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Coca-Cola Co.
U.S. advertising spending $776.8 million
53U.S. AD SPENDING ($ in thousands) By media 2007 2006 % chg Magazine $57,819 $62,348 -7.3 B-to-B magazine 1,720 2,417 -28.8 Local magazine 84 13 533.3 Spanish-language magazine 186 63 194.8 Newspaper 2,262 3,271 -30.8 National newspaper 4,289 2,009 113.5 Spanish-language newspaper 398 350 13.9 FSI (freestanding inserts) 5,138 4,143 24.0 Network TV 184,363 200,146 -7.9 Spot TV 3,453 11,661 -70.4 Syndicated TV 4,947 13,150 -62.4 Cable TV networks 38,034 65,916 -42.3 Spanish-language network TV 24,602 47,784 -48.5 Network radio 1,250 2,791 -55.2 National spot radio 113 213 -47.1 Local radio 24,898 31,930 -22.0 Outdoor 27,437 26,697 2.8 Internet (display only) 30,102 21,598 39.4 Measured media 411,093 496,498 -17.2 Unmeasured spending 365,716 258,632 41.4 Total 776,809 755,130 2.9 Media spending by megabrand 2007 2006 % chg Coke, Diet Coke 294,592 334,034 -11.8 Glaceau 36,207 8,750 313.8 Minute Maid 26,456 21,501 23.0 Simply (juices) 14,588 11,164 30.7 Sprite 12,470 27,108 -54.0 SALES & EARNINGS ($ in millions) Worldwide 2007 2006 % chg Sales $28,857 $24,088 19.8 Earnings 5,981 5,080 17.7 U.S. 2007 2006 % chg Sales 7,556 6,662 13.4 Division sales 2007 2006 % chg US cola (AA construct) 7,836 7,029 11.5
Sources: Measured media from TNS Media Intelligence. FSIs from TNS's Marx Promotion Intelligence. Unmeasured spending estimates from Ad Age DataCenter. Sales and earnings from public documents. See methodology.
Headquarters
Coca-Cola Co./1 Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, Ga. 30313/Phone: (404) 676-2121.
Fast facts
Coca-Cola Co. bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Coca-Cola owns or licenses more than 450 brands, including diet and light beverages,waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, teas and coffees, and energy and sports drinks. In its 10-K for year-end 2007, Coca-Cola said: "Of the approximately 53 billion beverage servings of all types consumed worldwide every day, beverages bearing trademarks owned by or licensed to us account for approximately 1.5 billion."
President-COO Muhtar Kent in December 2007 was named president-CEO effective July 1, 2008; Chairman-CEO E. Neville Isdell was to relinquish the CEO post but remain as chairman till April 2009.
Coca-Cola in July 2007 hired Joseph V. Tripodi as chief marketing and commercial officer. He took over marketing duties formerly handled by Mary Minnick, who left in February 2007 as exec VP-president of marketing, strategy and innovation. Minnick had been in the running for the company's president-COO post but was passed over in December 2006 when the company named Muhtar Kent to that post.
Tripodi joined Coca-Cola from Allstate Insurance Co., where he was senior VP-CMO. Before joining Allstate in November 2003, he was CMO at Bank of New York. He earlier served as CMO for Seagram Spirits & Wine Group (1999-2002) and exec VP-global marketing, products and services for MasterCard International (1989-1998).
Coca-Cola in June 2007 paid $4.1 billion for Energy Brands, also known as Glaceau, the marketer of "enhanced" water brands including Vitaminwater, Fruitwater and Smartwater.
Coca-Cola in first-quarter 2007 bought Fuze Beverage, a U.S.-based marketer of Fuze enhanced juices and teas, and Leao Junior, a Brazilian herbal beverage company.
Coca-Cola in February 2008 bought 40% of premium tea marketer Honest Tea with an option to buy the rest after three years.
Coca-Cola was founded in 1886.
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Allstate Corp.
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Alltel Corp.
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American Express Co.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos.
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Apple
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AstraZeneca
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AT&T
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Bank of America Corp.
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Bayer
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Berkshire Hathaway
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Best Buy Co.
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Boehringer Ingelheim
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
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Burger King Holdings
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Campbell Soup Co.
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Capital One Financial Corp.
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Chrysler
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Circuit City Stores
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Citigroup
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Clorox Co.
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Comcast Corp.
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ConAgra Foods
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Coty (JAB Investments)
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Dell
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Deutsche Telekom
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Diageo
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DirecTV Group
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Doctor's Associates
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eBay
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Eli Lilly and Co.
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Energizer Holdings
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Estee Lauder Cos.
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FMR Corp. (Fidelity Investments)
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Ford Motor Co.
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Gap Inc.
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General Electric Co.
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General Mills
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General Motors Corp.
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GlaxoSmithKline
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Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Home Depot
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Honda Motor Co.
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Hyundai Motor Co.
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IAC/InterActiveCorp
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IBM Corp.
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J.C. Penney Co.
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Johnson & Johnson
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Kellogg Co.
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Kohl's Corp.
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Kraft Foods
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Kroger Co.
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L'Oreal
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Lowe's Cos.
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Macy's
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Mars Inc.
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MasterCard
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Mattel
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McDonald's Corp.
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Merck & Co.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Molson Coors Brewing Co.
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Nestle
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News Corp.
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Nike
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Nissan Motor Co.
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Novartis
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PepsiCo
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Pfizer
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Philips Electronics
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Procter & Gamble Co.
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Progressive Corp.
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Reckitt Benckiser
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SABMiller
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Safeway
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Sanofi-Aventis
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SC Johnson
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Schering-Plough Corp.
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Sears Holdings Corp.
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Sony Corp.
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Sprint Nextel Corp.
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State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co.
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Target Corp.
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Time Warner
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Toyota Motor Corp.
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U.S. Government
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Unilever
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Verizon Communications
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Viacom
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Visa
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Wal-Mart Stores
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Walgreen Co.
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Walt Disney Co.
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Washington Mutual
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Wells Fargo & Co.
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Wendy's International
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Wyeth
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Yum Brands
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