launched iPod‚ the world’s first portable hard disk media player in 2001. The launch of the iPod has brought about a revolution in the music industry with preferences of the consumers having changed from physical sales to digital sales. We would study the iPod phenomenon and the factors that have led to its tremendous consumer response. Currently‚ Apple iPod is the leader in portable music player devices all over the world. With sales of more than 45 million iPods in the period from July 2010 to
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[pic] [pic] CHANGING TREND IN SUV SEGMENT- THE RISE OF COMPACT SUV By SWAGAT VENKATA (36279) SHREYAS KULKARNI (36265) Introduction The Indian automotive industry is the sixth largest in the world in terms of production of cars and commercial vehicles with a growth rate of around 12%. India is the third largest exporter of passenger cars in Asia. With an annual production of around 3.9 million units‚ the Indian car industry is growing in leaps and bounds
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Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation as Alternative Marketing Strategies Author(s): Wendell R. Smith Source: Journal of Marketing‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 1 (Jul.‚ 1956)‚ pp. 3-8 Published by: American Marketing Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1247695 . Accessed: 24/04/2013 13:20 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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CHAPTER 1 Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Strategy Marketing Strategy The combination of product‚ price‚ distribution and promotion most suited to a particular group of consumers. Consumer Behaviour A discipline dealing with how and why consumers purchase (or do not purchase) goods and services. Learning to anticipate consumer behaviour is the key to planning and managing in today’s ever-changing marketing environment. Influences on consumer behaviour (understanding) Purchase and
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Market Segmentation The purpose for segmenting a market is to allow your marketing/sales program to focus on the subset of prospects that are "most likely" to purchase your offering. If done properly this will help to insure the highest return for your marketing/sales expenditures. Depending on whether you are selling your offering to individual consumers or a business‚ there are definite differences in what you will consider when defining market segments. Market segmentation is a marketing
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The global consumer electronics industry has been growing significantly for the past few years due to the innovative technical developments in the sector across the globe. The industry is entering into the age of convergence wherein entirely different streams of digital-based audio‚ video and information technology unite and merge‚ removing entry hurdles across various markets and the whole industry. The union of technologies has indeed resulted into a robust demand for consumer devices such as home
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Statement of Purpose I like pushing the frontiers of my mind and have always enjoyed the excitement of a challenge. For me‚ sports have been the biggest learning ground where I have acquired a lot of my life lessons and gained insight into the workings of the human mind. I love the outdoors and my passion for sports has helped me to explore the limits of my strength‚ physically and mentally. I have had the pleasure and the responsibility to be a member of the football‚ cricket‚ basketball
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The globalization of markets Theodore Levitt Harvard Business Review‚ 1983 * Background The powerful force booms the modernity and stimulates the people’s attraction for the high-tech products and high-touch products‚ and that force is technology. It results in the fresh reality-global markets. The isolated market and multinational corporations tend to be the global markets for the standardized consumption and price. Although it experienced the challengeable process‚ the influences of development
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Introduction: Market Segmentation: Market segmentation is the process of dividing the market into parts that are different from one another. It is the identification of potential customers who would buy your products. Different customers have different needs and it is not possible to satisfy these needs by treating all customers in a similar way. Most organisations do not have all the resources to satisfy the needs of all the customers. Therefore‚ it is necessary to identify the similar groups of
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deal to become the official NBA apparel provider”. Adidas’ vision‚ mission and objective statement. Vision: “Passion for sport. This is Adidas. We consistently bring our passion to every single sport‚ wherever and whenever it is played. Whether it ’s football in the park or the 100meters at the Olympics - we have been there‚ we are there now‚ and we will always be there. Our dream is to bring our
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