1. Coca Cola’s Branding Lessions
Submitted By :- Augustus Martin PGP30014R
Under Guidance of Prof. Sameer mathur
2. New Coke
April 23 1985
Coca-cola announced the reformulation of Coke.
3. New Coke
July 11, 1985
Coca-Cola announced it would bring back the original formulation of Coke as Coca-
Cola Classic and continue with both new Coke and Coca-Cola Classic
4. Circumstances
Pepsi conducted blind test tests and determined that more people like the
taste of pepsi than Coke.
Coke was loosing market share
11. Coke’s framing bias
Change coke to beat Pepsi
Creating a better taste was the only thing that mattered
12. Bringing back the old Coke
Coke executives began working on bringing the old Coke back 11 days after
new coke was introduced
The new name for the old Coke was decided just 2 days before the
announcement was made
13. Coca Cola Classic
Introduced 77 days after new coke debuted
Coke executives brought back old formulation to cater loyal consumers
Coke classic had a smaller market share
15. Public Rejoice
News Coverage
News of coke’s decision was covered by all three television networks
Announced on the floor of the United States Senate
16. Old Overtakes new
Coca-cola classic started outselling new coke by a wide margin
Many bottlers gave Coca-Cola Classic Prominent shelf positioning over new
coke
17. New coke failed
New coke changed to Coke II in 1990
New coke discontinued in United States
Coca-Cola classic became Coca-Cola in 2009
18. Options
Option -1
Release new Coke with a different name while keeping original Coke
Market New Product to compete with Pepsi
Option – 2
Re-Energize Coca-Cola Brand
New advertising
Repositioning
19. Lessons Learned
People are resistant to change
Conduct more thorough market research
Impact of media and social influences