COCA-COLA NEWS
Coca-Cola (also known as Coke, a name which was trademarked by The Coca-Cola Company after it was discovered many people called it by that particular name) is a very popular cola, a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by the Coca-Cola Company, which is also often referred to as simply Coca-Cola or Coke. Coke is one of the world's most recognizable and widely sold commercial brands; its major rival is Pepsi.
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Coca-Cola Amatil H1 profit up 22 pct
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:03:00 GMT
MELBOURNE, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Australian soft drinks group Coca-Cola Amatil reported a 22 percent rise in first-half profit on Wednesday, spurred by higher prices for its drinks, and reaffirmed its full year guidance. Net profit before one-offs rose to
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Coca-Cola Amatil H1 Net Profit A$171.9 Million, Up 22%
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:50:00 GMT
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PepsiCo to distribute Tazo Tea more widely
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:41:00 GMT
PepsiCo and Starbucks, already partners in a deal to sell bottled Frappucinos, are turning their attention to bottled tea. The two companies plan to give the Tazo brand greater exposure and expand distribution, as sales of ready-to-drink teas grow. Tazo
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Brands feel the pain as China's Liu gets hurt
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:05:00 GMT
Analysts predict that ads prepared to celebrate China?s hero winning gold will now be dropped BEIJING, august 19 : When China?s star hurdler, Liu Xiang, limped off the field late on Monday morning, pulling out of the Beijing Olympics, his foot injury
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Withdrawal leaves firms with 3b yuan hurdle to clear
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:16:00 GMT
Bonnie Chen and Timothy Chui Sponsors backing China's star athlete Liu Xiang face a potential loss of 3 billion yuan (HK$3.45 million) in revenue as a result of his dramatic withdrawal from the 110-meter hurdles on Monday, according to advertising
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PepsiCo to distribute Tazo Tea more widely
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:59:00 GMT
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Coca-Cola is 'most effective Olympic marketer'
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:23:00 GMT
Soft-drinks giant Coca-Cola has been crowned the most successful Olympic sponsor by a marketing research group. According the CSM Media Research´s Olympic Performance Index, Coca-Cola has topped the list of marketers at the Beijing Olympics because of
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Olympics advertising boosts China's ad spend for first half of 2008
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:31:00 GMT
Olympic sports sponsor adidas Published: 8 hours 59 min ago Delicious Reddit Beijing - China has registered a 17% increase in ad spend for the first half of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007, reaching a total of RMB 244.9 billion, according to
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Food Prices Up, Lobster Prices Down; Coca-Cola Looking to Best Pepsi in China
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:04:00 GMT
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Fried Coke and Breakfast on a Stick Hits at State Fair
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:49:00 GMT
There are two new food booths in the Illinois State Fair's Ethnic Village this year: a Romanian booth and an English booth. The Romanian food booth's most popular items are grilled chicken polenta and deep-fried Coke, a drink made with Coca Cola batter
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Coca-Cola Exec to Speak in Atlanta
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:55:00 GMT
Scott Vitters, director of sustainable packaging for The Coca-Cola Co. will address attendees at the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) 2008 Annual Meeting being held Sept. 24-26 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, in
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Coke's marketing formula prevails in Olympics run-up
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:10:00 GMT
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As Dollar Drops, Coke's Profits Rise
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:00 GMT
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. dollar might not stretch as far as it used to, but it's not all a grim picture. At least not for many U.S.-based multinational corporations, including the world's largest beverage company, Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. Coke has
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In England, Challenging The 'Real Thing' With Homemade
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:00 GMT
BRISTOL, England ? The volunteers who run the Cube Microplex, a popular alternative film venue, don't agree on everything. But there's one issue that has total support: the anti-Coca-Cola movement. Opposed to Coca-Cola for what they regard as the
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ATTIK designs Coke cans for Ramadan and Christmas
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:13:00 GMT
Following the success of ATTIKs global brand identity work for the Coke Red reposition and Coke Euro UEFA 2008 campaign, the company has been awarded three further Coca-Cola projects via Atlanta, Istanbul and London. Working with Coke Istanbul, ATTIK
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Coca-Cola has commissioned Leeds-based design consultancy Attik for three...more
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:40:00 GMT
Coca-Cola has commissioned Leeds-based design consultancy Attik for three forthcoming branding projects. The largest project Attik is currently working on is a promotional campaign tying in with Coca-Colaâ??s sponsorship of the 2010 football World
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Coca-Cola most effective Olympic brand in China
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:01:00 GMT
LONDON - Coca-Cola has been awarded the award for the most effectively-marketed Olympic brand within China. The global drinks giant came top in the the CSM Media Research Olympic Performance index.The index measures the entire marketing performance
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Liu Xiang pullout a blow to advertisers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:38:00 GMT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BEIJING_Hurdler Liu Xiang's surprise departure from the Olympics was a blow to advertisers including Coca Cola and Nike that made the 25-year-old hurdler a star of campaigns aimed at Chinese consumers. 'His
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Chinese hurdler's pullout a blow to advertisers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:37:00 GMT
(AP Online Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BEIJING_Hurdler Liu Xiang's surprise departure from the Olympics was a blow to advertisers including Coca Cola and Nike that made the 25-year-old hurdler a star of campaigns aimed at Chinese consumers. 'His
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Liu Xiang pullout a blow to advertisers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:19:00 GMT
Hurdler Liu Xiang's surprise departure from the Olympics was a blow to advertisers including Coca Cola and Nike that made the 25-year-old hurdler a star of campaigns aimed at Chinese consumers. 'His marketing value has been seriously diminished,' said
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Coke, Pepsi slug it out at Thai boxer's home
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:07:00 GMT
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Soft drinks giants Coke and Pepsi are slugging it out for supremacy outside the home of Thai Olympic boxing hopeful Worapoj Phetkum, who faces his first fight of the Beijing Games Friday, the Bangkok Post said. PepsiCo's local
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Liu Xiang pullout a blow to advertisers
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:35:00 GMT
Hurdler Liu Xiang's surprise departure from the Olympics was a blow to advertisers including Coca Cola and Nike that made the 25-year-old hurdler a star of campaigns aimed at Chinese consumers. 'His marketing value has been seriously diminished,' said
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Visitors treated to more than cola
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:30:00 GMT
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Visitors treated to more than cola
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:03:00 GMT
Hospitality centers in Beijing run by Olympic sponsors have been pulling in the crowds. One that has been particularly popular is the 4,000 sq m Coca-Cola Shuang Experience Center in the central business district, which draws 12,000 visitors, in groups
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China: Olympic Sponsors Ignore Human Rights Abuses
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:32:00 GMT
TOP Sponsors Should Back Introduction of a Permanent Olympic Rights Monitor (New York, August 19, 2008) ? The major corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics have failed to uphold their own principles of corporate social responsibility, Human Rights
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Whats in a Coke? Or what isnt
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:43:00 GMT
The famous Coca-Cola secret formula is becoming a little less secret. For more than a century, Coke has fiercely guarded its recipe, created in 1886 by John S Pemberton, a druggist in Atlanta who was trying to concoct a health drink. In recent decades
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Injured Liu can count blessings
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:39:00 GMT
Star athlete Liu Xiang may have lost out on multimillion-dollar bonuses when he hobbled off the Olympic track following the recurrence of an old injury, but the sympathy he gained could see advertising interest in him increase. 'A lot of his sponsors
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Coca-Cola has commissioned Leeds-based design consultancy Attik for three forthcoming branding projects....
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:02:00 GMT
Coca-Cola has commissioned Leeds-based design consultancy Attik for three forthcoming branding projects. The largest project Attik is currently working on is a promotional campaign tying in with Coca-Colaâ??s sponsorship of the 2010 football World
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Coca-Cola takes on Wendy Clark for marketing role
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:45:00 GMT
Coca-Colahas appointed former AT&T marketer Wendy Clark as senior vice president of integrated marketing communications and capabilities, according to a Marketing Week report. She will take over the role on 15 September 2008. Clark will take over
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Coke CEO urges food industry to invest in poor regions
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:57:00 GMT
The food and beverage industry must invest in poor communities to sustain the world's food supply as it moves towards an increasingly uncertain future, said Coca Cola's newly-appointed global CEO. Muhtar Kent was delivering the keynote address at the
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