2010 Ninth International Conference on Mobile Business / 2010 Ninth Global Mobility Roundtable What factors contributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful in that country for the past decade. Unfortunately‚ mobile data services in North America have
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Case Study: The Fashion Channel (TFC) June 30‚ 2009 Overview The Fashion Channel (TFC)‚ founded in 1996‚ is a successful cable TV network dedicated to all things fashion. Although quite young compared to other TV networks‚ TFC has experienced steady growth and in 2006 forecasted its revenue at $310.6 million. TFC operates primarily as a niche network‚ focused solely on fashion and fashion related programming‚ but still manages to reach almost 80 million US households that subscribe
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Functions and types of channels of distribution * Functions; reconcile the needs of producers and consumers‚ improving efficiency‚ improving accessibility and providing specialist services * Consumer Channels; producer direct to consumer‚ producer to retailer to consumer‚ producer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer‚ producer to agent to distributor to wholesaler to retailer to consumer * Industrial Channels; producer to industrial customers‚ producer to agent to industrial customer
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application. This document is in two parts: an actual Case Study followed by a discussion using a report format. This Case Study is a direct quotation. The corresponding report is entirely this author’s work except where indicated. Case Study Apple’s Electronic Message System (Source: Robbins‚ S.P‚ Millett‚ B.‚ Cacioppe‚ R. and Waters-Marsh‚ T. 1998‚ Organisational nd Behaviour: Leading and Managing in Australia and New Zealand‚ 2 Edition‚ Prentice-Hall‚ Australia‚ p.389). Electronic mail
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HBS CASE: THE FASHION CHANNEL Answers by Chenghao Zheng (Chuck) 1. What insight do you get from the consumer and market data? TFC’s revenue for 2006: $310.6 million ($80 million from affiliate fees and $230.6 million from ad sales) Strength: the only network dedicated exclusively to fashion‚ with up-to-date and entertaining information broadcast 24/7 Weakness: no detailed segmentation‚ branding‚ or positioning strategy According to customer analysis: there are four groups of customers‚ Fashionistas
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distribution channel is the specific chain of businesses or intermediaries through which products or services flow till these arrive the end customer. This encompasses wholesalers‚ retailers‚ distributors or the internet or web-based. Channels can be classified into direct and indirect channels. A direct channel enables the customer to purchase the products from the manufacturer‚ and an indirect channel enables the customer to purchase the items from wholesaler or retailer. A distribution channel is a
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packaging supplied by an independent supplier‚ and distribute it to the various retailers. Gatorade is priced slightly lower than its main competition‚ POWERade. PepsiCo keeps very close control over the pricing of its products‚ ensuring that every channel member makes a profit. Product promotion for Gatorade is focused in three areas‚ media advertising‚ event sponsorship‚ and contests. The main competitor for Gatorade is the Coca-Cola product‚ POWERade. Currently Gatorade seems to have the upper hand
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Factors of Channel Intensity Decisions There are eight factors for channel intensity decisions and the first is channel competition to prevent complacency in this a manufacturer has to place its brand or product in different stores. This helps the business to expand its profits‚ and keeps them in competition with other brands. The book tells us how weaker brands may do this by contracting with large retailers such as Wal-Mart in order for their product to be show cased; but this may not always be
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CHAPTER 8 Distribution Channels and Logistics Management Objective: examining the nature and role of the channels in attracting and satisfying customers The Nature of Distribution Channels • Distribution channels are intermediaries used by the producers to bring their products to the market. • Why? Because the use of intermediaries bring greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets. In other words‚ they match the supply with the demand. • Most important benefit of using intermediaries
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Pricing‚ and Channels Paper MKT/421 Product‚ Pricing‚ and Channels Paper The following paper reviews how the Magnolia Bakery‚ offers its products and services to a target markets that are considering fresh bread from the oven every day delivery at the customers’ doors‚ early in the morning‚ for family breakfast. This discussion reviews include several areas such as the product features and benefits; the phases of the product’s lifecycle; the packaging of the product; the pricing strategy‚ and the
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