Threats Current Strategies 13. Strategic Position Future Strategies 14. Proposed Strategic Options 15. Selection of the Winning Strategy 16. Description and Risk Assessment 23 23 24 25 List of References 27 Appendices 30 3|Pa ge 1. Introduction and Report Objectives The objective of the report is to evaluate Apple Inc.‟s business model through internal and external analysis and then recommend future strategic business unit (SBU) and corporate strategy which are based on
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CASE STUDY: APPLE Chapter 7: Pricing Contents A. Understanding Pricing 4 1. Internal and External Considerations Affecting Price Decisions 5 1.1. Internal factors 5 1.2. External Factors 9 2. Setting The Price 10 B. Introduction to Apple 13 1. Product 14 2. Promotion 15 3. Place 16 4. Price 17 C. IPHONE 19 1. Introduction to iPhone 19 1.1 Main Features 19 1.2 Market share 20 2. Pricing Strategy of Apple’s IPhone 21 2.1 High Reference Pricing 21 2
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Apple Strengths | Weight | Rating | Wt.Score | 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed system 2. As a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance 4. Powerful Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams | 0.120.100.090.110.090.10 | 443434 | 0.480.400.270.440.270.40 | Weakness | | | | 1. High Price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Patent infringements
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THE ANALYSIS OF APPLE’S BRANDING STRATEGIES by Anna Glenn The Apple brand strategy is all about the experience. According to Wired.com‚ “Apple’s emotional branding‚ a brand that is felt in the heart and mind of the consumer” [2]‚ is the key to its survival. Apple’s brand is reflected through their core beliefs about innovation‚ imagination and design. It is promoted through their products‚ advertisement and customer experience. This paper will give an introduction on understanding what a brand
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of $599 in the United States‚ the iPhone was one of the most anticipated electronic devices of the decade. Despite its high price‚ consumers across the country stood in long lines to buy the iPhone on the first day of sales. Just two months later‚ Apple discontinued the less-expensive $499 model and cut the price of the premium version from $599 to $399. Target Group A study conducted by Rubicon (2008) on iPhone users indicates that 50% of the surveyed users are age 30 or younger. Most of the
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MARKETING CONCEPT OF APPLE Mrs Raheleh Barkhordari By Abubakar kassim Gaidam 3916923 Mohammed Lawal budah 4284926 Mirza saadat Baig Aria khosravi Executive Summary This report analysis the marketing concept of the globally known corporation(Apple)‚the report tries to answer some problems and also explains the marketing strategy of Apple‚ the report focuses on further to highlight how Apple has affected people or to say the consumer in both positive and negative ways‚ The report discusses also the
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Apple Marketing Strategy A. Marketing Strategy 1. Company Presentation The Company was created on April 1st‚ 1976 by two friends‚ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak along with one of the former colleagues of Jobs at Atari‚ Roald Wayne who was supposed to act as an arbiter between the two former students but who left the company after only 2 weeks because of his financial situation and the risks involved in the project. The first computer ever created by the company‚ Apple 1‚ was built in
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customers to purchase from the first day of its launch and 1.4 million units within 90 days. Apple started off iphone with a high price to cover marketing and development costs as well as to create the perception of the iphone being worth $599. Suddenly Company reduced it to $399. It is one of the parts of their excellent marketing strategy which gives customers the feeling of getting a great deal. Apple also has an effective supply power‚ for them iphone is nothing more than summing up different
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very important and the deciding phase which is the marketing phase. It is very essential for a company to have a marketing strategy and a marketing plan to implement the strategy for a product or a service to be a commercial success. The following is the marketing strategy for a new product that Apple. Inc is going to launch. The product is a mobile device named iPhone-S. Apple has always aimed at producing the best devices not giving too much thought on the cost factor. All its target customers
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Marketing Strategy Case Analysis – Apple Inc. Content Introduction -----------------------------------------------------------3 SWOT analysis -------------------------------------------------------4 Question 1 -------------------------------------------------------------6 Question 2 -------------------------------------------------------------7 Question 3 ------------------------------------------------------------10 Recommendation ---------------------------------------------------12
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