of Apple Inc. In 1976‚ the company was founded in a garage in Santa Clara‚ California. The American multinational corporation mainly involves in designing and marketing consumer electronics‚ computer software and as well as personal computers. Differentiation is the current strategy position of Apple Inc. There are five main firms in the PC industry and among them; the world’s leading brand is Dell. Apple’s major target is to sustain their present strategic position and to take over the market position
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franchise restaurants in the world. The mission of Subway is to delight each customer with their value through the fresh‚ delicious‚ made-to-order sandwiches and exceptional experience (Subway‚ 2010). This essay highlights how Subway positions its product in the market. Market Segmentation Individuals in the market have different behaviours and needs. Therefore‚ to serve them‚ there is a need for segmentation (Martin‚ 2011). Market segmentation is viewing the heterogeneous market as a few smaller homogeneous
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to raise venture capital from Mike Markkula and set up their new corporate HQ in Cupertino‚ California (New York Times‚ 2007). Apple was successful with the next product which was launched and branded as Apple II which was in production for a record amount of time from Apr il1977toNovember 1993. This has been the successful product and created the
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considered it vitally important to strengthen its emotional bonds with consumers in order that they choose a Mazda car from among all the similar competitors. In the face of incentive wars‚ Mazda needed to build brand equity and decided to move its product lines up-scale. “Niche Marketing” required more uniqueness that pleased a few people intensely‚ rather than a lot of people‚ somewhat. Mazda emphasized on Kansei Engineering which stressed on emotional and psychological rather than rational benefits
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a) Initiators b) Influencers c) Users d) Approvers 2. Which of the following is true about Pure Competition? a) Large number of sellers selling heterogeneous products b) A few sellers in the industry c) Large number of sellers selling homogeneous products d) Single seller dominating the whole industry 3. While evaluating different market segments‚ a company need not look at a) Company Objectives & Goals b) Segment Attractiveness
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Strategic capabilities Leadership Strong culture Skilled human resources Competitive advantage (differentiation-focused strategies) Effective supply chain management Limited financial resources Emerging consumer needs Many national brands have reached their maturity in their lifecycle Larger organizations have economies of scale strategies (no differentiation‚ no focus on local needs) Legal and regulatory (FDA guidelines‚ imported food safety laws) Changing consumer
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channels. b) Economies of scale in the industry are high. c) Product differentiation in the industry is low. d) Capital requirements in the industry are high. 4. The threat from substitutes is high when a) Switching costs are high. b) The substitute product’s price is lower than the industry product’s price. c) The quality of the substitute product is lower than the quality of the industry’s product. d) The substitute product stimulates new process innovations within the industry. 5.
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environment52.1.5 Political Legal environment52.1.6 Natural environment52.1.8 Environmental Opportunities52.1.9 Environmental Threats62.2 Industry62.2.1. Suppliers62.2.2 Consumers62.2.3 New Entrants72.2.4 Competitors72.2.5 Substitute Products (Threat of Substitute products)82.2.6 Industry Opportunities82.2.7 Industry Threats82.3 Organization82.3.1 Strengths82.3.2 Weakness92.4 Marketing Strategy92.4.1 Objectives92.4.2 Analysis of Sales‚ Profit and Market Share92.4. 3 Analysis of target market(s)102.4
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STRATEGIC COST MANAGEMENT Activity-based costing (ABC) was introduced in Chapter 4. ABC can significantly improve the accuracy of product costing. Yet‚ the value of traditional product cost definition is limited and may not be very useful in certain decision contexts. Strategic planning and decision making require a much broader set of cost information than that provided by product costs. Chapter 11 focuses on a value-chain framework with cost data to support a value-chain analysis. In addition‚ life
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market differ in their wants‚ resources‚ locations‚ buying attitudes‚ and buying practices. Through market segmentation‚ companies divide large heterogeneous markets into smaller segments that can be reached more efficiently and effectively with products and services that match their unique needs. Market segmentation is of two types: A) Segmenting consumer market: There is no single way to segment a market. A marketer has to try different segmentation variables‚ alone and in combination‚ to find
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