January 1977 as a multinational corporation which serves as a manufacturer and designer in the consumer electronics sector. Their focus point is production‚ marketing and support service of personal computers‚ computer hardware and software portable mp3 players‚ portable video players and finally mobile phones with the multimedia function. The company is located in USA‚ California‚ Silicon Valley. Today the company has over 200 retail stores all around the world. Retail stores consist of products
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Thoughts on Apple’s Marketing Strategy Shady Azzam January 12‚ 2013 Marketing has long been the subject of exhaustive research in the business world. Over the years valuable insights have contributed to and helped shape its definition. Many have proposed the constituents of marketing‚ leading to the development of the marketing mix (Kotler et al.‚ 2012). Although the ingredients have been well explained and widely agreed upon‚ a key element of its definition remains elusive to even the most
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Diffusion of technical know-how across more companies and countries Noah’s bubble chart for Competitive Position of Major Companies Key Success Factors Overall Attractiveness & Competitive Environment Industry attractiveness high demand for mp3 and digital music High profit margins Industry unattractiveness cost of keeping up to date with technology Competition is fierce Current Strategy Broad differentiation strategy Unique attributes & designs Not easily copied Buyer loyalty
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was established in April 1st‚ 1976‚ created by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (Andrea Major). The company is best recognized for their Macintosh personal computer line‚ Mac OS X‚ iTunes media application‚ and especially the iPod personal MP3 player. The IPod started off as a simple device that held approximately 1000 songs. Throughout the years‚ the IPod has completely upgraded and has literally revolutionized the world. Many changes have come about the iPod in the timespan of about 12
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market by a more than a year (Parrish‚ May 3‚ 2012)‚ the iPhone took us from phones that looked and functioned strictly like phones‚ to multi-touch devices that combined phones‚ cameras‚ games and MP3s into one device. Another big success for Apple was the iPod. Even though it wasn’t the first MP3 player out there‚ according to The Telegraph‚ “Apple ’s iPod arguably kick-started the digital music revolution.” due in part to the ability to create playlists and shuffle songs. It also integrates
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Executive Summary 1.0 Executive Summary Music Café‚ unlike a typical record store and café‚ will provide the consumers an atmosphere they have never experienced before. Through its aggressive marketing tactics the company will attract high traffic of consumers in the community‚ mainly college students‚ to create an outstanding place to socialize‚ drink coffee‚ listen to and buy music. Music Café consist of two venues‚ one is a record store and the other is a café. The venues provide music CD’s
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revenue and continually investing in new infrastructure‚ the nature of the business industry of having low margins made Inventec have low profits. 2. The drivers of average profitability of the ODM industry are sales from a wide range of products‚ MP3 players‚ PDA’s‚ servers and telephones. The ODM companies would also be developing new products and once these were developed and the company owned the intellectual property‚ this becomes a source of income due to the advantage they have over their
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Dave‚ can you hear me Dave?”‚ while cutting to the iconic Apple logo and the words “Think Different”. In 2002 Gateway expanded their company into making other consumer electronics instead of just computers‚ including plasma TVs‚ digital cameras‚ MP3 players‚ and internet routers. nobody bought them because they failed to inspire people “why” they should buy their TVs. This explains why people are not only comfortable buying Apple computers but they are also comfortable buying all Apple products
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Microwaves‚ MacBooks‚ and MP3 players all have one thing in common: they are all technology. Technology is used in schools across the nation‚ such as Empire High School which has replaced all textbooks with iBooks to make students excited about learning (Source A). But is technology always good? The Internet‚ a byproduct of technology‚ contains loads of information ranging from when Benjamin Franklin was born to how to conceal a dead body. “There is no quality control on the Internet.” (Source E)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apple was formed in 1976 by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. After some disastrous losses in the 1980’s and 1990’s to their main competitor‚ IBM‚ Apple was able to re-invent the entire company. When Jobs returned to Apple in 1996‚ he took an expanded role and not only continually pushed for innovative ideas and products but also compelled several structural changes. Jobs also got rid of profitless divisions and departments. Apple has been able to gain market share quicker
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