Assignment #1: Company Background 1. FIRM NAME: Apple Inc. 2. HEADQUARTER LOCATION: 1 Infinite Loop CUPERTINO‚ CA 95014 United States Phone: +1-408-996-1010 Fax: +1-408-996-0275 Website: http://www.apple.com KEY EXECUTIVES Name | Since | Current Position | Arthur Levinson | 2011 | Independent Chairman of the Board | Timothy Cook | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer‚ Director | Peter Oppenheimer | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer‚ Principal Financial Officer‚ Senior Vice
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August 2007 shows how Woolworths uses the marketing concept of positioning in its sales efforts. Woolworths recognise their Home brand as a successful position for a product. Its Home brand is seen as a cheaper alternative with reasonable quality compared to the retail branded products. Woolworths has decided that there is a position in the market between retail branded and Home brand products that has not been utilised. Positioning is defined as “the act of designing the company’s offering and
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forging ahead on innovation: Apple Computers. Apple’s innovation in their new product introduction leads the way and shows how product innovation can deliver superior economic return to a company and its shareholder. Apple Computers Inc. was co-founded by Steve Woznaik and Steve Jobs (known as the “two Steves”). Both of them shared a common idea of assembling a machine and subsequently selling it. In 1976‚ they introduced the world the first PC and they called it Apple I. A California-based local
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Apple‚ Inc. 2014 and the Global Smartphone Industry Learning Objectives • The dynamics of industries and customers change over time and its implications for strategic actions • The nature of sustainable competitive advantage • The timing of strategic moves • Multisided business platforms • The challenge of reinvigorating competitive advantage through innovation • The role of technology standards in competitiveness • Role
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Market Segmentation HTC Desire According to (Philip Kotler‚ 2008) “Market Segmentation is the subdividing of market into homogeneous sub-set of customers‚ where any subset may conceivably be selected as market target to be reached with distinct Marketing Mix. Smartphones went from being a luxury and became an everyday tool for executives‚ students‚ employees and even for those who do not need even 50% of the capacity of these magnificent examples phones. Thus‚ thanks to overcrowding and the entry
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London: Pearson Education Limited 2008. Motorrad‚ B. (2009‚ April). S 1000 RP/ online brochure. Wong‚ S. (2011‚ 02 15). BMW Market targeting. (P. Dziubinska‚ Interviewer) -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. White.(2010/2011)Lecture notes: targeting and positioning.[ MKT1004 ‚ 9th November] [ 2 ]. White.(2010/2011)Lecture notes: targeting and positioning.[ MKT1004 ‚ 9th November]
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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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Course work Marketing management Page | 1 LSBF Marketing management Executive summary This course work was undertaken as part of the assessment in Marketing Management module. It focuses on new product line extension in the example of Apple Inc.’s recent product iPad and comes up with a marketing plan for the extension to it. New product extension is in the form of utilizing iPad as an external monitor and in the future as a control device over other electrical equipment that have
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Case Study 7.1 L’Oreal’s Segmenting and Targeting Markets Tzu Yin Chung California International Business University Strategic Global Marketing CIBU 786 Dr. Tim Becker April 17‚ 2013 L’Oréal‚ the world’s largest cosmetics and beauty company was founded in 1907. After nearly a century of efforts‚ L’Oréal from a small family businesses jumped to the leader of the world cosmetics industry. L’Oréal Group has regions in more than 150 countries in the world with 283 branches‚ more than 100
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Apple changed its company name from Apple Computer to Apple Inc in 2007. And with this name change‚ the chief element of Apple strategy is to let consumer know‚ it is not just a computer company‚ but a company provide other products‚ such as iPod‚ iTunes‚ and iPhone. In Sculley Years‚ Apple’s chief element was to be versatile compare to IBM‚ and it will be the complete desktop solution with desktop publishing. Also‚ Mac wants to have a closer relationship with its customers‚ which is called love
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