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RC Cola is the worlds third international cola brand, owned now
by Cott Beverages and sold in 62 countries, including Czech
Republic and Slovakia.
Santa Napoje) with very limited support. Results were poor and
seemed to be confirming the failure of the 90s.
Kofola decided to give the brand a last chance. It was clear that
market
The cola sector accounted for 38% of Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD)
by value and has been stagnating for a while.
Coca Cola Classic has c. 18%, Pepsi Cola around 11% and Kofolas
local brand about 16%, while Private Label had about 14%. RC Cola
had 0.3%!
Kofola decided early that in order to have any margin with which to
creative dilemma
We knew that against the massive spends of Coke and Pepsi we had
to achieve cut through
strategic solution
We observed that all Coke and Pepsi advertising is very much the
Primary TA
A young, educated and advertising literate consumer, acknowledging that they like
advertising but refuse to be taken in by it. We created a psychographic segment that still
allowed the numbers of people to give us the critical mass essential to establishing the
brand safely
creative idea
Making gentle mockery of our competitors styles of
summary
After the first burst of the campaign, RC Cola had
achieved cut through.