fulfilment of some need‚ goal or desire (Zhang & Feng 2009). Customer loyalty is actually the result of an organization creating a benefit for a customer so that they will maintain or increase their purchases from the organization. The retail store industry‚ in particular and all businesses whose service depend on building long term relationship need to concentrate on maintaining customer loyalty. In this respect‚ loyalty is greatly influenced by product quality‚ service quality and brand image. As
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Criticism of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. has received criticism for the use of sweatshop labor‚ environmental destruction‚ and unethical business practices. Additionally‚ it has been criticized for its litigious legal policy of suing before first gathering all the facts necessary to pursue a legitimate lawsuit. Accusations of anti-competitive behavior iPhone There has been criticism of the iPhone and the iPod being locked into iTunes and creating an iTunes Store monopoly for these devices
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Apple Inc. v/s. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd CONTENTS • INRODUCTION • Origin • South Korean lawsuit • Japan lawsuits • German courts • French and Italian courts • Dutch courts • Australian courts • British courts • U.S. courts • First US Trial • US verdict • Injunction of US sales during first trial • First trial appeal • Second US Trial • Controversy
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INTRODUCTION Apple Computer‚ the Cupertino‚ California-based company ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple computer is one of America’s most inventive companies. It developed many of the features that computer users have come to take for granted‚ including the graphical user interface‚ the mouse‚ the laser printer‚ and the color monitor. In the last 10 years alone‚ the company has issued
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The general objectives of this report are using knowledge of international innovation to analyze the innovation activities of three entrepreneurs and their firms (include Dean Kamen and Segway‚ Richard Branson and the Virgin Group and Steve Jobs and Apple Corp). Firstly‚ comparing and contrasting the three companies and find out similarities and differences in how they start and make a critical evaluation on extent and form of international business activity of the three firms at the current time. Secondly
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Marketing Framework: Apple Inc. Shashank Jadhav M.Pharm + MBA (Pharmaceutics) Mumbai Batch Roll No. A016 Marketing Strategy ( Minor Assignment) MARKETING FRAMEWORK: APPLE INC. Few days back there was buzz all around the world because of Apple’s announcement of its new smartphone. It’s the usual way of Apple to launch a new product in market. Creating hype of the product in market as soon as idea is generated and make people wait ‚ make them discuss about product and always surprise customers with
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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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-Introduce Apple -Brief history -Business perspective -Products -Past problems -Diversification -Current product portfolio -Revenue overall company performance -Profit -ROA -Stock Price (template for product portfolio) Year -Introduce Smartphone Industry -Google -RIM Competitors- introduce figures -Samsung -Target Market -Marketing mix -Describe products -Functions -Packaging -History -Design -Price -Appearance -Distribution Apple Store -Promotion -Ads‚ Symbols
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1. Technology Sector 1.1. Apple Inc. (APPL) Apple Inc. is a multinational corporation that designs‚ develops and sells electronics and technology products. The company went public on December 12‚ 1980‚ generated one of the biggest amount of capital from IPO in history. At the moment‚ Apple is the largest publicly traded corporation in the world by market capitalization. The company is driving highest profit out of mobile device industry‚ and expected to growth strongly in the future. After the
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Apple Inc. Texas A&M University – Commerce Table of Contents Abstract 3 Apple Inc. 4 Product 4 Promotion 5 Place. 6 Competitive Environment……………………………………………………………..…10 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….....12 References 14 Tables………………………………………………………………………………….…15 Abstract This research paper is designed to evaluate and discuss the history and marketing strategies of Apple Incorporated. In this paper the reader will find information on the four P’s
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