▪ During the past decade Coke has invested more than $ 1 billion in India. ▪ The Coca-Cola system in India comprises 27 wholly owned company-owned bottling operations and another 17 franchisee-owned bottling operations. ▪ Entered India by taking over Parle’s brands. ▪ Coke’s main brands include: o Coca Cola‚ Sprite‚ Fanta‚ Thums Up‚ Maaza‚ Kinley water ▪ Other brands:
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