Cola Wars (Porter’s Five Forces) Barriers to entry The barriers to entry are high for new companies; therefore‚ the threats of new entrants are low. For example‚ retailers enjoy significant margins for their bottom-line. This makes it tough for the new entrants to convince retailers to substitute their new products for Coke and Pepsi. There are an economy of scale‚ high required investment‚ high costs for advertising and marketing promotion‚ high channels of distribution‚ and high products differentiation
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packaging and sweeteners and it accounts for high portion of sales. However‚ the bottlers are allowed to handle the non-cola brands as well and they have the right to decide on final retail pricing; and top bottlers get contribution from the main companies such as Coca-Cola. 2. How has the competition between Coke and Pepsi affected the industry’s profits? In the 1980s‚ Cola Wars between Coke and Pepsi started to heat up. To get more profits than the other‚ they tried in doing so many things
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an effective tool for analyzing industry structure. If it goes that industry structure and competition are ultimately responsible for industry profitability‚ an analysis of the five competitive forces offers an explanation for the success of the soft drink (CP) industry. The soft drink industry benefits from generally benign forces. Colas characterized the first 50+ years of the soft drink industry‚ with Coke and Pepsi accounting for the top brand names. While substitutes for soft drinks certainly
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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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was spending less money and gaining market share‚ what were they doing right? Research is an essential step in advertising because money cannot be wasted‚ there are many other uses within the company which money could be used for. In order for Coca-Cola to improve the above stated problems and improve their marketing research‚ the company could do a number of things. When the flavor changed of Coke‚ many were upset about this‚ even though a study was done to determine if the change should happen.
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Jiamin Ma Porter’s Five Forces Analysis on Cola Wars Case Threat of New Entrants The threat of new entrants in the soft drink industry is low. Barriers to the CSD industry are extremely high because customers have high brand loyalty towards to either Coke or Pepsi. As the case mentioned‚ Coke and Pepsi spend millions of dollars on advertising even though they are already the dominant companies in the industry. Thus‚ heavy investment on advertising and promotions is necessary for
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money on rebate‚ retail price cuts and a series of advertising Both introduces many different types of cokes‚ battle for shelf space‚ retail price discounting became the norm and customers are used to them Q4. What lesson have you learned from this case? è CDA – customer development agreement: offer funds for marketing & other purposes in exchange for shelf space. è Extend business: from CP to bottler Support selling channels with support e.g. Fountain channel with cups‚ point-of-sale advertising
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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 Continue : Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Introduction "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010” explain the economics of the soft drink industry and its relation with profits‚ taking into account all stages of the value chain of the soft drink industry. By focusing on the war between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as market leaders in this industry with a 90% market share in carbonated beverages‚ the study analyses the different stages of the value chain (concentrate producers‚ bottlers‚ retail
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Coca-Cola was originally formulated in 1886 by John Pemberton in Atlanta‚ Georgia and then later acquired by Asa Candler. One of the most influential people in Coca-Cola ’s history was Robert Woodruff‚ who became CEO of the company in 1923‚ and later developed Coca-Cola ’s international business and was instrumental in cooperation with U.S. Armed Forces during WWII. Caleb Bradham‚ a North Carolina pharmacist‚ invented Pepsi in 1893. Like Coca-Cola‚ Pepsi developed a franchised bottling system in
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