Apple Company Market Research Project MKT 305 By: Shivam Shah‚ Kimberly Sahara‚ Carol Medina‚ Candice Koh‚ Jaaron Holmes‚ TaDarrius Douglas Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Environmental Scan…………………………………………………………………………….....5 Economic Impact……………………………………………………………………….....5 Technology Trends………………………………………………………………………...6 Political-Legal Trends…………………………………………………………………......6 Socio-Cultural Trends…………………………………………………………………......7 SWOT
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Using value-chain analysis to discover customers’ strategic needs David W. Crain and Stan Abraham David Crain‚ a marketing and strategy consultant‚ is visiting professor of marketing at Whittier College‚ CA‚ and former Director of Marketing at Fluor Corporation (davidwcrain@aol.com). Stan Abraham is professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly Pomona (scabraham@ csupomona.edu) and author of Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide for Competitive Success (Thomson South-Western‚ 2006).
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laptops. When posed to think of a company that I wanted to do my marketing project plan on one company easily came to mind‚ and it was Apple. This would be an interesting company for me to do research on because I think their mobile computing line and mobile communication division are very interesting. The specific product line that I would like to focus on is the IPhone. It would be interesting to research and discuss how this phone is marketed and branded and how it competes with its competitors.
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ECONOMICS REPORT ON IPHONE 5 Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/01/15/did-the-wsj-get-punkd-on-apple-or-is-it-rotten-to-the-core/ Summary- The article shows how Wall Street Journal has tried to prove that the demand of Apple’s Iphone5 has fallen‚ just because the company cut down the orders of the components used in the manufacturing of the ios device which it outsources. But the fact actually is that apples sale has not fallen‚ and in fact its sale has increased since
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selected firm. (Falcis‚ 2012) About the Company-Apple Inc The company considered
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to enjoy a coffee by themselves. STARBUCKS’ VALUE CHAIN The value chain is the combination of the value-adding activities‚ the primary activities and the support activities‚ which converts inputs into outputs and offer the customers a level of value that exceeds the cost of these activities. The customer perceived value “depends on the product’s ability to satisfy his or her needs or requirements” (Businessdictionary.com). Starbucks’ value chain can be summarized as shown on the diagram below:
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Study of the Saudi Aramco Value Chain Study of the Saudi Aramco Value Chain October 2010 Company overview: The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) is a government-owned entity (since 1988 fully government-owned) and the world’s largest oil company in terms of output and managed natural crude oil resources. The company specializes in the exploration‚ production and distribution of crude oil‚ petrochemicals and natural gas. Saudi Aramco was established 1933 when Saudi Arabia signed a concession
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Company Background Apple‚ Inc. (formerly known as Apple Computer‚ Inc.) was incorporated in the State of California in 1977. Apple currently designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets a variety of computer and personal electronic products‚ including Macintosh computers‚ and the iPod digital music player. AppleÕs key markets are consumers‚ creative professionals‚ educational institutions‚ and business users. For nearly twenty years‚ Apple computers have been the industry standard for creative industries
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iPhone marketing plan Market Summary The iPhone targets consumers who need to store information and communicate or people who want entertainment on the go. Apples target segments consist of professionals‚ students‚ corporate users‚ entrepreneurs‚ and health care workers. Currently‚ the market for high-end phones like the Apple iPhone is small. Few people want Internet‚ video‚ and PDA features in one device because of the high price. The smart phone market is still relatively small compared
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Introductions Apple Inc is an American system company which combined with design and innovative technology‚ selling consumers electronic‚ computer software and personal computer. The Macintosh line of computer‚ ipod‚ iphone‚ and ipad are most well-known hardware products of this company. Software in this company is including Mac OS‚ itune‚ ilife‚ iwork‚ aperture‚ ios‚ final art studio‚ logical studio and safari. Apple as an admirable company with high revenue and high profit has been evaluated
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