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Firms Owning Brand Names Like Coca-Cola That Are So Well

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Firms owning brand names like Coca-Cola that are so well known continue spending hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising. Since this doesn't seem to be an effort to increase consumer awareness what is the possible explanation for this behavior?


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