marketing mix
ANALYSIS OF MARKETING STRATEGY
(MARKETING MIX AND PROMOTIONAL MIX)
OF COCA COLA
INTRODUCTION
Coca-Cola is one of the most widely used soft drinks in the world. There is a great variety of brands offered by Coca-cola like diet Coke, Sprite, RC Cola, Minute Maid etc. You can find the Coca-cola soft drinks in any places. In 1919 Coca-Cola decided it was time to go global. The Coca-Cola Company decided to take its operations beyond national boundaries and marketing research was started in Central America, China and many other countries of the world. Because of successful and efficient marketing research Coca-cola was able to produce globally in different regions of the world.
The 'Coca-Cola ' brand has been adopted the strategy of global marketing. They are considering the whole world as single market place and uniform marketing strategy was being used by Coca-cola for many years, but now the trend is changing and different marketing campaigns are being designed for different regions of the world. Business decisions are made on a domestic basis to fit in with the culture and needs of the domestic community. There are many reasons why company decided to sell its product in international market. The prospect exists to sell 'Coca-Cola ' worldwide, because 'Coca-Cola ' is a product which can be used by everyone irrespective of age and gender, all over the world. Marketing globally demand the company to have a marketing team in line with a country 's consumers so effective sales can be made and good relations with the abroad key employees can be maintained (Arthur A. Thompson Jr., A. J, 2005). This paper contains an analysis of the marketing mix and promotional mix strategy of Coca-cola adopted in the Philippine setting. I chose the product because it is one of the largest and well-known beverages in the world. The rapid growth and the company’s image in the market impressed me and pushed me to discuss the topic.
MARKETING MIX OF COCA-COLA
(MARKETING MIX AND PROMOTIONAL MIX)
OF COCA COLA
INTRODUCTION
Coca-Cola is one of the most widely used soft drinks in the world. There is a great variety of brands offered by Coca-cola like diet Coke, Sprite, RC Cola, Minute Maid etc. You can find the Coca-cola soft drinks in any places. In 1919 Coca-Cola decided it was time to go global. The Coca-Cola Company decided to take its operations beyond national boundaries and marketing research was started in Central America, China and many other countries of the world. Because of successful and efficient marketing research Coca-cola was able to produce globally in different regions of the world.
The 'Coca-Cola ' brand has been adopted the strategy of global marketing. They are considering the whole world as single market place and uniform marketing strategy was being used by Coca-cola for many years, but now the trend is changing and different marketing campaigns are being designed for different regions of the world. Business decisions are made on a domestic basis to fit in with the culture and needs of the domestic community. There are many reasons why company decided to sell its product in international market. The prospect exists to sell 'Coca-Cola ' worldwide, because 'Coca-Cola ' is a product which can be used by everyone irrespective of age and gender, all over the world. Marketing globally demand the company to have a marketing team in line with a country 's consumers so effective sales can be made and good relations with the abroad key employees can be maintained (Arthur A. Thompson Jr., A. J, 2005). This paper contains an analysis of the marketing mix and promotional mix strategy of Coca-cola adopted in the Philippine setting. I chose the product because it is one of the largest and well-known beverages in the world. The rapid growth and the company’s image in the market impressed me and pushed me to discuss the topic.
MARKETING MIX OF COCA-COLA
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