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Coca-Cola has also done better than PepsiCo in terms of reducing share count via stock buybacks; the company has reduced the amount of shares outstanding by 4.6% over the last five years while ...
The Cola wars are the long-time rivalry between soft drink producers The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, who have engaged in mutually-targeted marketing campaigns for the direct competition between each company's product lines, especially their flagship colas, Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Beginning in the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the competition ...
Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi can trace their origins back to the 1890s, and the two sodas seemed to be able to peacefully co-exist until nearly a century later. But in the 1980s, the companies began...
Instead, Coca-Cola decided to use Thums Up as a rival brand to Pepsi. The Coca-Cola Company by this time had about 60.5% share of the Indian soft-drink market but found out that if it took out Thums Up, it would remain with only 28.7% of the market, hence Thums Up was re-launched, targeting 30- to 40-year-olds.
According to Pepsi, they spent 14 million dollars on their design, [4] while Coca-Cola's dispenser costed $250,000. NASA considered these dispensers an "engineering demonstration", but for both companies it was a PR action. [5] Coca-Cola claimed a win in the "Space Cola Wars" stating that it is "the first soft drink tasted in space". [6]
Beverage companies Coca-Cola , PepsiCo , and Dr Pepper Snapple Group dominate the industry landscape. However, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo stand out as the two best investments among the giants; here's why.
It only took more than 100 years to finally take second place. ... There's Officially a New No. 2 Soda Behind Coca-Cola. Jon Quast, The Motley Fool ... Pepsi had 13.5% market share compared to ...
By 1985, Coca-Cola had been losing market share to diet soft drinks and non-cola beverages for several years. Blind taste tests suggested that consumers preferred the sweeter taste of the competing product Pepsi-Cola, and so the Coca-Cola recipe was reformulated. The American public reacted negatively, and New Coke was considered a major failure.