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The Coca-Cola Company is one of the largest and most recognizable beverage companies

in the world. Through its flagship product, Coca-Cola, the company has been able to successfully

target a wide variety of customer segments (Panigrahi, 2020). The customer market segments

that Coca-Cola targets include children, young adults, adults, and the elderly. The company

therefore aims at providing value for different behavioral responses of the market population.

The company has done a great job of targeting these segments through its marketing

efforts. For children, Coca-Cola has developed a number of campaigns that feature cartoon

characters and other fun visuals to make the product more appealing to kids (Xiang, 2021). For

young adults, the company has developed a series of campaigns that focus on themes such as

friendship, adventure, and fun. For adults, Coca-Cola has developed campaigns that focus on the

product’s health benefits while the elderly the nostalgia campaigns that focuse on the product.

Of the customer segments being targeted by Coca-Cola, the young adults offer the most

capacity for growth and profit because of the potential for brand loyalty. Young adults are more

likely to try new products and are more likely to become loyal to a brand. Additionally, young

adults are more likely to engage with social media and other digital marketing channels, which

can be used to effectively target this segment.

The competition that Coca-Cola faces in the young adult segment is intense, as there are

many other beverage companies that are targeting this segment as well. Pepsi, Red Bull, and

Monster are all competing with Coca-Cola in this segment (McGowan, 2020).Additionally,

Coca-Cola faces competition from other types of beverage products such as energy drinks,

juices, and teas. To compete in this segment, Coca-Cola has had to focus on creating campaigns

that are more engaging and memorable than those of its competitors.
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References

McCowan, A. (2020). Coke and the competitor. In Decoding Coca-Cola (pp. 226-233).

Routledge.

Panigrahi, V. (2020). An Organisation Study On The Coca-cola Company (Doctoral dissertation,

CMR Institute of Technology. Bangalore).

Xiang, M. (2021).  Analysis of Coca-Cola Company’s Marketing Model.