Nokia can trace its roots back to 1865 and a pulp mill in south-west Finland. A century and a half later‚ Nokia’s handset business is being bought by Microsoft for €5.44bn after a troubled few years for the mobile phone giant. Here we track Nokia’s rise‚ and subsequent fall. 1865: Mining engineer Fredrik Idestam sets up a wood pulp mill at the Tammerkoski Rapids in south-western Finland. 1871: The Nokia name is born‚ inspired by the Nokianvirta river on the banks of which Idestam opens a second
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In 2007‚ Nokia combined its telecoms infrastructure operations with those of Siemens to form a joint venture named Nokia Siemens Networks. NSN has become a leading global provider of telecommunications infrastructure‚ with a focus on offering innovative mobile broadband technology and services. In 2011‚ Nokia joined forces with Microsoft to strengthen its position in the highly competitive smartphone market. Nokia adopted the Windows Phone operating system for smart devices and through their strategic
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Nokia is the world’s number one mobile phone company and a successor in the global phone Industry. Being an Industry leader on a Global level‚ Nokia is fully engaged into excelling environmental performance and assume Cooperate responsibility in all their operations. It therefore maintains its position by living up to its slogan‚ “ Connecting People ”‚ by abiding to three main objectives; Speed of anticipation and fulfilling evolving customer and market needs‚ strong customer recognition and upholding
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Trader Joe’s Marketing Mix “We tried it! We liked it! If you don’t‚ bring it back for a full refund‚ no questions asked.” That is the product guarantee of Trader Joe’s. Product Trader Joes’ is a chain of grocery stores that stock many of the basic foods as well as hard to find‚ unusual items both local and international. They have a base of products they always carry while other products are a continuously changing mix: either rotated or simply only carried only once. It is not a one-stop store
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of the reasons Nokia has fallen so fast is that it has a simple branding problem: Nokia isn’t a distinctive brand. It is a brand with positive associations and high awareness‚ but it isn’t unique. For many years‚ Nokia seemed to successfully do what marketing experts say you can’t do: serve all segments in a market. Nokia sold very high-end‚ technologically advanced phones and simple‚ inexpensive phones‚ all under the Nokia brand. The branding structure was very simple: the Nokia brand with a product
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& Gamble (P&G) is a Fortune 500 American multinational company‚ and a world ’s leading consumer goods company. P&G’s work is driven by a Purpose of providing branded products and services of superior quality and value to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and for generations to come. P&G now has 50 Leadership Brands‚ which are among the world ’s best known and which account for more than 90% of P&G sales. P&G entered the Chinese market through a joint venture in 1988. Now‚ P&G is the most
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Marketing mix of MCAT Box Office (MBO) Cinema and Lotus Five Star (LFS) Cinema will be analysed in this section‚ which comprises of product‚ price‚ place and promotion (4Ps). a. Product MBO Cinema and LFS Cinema provides the facility of e-booking tickets. Customers are able to book their tickets in advance without having to wait for long queues at the ticket counter to save time. Besides selling tickets as their main business‚ both Cineplex also sell popcorns‚ soft drinks‚ other snacks‚ and exclusive
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Marketing Mix PRODUCT As a clothing store which is focusing on local designed and European designed clothes‚ our products are going to be high-end‚ fashionable‚ green and unique. First‚ because the trend of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION develops very fast‚ we want to encourage our designers to consider using green dressing materials or put some elements of eco-awareness in their creations. At the same time‚ we are going to use Environmental protection shopping bag in our business and use green
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Personal Products. However‚ P&G was not able to maintain consistent performance throughout its history. Because of failed leadership of former CEO Mr. Durk Jagar from 1999 to 2000‚ P&G experienced difficult time because of inappropriate strategic direction. The company during that time was shaken from its heart as Jagar tried to implement some of the fundamental changes at the root of the consumer goods giant. Jagar’s efforts included modification of company’s culture‚ shifting P&G product portfolio into
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as master franchises‚ and are responsible for opening new restaurants‚ licensing new third party operators‚ and performing standards oversight of all restaurant locations in these countries; the largest example of a master franchise is Hungry Jack ’s‚ which exclusively owns‚ operates or sub-licenses over 300 restaurants in
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