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MID-TERM ASSIGNMENT

MBA-III-E

Topic: Consumer Behavior towards Coca-Cola

Submitted by:

Khushnood Hussnain MBP-11016

Wasim Afzal Bajwa MBP-11556

Submitted to:

SIR NADEEM IQBAL RAZA Consumer Behavior 

Department of Management Sciences

SUPERIOR UNIVERSITY, LAHORE

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Table of content  Page #

Coca-Cola History 2

History in Pakistan 4

Portfolio (Global) 5

Portfolio (Pakistan) 6

Target Market & Segmentation 9

Sensations 10

How does it make you learn? 11

What attributes can you recall & what you forgot? 13

What does motivate you to involve in this brand? 14

How this brand does fit in your Values? 18

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COCA-COLA HISTORY

In May, 1886, Coca Cola was invented by Doctor John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John

Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. The name was a

suggestion given by John Pemberton‘s bookkeeper  Frank Robinson.Being a bookkeeper; Frank Robinson also

had excellent penmanship. It was he who first scripted ―Coca Cola‖ into the flowing letters which has become

the famous logo of today.

The soft drink was first sold to the public at the soda fountain in Jacob‘s Pharmacy in Atlanta on May 8, 1886. 

About nine servings of the soft drink were sold each day. Sales for that first year added up to a total of about

$50. The funny thing was that it cost John Pemberton over $70 in expanses, so the first year of sales were a loss.

Until 1905, the soft drink, marketed as a tonic, contained extracts of cocaine as well as the caffeine-rich kola nut.

In 1887, another Atlanta pharmacist and businessman, Asa Candler bought the formula for Coca Cola from

inventor John Pem berton for $2,300. By the late 1890s, Coca Cola was one of America‘s most popular fountain

drinks, largely due to Candler‘s aggressive marketing of the product. With Asa Candler, now at the helm, the

Coca Cola Company increased syrup sales by over 4000% between 1890 and 1900.

Advertising was an important factor in John Pemberton and Asa Candler‘s success and by the turn of the

century, the drink was sold across the United States and Canada. Around the same time, the company began

selling syrup to independent bottling companies licensed to sell the drink. Even today, the US soft drink industry

is organized on this principle.

Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help

 promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets. This Coca-Cola advertisement from

1943 is still displayed in the small city of Minden, Louisiana.

In 1886, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by developing

Coca-Cola, essentially a non-alcoholic version of French Wine Coca. The first sales were at Jacob‘s Pharmacy in

Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. It was initially sold as a patent medicine for five cents a glass at soda

fountains, which were popular in the United States at the time due to the belief that carbonated water was good

for the health. Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured many diseases, including morphine addiction, dyspepsia,

neurasthenia, headache, and impotence. Pemberton ran the first advertisement for the beverage on May 29 of the

same year in the Atlanta Journal.

By 1888, three versions of Coca-Cola  — sold by three separate businesses  — were on the market. Asa GriggsCandler acquired a stake in Pemberton‘s company in 1887 and incorpor ated it as the Coca Cola Company in

1888. The same year, Pemberton sold the rights a second time to four more businessmen: J.C. Mayfield, A.O.

Murphey, C.O. Mullahy and E.H. Bloodworth. Meanwhile, Pemberton‘s son Charley Pemberton began selling

his own version of the product.

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John Pemberton declared that the name ―Coca-Cola‖ belonged to Charley, but the other two manufacturers could

continue to use the formula. So, in the summer of 1888, Candler sold his beverage under the names Yum Yum

and Koke. After both failed to catch on, Candler set out to establish a legal claim to Coca-Cola in late 1888, in

order to force his two competitors out of the business. Candler purchased exclusive rights to the formula from

John Pemberton, Margaret Dozier and Wool folk Walker. However, in 1914, Dozier came forward to claim her 

signature on the bill of sale had been forged, and subsequent analysis has indicated John Pemberton‘s signature

was most likely a forgery as well.

In 1892 Candler incorporated a second company, The Coca-Cola Company (the current corporation), and in

1910 Candler had the earliest records of the company burned, further obscuring its legal origins. By the time of 

its 50th anniversary, the drink had reached the status of a national icon in the USA. In 1935, it was certified

kosher by Rabbi Tobias Geffen, after the company made minor changes in the sourcing of some ingredients.

Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time on March 12, 1894. The first outdoor wall advertisement was

 painted in the same year as well in Cartersville, Georgia. Cans of Coke first appeared in 1955. The first bottling

of Coca-Cola occurred in Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the Biedenharn Candy Company in 1891. Its proprietor was

Joseph A. Biedenharn. The original bottles were Biedenharn bottles, very different from the much later hobble-

skirt design that is now so familiar. Asa Candler was tentative about bottling the drink, but two entrepreneurs

from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead, proposed the idea and were so

 persuasive that Candler signed a contract giving them control of the procedure for only one dollar. Candler never 

collected his dollar, but in 1899 Chattanooga became the site of the first Coca-Cola bottling company. [18] The

loosely termed contract proved to be problematic for the company for decades to come. Legal matters were not

helped by the decision of the bottlers to subcontract to other companies, effectively becoming parent bottlers.

COKE HISTORY IN PAKISTAN 

“To provide Coca-Cola at arms „length” 

The Coca-Cola Company began operating in Pakistan in 1953. Benjamin H. Oehlert Junior, former senior vice

 president of The Coca-Cola Company, served as United States Ambassador to Pakistan from 1967 to 1969.

Coke, Fanta and Sprite are the brands with whom Coca-Cola is operating in Pakistan. The Coca-Cola System in

Pakistan operates through twelve bottlers, 10 of which are owned by Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited, out of 

these twelve plants now eight are operating. The CCBPL plants are in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Gujrawala,

Faisalabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan and Sialkot. The remaining two plants, independently owned, are in

Rawalpindi and Peshawar. The Coca-Cola in Pakistan serves 70,000 customers retail outlets.

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The Coca-Cola System in Pakistan serves 70,000 customers/retail outlets. The Coca-Cola System in Pakistan has

nearly 3,000 people working constantly for the company. During the last two years, The Coca-Cola Company in

Pakistan has invested over $130 million (U.S) and coke has successfully provided 56 years of dedicated service to

its customers in Pakistan. Since the beginning of Coke Company the firm has been continuously changing its

slogans and that‘s a very creative idea to get the attention of the customers.

Coca-Cola Portfolio (Global)

Coca-Cola has more than 300 products all over the world. Some of them are available in all countries while some

have availability in limited countries and target markets. Coca-Cola has categorized these products in group variants

as follow;

  Soft Drinks

  Juice\Juice Drinks

  Coffee

  Tea

  Smoothies  Sports Drinks

  Water

  Enhanced Water

  Energy

  Mixers

  Frozen Beverages

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Coka-Cola Portfolio in Pakistan

Today CCBPL is operated directly under the supervision of the Coca-Cola International based in Atlanta Georgia

State___ USA .It owns 8 plants all around in Pakistan. Coca-Cola Company offers the brand range as Coca-Cola,

Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Minute Maid and Kinley water in Pakistan.

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink in history, as well as the best-known product in the

world.

Created in Atlanta, Georgia, by Dr. John S. Pemberton, Coca-Cola was first offered as a fountain beverage by

mixing Coca-Cola syrup with carbonated water. Coca-Cola was introduced in 1886, patented in 1887, registered as a

trademark in 1893 and by 1895 it was being sold in every state and territory in the United States. In 1899, The Coca-

Cola Company began franchised bottling operations in the United States. Coca-Cola was introduced in Pakistan

1953.

Coca-Cola Zero

Coca-Cola Zero offers Coca-Cola taste with zero calories. Created with young adults in mind, this soft drink is

sweetened with a blend of aspartame and acesulfame potassium (Ace K).

Coca-Cola Zero was introduced in 2001 in Pakistan.

Diet Coke

Diet Coke, also known as Coca-Cola light, is a sugar- and calorie-free soft drink with a deliciously crisp taste that

gives you a light boost in your busy day. It was first introduced in the United States on August 9, 1982, as the first

new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola Trademark. The brand created an entire new category and a new way of 

life. Today, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light is one of the largest and most successful brands of The Coca-Cola Company,

available in over 150 markets around the world.

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Sprite

Sprite is a clear soda, lemon-lime flavored, caffeine-free soft drink, produced by The Coca-Cola Company. Sprite is

an edgy brand that has a clear point of view about the world which makes it stand out. It cuts through thirst, giving

you sudden refreshment and clears your mind to inspire fresh thinking.

Originating in Germany, Sprite was introduced to the US in 1961. In the US, it has been the market leader in thelemon-lime soda category since 1989.

It is the third most popular soft drink in South Africa (after Coca-Cola and Fanta). Sprite was introduced in Pakistan

in1972. The brand is actively involved in youth programs, which are driven through the sport of basketball.

There are different variations in Sprite;

  Sprite

  Sprite Zero\Diet Sprite

  Sprite 3G

Fanta

Available in Europe since the 1940s, Fanta was introduced in the United States in 1960. Consumers around the

world, particularly teens, fondly associate Fanta with happiness and special times with friends and family. This

 positive imagery is driven by the brand's fun, playful personality, which goes hand in hand with its bright color, bold

fruit taste and tingly carbonation

Fanta is a sparkling soft drink with a great fruity taste. There are more than 90 flavors of Fanta worldwide. Fanta

was introduced in 1965 in Pakistan. Fanta lemon was introduced in 2001.

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Minute Maid

In 1945, the National Research Corporation (NRC) of Boston, Massachusetts, developed a method of 

concentrating orange juice into a powder using a high-vacuum evaporation process previously developed for 

dehydrating medical products for use in the U.S. war effort. Produced by the Coca-Cola Company - the world's

leading marketer of premium fruit juices and drinks - there are now more than 100 different flavors and varieties of 

Minute Maid readily available just about anywhere you find people with a thirst for good living.

Minute Maid entered the Pakistani market in 2008. Here they have used the same advertising concept as they have

used in India i.e. "where is the pulp?" as both countries market are similar to each other.

However, the entry of Minute Maid is seen by many as late as a lot of beverages companies are already there and the

market is not really growing. Thus, Minute Market has a lot of competition to deal with

  Minute Maid Pulpy Orange

  Minute Maid Pulpy Tropical

  Minute Maid Pulpy Nimbu/Lemon (Launched in 2012 and discontinued the same year since the taste wasn't

much liked by the masses)

Kinley 

Kinley is a brand of still or carbonated water owned by the Coca-Cola Company and sold in manylarge European and Asian countries. Its carbonated forms are used for mixers, and also available in

a variety of fruit flavors.

Kinley water understands the importance and value of life giving force. Kinley water comes with

the assurance of safety from the Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola introduced Kinley with reverse

osmosis along with latest technology.

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Brand in Focus: Coca-Cola (Coke classic)

Target Market & Segmentation

Coca-Cola takes every customer as target and potential customer who is thirsty. The target market for Coca-Cola is

very wide as it satisfies the needs for many different consumers, ranging from the healthy diet conscious consumer 

through Diet Coke to the average consumer through its bestselling drink, regular Coke. Most Coke products satisfyall age groups as it is proven that most people of different age groups consume the Coca-Cola product. The basic

criteria of Coca-Cola to target a market is having fun and enjoying with friends and family. As culture of Pakistan is

family oriented, the target market ranges from kids to the elders. Coca-Cola has segmented its target market in

Pakistan based on following factors;

  Age 

The target audience of Coca-Cola is basically youth. It is a wide range for targeting. Consumers between the ages of 

12-29 are the largest segment of Coca-Cola. But now it‘s also being served to the consumers with age of more than

30. As they are also into the Coke‘s superior taste, although most of them prefer Diet Coke as they tend to be health

conscious.

  Gender 

Coca-Cola targets both males and females for segmentation. In daily consumption of Coke, male are dominate

consumers.

  Family Structure 

Coca-Cola targets the whole family through family oriented advertising. Families are target for 1.5 liter and 2.5 liter 

 packaging consumption.

  Social class & Income 

Coca-Cola targets the upper class, upper middle class, middle class and lower middle class. Different income levelsare targeted for example, by packaging: for low level income the company is selling returnable glass bottle; for high

level income, the company is selling coke in tins

  Race & Ethnicity

Coca-Cola targets all the races. As Punjab consists of more than 50% of its population, so it is the largest target

market.

  Geography

Coca-Cola targets the urban population mainly. In India it lost a large market share due to this approach and then

gained 37% growth in 2003 by introducing rural marketing strategy. In Pakistan, also, it is approaching the rural

consumers through its large distribution channel. They are the heavy user for regular glass bottle.

  Life style

The taste and quality conscious people drink Coca-Cola. The consumers have a busy life style (face shortage of 

time) and mobile generation. People who are brand conscious will not drink beverages of less known brands. They

will try to show their status by drinking Coca-Cola. The level of education is another factor that the company is

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 paying attention to. In a high percentage education, the company can use advertisements to convey the company

massage. Because Coca-Cola is a recognized world brand, people will drink it without hesitate.

SENSATIONS

Sensations involve different sensory stimulus to whom we are exposed in daily routine life. Coca-Cola has been

using different stimulus incredibly to build its brand equity, brand leverage, recognition and recall. Some of itssensations are as follows;

Name & Logo (Vision)

When John S. Pemberton created the formula for his new drink in 1886, his partner and bookkeeper, Frank M.

Robinson, suggested the name Coca-Cola, thinking that ‗the two Cs would look well in advertising‘. He wanted to

create a unique logo to go with it, and experimented writing the company‘s name in elaborate Spenserian script, a

form of penmanship characteristic of the time. Coca-Cola has been changing its logo through its journey towards

world‘s best soft drink according to the time and geographic distribution. 

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Bottling History (Touch)

Texture is a basic sensation that can play a huge role in shaping the consumers‘ behavior. Consumers are more

likely to purchase a product they can touch. That‘s why the consumers with such behavior are more likely to

 purchase from a physical outlet rather than shopping online. Coca-Cola is a product which reaches its consumers

through a physical channel so it becomes necessary to make this physical purchase process more enjoyable for the

consumers. In this perspective Coca-Cola has a unique bottling history. This has played a great role in capturing new

customers and shifting old ones into loyal ones.

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Coca-Cola Formula (Taste)

The most important sensation that has played an incredible role in the success of Coca-Cola is its unique taste.

The Coca-Cola formula is The Coca-Cola Company's secret recipe for Coca-Cola syrup that bottlers combine with

carbonated water to create its line of cola soft drinks.

As a publicity, marketing, and intellectual property protection strategy started by Robert W. Woodruff, the company presents the formula as a closely held trade secret known only to a few employees.

The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The

 bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce finished product in cans and bottles

from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and

merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores and vending machines. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate

for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.

This helps the company to maintain its great taste all over the world. Ingredients used to make this unique formula

are Water, Sugar, Carbon di oxide, Caramel Color , Acidulant (Phosphoric Acid) , natural flavors , caffeine.

Slogans (Hearing)

For the success of a brand the slogans and jingles play a vital role to create the brand recall and recognition. As

Coca-Cola is a universal brand, it has been using many slogans all over the world in different times. It changes its

slogan according to the events. The slogans it has been using in Pakistan are

  "Dill Hai To Mango Aur" ("if you have a heart ask for more") (2000s)

  "Kha Le Pee Le Jee Le" ("eat drink live")

  "Brrrrrrrrrrr…….Coke" 

  "Mil Jul kar Khulein Khushian" ("Open Happiness together") (for Ramadan 2011)

  "Khulein Khushian"("Open Happiness")

HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU LEARN?

Coca-Cola emphasizes on behavioral learning theory in its advertising in Pakistan. It makes an effective use of such

advertising to create a distinctive brand image and perceived linkage. The transfer of meaning from unconditional

stimulus to conditional stimulus explains why brand name of Coca-Cola exerts such powerful effects on its

consumers. The association between its slogan "Khulein Khushian" and drink is so strong that if its brand name is

not used in ads, yet I can recognize it. Coca-Cola has made me learn through following principles

Repetition

Through its ads, Coca-Cola has played a significant role to make me familiar to its product. The repetition of its ads,

using the slogans and creating the enjoying environment through friends and family members, it has made me learn

to drink coke when enjoying with friends or having dinner with my family.

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Stimulus Generalization

Coca-Cola also makes me learn through the use of stimulus generalization. As it has created the association of 

enjoying with friends and family, I am more likely to adopt its other new products with same stimulus rather than

using the new products offered by its competitors in the market. Coca-Cola has made use of 

  Family branding: capitalizing this technique it has made me learn to use Sprite rather than 7up. 

  Product line extension: through the use of this technique it has made me learn to use its Minute Maid juice

rather than any other pulpy juice available in the market. As it guarantees its historical great taste habit even in

 juices.

  Licensing: Coca-Cola licensee Brand Alliance launched their new range of branded tees last month in store and

online at UK fashion retailer New Look. The line has proved a huge success with Coca-Cola 86 and Fanta vests

already sold out! There are a few pieces left but the range is selling fast. The Licensing Company is Coca-Cola's

appointed licensing agent in Europe and China.

 

Similarly it has started the music show Coke Studio in Pakistan. Another example is putting their name on

refrigerators and introduction of bottle openers with their name.

Stimulus Discrimination: Coca-Cola. A name that is universally more recognized than any other in the world.

That‘s the power of Coca-Cola‘s brand. Some will say it‘s the flavor, but for millions, it‘s the way Coca -Cola makes

them feel. Coca-Cola brand name is the world‘s most recognized brand with the largest brand equity. These are the

company‘s assets that no one can ever copy and make it different from other brands. People can easily differentiate

it from its competitors.

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WHAT ATTRIBUTES CAN YOU RECALL & WHAT YOU FORGOTE?

Coca-Cola spends millions of dollars each year researching what people think and feel about its brand. The goal is to

understand whether its branding and marketing strategies are succeeding in creating brand associations with the

attributes with which Coca-Cola wishes to be linked.  Coca-Cola enjoyed 21% unaided brand recall, for Olympic

viewers. Recall grew for the brand among those very interested in the Olympics, with 33% recall for Coca-Cola. A

recent Coca-Cola annual report reported that the second most recognized expression in the world after ―ok?‖ is

―Coca-Cola.‖ 

The attribute that I can recall are

Specific attributes: 

  Unforgettable real cola taste  Revitalizing

  As good with any meal

  As a social drink to be shared with friends

I can recall all these attribute easily because it has always been a great quality drink for me that revitalizes me. It is a

good drink that I share with my family and friends.

Intrinsic attributes:

  Its great taste

  Ability to refresh and quench thirst

  Its high quality

  Its value for money

These attributes are also easily recalled because these are truly matched with my personal feelings and beliefs.

Along with all these attributes, its color, slogans, packaging are all easily recalled to me. And there are no attributes

related to Coca-Cola that I can‘t recall. 

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WHAT DOES MOTIVATE YOU TO INVOLVE IN THIS BRAND?

When it comes to discuss my personal involvement with Coca-Cola, I have formed a strong relationship with it; I

can‘t live without coke when it comes to quench my extreme thirst. Coke has become my passion. I am so much

involved in it that I have entered the flow state; to me coke is, now, a cult product.

My motivation to get involved

My involvement with coke has taken the form of emotions. The reason of my involvement is as following:

 Product involvement

I am totally involved into coke and the big reason is its great quality taste. It has developed such a unique taste that I

can‘t find in any other drink available in the market, no matter what price I have to pay against it. The thing that can

switch me to another drink is if and only if coke changes its taste as it did in 1985. The new one was named as

‖ new Coke‖.

People protested against this change in taste. By June 1985, The Coca-Cola Company was getting 1,500 calls a day

on its consumer hotline, compared with 400 a day before the taste change. They seemed to hold any Coca-

Cola employee — from security officers at Coke headquarters building to their neighbors who worked for Coke  —  

 personally responsible for the change. In response, the announcement of the return of "old" Coca-Cola was made in

July 1985

That July day, the story that the "old" Coca-Cola was returning to store shelves as Coca-Cola classic led two

network newscasts and made the front page of virtually every major newspaper. Consumers applauded the decision.

In just two days after the announcement of Coca-Cola classic, The Coca-Cola Company received 31,600 telephone

calls on the hotline. Coca-Cola was obviously more than just a soft drink. And so it is, now, as it was.

The greatest tool for a product involvement that can be used by marketers is Mass customization. Coca-Cola is

offering this feature in U.S and U.K through

  Share a coke:  They‘re replacing the iconic Coca-Cola logo on some of their bottles with 250 of Great Britain‘s

most popular names, so consumer can share a Coke with their friends, family and loved ones. People can also share

a personalized Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero with a friend on Facebook using our Virtual Can app. More

info @  http://CokeURL.com/names

  Coca-Cola Free style: Company has recently introduced its Soda Fountains as Coca-Cola Freestyle Touchscreen

Soda Fountains. These fountains have touchscreen and will allow up to 100 different flavors of beverage. Coca-Cola

Freestyle Touchscreen Soda Fountains use concentrated flavor cartridges and a Pure Pour mixing technology first

developed for delivering dialysis and cancer drugs. Coca-Cola Freestyle Touchscreen Soda Fountains use a five-gallon bag of drink concentrate. Coca-Cola Freestyle Touchscreen Soda Fountains takes 46-ounce cartridges that are

RFID tagged so as to match up with the computer program. http://www.coca-colafreestyle.com

However these activities are being practiced in U.K and U.S currently but I hope to have them in Pakistan soon. So

these customized options motivate me to be highly involved with Coca-Cola.

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 Message-Response involvement

Coca-Cola uses its Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) campaigns to catch consumers‘ involvement. But

mostly the focus is TVCs commercials because this media has a greater reach to its target customers all over the

Pakistan. Another reason is that through TV it can communicate message with sight, sound and motion, to their 

targeted customers.

Coca-Cola has been focusing different events and supporting the communities. Here is the big idea about Coca-Cola

 brand in which earthquake campaign is the main point of concern and it is given as follows:

“Come and Join hands with Coca-Cola to re-establish people of Peshawar and of northern areas

of Pakistan and make them to rise again” 

Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2013 - In a tour spanning more than 92,000 miles, Coca-Cola and FIFA will take the iconic FIFA

World Cup™ Trophy on its longest journey to date. Announced this month, the route for the highly anticipated 2014

FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour will give more than one million people around the world the chance to experience

football's most coveted prize in their own communities. The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour™ by Coca-Cola will be

the most inclusive, participatory event ever, inviting fans around the world to get up close and personal with

the same trophy that is presented by FIFA to the country winning the FIFA World Cup™.

In an uplifting Coca-Cola film shows that what unites us is stronger than what sets us apart. High-tech vending

machines installed in two popular shopping malls in Lahore, Pakistan and New Delhi, India  – two cities separated

 by only 325 miles, but seemingly worlds apart due to decades of political tension  – invited consumers to put their 

differences aside and share a simple moment over a Coke.

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The Coca-Cola Company maintains the longest continuous relationship with the Olympic Movement. The company

sponsored the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, and has supported every Olympic Games since. Coca-Cola

refreshes Olympic athletes, officials and spectators with its beverages during the Olympic Games. The company has

developed a strong tradition of creating programs and events to bring the spirit of the Games to consumers in

Olympic host cities and around the world. Coca-Cola also works closely with National Olympic Committees to

support athletes and teams in approximately 190 countries. Coca Cola became a charter member of the TOP

Program in 1986 under the exclusive product category of non-alcoholic beverages. In 2005, The Coca-Cola

Company and the IOC extended their partnership agreement for an unprecedented 12 years until 2020. The Coca-

Cola Company is the world‘s leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of non -alcoholic beverage concentrates

and syrups used to produce more than 230 brands of products. The company has local operations in over 200

countries around the world.

Coca-Cola releases bottle made of ice: Coca-Cola has unveiled a unique drink that is perfect for a hot summer's

day - a bottle made of ice. The limited-edition container, created in partnership with Ogilvy & Mather Bogota, is

shaped liked a regular Coke bottle and has the drinks giant's name etched into the ice.

However, so customers aren't left with cold hands, it comes with a red rubber band that slips around the bottle,

which can be worn as a bracelet after the ice melts. Coca-Cola makes the ice bottles by pouring water into a silicone

mould, freezing them at -13 degrees Farenheit and then filling the mould with Coke. The ice bottles are currently

only available in Colombia, but are proving very popular - vendors are selling around 265 an hour.

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Coca-Cola‘s ―Fan First‖ approach in social communities is a big reason to motivate the consumers to get involved in

messages. According to Coca-Cola

  Facebook ―2 Billion photos upload a month - nearly 70 million a day…‖ 

  Consumers remind us every day that Coke is THEIR brand… 

  And they are producing GREAT Content - for the LOVE of THEIR Brand

  5000 Mentions a Day - Here is a taste of what they are saying… 

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  Enabling Fans to Comment, Upload and consume their own consumer generated brand related content.

  Strategically targeted messaging in support of our brand objectives.

  Here are the results of this ―Fan First‖ approach 

In all these activities the examples of  Vigilante Marketing, Interactive mobile marketing and Consumer-

generated content are  performed. All these advertising activities of Coca-Cola (especially on F.B) motivate me to

get involve highly in its advertisings. I also have joined the Coca-Cola F.B page to get all the notifications about

new events, innovations and advertising material.

HOW THIS BRAND DOES FIT IN YOUR VALUES?

As being the part of Pakistani and Punjabi culture, we do have some values (set of beliefs) that define our culture,

 personality as well as eating and drinking habits. Coca-Cola resembles most of these values by being

  Family Oriented: Through its massages and advertisings it tries to convey the message that this is a drink which

should be consumed with family and stress on being family oriented.

  Fun with friends: In our culture friendship comes next to the family. And same is the focus of Coca-Cola as it

encourages us to have fun with friends by sharing a coke.

  Education Program: Support to education in Pakistan by The Coca-Cola Export Corporation (TCCEC) extends

from primary school level to university level. Their most recent intervention has been the sponsorship of a new

 primary school in Muzaffargarh, a less developed region of the country which was amongst the hardest hit areas

during the countrywide floods of 2010 and 2011. The school has been constructed by The Citizens Foundation

(TCF), a leading education-sector NGO of Pakistan which operates over 750 schools throughout Pakistan. TCF will

 be responsible for the school's operation and TCCEC will continue to bear the operational costs for a number of 

years.

Previously, in 2005, TCCEC responded to the government's 'Adopt-a-School' program, and adopted five

government owned and operated primary and secondary schools. TCCEC also regularly supports another education-

sector NGO, The CARE Foundation, for providing free education to underprivileged children of Punjab province.

The Coca-Cola Export Corporation (TCCEC) has set-up an endowment fund (courtesy of The Coca-

Cola Foundation) at Pakistan's leading institution of higher education, the Lahore University of Management

Sciences (LUMS). The income from the endowment fund is being used to cover the entire education cost for two

MSNBC on 11/30/09 

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students for a four year undergraduate degree program at LUMS's School of Science & Engineering. These students,

Coca-Cola Scholars, were selected for support purely on merit and belong to less privileged areas of Pakistan

  Social Responsibility: Coca-Cola Pakistan in collaboration with WWF-Pakistan organised a clean-up drive to clean

tourist site of Pakistan, Lake Saif-ul-Mulook. The activity comprised people of all ages and walks of life. More than

80 people volunteered to partake in the clean-up drive of Lake Saif-ul-Malook, which is part of Coca-Cola and

WWF's ongoing project titled "Environment Conservation Project, Ayubia" which commenced in 2009, and sincethen the project has been scaled up every year.

  Reason to believe campaign: Following their global campaign, ―Reasons to Believe‖, Coca-Cola decided to give

 people reasons to believe in a better Pakistan. The need to spread this message effectively became as important as

the message itself. So the company decided to take the digital community on board, organizing a bloggers meet-up

on March 11 on boat!. Called The Happiness Cruise, it provided a completely new experience to the participants,

away from the noise and distractions of the city.

Then a presentation was made on Coke‘s new campaign, spearheaded by a really touching infomercial, Reasons to

Believe in Pakistan. After the presentations, the floor was opened for discussion and with nearly 30 active bloggers,

twitterati and other new media activists present, the discussion was fast-paced and animated, with many thoughts

and ideas being shared and debated. At the end, the participants took a pledge to support Coke for taking this

initiative forward and signed a resolution which stated. Activity was performed on 11th march 2012.

  Crazy for good: KARACHI: Coke Pakistan organized the ―Crazy for Good‖ event to promote their Corporate

Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and involvement. The day started with the Coke happy bus taking guests to

an unknown location with many fun activities on board. The group then ended up at Tushan beach at a beautiful

hut which was decorated with the Coke theme followed by lunch and then joined by Coke's brand team for 

discussion on their involvement at the CSR wing.

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The discussion highlighted several projects that Coke has been involved with such as the TCF Muzaffargarh

venture, collaborating with the WWF on the ANP project and refurbishing government schools with #care

foundation. An example of one such project is the Kashf Foundation, which was donated $100,000 to empower 

women to invest in small businesses and create a sustainable local community. APR Zohair Ali said that Coke has

invested around $6 million in social projects in Pakistan.

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  At a time when the music scene in Pakistan was breathing its last, The Coca Cola Company introduced Coke

Studio in 2008. 

Coke Studio is a Pakistani music television series, produced by the Coca-Cola Company and Frequency

Media, which features live studio-recorded music performances by various artists. Starting in 2008, Coke Studio has

 been popular throughout the country, receiving critical acclaim and frequently being rebroadcast on numerous

television and radio stations. It is one of the most popular music programs in Asia and is a local brand productof Coca-Cola. 

The program focuses on a fusion of the diverse musical influences in Pakistan, including

eastern classical, folk, qawwali, bhangra, Sufi and contemporary hip hop, rockand pop music. The show provides a

 platform for renowned as well as upcoming and less mainstream artists, of various genres, regions and languages, to

collaborate musically in live studio recording sessions.

Through this program Coca-Cola is helping to retain our social culture and values in music industry that is badly

hurt by the western style loud and rock music adopted by new generation. And it is giving a chance to new

generation to listen that truly is ours.

Under the supervision of producer Rohail Hyatt, Coke Studio produced music that made its mark internationally and

artists like Meesha Shafi, Arif Lohar, Zeb and Haniya, Saaen Zahoor and Javed Bashir became household names in

Pakistan and across the border. The hype of this unique sound in a Bollywood music-driven Indian market inspired a

collaboration of Coca Cola India and MTV India.

―We had conducted research in 2010 which revealed that 25% of all Google searches in India were for Coke Studio

Pakistan –  this was amazing!‖ 

This is the statement given by the Wasim Basir, the director of integrated marketing communications at Coca Cola

India.

We can conclude that the Coca-Cola has tried its best to become the part of our cultural values. And it has not only

succeeded in doing so but also is sharing our values all over the world through its huge social platforms. I am quite

happy to be the part of world‘s largest selling and great tasting drink.