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Business Wars Daily

Shrinking Sodas, Growing War

Business Wars Daily

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Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today is Thursday, August 16, and we’re looking at Pepsi vs. Coca-Cola.

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From Wondry, this is Business Wars Daily.

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I'm David Brown, and it's Thursday, August 16th.

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Indra Nui is leaving her post at the helm of PepsiCo.

1:13.2

The 62-year-old CEO announced her retirement last week. Her last day as chief executive is October 3rd, but she'll remain chairman until early next year. Newy is one of only a

1:19.9

couple dozen female CEOs running Fortune 500 companies. Her departure has prompted a renewed

1:26.1

public conversation about the lack of women at the

1:29.3

top of America's biggest businesses. Born in India, Newe was a trailblazer. She's credited with

1:35.4

recognizing PepsiCo's need to expand beyond soda into healthier snacks and drinks. Making that change

1:42.5

took fortitude. Along with fighting the century old battle with

1:46.5

rival Coca-Cola, Newe had an internal battle on her hands. Some executives, and a large shareholder,

1:54.0

felt Newe's focus on healthy products would be unhealthy for PepsiCo. They felt the move would cannibalize perfectly good soda sales.

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