personal computers‚ mobile communication devices‚ and portable digital music and video players and sells a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores‚ its retail stores‚ its direct sales force‚ and third-party wholesalers‚ resellers‚ and value-added resellers. (Source: Company Form 10-K) Refer to the financial reports of Apple‚ Inc. for the year ended September 25‚ 2010 +Concepts+ a. In your own words
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CONTENT: I. Executive Summary II. Market And Competition Analysis * Market Opportunity * Market Size * Our Section of the Market * Market Segmentation * Market Growth * Market Competition III. Product and Technology * Product Technologies * Product Uniqueness * Product Usage * The iShare and Digital Rights Management IV. Marketing‚ Sales‚ and Operation * Production * Distribution * Pricing Strategy * Advertising *
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first series of iPods to the world (Schlender‚ 2001). The iPod is designed to store media on a built-in hard drive or by the use of flash memory. It also serves as an external data storage device when connected to a computer. It plays media files anywhere a user chooses and is designed in a very convenient size. In 2003‚ Apple released another series of iPods that included the iTunes software. iTunes is program that stores a comprehensive library of the users music‚ video and photos on their computer
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sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. Apple is the world ’s third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia. Established on April 1‚ 1976 in Cupertino‚ California‚ and incorporated January 3‚ 1977‚ the
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will continue to dominate the digital music market for years to come why?‚ because when ipod and itunes rised it had a huge impact in digital music and mp3 devices and their almost like a monopoly I think their will not be overcome so easily‚ and it is very simple‚ here in my school almost everyone have and ipod or an iphone and somecases both‚ those devices come with itunes‚ and we think about it itunes it is very innovating because it is a media player very versatile ‚ you can listen to music‚ you
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Exam cases: Patties Foods Ltd (PFL) The death of the iPod Australian Beverages Ltd Pre-seen exam information Semester 1 2012 Global Strategy and Leadership © CPA Australia Ltd 2012 Case Scenario 1 Patties Foods Ltd (PFL) Patties Foods Ltd (PFL) is a leading manufacturer in Australia’s branded frozen food industry. The company can trace its origins back 50 years to a small cake shop in the Victorian country town of Lakes Entrance. This cake shop was purchased in 1966 by the Rijs
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It has been so successful that it is thought to be as influential as the Sony Walkman was in the 1980 ’s.1 In fact‚ over one-hundred ten million iPods (110‚000‚000) have been sold over the last six years.2 The highly popular digital music store and library‚ iTunes‚ also plays a big role in iPod ’s success by making digital music cheap and easy-to-access. The big question is: How will Apple continue to be an industry leader in the increasingly competitive MP3 player market? In this paper we will analyze
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Case Study 3 SOUNDBUZZ’S MUSIC STRATEGY FOR ASIA PACIFIC Q1 : Analyze Soundbuzz and its business strategy using the competitive forces models. What strategies did it develop for dealing with competitive forces? There are four concepts of the competitive forces models: new market entrants‚ substitute products and services‚ suppliers‚ and customers. In terms of customers‚ Soundbuzz were really well responded to situation that they faced. When they launched B2C model‚ they found that because
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(2004‚ January). Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0‚28804‚1935038_1935059_1935177‚00.html Forbes‚ M Roth‚ J.‚ & Neumayr‚ T. (2007‚ September 5). Apple unveils the itunes wi-fi music store. Retrieved from https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/05Apple-Unveils-the-iTunes-Wi-Fi-Music-Store.html Shah‚ A Dabelko‚ G. (2008‚ May/June). An uncommon peace: environment‚ development‚ and the global security agenda. Retrieved from http://www.environmentmagazine.org/Archives/Back
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devices (iPhone and iPad)‚ personal computers (Mac) and portable music players (iPod Touch‚ iPod Shuffle‚ iPod Nano and iPod Classic). Apple also markets digital content and applications through its various software platforms (iTunes‚ iTunes Store‚ App Store‚ Mac App Store‚ iBookstore and Apple TV). More recently‚ Apple also offers online software solutions to help its customers with management of digital media‚ personal organization and on line creativity (iCloud‚ iLife and iWork). Underpinning
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