Executive Summary Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. continually seeks opportunities to maximize shareholder value and increase efficiency. Through their extremely effective marketing strategies A-B has gained control of over 47% of the global market share. In the process of doing this, Anheuser-Busch has become one of the most recognizable trademarks. This is not without its faults though. Anheuser-Busch's aggressive advertising campaign has targeted more than who they bargained for. Through A-B's catchy advertisements, they have attracted customers other …showed first 75 words of 3827 total…

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