Example BCG Matrix: Coca Cola & Pepsi Cola

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The matrix is misrepresenting in some cases. Example: Coca Cola and Pepsi. Coca Cola is market leader, as a result of which the relative market share of Pepsi is always smaller than 1. When the relative market share is smaller than 1, you will be at the right-hand side of the matrix. In that case, Pepsi will automatically be a Question Mark or a Dog. Everyone understands that Pepsi is a Cash Cow! (...) Read more? Sign up for free

		Henri Zalamea
	Number of Competitors If you're going to do a BCG matrix, be sure to list more than two competitors. As in your example, Pepsi will definitely not be a "dog" if you'll just include more participants in your grid. Personally, a "question mark" product is the one who gets the second largest budget (behind the star product) and is the closest thing to become a star in the future, given the right promotion, rather than a cash cow product, given a few more years, will start its decline towards the dog quadrant. Just my perception. Cheers!

		JoeCal
	Do Not Compare Entire Companies using BCG Matrix You are misinterpreting the matrix. It should not (...)

		Tim
	BCG Matrix Coca Cola and Pepsi Thijs, your approach might be a bit digital. It do (...)

		Ifan Hikmawan Putra
	coca cola and pepsi Pepsi and coca cola is like a mandatory fight, but (...)

		So
	Coca Cola and Pepsi not in one BCG Matrix The BCG matrix is essentially usable only for Stra (...)

		George
	Pepsi versus Coca-cola is Wrong Use of BCG Matrix @So: I agree BCG is used to analyse product lines (...)

		Nitish
	Separate BCG Matrix for Coca-cola Inc. from BCG Matrix for Pepsi Inc. Indeed the BCG Matrix is used to analyse SBUs. You (...)

		Radha Raj India
	The Role of Competition in the BCG Matrix It stands to logic that BCG Matrix is used to anal (...)

		Radha Raj India
	Comparison of Coco Cola & Pepsi on BCG Matrix I agree the BCG matrix is to be used by organizati (...)