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Coca-Cola and Pepsi vending machines in Indianapolis, 1988. 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.
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...
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]
At current prices, Coke yields 2.83% in dividends versus a similar 2.69% for PepsiCo, and both companies have sustainable payout ratios in the area of 56% for Coke and 51.5% for Pepsi.
In the mid-1990s, Pepsi faced competition from Coca-Cola, and sought to attract a younger audience. [1] In March 1996, Pepsi began the Pepsi Stuff promotional campaign, allowing customers to accrue Pepsi Points that could, in turn, be redeemed for items such as T-shirts and leather jackets.
Soda giants like Pepsi and Coke are currently trying to attract nutrition-minded and independent customers. The future of Coke and Pepsi depends on the 'marketing trick of the century' Skip to ...
Stocking Coke products in all 20,000 of its U.S. stores, Subway was Coca-Cola’s biggest fountain account by number of store locations, per Beverage Digest. Subway has about 37,000 locations ...
A Coca-Cola pinback button, "I picked Coke in the Pepsi Challenge." In his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), author Malcolm Gladwell presents evidence that suggests Pepsi's success over Coca-Cola in the "Pepsi Challenge" is a result of the flawed nature of the "sip test" method. [ 6 ]