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| + | '''New Coke'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> was the reformulation of </span>'''[[Coca-Cola]]'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> introduced in 1985 by </span>[[The Coca-Cola Company]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> to </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">replace the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">original formula of its flagship </span>soft drink<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">, Coca-Cola (also called </span>'''Coke'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">). New Coke originally had no </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">separate name of its own, but was simply known as "the new taste of Coca-Cola" until 1992 when it was renamed to </span>'''(Coca-Cola II '''or''' Coke II.)''' |
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| + | <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">New Coke was introduced on April 23, 1985. Production of the original formulation ended that same week.</p> |
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| + | <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The press conference at New York City's Lincoln Center to introduce the new formula did not go over very well. Reporters present had already been fed questions by Pepsi, which was extremely worried that New Coke would erase all its gains.</p> |
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| + | ==Aftermath== |
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| + | <p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">By the end of the year, Coke Classic was substantially outselling both New Coke and Pepsi. Six months after the rollout, Coke's sales had increased at more than twice the rate of Pepsi's.</p> |
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| + | <p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">New Coke's sales dwindled to a three percent share of the market, although it was doing quite well in Los Angeles and some other key markets. Later research, however, suggested that it was not the reintroduction of Classic Coke, but instead the less-heralded rollout of [[Coca-Cola Cherry|Cherry Coke]], that can be credited with the company's success that year.</p> |
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| + | == More Info == |
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| + | New Coke is still available in Yap and American Samoa. |
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Latest revision as of 00:28, 18 November 2018
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New Coke was the reformulation of Coca-Cola introduced in 1985 by The Coca-Cola Company to replace the original formula of its flagship soft drink, Coca-Cola (also called Coke). New Coke originally had no separate name of its own, but was simply known as "the new taste of Coca-Cola" until 1992 when it was renamed to (Coca-Cola II or Coke II.)
Official Launch
New Coke was introduced on April 23, 1985. Production of the original formulation ended that same week.
The press conference at New York City's Lincoln Center to introduce the new formula did not go over very well. Reporters present had already been fed questions by Pepsi, which was extremely worried that New Coke would erase all its gains.
Aftermath
By the end of the year, Coke Classic was substantially outselling both New Coke and Pepsi. Six months after the rollout, Coke's sales had increased at more than twice the rate of Pepsi's.
New Coke's sales dwindled to a three percent share of the market, although it was doing quite well in Los Angeles and some other key markets. Later research, however, suggested that it was not the reintroduction of Classic Coke, but instead the less-heralded rollout of Cherry Coke, that can be credited with the company's success that year.
More Info
New Coke is still available in Yap and American Samoa.