COLA WARS

Cola Wars Continue: Coke & Pepsi in 2010

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Table of Contents

Question 13

Question 24

Question 36

PESTLE Analysis for Soft Drink Industry6

Political Influences6

Economic Influences6

Socio-Cultural Influences7

Technological Influences7

Legal Analysis7

Environmental Analysis8

Soft Drink Industry's Five Forces Model8

Threat of New Competitors8

Competitive Rivalry9

The Bargaining Power of Customers10

The Bargaining Power of Suppliers10

The Threat of Substitutes11

Coca Cola SWOT Analysis11

Strengths11

Weaknesses11

Opportunities12

Threats12

Pepsi SWOT Analysis12

Strengths12

Weaknesses13

Opportunities13

Threats13

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References16

Cola Wars Continue: Coke & Pepsi in 2010

Question 1

During the 60's and 70's Coke and Pepsi concentrated on a differentiation and promotion techniques. The “Pepsi Challenge” in 1974 was an excellent example of this technique where sightless flavor assessments were organised by Pepsi to be able to identify itself as a better flavored product from Coke.

However during the arly 90's bottler's of Coke and Pepsi used low cost techniques in the grocery shop route to be able to contest with shop manufacturers, This had a bad impact on the earnings of the bottlers. Net revenue as a amount of revenue for bottlers during this period was in the low single numbers (-2.1-2.9% Display 4) Pepsi and Coke were however able to sustain the earnings through continual development in Frito Lay and Worldwide revenue respectively. The bottling organizations however in the overdue 90's determined to get away from the price war, which was not doing market any good by increasing the costs.

Coke was more effective worldwide in comparison to Pepsi due to its beginning cause as Pepsi had never focus on its international business after the world war and before 70's. Pepsi however desired to appropriate this error by coming into growing marketplaces where it was not at a aggressive drawback with regard to Coke as it never make any heady way in the Western market.

Question 2

The carbonated drinks industry tends to be highly powerful, with the variety of international and worldwide manufacturers. The best carbonates organizations lead the overall industry. Great stages of advancement and item activity nowadays show the huge size and aggressive characteristics of the industry. Within the carbonated drinks (CSD), sodas continue to control, but there have been increasing stages of interest in other variants. The term "soft" protects a wide range of non-alcoholic drinks, other than hot-beverages and milk-based drinks. There are four major individuals involved in development and submission of CSDs: focus makers, bottlers, store programs and providers. We will carefully look at the financial systems of two participants: bottlers while makers, and try to understand the reason for the difference in their earnings. Concentrate makers (CP): The focus makers only mix the substances used to make bubbly drinks. Developing the focus needs only restricted investment, manual work requirements and a little reinvestment. To build a focus factory price about $25-50 thousand, and one flower can serve the whole country CPs' costs include item planning, researching the industry, advertising, marketing and selecting support. CP must have a devoted regards with its bottlers because they rely on each other. Bottlers: Each form of range is only suitable for a particular form of item packaging. An average price of a range is $4-$10 thousand, ...