Course: Planning Marketing Programs Group Project: iPhone 5s‚ September 2014 Table of Contents: 1. Executive Summary ……………………………………………… 2 2. Situational Analysis ……………………………………………… 3 3. SWOT Analysis …………………………………………………...7 4. Objectives ……………………………………………… ………...8 5. Strategy (segmentation‚ targeting and positioning) ……………… 9 6. Action Program (the operational marketing plan itself for the period
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Executive Summary The purpose of this business report is to review the appropriateness of the iPhone for the target segment. A brief explanation of the iPhone‚ in which the market operates‚ is given‚ including the main micro and macro environmental factors that affect the industry. People have different needs based on their demographic‚ economic and physiological backgrounds and they perceive the appropriate mobile phone category accordingly. The mobile phone industry has many competitors‚ and
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policy of a product is the price elasticities and how they vary over the product’s life cycle. The PLC can be divided into several stages characterized by the revenue generated by the product. As the product progresses in its life cycle‚ changes in pricing are usually required in each phase‚ in order to adjust to the evolving challenges and opportunities. - During the introduction stage‚ the primary goal is to establish a market and build a primary demand for the product set. Prices are usually
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explain the newer features of the iPhone 5 Central Idea: The iPhone 5 comes equipped with new physical features‚ the iOS 6‚ the A6 chip‚ LTE networking‚ etc. I. Introduction: Number of iPhones sold and predicted to sell to grab attention with the outlandish numbers. ( USA Today) a. Take a poll of the class to see how many people are infatuated by the iPhone b. Introduce the idea of the new features to inform the class of what this phone has to offer c. Price TRANSITION: The physical
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Marketing the iPhone Introduction to Marketing Table of Content Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………….3 About the iPhone ...………………………………………………………………………………..3 Marketing Concept ...……………………………………………………………………………...4 Social Responsibility ..…………………………………………………….………………….......5 Target Market ……………………………………………………………………………………..6 Marketing Environment …...………………………………………………………………….......7 Competition …………………………………………………………………………………….....8 Market Segmentation ……………………………………………………………………………
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the business. Objective: short term goals which allows the business to be able to achieve their aims. Aims: to allow the public to be able to enjoy go karting at a reasonable price and in a safe environment. Objectives: to expand their business to reach out to a wider audience‚ to set their prices at a reasonable price so that people of all income can enjoy their service. Aims: to save lives by responding aid during emergencies‚ for people to be able to work their way out of poverty and to have
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Principles of Marketing Report on the UK marketing environment for the iPhone Executive Summary This report will analyze and discuss the most important elements of the marketing environment for the launch of the iPhone‚ that is to say the main three levels of the marketing environment: the micro-environment through the customers‚ competitors and distributors‚ the macro-environment through technological‚ economical‚ social‚ political and environmental forces and finally the internal
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Apple iPhone Business Strategy MBA 648 Prepared by: Dima Hage Hassan 111300363 Nisrin Naamo 111300394 Tasneem AlMajidi 112300103 Table of Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………….. 3 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….….. 4 SWOT Analysis ……………………………………………………………………… 5 Michael Porter’s five forces model …………………………………………………... 8 Differentiation ………………………………………………………………………..11 Conclusion and Recommendations…..………………………………………………14 References ……………………………………………………………………………15
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decisions for its range of iPhones. The first one is a skimming price decision and the second one is a penetration pricing decision. 1. Skimming price decision When Apple first launched the new iPhone 3GS‚ it made a skimming price decision which means it aims to sell to the top of the market and focuses on maximizing profits in short term so it could recover the research and development costs. 2. Penetration pricing decision As the iPhones have moved through their product life cycle (from the
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people all the time. From the first GUI to the last iPhone‚ Apple has always been a symbol of the start signal of new developments in the their industry. Until the nineties‚ Apple released one of the most anticipated and best personal computers. But after the products went on sale Apple has failed‚ because in the market‚ there are more and more competitors such as Microsoft‚ Dell‚ IBM. The Company does not expect such a failure‚ so to not lose their place in the market‚ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak decided
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