facts first presents 10 biggest business
rivalries of all time number one coke
versus Pepsi this is the most well known
example of the 10 biggest business
rivalries of all time the coke versus
Pepsi rivalry has been going on for
decades
at one point Jose was so worried about
the competition that they made a pretty
big mistake during what was called the
cola wars in the 1980s Pepsi was doing
television advertisements where they did
taste test experiments they gave their
subjects to unmarked sodas and add the
subject choose the one they liked best
on the commercials the subjects chose
Pepsi coke worried so much about this
that they came out with a product called
new coke unfortunately new coke failed
miserably to make up for the mistake
coke sent out 400,000 apology letters to
customers who complained about the taste
of the soda they went back to their old
recipe and called it Coca Cola classic
coke got their customers back however
the two companies are and most likely
always will be competing number two
McDonald's versus Burger King the
rivalry between McDonald's and Burger
King has gone back to the 1950s in the
60s both franchises were trying to make
the cheapest burgers that tasted the
best it all started with McDonald's 15
cent hamburger when Burger King saw this
they decided to come out with a more
expensive hamburger that tasted better
and the 37-cent Burger King whopper was
born when McDonald's saw this they
realized they too needed a huge burger
to impress the public that's how the Big
Mac was born over the years the public
has each chosen their favorite recently
the companies have been arguing over
whose chicken nuggets contain the
highest quality chicken number 3 Ford
versus GM in 1912 General Motors opened
its doors the location that they chose
was just a few miles from Henry Ford's
Ford dealership by 1927 Ford was the top
dog after selling 15 million Model
t GM took notice they decided to work
harder to dethrone Ford as the number
one company in 1931 they did just that
they remained the world's leading car
manufacturer for over 80 years
in 2008 the company's sales dropped and
GM was forced to file for bankruptcy
after getting rid of their Pontiac
Saturn and Hummer brand along with the
twelve billion dollars they got from
taxpayers they came back
chances are Ford wasn't as happy about
this as GM was number four Dunkin Donuts
versus Starbucks many people cannot
start their day without that first cup
of coffee including yours truly
well then Dunkin Donuts opened its first
location in California people camped out
over the weekend to be the first ones of
the chains new location today Dunkin
Donuts in Starbucks hold 60% of the
coffee market according to a Harvard
report Starbucks is currently beating
Dunkin by 12% for a while the two
companies were able to coexist appellee
Dunkin focused on their baked goods
while Starbucks focused more on their
coffee in 2003 Dunkin decided to put
more attention towards the coffee and
the real war began number five UPS
versus FedEx FedEx and UPS both do the
same thing they deliver packages to
their customers each company uses their
own method to try to stay on top FedEx
has the largest fleets of all cargo
airplanes out of all of the delivery
companies they currently have over 700
and that should continue to rise UPS is
the opposite they have the most ground
vehicles the company has over 100,000
delivery trucks and that number is
expected to rise as well currently UPS
is winning the war they're worth 94
billion dollars and FedEx is worth 51
billion number six
Nike vs. Reebok when Nike was first
introduced the company grew very quickly
unfortunately in 1984 the company hit a
speed bump they reported a loss for
their first quarter that summer during
the summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Carl Lewis won four gold medals wearing
a pair
of Nike shoes with Reeboks huge
selection of lemons jogging shoes they
became the number-one brand when Michael
Jordan started playing for the Chicago
Bulls
he signed a shoe contract when the
sneakers became popular Nike was finally
the top dog again Reebok sales went way
down and in 2005 adidas bought Reebok
for 3.8 billion dollars number seven
Boeing versus Airbus over a hundred
years ago the first commercial flight
took one passenger up into the sky the
passenger paid what would equal $10,000
today after that more planes were built
and the two manufacturers Airbus and
Boeing went head-to-head over the years
they have been fighting for the number
one position number eight house bro
versus Mattel Hasbro and Mattel are the
two leading toy manufacturers in the
world and they're always competing for
the top spot in the 1960s when Michelle
came out with Barbies they dominated the
toy industry later they lost the number1
spot to Mattel thanks to the transformer
action figures in 1996 Mattel offered to
buy Hasbro for 5.2 million dollars
however Hasbro declined the offer over
the years the two have been competing
for the best toys and the top spot
number nine AT&T versus MCI in 1974 MCI
suit AT&T and they won one point eight
billion dollars this caused AT&T to fall
apart so in long distance companies were
competing for the top spot in long
distance calling this resulted in long
distance calls becoming more affordable
in the 1990s MCI merged with worldcom
sadly they were forced to file for
bankruptcy in 2002 and they were bought
out by Verizon for seven point six
billion dollars in 2005 MCI tried to be
creative and started 1-800 collect as
well as a phone based music store
unfortunately it just wasn't enough an
AT&T won that war number 10 Atari vs.
Sega and then Nintendo came along
before there was the PlayStation Xbox
and even Nintendo Atari and Sega were
competing for the title of the top video
game system in the beginning Atari was
the true pioneer when Nintendo released
their gaming system and they became
popular
Sega took the place of Atari that
started a whole new video game war
between Sega and Nintendo it didn't take
long for Nintendo to take the number one
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