What is Pepsi Egypt preparing for Ramadan 2016? Will they be using the same strategy?


Since Ramadan is knocking the door and few days are left in the countdown to the most important month for Egyptians. In a market rich with millions of citizens, brands compete fiercely in the market during this month especially the production companies. However, there is one battle that not only marketers wait for but also the Egyptian society, the battle between Coca-Cola and Pepsi during Ramadan.

Throughout the previous years, both companies introduced astonishing campaigns during Ramadan with a variety of marketing strategies to benefit the most from this special occasion. In this article, we are going to analyze Pepsi and their strategy throughout previous Ramadan’s.


From 2013 and for 3 consecutive years, Pepsi with the help of it's partner "Chipsy" adopted the nostalgia in their marketing campaigns. Nostalgia means sentimentality for a period with happy personal association. With Pepsi introducing the first nostalgia marketing campaign involving past Egyptian TV characters “Bogy & Tamtam”, “Nelly”, “Fatota” and the biggest surprise “Fouad Al-Mohandas” a famous Egyptian actor who died in 2006. The campaign created a huge buzz in the society and was touching to almost every Egyptian especially those who were contemporary with those characters.


In 2014, Pepsi introduced “Yalla Nekamel Lametna” with nearly the same previous campaign idea but with different characters including “Abo-auf Band” and “Motzawegon” stage act stars. Once again Pepsi was successful in creating nostalgia to the people.


Continuing their strategy in 2015, introducing one of the most touching marketing ads “Khoyot men noor” starring the famous singer “Hussein Al-jassimi”, famous current celebrities and a surprise from Pepsi to remind Egyptians about the famous actor “Ahmed Zaki”.

 

With these campaigns, Pepsi added to their brand value in Egypt, capturing sights to its products and making it must to choose Pepsi when you stand alongside a soft drink refrigerator in the supermarket. Pepsi knows well that Egyptians are emotional and using nostalgia is the right choice to be more memorable in the heads of Egyptians.

 


How do you think Coca-Cola reacted to each campaign? What is Pepsi up to in Ramadan 2016?

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