Matthew Ferguson BUSI 400 June 15, 2015 After reading 20 of the latest press releases from PepsiCo, that Pepsi is actually pursuing is product development, market development, and finally forward integration. Pepsi focuses on performing near and long term investments, having future plans on making global investments. The first strategy that Pepsi is pursing is product development, a strategy used by a company to increase sales by modifying or upgrading a product. This entails a lot of research and development expenditures and a main reason being to be major competitors offering better quality products (David & David, 2015, p 138). Last month in May Pepsi releases a new product from its cola line in growing its diverse beverage portfolio and providing great tasting options for Hispanic consumers. Working closely with the company Adelante, trying to create better relationships with the Hispanic community, Pepsi identified the need for a beverage made with real lime juice to deliver for the taste palates of our Hispanic consumer in the United States. …show more content…
India is a target for numerous firms to expand geographically. For example, Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners are investing $5 billion in India between 2013 and 2020 because that country has 1.2 billion people who on average only consume 12 eight-ounce bottles of Coke a year compared with 240 in Brazil and 90 bottles globally. PepsiCo is also expanding aggressively into India (David & David, 2015, p 138). Some products or service may be very successful in one demographic, but may not be in another. This is why companies like Pepsi test their products in a small demographic first, before releasing the product to a much larger