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Sales of regular soda, meanwhile, are unchanged or declining in the United States and major markets around the world. The energy drink category came out of nowhere, ... It's been a pleasant surprise for the industry.

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Summer is the highest-volume period of the year for the beverage industry. But it's not just the new products that will get the attention. The promotions and advertising are also very important for both companies.

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The antitrust laws would make it hard for Coke and Pepsi to buy more carbonated soft drinks brands.

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The energy drink category came out of nowhere. It's been a pleasant surprise for the industry.

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People in general are responding to beverage products with health and wellness benefits. The trend is unmistakable and is going to gain traction in the years to come.

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It started out with young consumers late teens, people in their 20s but it's getting much broader than that.

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Though not specifically part of management succession, this move, like Mary Minnick's promotion last year, elevates another strong executive and makes them both people to watch.

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It's Coke and Pepsi and Cadbury who really stepped up to the plate and did something fairly controversial, and they deserve a lot of credit for this.

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I think the industry basically, in removing them from schools and keeping in their other beverages, has made a positive move, both for American children and also, the industry has served itself well.

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But soft drinks sales overall are holding up well. If you're looking at the first-quarter U. S. volume growth this year for both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, it's important to consider that other factors were at play including bad weather and anti-U. S. sentiment around the world.

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Few things this important are easy and the company and the bottlers are going to need to find a way to resolve the challenges of the new retail landscape.

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If in the real-estate business it's all about location, location, location, then in the beverage business it's all about distribution, distribution, distribution. Coke, Pepsi and Cadbury with their bottling networks can get into almost every venue in the country.

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on and off. Some if it has been good. Some has been somewhat less than good.

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I think certainly there's a certain set of American consumers interested in healthy beverages. Water is certainly a healthy beverage. There has been a great deal of bottled water, a huge proliferation in the last four or five years since it was bottled in convenience packaging.

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I think the bottom line is people will, over the holidays, heavily consume soft drinks, bottled water, teas and juices.

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Results are starting to improve, but the company is still a work in progress.

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Coke has identified North America as a challenging market, and it's clear there is still work to be done and changes to be made.

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Wal-Mart's growth and power is changing how consumers buy products and how beverage companies sell products. The lawsuit is about Coke and its bottlers trying to come to terms with that.

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The carbonated soft drink category is fundamentally in trouble. I anticipate there will be some sporadic growth of a few regular brands and some diets, but the outlook doesn't look good for the category.

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They are very aggressive in marketing and have pervasive distribution. It's No. 1 in water in the U.S. and a lot of it has to do with marketing, imagery and distribution availability.

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Texas certainly has a cachet in other parts of the country.

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This package was an interesting novelty, but was never going to be a big idea. It's not exactly hard to find a hot cup of coffee in America.

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Consumers are looking for more and more choice, and beverage companies are responding. The macro trend is toward lighter, lower calorie beverages, but consumers still like sweet, creamy, dessert-like beverages.

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Turner is simply one of the best in the U.S. beverage business. Growing carbonated soft drinks today is a challenge, and Turner is very well equipped to do that with Big Red.

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The airline business in terms of volume is tiny. It's more important in terms of presence, visibility and a little bit of prestige.

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