List of Coca-Cola slogans

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The Coca-Cola Company has used various advertising slogans to market Coca-Cola since its inception in 1886. [1] [2] [3] The company uses a combination of international advertising campaigns and national or regional campaigns. Following is a list of some of its slogans.

Contents

United States (also Canada, UK, and Ireland)

Slogans used by Coca-Cola in the United States are typically also used in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

Australia and New Zealand

Coca-Cola has been in Australia since 1938, was introduced in New Zealand soon afterwards. [31]

Czech Republic

Coca-Cola was first bottled in Czechoslovakia in 1971. [37]

Egypt

Germany

Hungary

Coca-Cola began operating in Hungary in 1968. [42]

India

Coca-Cola was first sold in India in 1956. [45] However, the company left India in 1977 after the government required the submission of its formula. [45] Coke returned to India in 1993 as Coca-Cola India. [45]

Indonesia and Malaysia

Israel

Italy

Coca-Cola was first imported into Italy in 1926. [51]

Japan

Coca-Cola was first sold in Japan in 1914 as an expensive import, but it did not start bottling there until 1957. [52] [53]

Latin America

Pakistan

Philippines

Coca-Cola began bottling in the Philippines in 1938, its first expansion into Asia. [55]

Poland

Russia

South Africa

Spain

Further reading

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