Acct Project
Acct Project
Acct Project
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The objectives of all business are to make profits and a merchandising concern can do that by
increasing its sales at remunerative prices. Publicity makes an idea known to people if the product
is widely polished makes an idea known to members and industrial users and though convincing
arguments it is advised to buy it then it is possible it is general term indicating efforts at mass appeal.
On the other hand, advertising signifies a specifics attempt to popularize a specific product or
service at a certain cost. This is way of publicity it always international openly sponsored by the
sponsoor and involves certain cost and hence is paid for it is a common form of non-personal
communication about an organization.
The word “Advertising has its origin from a Latin word Adventure” which means to turn to, The
dictionary meaning of the word is “to announce publicity or to give public concerned to a
specific thing which has been announced by the advertiser publicity or to give order to inform
and influence them with the ideas which the advertisement carries. In business world the terms
in mainly used with reference to selling the product to the concern.
Advertising is a general term for and all forms of publicity advertisement is a valuable economic
factor because it is a cheapest way of selling goods.
Advertising is any paid form of non-personal paid presentation of ideas goods or services by an
identified sponsor.
Advertising is a non – personal paid message of commercial signification about a product, service or
company made to a market by an identified sponsor {Principal marketing & E-commerce writer.
Vadra , satpati,dhar]
Coca Cola
Flavor Cola, Cola Cherry, Cola Vanilla, Cola Green Tea, Cola Lemon, Cola
Lemon Lime, Cola Lime, Cola Orange and Cola Raspberry
Related Pepsi, RC Cola, Cola Turka, Zam Zam Cola, Mecca-Cola, Virgin Cola,
products Parsi Cola, Qibla Cola, Evoca Cola, Corsica Cola, Breizh Cola, Afri Cola
Website www.coca-cola.com
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink and is often reffered to simply a coke(a registered trademark of
The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944). It sold in stores, restaurants,
and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by the Coca-Cola Company of
Atlanta, Georgia, Originally intended as a patent machine when it was invented in the late 19th
century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Giggs Candler, whose
marketing tactics led coke to its dominance of the world Soft-drink market throughout the 20th
century.
The most common cola drinks under the coke brand name is Diet Coke, with others including
Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla, Lime or Coffee.
The longest running commercial Coca-Cola soda fountain anywhere was Atlanta’s Fleeman’s
Pharmacy, which first opened its door in 1914 Jack Fleeeman took over the pharmacy from his father
and ran it till 1995; closing it after 81 years.
On April 23, 1985 Coca-Cola amiod much publicity attempt to change the formula of drink with “New
Coke” Follow-up taste tests revealed most consumers prefer the taste of New Coke. The company
gave into protest and return to a variation of the old formula using high fructose corn syrup instead
of cane sugar as the main sweetner, under the name Coca-Cola Classic on July 10, 1985.
In January 2009, Coca-Cola stopped printing the word “Classic” on the labels of 16-US-fluid-ounce
(470ml) bottles sold in the parts of the Southeastern United States. The change is part of a larger
strategy to rejuvenate the product’s image. The word “Classic” was removed from al Coca-Cola
produts by 2011.
Coca-Cola introduced the 7.5-ounce mini-can in 2009, and on September 22, 2011. The company
announced price reductions asking retailers to sell eight-packs for $2.99. That same day, Coca-Cola
announced the 12.5-ounce bottle, to sell for 89 cents. A 16-ounce bottle has sold well at 99 cents
since being re-introduced, but the price was going up to $1.19.
In 2012, Coca-Cola would resume business in Myanmar after 60 years of absence due to US imposed
investment sanctions against the country. Coca-Cola with its partner is to invest USD 5 Billion in its
operations in India by 2020.[www.slideshare.net]
Ingredients
Carbonated Water
Sugar ( sucrose or high fructose corn syrup depending on country of origin)
Caffeine
Phosphoric acid
Caramel color (E150d)
Natural flavorings
2.2 Brand portfolio This is a list of variant of Coco –Cola introduced around the world.
In addition to the caffeine-free version of the original, additional fruit flavor have been
included over the years. Not included here are versions of Diet Coke & Coca-Cola Zero;
variant version of those no calories colas can be found at their respective articles.
Name Launche Discontinue Notes Picture
d d
New 1985 2002 Was still available in Yup & American Samoa.
Coke
2.4 Competitors
Pepsi, the flagship product of PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company's main rival in the soft
drink industry, is usually second to Coke in sales, and outsells Coca-Cola in some
markets. RC Cola, now owned by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, the third largest soft drink
manufacturer, is also widely available. Around the world, many local brands compete with
Coke. In South and Central America Kola Real, known as Big Cola in Mexico, is a growing
competitor to Coca-Cola. On the French island of Corsica, Corsica Cola, made by brewers of
the local Pietra beer, is a growing competitor to Coca-Cola. In the French region
of Brittany, Breizh Cola is available. In Peru, Inca Kola outsells Coca-Cola, which led The
Coca-Cola Company to purchase the brand in 1999. In Sweden, Julmust outsells Coca-Cola
during the Christmas season. In Scotland, the locally produced Irn-Bru was more popular
than Coca-Cola until 2005, when Coca-Cola and Diet Coke began to outpace its sales.In the
former East Germany, Vita Cola, invented during Communist rule, is gaining popularity.
In India, Coca-Cola ranked third behind the leader, Pepsi-Cola, and local drink Thums Up.
The Coca-Cola Company purchased Thums Up in 1993. As of 2004, Coca-Cola held a
60.9% market-share in India. Tropicola, a domestic drink, is served in Cuba instead of Coca-
Cola, due to a United States embargo. French brand Mecca Cola and British brand Qibla
Cola are competitors to Coca-Cola in the Middle East.
In Turkey, Cola Turka, in Iran and the Middle East, Zamzam Cola and Parsi Cola, in some
parts of China, China Cola, in Slovenia, Cockta, and the inexpensive Mercator Cola, sold
only in the country's biggest supermarket chain, Mercator, are some of the brand's
competitors. Classiko Cola, made by Tiko Group, the largest manufacturing company in
Madagascar, is a serious competitor to Coca-Cola in many regions. Laranjada is the top-
selling soft drink on Madeira
2.5 ADVERTISING
Coca-Cola's advertising has significantly affected American culture, and it is frequently
credited with inventing the modern image of Santa Claus as an old man in a red-and-white
suit. Although the company did start using the red-and-white Santa image in the 1930s, with
its winter advertising campaigns illustrated by Haddon Sundblom, the motif was already
common. Coca-Cola was not even the first soft drink company to use the modern image of
Santa Claus in its advertising: White Rock Beverages used Santa in advertisements for
its ginger ale in 1923, after first using him to sell mineral water in 1915. Before Santa Claus,
Coca-Cola relied on images of smartly dressed young women to sell its beverages. Coca-
Cola's first such advertisement appeared in 1895, featuring the young Bostonian
actress Hilda Clark as its spokeswoman.
1941 saw the first use of the nickname "Coke" as an official trademark for the product, with a
series of advertisements informing consumers that "Coke means Coca-Cola".In 1971 a song
from a Coca-Cola commercial called "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", produced by Billy.
Davis, became a hit single.The typeface You 2 that was created for the "Share a Coke".
campaign.Coca-Cola sales booth on the Cape Verde island of Fogo in 2004.Coke
advertisement in Budapest, 2013.Coke's advertising is pervasive, as one of Woodruff's
stated goals was to ensure that everyone on Earth drank Coca-Cola as their preferred
beverage. This is especially true in southern areas of the United States, such as Atlanta,
where Coke was born.
2.6 SPORTS SPONSHERSHIP
Coca-Cola was the first commercial sponsor of the Olympic games, at the 1928 games in
Amsterdam, and has been an Olympics sponsor ever since. This corporate sponsorship
included the 1996 Summer Olympics hosted in Atlanta, which allowed Coca-Cola to spotlight
its hometown. Most recently, Coca-Cola has released localized commercials for the 2010
Winter Olympics in Vancouver; one Canadian commercial referred to Canada's hockey
heritage and was modified after Canada won the gold medal game on February 28, 2010 by
changing the ending line of the commercial to say "Now they know whose game they're
playing".
Since 1978, Coca-Cola has sponsored the FIFA World Cup, and other competitions
organized by FIFA. One FIFA tournament trophy, the FIFA World Youth Championship from
Tunisia in 1977 to Malaysia in 1997, was called "FIFA — Coca-Cola Cup". In addition, Coca-
Cola sponsors the annual Coca-Cola 600 and Coke Zero 400 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and Daytona International
Speedway in Daytona, Florida.
Coca-Cola has a long history of sports marketing relationships, which over the years have
included Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball
Association, and the National Hockey League, as well as with many teams within those
leagues. Coca-Cola has had a longtime relationship with the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, due
in part to the now-famous 1979 television commercial featuring "Mean Joe" Greene, leading
to the two opening the Coca-Cola Great Hall at Heinz Field in 2001 and a more recent Coca-
Cola Zero commercial featuring Troy Polamalu.
Coca-Cola is the official soft drink of many collegiate football teams throughout the nation,
partly due to Coca-Cola providing those schools with upgraded athletic facilities in exchange
for Coca-Cola's sponsorship. This is especially prevalent at the high school level, which is
more dependent on such contracts due to tighter budgets.
Coca-Cola was one of the official sponsors of the 1996 Cricket World Cup held on the Indian
subcontinent. Coca-Cola is also one of the associate sponsors of Delhi Daredevils in
the Indian Premier League.
In England, Coca-Cola was the main sponsor of The Football League between 2004 and
2010, a name given to the three professional divisions below the Premier
League in soccer (football). In 2005, Coca-Cola launched a competition for the 72 clubs of
The Football League — it was called "Win a Player". This allowed fans to place one vote per
day for their favorite club, with one entry being chosen at random earning £250,000 for the
club; this was repeated in 2006. The "Win A Player" competition was very controversial, as
at the end of the 2 competitions, Leeds United A.F.C. had the most votes by more than
double, yet they did not win any money to spend on a new player for the club. In 2007, the
competition changed to "Buy a Player". This competition allowed fans to buy a bottle of
Coca-Cola or Coca-Cola Zero and submit the code on the wrapper on the Coca-Cola
website. This code could then earn anything from 50p to £100,000 for a club of their choice.
This competition was favored over the old "Win a Player" competition, as it allowed all clubs
to win some money. Between 1992 and 1998, Coca-Cola was the title sponsor of
the Football League Cup (Coca-Cola Cup), the secondary cup tournament of England.
Between 1994 and 1997, Coca-Cola was also the title sponsor of the Scottish League Cup,
renaming it the Coca-Cola Cup like its English counterpart. From 1998 to 2001, the company
were the title sponsor of the Irish League Cup in Northern Ireland, where it was named the
Coca-Cola League Cup.
Coca-Cola is the presenting sponsor of the Tour Championship, the final event of the PGA
Tour held each year at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA.
Introduced March 1, 2010, in Canada, to celebrate the 2010 Winter Olympics, Coca-Cola
sold gold colored cans in packs of 12 355 mL (12 imp fl oz; 12 US fl oz) each, in select
stores.
In 2012, Coca-Cola (Philippines) hosted/sponsored the Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars in the
Philippines.
2.7 CAUSE
In 2012, Coca-cola is listed as a partner of the (RED) campaign, together with other brands
such as Nike ,Inc , Girl, American Express & converse. The campaign’s mission is to
prevent the transmission of the HIV virus form mother to child by 2015 ( the campaign’s
byline is “Fighting for an AIDS free Generation”)
2.8 MARKET PROFILE
(COCO-COLA)
Brands of Coco-Cola:
i) Coco-Cola
ii) Thums-up
iii) Limca
iv) Fanta
v) Mazza
vi) Mazza Tetra
vii) Sprite
Flavors of the brand:
i) Cola
ii) Lemon
iii) Orange
iv) Mango
v) Clear Lemon
Size of the Coco-cola drinks available in market
i) 200 ml Bottles (RGB Glasses)
ii) 300 ml Bottles (RGB Glasses)
iii) 600 ml Bottles (RGB Glasses)
iv) 1.5 Litre (PVC Bottles)
v) 2 Litre (PVC Bottles)
CHAPTER 3
25000
20000
15000
Weekly
Monthly
10000
Yearly
5000
0
Coco-cola Fanta Thums up Limca Maaza Sprite Maaza
tetra
Table 3.1 shows is having maximum consumption and after that Fanta and
after it Thums-up cold drink in the market and all the products has good sale
but less than these
TABLE 3.2 RESPONDENT’S CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO AGE
Age (in No. of respondents Percentage
years)
11-20 17 34
21-40 30 60
41-60 3 6
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 No. of respondents
Percentage
40
20
0
Age (in years) 11 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 60 Total
Table 3.2 shows that 34% of the respondents are in the age group of 11 to 20,
60% are the age group of 21 to 40 and 6% are in the age group of 41 to 60
Table 3.3 RESPONDENTS CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO SEX
Sex No. of respondents Percentage
Male 30 60
Female 20 40
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 No. of respondents
Percentage
40
20
0
Male Female Total
Table 3.3 shows that 60% of the respondents are males and 40% of them are
female.
Table3.4 RESPONDENTS CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATION:
Illiterate - -
Below Matric 3 6
Matric 7 14
Graduate 23 46
Post graduate 17 34
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 No. of Respondent
Percentage
40
20
0
Illiterate Below Matric Graduate Post Total
Matric graduate
Table 3.4 reveals that out of 50 respondents 3 are below matric, 7 are matric ,
and 23 are Graduate and rest of them 17 are post graduate.
Table 3.5 RESPONDENTS CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO COCA-COLA
Do you take cold drinks No. of respondents Percentage
Yes 50 100
No - -
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 No. of Respondent
Percentage
40
20
0
Total
Twice a day 2 4
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 No. of Respondents
Percentage
40
20
0
One a day Twice a day More than Not regular Total
Twice drunker
Table 3.6 revels that 30% of the respondents drink it once a day, 4% twice a day, 2% more
than twice and 64% drink it no regular.
Cola 30 60
Lemon 7 14
Orange 7 14
Mango 2 4
Others 4 8
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 No. of Respondent
Percentage
40
20
0
Cola Lemon Orange Mango Others Total
Table 3.7 shows that 60% of the respondents like the cola flavor of cold drink, 14% like the
lemon flavor and same percentage of respondents like the orange falvor,4% like the mango
flavor and 8% like the other flavor of cold drinks.
100
80
60 NO OF RESPONDENTS
PERCENTAGE
40
20
0
YES NO TOTAL
Table 3.8 indicate that96% of the respondents are of the view that they have been the
advertisement of the cold drink they like most while 4% shows that they don’t have seen
the advertisement they like most.
TV 46 92
Newspaper 2 4
Magazine 1 2
Other 1 2
TOTAL 50 100
120
100
80
60 NO OF RESPONDENTS
PERCENTAGE
40
20
0
TV Newspaper Magazine Other TOTAL
Table 3.9 reveals that 92% of the respondents are of the opinion that they have seen the
advertisement on TV while 4% are of the opinion that they have seen the advertisement
through newspaper.
For employees 1 2
For customers 15 30
None of these - -
Total 50 100
120
100
80
60 NO. OF RESPONDENTS
PERCENTAGE
40
20
0
For company For For None of Total
employees customers these
Table 3.10 indicates that 68% of the respondents are of the view that the study of
effectiveness is meant for company while 30% say that it is meant for customers.
A common criticism of coke based on its allegedly toxic acidity levels has been found to be baseless
by the researchers; lawsuits based on these notions have been dismissed by several American courts
for this reason. Although numerous court cases have been filed against the Coca-Cola Company
since the 1920’s, alleging that the acidity of the drink is dangerous, no evidence corroborating this
claim has been found. Under normal conditions, scientific evidence indicates Coca-Cola’s acidity
causes no immediate harm.
The 2008 Nobel Prize ( a parody of the Nobel Prizes) in Chemistry was awarded to Sheree Umpierre,
Joseph Hill and Deborah Anderson for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide, and to
C.Y Hong, C.C Shieh, P. Wu and BN Chiang for proving its not.
CHAPTER 4
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
4.1 FINDINGS
After going through all the project and the collected data, I found that:
1) 92% of the respondents said that TV is the most effective media of advertisement.
2) 60% of the respondents said that they like the advertisement of coca-cola because of its
theme whereas, 14% said that they like celebrities in advertisement.
3) Majority of respondents are of the view that advertisement is very necessary for coca cola.
4) Majority of respondents like coca-cola flavor of cold drink.
5) Majority of respondents sees the advertisement of the coca-cola they like most.
6) Majority of the respondents are said, advertisement effectiveness of necessary for company.
4.2 SUGGESTIONS
We reached some suggestions:
1) Advertisement should not be too expensive, because the advertisement leads and increase
the prize of the product.
2) Media should be selected according to the choice of customers.
3) In rural areas media should be according to the choice of the people.
4) To give more attention in making the advertisement to make it effective for the sale of coca-
cola.
5) Price should be decreased so as to attract the consumers to use product more.
6) To give attention on the weak media of advertisement so that consumers comes to know
about the product.
7) It should be attractive one so that people are attracted towards the advertisement.
4.3 LIMITATIONS
1) The project relive mainly on the primary data.
2) Consumer gives very unclear picture.
3) We have a limited time.
4) The study is based on limited sample.
5) It begin my first attempt to undertake such a study, thus in experience is also a obstacle to
accomplish the project in proper way.
6) It was also difficult to get proper information from the people because they were indulging in
some other activites.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RFERENCE
Al the information needed to complete this project is obtain form the following sources.
1) www.goggle.com
2) www.slideshare.net
3) www.wikipeida.com
4) Principal marketing & ecommerce. (writer:- vadra-satpati-dhar)
Annexure - 1
Supervisor’s Certificate
This is to cerertify that Sourav Banik a student of B.com Honurs
in Accounting & Finance of Maharaja Shrish Chandra college.
under the university of Calcutta has worked under my
supervision and guidance for his/her Project work and prepared
a Project Report with the Effectiveness of Advertisement of
Coca-cola Company.
The project report, which he/ she is submitting is his / her
genuine and original work to the best of my knowledge.
Signature: