Mountain Dew
Publication date: 19 November 2013
Issue publication date: 19 November 2013
Abstract
Subject area
Marketing, strategy, and integrated marketing communication.
Study level/applicability
The case is suitable for analysis in an MBA level marketing communication course where the theories of hierarchy of effects (HoE) models, push vs pull strategies as well as positioning strategies can be introduced. The case is suitable for analysis in an MBA level marketing course for the module on marketing communications/advertising and promotions.
Case overview
Sanjay, the regional head of PepsiCo India (eastern region), had been tasked with the preparation of a support plan for a new communication campaign of Mountain Dew, a yellow-coloured drink in PepsiCo's soft-drink portfolio. He had attended a meeting at the headquarters where he had been briefed on the new national campaign roll-out for Mountain Dew – for the first time with celebrity association. While Mountain Dew had been growing its market share in other regions of the Indian market, the Eastern region had been unresponsive to the mass media image building campaigns. During the meeting, the various aspects of Mountain Dew's performance were discussed and Sanjay was asked to prepare a support plan for the national campaign that will help to increase revenues and market share of the brand in the Eastern region.
Expected learning outcomes
To understand the complexities of differential impact of integrated nation-wide communications on various segments of the market due to cultural variations, to understand the role of push strategy vs pull strategy in marketing communications, to understand the role of consistency in image between the trade and consumers perception, to understand the impact of celebrity endorsements, an introduction to the HoE communication models and their applications, to understand limitations of the HoE and Think-Feel-Do models in objective setting and understanding the uses of alternative models, to build a communication plan based on pull vs push strategy.
Supplementary materials
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge Indranil Dutta, Business Development Manager of PepsiCo India (East) for his cooperation and support in preparing this case.
Citation
Dastidar, S.G. and Raghavan, S. (2013), "Mountain Dew", , Vol. 3 No. 8. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-07-2013-0143
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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