This document analyzes competition in the energy drinks, sports drinks, and vitamin-enhanced beverages industry. It discusses key macroenvironmental factors influencing the industry. Traditional beverage categories have low profit margins and high competition, while the alternative beverage segment has high profit margins and low competition. The document also profiles the three leading companies in the alternative beverages industry - PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and Red Bull GmbH - and provides recommendations to each on expanding their market share.
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Beverage industry
1. Case Study
Competition in Energy Drinks , Sports Drinks,
and vitamin-Enhanced Beverages
Huang Haiyang
Krishna Kanth
Jehimy Mantilla
2. Global and U.S beverage Industry macro-
environment
social forces
Demographics
political/regulatory/
legal factors
global forces
general
economic
Healthy,Music,sports
culture
US FDA
Consumer groups
Health committee
Income consumers in
developed countries
Reduced trade barriers
Improved trade cooperation
US economic downturn in
2008
3. Economic Characteristics
Traditional Beverage Categories Alternative Beverage segment
LOW PROFIT MARGINS HIGH PROFIT MARGINS
HIGH COMPETITION LOW COMPETITION
CONSUMPTION OF CARBONATED SOFT
DRINKS
ENERGY DRINKS, SPORTS DRINKS,
VITAMIN-ENHANCED DRINKS
4. Competition in the beverage industry
Product Innovation
Taste & Energy Boosting Properties
Advertising,Unique Flavour
Nutrational Properties
Brand image
Strong price competition
6. Market of energy drinks, sports drinks and vitamin-
enhanced beverages
Trends changes
Volume growth
Sales growth
Customers are willing
to pay more
Market expansion
Needs for innovation
9. Driving Forces of the Alternative beverage industry
Product and marketing
Innovation
Efficient distribution
systems
Change in the long-
term growth rate
Industry Consolidation
11. Alternative beverages
mid-2000s economic downturn (2008-2009)
extremely popular
Rapid growth in category
premium prices and high profit
sales :
sports drinks fell 12.3%
vitamin enhanced water fell 12.5%
energy drinks increased 0.2%.
Industry Issues Health risks (arrhythmia & insomnia)
caffeine
Sprite + Cough Syrup = Sizzurp
Caffeine + NoDoz = Seizures
Energy drinks + Alcohol = Bad News Industry Leaders
PepsiCo Coca-Cola Red Bull GmbH
13. sales - $43 billion
Globalization - brands sold in 200 countries
Product Lines - 2009 was the largest seller of beverages in the united states
Dominate - PepsiCo. upset Coca-Cola to become the largest seller of
beverages in the U.S.(2009 market share of 26.5%, Coca-Cola 11.5%)
Best selling :Gatorade ,Propel,SoBe Lifewater,Amp Energy.
14. Recommendations
1. Consolidating in non-carbonated beverages by promoting advertisement
in other countries.
2. Continuing to distribute Rockstar energy drinks, tighten the mutual
relationship and marching into emerging markets namely China and India.
3. Expanding beyond their current energy drink line of Amp and No fear by
developing other favors and offering different bottle sizes.
15. Worlds most valuable brand (Coke)
2009- third largest seller of alternative beverages in the United States
Globalization - more than 200 countries
Global bottling distributors
Country and region specific beverage
Product Lines Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite ranked top 5 best-selling
non-alcoholic beverages worldwide in 2009.
16. Recommendations for Coca-Cola
1. Increasing the brand awareness of alternative beverages in Europe
2. Continuing to increase the influence in Asia
3. Increasing investment in new products and introduction of existing brands into
new country markets to expand international influence
4. Capturing the Europes energy drink market.
17. Red Bull GmbH
Third largest producer of alternative beverages worldwide
Second largest seller of alternative beverages in the United States and
Europe
Globalization Launched in Austria in 1987 sold more than 1 million cans
expanded to Hungary and Slovenia in 1992, Germany and the UK in 1994,
United states in 1997
2010- exported to more than 160 countries
Product Lines Red Bull only produced 4 products
18. Recommendations for Red Bull GmbH
Expanding market
penetration in
South Africa
Keep developing
new products to
stay competitive
Branching out new
alternative beverages
lines to make profit
19. key factors of success
1.Product innovation (upgrade existing product, branch out into new categories)
2.Well brand-building (Top-of-mind recall )
3.Efficient distribution systems help customer easily get touch with it.