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The Coca-Cola Company advertising history illustrated through phonecards

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Submitted   Nov 15, 2022
Published   Mar 20, 2023
Issue    Vol 4 No 1 (2023)
DOI   10.25082/IJAH.2023.01.002

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Wagner de Souza Tavares corresponding author
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. (APRIL), Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP), Indonesia
Rani Uli Silitonga
Pekanbaru, Riau, Sumatra 28291, Indonesia

Abstract

Coca-Cola is a carbonated beverage created by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America (USA) which leadership in the soft drink business was achieved after development of advertising programs. Phonecards are items collected by people worldwide. Telecommunication companies along with The Coca-Cola Company displayed Coca-Cola advertising on phonecards. The objective was to illustrate The Coca-Cola Company advertising history through Coca-Cola phonecards. Single phonecards and those in the form of sets and puzzles, besides phonecard folders were used in the study. The number of Coca-Cola phonecards ever produced per country and continent was listed. Coca-Cola advertising slogans were extensively displayed on phonecards, including “Always in Motion”, “Delicious & Refreshing”, “Drive Refreshed”, “Enjoy”, “Have a Coke”, “Refreshing”, “Refresh Yourself”, “Talk about Refreshing”, and “What I Want is a Coke” from Japan as well as “Refreshment Right Out of the Bottle” and “Always Together” from Hungary and Indonesia, respectively. Japan had the highest number of Coca-Cola phonecards ever produced, 584, followed by USA, 441, China, 95, Germany, 51, and Australia, 41. Asia had the highest number of Coca-Cola phonecards ever produced, 760, followed by America, 519 and Europe, 211. The Coca-Cola Company history was successfully illustrated through advertising phonecards.

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art in phonecards, Atlanta, marketing, publicizing, The Coca-Cola Company

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de Souza Tavares, W., & Silitonga, R. U. (2023). The Coca-Cola Company advertising history illustrated through phonecards. International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 4(1), 137-146. https://doi.org/10.25082/IJAH.2023.01.002
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