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Coca Col Then And Now

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Coca-Cola: Then and Now
Comparison of Santa Claus v.s. Happiness
History of Advertising
Oksana Chernichenko
Humber College
The Coca-Cola Company does a very successful job of creating their brand and marketing to their specic audience. (Cinney, 2013) Coca cola started creating an audience through mentioning the medicinal properties from drinking the soft drink. In the 1930’s the company moved from relying on the pharmaceutical properties to changing the presence of Coca-Cola in the family home. (Gangadharan,
1999) Although the company did not create Santa Claus himself, Coke did create the prominent gure that is imagined or perceived today. They created a jolly man, rosy cheeks, red jacket, warm, and kind demeanor. The inviting gure …show more content…

One could travel from Canada, to the Philippines, and could nd the comfort of a Coca-Cola easily that recreates that feeling of something familiar. John Pemberton started Coca-Cola in the 19th
Century as a patented medicine and was bought out by Asa Griggs Chandler who propelled Coca-Cola into a soft drink superstar throughout the decades. (Gangadharan, 1999) Coca-Cola has spent a large amount of time and money to associate themselves with pleasure. (Vara, 2014) By taking a look at two very specic advertising campaigns from Coca-Cola in dierent time periods we explore the relation ship the brand makes with its customers. The personality the brand grows is such a prominent voice but the two very dierent marketing campaigns stay true to that voice, and the company stays relevant in the way it’s shaped and grown throughout the course of it’s advertising. In the 1930’s Coca-Cola reinvented Santa Claus for the world bringing families together, then ash-forward to 2013 where the world nds happiness with drinking a coke. From two dierent time periods, two dierent worlds essentially; Coca-Cola brings to the world the feeling of feeling good. (Vara, 2014) Coca-Cola is more than just a product or a soft drink: it’s a feeling. To create a feeling of comfort is one of the prominent goals for the company’s brand; however, the dierent time periods inuence how that personality was presented and whom it was presented to.
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