SIP/APPLE/IBS/09BSHYD0245 A PROJECT REPORT ON “THE VARIOUS IMC STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE ADOPTED TO ENHANCE THE PREFERENCE FOR APPLE ISTORE IN HYDERABAD” BY DEEPAM JAIN 09BSHYD0245 For Reliance Digital’s Apple iStore A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the MBA program of Icfai Business School‚ Hyderabad Submitted to Prof. Sourabh Bhattacharya (Faculty-Icfai Business School) Date of Submission-14th
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Executive Summary The focus of this report is on the Apple iPod that has created increasing demands in various outlets. The iPod allows consumers to download their favourite music but also books‚ movies and now even allows one to surf the internet. In this reports you find an extensive analysis on how Apple has became such a huge company within its market and will show us how the popularity of the iPod has seemingly helped Apple to be become one of the most well known brands worldwide. In
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The Marketing Strategies of Apple‚ Inc. Market segmentation strategy involves dividing the market into groups‚ where individuals have similar needs and wants for services and products. It could also be a segmentation of people on the basis of behavior‚ culture and economic status. To get a clearer picture of what is market segmentation‚ one can always look into the definition provided by business dictionary.com‚ market segmentation is defined as‚ "Process of defining and sub-dividing a large homogenous
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share in the industry. Apple Computer Inc.‚ is known as Apple Inc. has proven that a company may successfully diversify its portfolio if they continue to be innovative in creating new products and improving older products. Apple Inc. was established in April 1‚ 1976 by founders Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs with the release of one computer. The company then became incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 in Cupertino‚ California. During the early years of the company Apple was known as the manufacture
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Apple once again delivered very strong results in the face of hesitant consumers under recessionary pressures. Total revenue growth for the latest quarter was +36% led by the Mac brand in personal computers at +51%. The MP3 segment led by the I Pod brand delivered growth of +1% while the iPhone sold 1.7 mm units. So how is Apple able to deliver consistent sales and profit growth in tough recessionary times with premium pricing while many of its competitors deliver poor results. In a phrase --it’s
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| Brief description of PC and Smartphone’s industry Smartphones | Company | Market share | Key success factors | Android | 68‚1% | * software * innovation * synchronization with google account | Apple | 16‚9% | * design * style * size * capacity * software * download facility * distribution | Blackberry | 4‚8% | * reliability * carrier friendly * design | Nokia | 4‚4% | * price efficiency * reliability * distribution * client’s service |
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Operations management and operations strategy are two very important undertakings for any company that is involved in the production of products and services. This is because operations management ensures that raw materials are successfully converted to finished goods‚ while operations strategy makes sure that whichever goods or services produced have a competitive advantage over similar products offered by rival companies. It is from the business strategy that the operations strategy is derived
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103–113 (2007) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.146 Case Study: the Apple iPod in China Stephen Frost1* and Margaret Burnett2* 1 Department of Asian and International Studies‚ City University of Hong Kong‚ China 2 Corporate Environmental Governance Programme‚ University of Hong Kong‚ China Keywords: Apple; iPod; Foxconn; China; sweatshop; Hon Hai; supply chain; electronics Introduction to the Case A ll material in this case is based on
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Operations strategy defines how an organisation could manage their resources for its production. People within the operations management play the most important role in a company. They need to be able to manage how to keep or attract customers to their products or services and have a major competitive advantage against their competitors. Lack of competence and skill within this segment can easily lead to failure and loss. To avoid so‚ a manager needs to comply with a certain strategy to stay on
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Operations Strategy in a Global Environment International Operations at General Motors For years‚ General Motors dabbled with the idea of becoming a truly global business. While the firm exported its cars to several other countries and had a few plants outside the U.S.‚ it remained predominantly a North American enterprise. Just a few years ago‚ for example‚ 80% of the firm’s vehicles were made in North America. Cars made elsewhere were often retreads of older
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