Pepsi and Coke’s Uncivil Wars Chapter 9 in Competition Demystified: Uncivil Cola Wars: Coke and Pepsi Confront the Prisoner’s Dilemma What are the sources of competitive advantages in the soda industry? First we should look at industry structure. The cola companies buy raw materials of sugar‚ sweeteners and flavorings from many suppliers then they turn the commodities into a branded product which consists of syrup/concentrated combined with water and bottles. The companies are joined at the hip
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role in the performance of both Coke and Pepsi in India. At the time when Pepsi was entering the Indian market‚ India was generally seen as a very unfriendly place for foreigners to do business. In addition‚ in 1991 India experienced a severe economic crisis that was triggered by the rise in imported oil prices following the first Gulf War. This was around the time Pepsi was already in the market in India‚ and had already got a decent foothold in the market before Coke. Due to the strict regulations
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wo of the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States are the Atlanta‚ Georgia based Coca-Cola Company and the New York based Pepsi Cola Company. While both are called "colas" they both attempt to address the same target tastes but from different approaches. Coke was the first on market with what is still a "secret" formula and Pepsi followed with a similar (not exact) taste. Since taste is very much a factor of your personal likes‚ either or neither may appeal to you or seem sweeter
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CONCEPT d. RESEARCH PAPERS USED AS SECONDARY MATERIAL i. Coke Vs Pepsi fighting for foreign markets ii. Comparison between Coke and Pepsi iii. Brand Analysis : PepsiCo iv. Brand Analysis : Coca-Cola v. History of Coca-Cola : The best soda vi. Coke Vs Pepsi vii. Comparison between Coke and Pepsi viii. The rivalry of various fronts ix. Market share x. Indian scenario 6. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company‚ which is in the United States since March 27‚ 1944). It is a carbonated soft drink sold in the stores‚ restaurants‚ and vending machines of more than 200 countries.. Originally proposed as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton‚ Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler‚ whose marketing strategies led Coke to its governing of the world soft-drink market throughout the
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Strategy Analysis of Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola Two famous beverage companies exist in the market today‚ Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola. Each competes intensely to distribute their beverage and food products to a global market for higher profits for the last several generations. In the free market‚ it can be difficult to determine which company uses the best practices in their marketing strategy as both use similar strategies to expand their local and global markets. In this paper the subjects to describe
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(SIU)} Strategic Marketing Assignment II PepsiCo Vs Coca Cola India’s Perspective Prepared By: Ajay Shivpuje (20) Control of market share and dominating volumes are key issue of this article. Just how is this done in such a competitive market is the underlying issue. Which are the strategies those helped these major players to become successful in India. Both these major giants entered India around 1992.Both giants entered with
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ABSTRACT Soft drinks are playing the vital role in the market and the companies are also getting the good profits on these products. The soft drinks industry has originated in 1772. Now these drinks spread all over the world and the millions of bottles is consumed every day. Now this business is a global one and the companies are facing high competition in this business and they are changing their strategies according to the situations. Pearl Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Takes a great
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Financial Management: Coke vs. Pepsi BUS 508 – Business Enterprise June 11‚ 2011 Financial Management: Coke vs. Pepsi The purpose of this paper is to analysis companies Coke and Pepsi and determinate (a) which company is better able to pay current liabilities (debt)‚ (b) explain what profitability ratios can tell about a company’s performance and how that information would influence investing decisions‚ (c) discuss which financial ratios to utilized while examining the company’s most
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We researched Coke and Pepsi as was requested to see which one would be a better investment over the other. One of the ways to see how a company is doing is to look at how much (EVA) Economic Value Added that company is producing. EVA is a way of measuring an operation’s real profitability. EVA is better than conventional ways because it takes into account the total cost of the operating capital. EVA is simply the after-tax operating profit minus the total annual cost of capital. Using EVA has
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