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Coca Cola in India
Indian economy is growing rapidly and is now believed to be the 15th largest economy in world. This has resulted in the creation of new growth opportunities for local and foreign businesses thus attracting increased foreign investment. With its growing middle class and steadily improving per capita income, Indian market has more potential than most developing countries. Coca Cola Inc. was once driven out of the country because of the government's protectionist policies but things are changing now with relaxation in regulatory control and licensing requirements. This resulted in the return of many multinationals including Coca Cola but increasing its market share and competing with Pepsi Cola Inc. has not proved to be an easy task.
India's economic environment is highly conducive for growth of beverage companies with more than 150 million middle class consumers with annual income greater than $4,000. However these attractive features have failed to translate...
because of public's pre-conceived notions about foreigners entering local market. But Coca Cola has refused to give up. It is focusing on building its brand image through target advertising and is trying to capture rural markets with smaller version of its flagship brand. Coca Cola's market share of 16.5% doesn't paint a very encouraging picture of the company's future in India but with rural expansion, things may improve in the coming years provided the company effectively resolves some key disputes that have surfaced in recent months.
After re-entering the Indian market, Coco Coal focused on two key entry modes. It first focused on revamping the local brand Thumps Up and heavily invested in advertising and marketing of this brand. The blue can of Thumps Up was regularly pitted against the blue Pepsi Cola can and most advertisements focused on the flaws of the latter. This resulted in a fierce competition among the two…
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The Hindu Business Line: Coca-Cola India reports 34 pc growth in Q1, Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, Apr 18, 2002
K.T. Jagannathan, The Hindu: Coca Cola India to expand, Tuesday, Jun 03, 2003
Amit Srivastava, Communities Reject Coca-Cola in India, India Resource Center July 10, 2003
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