Gutierrez, Joecenne F. CBET-19-604P Case 1: (page 591-592) 1. Apple’s product launches over the past decade have been monumental. What makes the company so good at innovation? Is anyone comparable to Apple in this respect? Apple makes so good at innovation by listening to their consumers¬¬, by being observant of what kind of generation is, in current time. They are good also in launching a new product or design that can be popular and the people will like it and they will buy it. One of Apple’s most important innovations over the past decade was the iPod MP3 player. It became popular because it easy to handle and you can download any songs you want in this device. I think none. Like Nokia they are not good in innovation of their product. …show more content…
Is Research In Motion still a leader in innovation? Why or why not? What’s next for the company? Case 3: (page 618) 1. What have been the keys to Nokia’s global strength? The key to Nokia’s global strength is its ability to know and understand its market. Nokia has a practical understanding of what consumers need, value, and can afford depending on their geographical location and demographics. By providing the right products, features, and price, the firm has successfully built long-term brand value all over the world. Nokia’s success also derives from its broad strategic view of how to build a global brand and international consumer base. The company sells a wide range of products and services in all price ranges to different types of consumers all over the world. 2. What can Nokia do to gain market share in the United States and Europe where its presence is not as strong? I think they need to find a solution to develop also the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) because this is the wireless standard used in US. They are the one who need to adjust for them to have more consumers all over the world. 3. In the ever-changing world of mobile technology, what are the greatest threats to Nokia’s global …show more content…
Within these markets their brands focus on five specific areas of expertise: skin, hair, makeup, hair colouring and perfume within four different groups: consumer products, luxury products, professional products, and active products. In terms of innovation, L’Oreal has 14 research centers around the world and spends more on R&D than anyone in the industry. By studying and understanding the unique beauty routines and cultural/regional needs is critical to its global success. 2. Who are L’Oréal’s greatest competitors? Local, global, or both? Why? Both, Avon was mainly global competition but now Avon began to be popular in local. Avon is now popular here in the Philippines, their products are good, reliable and affordable. That’s why Avon is one of the greatest competitor of L’Oreal. 3. What has been the key to successful local product launches such as Maybelline’s Wondercurl in
Apple states in their Form K-10 Report (2017, p.1) they are “committed to bringing the best user experience to its customers through innovative hardware, software and services.” In an Industry where profit margins are low, technologies are constantly evolving and competition is high it is essential that Apple continues to offer innovative and simple products that increases customer experience (Heracleous, 2013) so to maintain a competitive advantage. A variety of tools have been used to evaluate Apple’s external and internal environment, including the PESTEL (Appendix 1), Porter’s Five Forces Analysis (Appendix 2), SWOT (Appendix 3). It is envisaged that the information derived from these tools and the associated analysis will support Apple’s CEO to make strategic decisions that addresses the challenges ahead in the short term, ensuring Apple can be competitive in the long term (Rothaermal, 2017).
Marketing Management Project PROJECT OUTLINE: Choose one company which has a turnaround in the past and one company which failed in the past. Discuss each company’s marketing strategy and reasons for their success or failure. Marketing Strategy Failure: Gap Inc. How Gap turned into Crap! What went wrong?
Q1a. MARKET STRUCTURE OF APPLE INC Apple Inc. operates different types of market structure in terms of their different products. In the smart phone business, they happen to be one of the major players with their different models of the “iphone” which makes them operate in an oligopolistic market. Oligopoly arises when there is an imperfect competition in which there are just few firms producing similar products. As a result of high competition, monopolies, interdependence among firms there are just a few big players having the market power and making it very difficult for new firms to penetrate the market with their products.
ACHIEVING GLOBAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF APPLE INC. Apple Inc. is an American conglomerate company located in one immeasurable loop, Cupertino, California in the middle of the Silicon Valley. (OPPapers, 2012). Apple is motivated on their designing, developing, innovating new products like the personal computers, other related software products, and the electronic products such as MP3 players and iPods. Apple Inc.’s main products are iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPads and its latest advanced product is iWatch, which is on the edge of creating another revolution after iPhone. Apple Inc. has transformed its image from an inventive computer manufacturer to a fully-fledged consumer 's electronic company.
Then, this company started specializes in much more than just computers. Apple Company invented new products such as iPad in 2001. Therefore, this is a reason that Apple becoming the superiority market leader in music players. In 2007, Apple joined the phone industry with the iPhone. Apple is a huge consumer goods company that evaluating its value requires understanding
Apple Inc. embraces diversification strategy as a means of promoting its viability in the market. Largely, the creation of the three products lines compounds the sources of the company’s income. In fact, the company does not rely on a single source of income because the product design belongs to different categories. This strategy cushions the business from suffering risks of associated with depending on a single business. According Hitt, Ireland, and Hoskisson (2014, p.135), the benefit of handling many products is that when one product fail or does poorly in the market, the business is would shift its attention of the best performing products.
Intro The Apple Watch is a smartwatch created by Apple Inc. It includes fitness tracking and health-oriented capabilities as well as incorporation with iOS and other Apple products and services. Apple announced the Apple Watch with three variants. Firstly there is the original apple watch, secondly there is the apple watch sport and lastly there is the apple watch edition, in which the case is crafted from 18 karat gold.
Apple Company Apple Inc. is a private company, and it is one of the world 's most famous technology and computer companies, located in the United States of America. It is a multi-national company. Its main business depends on specialization in manufacturing, producing, developing, improving and selling software, smartphones, computers; It has a series of electronic devices, such as iPad, iPhone and Mac. The origin of Apple Company Founded by Steve Jobs and his co-pilot Steve Wozniak, Apple Computer was able to design a computer in the form of the beginning of Apple computers in the time period Between the years 1981 to 1985; since 2005 until now, Apple has seen many developments; successive successes.
Developing different devices like the iPhone, iPod, and iPad makes Apple Inc. the famous company it is and has always been. Their advanced
How Sustainable is Apple’s Competitive position Introduction Apple started out simply as a computer company producing Macintosh computers and software, but has since evolved over the years to manufacture other products. It introduced iPods in 2001 for music players, in 2007, it started producing iPhones. Its products are consumer oriented and this has contributed to the success of the company. Apple also views innovation as basis of survival and business development (Yoffie, 2012).
Apple is one of the well-known electronics brand in the world. Millions of people were waiting in the line to get their new phone devices at the Apple store. This tiny device has many impressive characteristics that attract consumers. Every year the company comes out with new device features with a new advertisement to catch the consumer attention. According to the official website, the first iPhone advertisement was released in 2001.
The external business environment consists of a set of external factors, such as economic factors, social factors, political and legal factors, demographic factors, technical factors amongst others, which are not controllable in nature and affects the business decisions of a firm. The external environment includes opportunities and threats which can impact on the marketing strategy of Huawei. As mentioned, marketers cannot control the factors of the external environment. However, they should try to understand the changes in the external environment and assess the impact of those changes on the target market. In fact, a proper understanding of these factors helps organizations to identify potential business opportunities and threats in the international market (Baines et al., 2011).
Products That Deliver: Apple cautiously considers what customers are looking for, so its products are a consequence of both extensive research and powerful styling. This meticulous planning is a huge contributor to Apple 's high consumer- contentment rates. It 's plain and simple: Robust and easy-to-use products not only make your consumers pleased, but too make them want to purchase extra products from you. Consistency: All of Apple 's products have the same basic architecture. Because of this consistency, consumers who previously own Apple products have a good idea of what they 'll be getting before they make a purchase.
Kiehl 's: It has positioned itself as a skin care place based in natural ingredients. With growing demand from natural products all over the world, this pharmacy can strengthen itself by laying stress on its ‘heritage’ and use of ‘natural ingredients.’ Having penetrated well enough, it would probably focus on product development and develop more products that deliver values such as heritage and natural cure. b. Lancôme:
It´s important to remember that disruption is positive for the mass-market and are innovations that make products and services more accessible and affordable, thereby making them available to a much larger population. When we look at the full extent of Xiaomi´s business model, we can clearly see how different and how disruptive it is. How does Xiaomi keep their prices at least 60% lower than their competitors? While Apple need to come up with a new model to maintain their high profits, Xiaomi have found a clever way to reach these profits without overserve the market with smartphones. For Xiaomi to sell high-end smartphones at such cost, Xiaomi keeps their models