Apple Inc. uses the Apple brand to compete across several highly competitive markets‚ including the personal computer industry with its Macintosh line of computers and related software‚ the consumer electronics industry with products such as the iPod‚ digital music distribution through its iTunes Music Store‚ the smart phone market with the Apple iPhone‚ and more recently magazine‚ book‚ games and applications publishing via the AppsStore for iPhone and the iPad tablet computing device. For marketers
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Case study: Strategic planning at Apple Inc. Comparative Advantage Apple has gained a comparative advantage over its competitors by carefully picking their employees. According to researcher and author Alex Frankel Apple tends to only hire people whom are “passionate about what they were selling”‚ this often meant that they hired enthusiastic Apple product users. In addition‚ Apple’s employees are trained to follow a specific three-step sales process known as position‚ permission‚ and probe
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T Y PEKKA TUOMINEN Managing Brand Equity ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to discuss and elaborate the main issues encountered in managing brand equity. In order to achieve this purpose‚ we first analyse the concept of brand equity; second‚ we provide a comprehensive framework for managing brand equity; and finally‚ we distinguish different ways to leverage and measure brand equity. The concept of brand equity emerged in the early 1990s. Brand equity can be regarded as a managerial concept
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BACKGROUND On January 24‚ 1984 Apple introduced the first commercially successful personal computer using a mouse and a graphical user interface[i].Since then the war between PC and Mac users has lived. Claims have been made that Apple is too expensive and PC’s are too slow and of cheap quality. After the introduction of Microsoft’s Windows in 1985 the PC market has been dominated due to Microsoft’s Windows operating system[ii]. The domination of the market is largely due to the flexibility of Windows
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SWOT analysis of Apple This is an Apple Inc. SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name Industries served Apple Inc. Computer hardware Computer software Consumer electronics Digital distribution Worldwide U.S. Tim Cook $ 156.508 billion (2012) $ 41.733 billion (2012) 72‚800 Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd.‚ Amazon.com‚ Inc.‚ International Business Machines Corporation‚ Cisco Systems‚ Inc.‚ Google Inc.‚ Microsoft Corporation
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Analysis‚ segmentation and marketing mix of Apple Introduction The aim of this report is to analyse the current position of the company which includes the products‚ current strategic position‚ and current financial strength. Different types of marketing tools are used in this report. PEST analysis and Porter’s five force model for looking into the external environment. SWOT analysis for looking into the internal environment of the organization. This report also looks into market segmentation and
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PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY MIX OF APPLE 2013 PHAN TRUNG DUC SB60417 SB0765 Ducptsb60417 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING MARKETING STRATEGY MIX OF APPLE 2013 PHAN TRUNG DUC SB60417 SB0765 Ducptsb60417 In the economy‚ the marketing has an important position which decides almost the success of the company or the brand. Most of well-known brands in the world also have a good marketing plan; Apple is the best example for having excellent marketing
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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 is and then will examine how the
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Which one is better‚ Apple or Samsung? Along with the rapid development of science and technology‚ electronic products has became a very important part of our life. And there are many electronic companies in the world such as Apple‚ Sony and Samsung. Apple and Samsung are two of the most famous electronic companies in the world. They both produce abundant kinds of electronic products such as smartphones‚ tablets and computers. So there are many comparisons of these two companies ’ products
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References: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_communication_defined_by_different_scholars_and_communicators http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/working-at-apple-store-no-different-from-other-retail-stores-really/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Forstall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wwdc-2013/ http://www.apple.com/legal/sales-support/certification/docs/logo_guidelines
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