innovative computer manufacturer to a state of-the-art consumer electronics company. In 2005‚ the company had $13.93 billion in sales. For the same year‚ they only controlled 4.2 percent of the U.S. market share in the PC industry. However‚ Apple’s iPod models accounted for well over 70 percent of the hard-drive MP3 player market and more than 40 percent of the flash based player market. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate Apple’s performance to determine their outlook for success by ensuring
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Why has the iPod been so successful as a product? In 2001‚ the apple company released the iPod as a portable audio player with a simple design. Firstly it wasn’t a big boom in the market until a year and a half later it successfully becomes the dominant portable audio player among other products from competitors. The reason that the iPod has become so successful because of design and the reputation of the apple as a luxury brand. It’s affordable price which anyone can effort to buy. However
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New Product Launch Marketing Plan MKT/571 Introduction The new product launch marketing‚ is a product‚ it has to be external to iPod‚ iPhone or any cell phone device. The product can send a message to display on the cell phone or iPod warning the user that the sound level is high dangerous to the ears. iPod Market needs and Market Growth. The current technology is focused on the electronic youth culture‚ in order to have a convenient product according to the actual customers’ daily life;
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External & Internal Influences Paper Learning Team A Christopher Avery‚ Kristi Jordan‚ Matthew Land‚ Jeffrey Nelson‚ Misty Roberts‚ Karla Rendon University of Phoenix MKT/435 – Consumer Behavior Thomas O’Brien February 6‚ 2009 Introduction Understanding the mind of a consumer is a puzzling process. It is important to consider that no single factor explains why consumers behave as they do. Rather‚ there are external and internal factors in addition to environmental factors that contribute
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incredible‚ as the company should benefit immensely from the holiday season. • Over the past weeks the company has unveiled a flurry of new items‚ including the all-important iPhone 5‚ the iPad mini‚ a new 13-inch MacBook Pro‚ a new Mac‚ and a new iPod Touch‚ proving that the company is still innovating for the future. • The iPad mini puts Apple’s foot in the small tablet market‚ a space that for a time
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and to counter a poor record of marketing Apple products by their-party retail outlets. In addition‚ Apple introduced its first iPod portable digital audio player later that year. It was an entirely new product line from its computer business. Soon after the introducing of iPod‚ Itunes Store was established to offer online music downloads for US 99 cents a song for its iPod lines. Besides music‚ more than 2200 television shows‚ in addition to full-length films from Disney‚ are also available on iTunes
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Strategy and Competition Final Exam: 50% Students are required to read the “Apple Inc. in 2010” case study and answer FIVE (5) of the following questions. They are required to submit their answers within the stipulated time frame. 1- What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple’s competitive advantages are its innovation‚ strong brand and rapid growth. In the Sculley years‚ Sculley pushed the Mac into new markets‚ most notably in desktop publishing and education. Apple’s desktop
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A Strategic Analysis of Apple Corporation Timothy Pivovarnik Jeff Shaver Adam Siler Richard Sterling Dave Strubbe   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 HISTORY OF APPLE 4 THE PC INDUSTRY 10 THE ONLINE MUSIC INDUSTRY 12 THE FUTURE OF APPLE 12 PERSONAL COMPUTERS A SHIFT IN STRATEGY 12 APPLE IN THE LIVING ROOM 14 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND ENTERTAINMENT 15 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 17 TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 17 Brand Awareness Style at a Premium 17 Interoperability 18 Technology
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product lines are the iPhone‚ iPod and Macintosh System. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozaniak‚ The founder of Apple has created the Apple Computer on 1st April 1976 and integrated in the company on 3rd January 1977‚ in Cupertino California. It has driven the Computer manufacturing market for more than two decades. Mr. Steve Jobs who was expelled in 1985 was return as CEO of the APPLE Inc in 1996 with new Ideas and corporate philosophy. With introduction of successful IPod Player in to 2001 Apple has again
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Inc. (formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. Apple is the world ’s third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia.
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