Case Analysis – Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 Coke and Pepsi are two leading companies in the soft drink industry. They contend with each other during decades. The Cola Wars are a campaign of mutually-targeted television advertisements and marketing campaigns since the 1980s between soft drink manufacturers The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. Historically, the soft drink industry has been so profitable. Porter’s Five- Forces Model of industry competition can define and analyze an…

and Strategy Assignment week two: “Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s” Professor: Orlando Rivero D.B.A. April, 3, 2008 Cola Wars Continue: Coke vs. Pepsi in the 1990s Overview This paper will explore Porter's Five Forces ( Porte 6) and Branderburger and Nalebuff’s Value Net to answer this questionnaire and describe soft drinks industry characteristics. The soft drink industry is concentrated with the three major players, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Cadbury Schweppes Plc., making…

Strategy ‘Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010’ Analysis of the US carbonated soft drinks (CSD) industry (a) Strategic issues The CSD market in the US (approx. $74 billion) is dominated by two concentrate manufacturers – namely Coke and Pepsi –. Both companies have been competing intensely since the 1970s, yet have thrived from this competition and have grown the business very profitably, as both have benefitted from the CSD market growth rates of around 10% p.a. until the early 2000s…

Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 A case discussion note January 17, 2012 1. Historically, why has the soft drink industry been so profitable? Historically, the soft carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry has been valued at $74 billion in the United States. In order to understand the reasons why the industry has been hugely profitable despite the ‘Cola Wars’, an examination of the CSD industry with Porter’s five forces analysis will be conducted. As market leaders, the analysis will…

industry, smaller national producers, such as Seven-Up and Dr Pepper, are relatively trivial. There are a lot of players of same size in the bottling industry. Unlike the furious competition between Pepsi and Coke, no sense of competition can be felt in bottling industry. Reasons are that, first, Pepsi and Coke control the majority of bottlers in 1990s; second, intrabrand competition is restricted by the franchise agreement, which is protected by 'Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act'. From the view…

Cola Wars Continued – Coke vs. Pepsi in 2006 Reading the case, special attention should be paid to the underlying economics of the soft drink industry and its relationship to average profits, the relationship between the different stages of the value chain in the industry, the relationship between competitive interaction and industry profits, and the impact of globalization on industry structure. While preparing the case, you should start by carefully characterizing the carbonated soft drink…

COLA WARS : COKE AND PEPSI IN THE 21ST CENTURY” INTRODUCTION "Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the 21st Century” explains 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…

MAY 26, 2011 DAVID B YOFFIE RENEE KIM Cola Wars Contiinue: Coke C an nd Pepsi in 20110 oke and Pepsi vied for “t hroat share” o of the world’ss beverage m market. For more than a century, Co The most intense battles in the so-called colla wars weree fought over the $74 billio on carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry in the Un nited States.1 In a “carefu ully waged co ompetitive strruggle” that llasted from 1975 through the mid-199 90s, both Cok ke and Pepsi achieved average annual rrevenue grow wth…

2013 12:08 AM Cola Wars 1. Why is the soft drink Industry so profitable? * Using Porter's Five Forces reveals that market forces are favorable for profitability * Defining the industry: * The industry consists of two major dependents, that is, the "Concentrate Producers" and the Bottling Companies. * High barriers to Entry. * Profits shared between "CP" and Bottling Companies/ * Rivalry: * Concentrated revenues, Coke and Pepsi accumulating 73%…

The competition within the $74 billion carbonated soft drink (CSD) industry has been remarkable ever since Coca-Cola was formulated in 1886, and further intensified when Pepsi was introduced in 1893. Ever since then, the CSD industry has been dominated by these two companies, with Coke taking the lead in the early stage, followed by Pepsi doubled its market share between 1950 and 1970 by offering its concentrate at a lower price than its competitor. The CSD industry has been profitable historically…