R EPOSITIONING – A PPLE I P HONE
P RESENTATION O UTLINE Target Market Segmenting the market Positioning Internal/External/Environmental Factors Repositioning
T ARGET M ARKET Target Market vs. Target individual user
T ARGET M ARKET Target Market includes variety of people Tech astute people Students Programmers Teachers/Educators Businessmen Individuals
P RODUCT STRATEGY & S EGMENTING THE MARKET
P OSITIONING Apple iPhone’s key competitors Samsung Nokia Sony Erikson RIM Motorola LG
P OSITIONING
I NTERNAL I NFLUENCING FACTORS Research and Development Costs Employees Internal Atmosphere
E XTERNAL I NFLUENCES Culture of the customers Age of customers and technology Status symbol and Materialistic desires
E NVIRONMENTAL I NFLUENCES Competition Economic issues Political and Regulatory environment
E NVIRONMENTAL I NFLUENCES CONT. Social influences Technology
R EPOSITIONING Marketing mix Price Product Promotional Place
R EPOSITIONING C ONT. Target audience External/internal influences Positioning Promotional Loyalty of the target audience
R EPOSITIONING C ONT. Price Product External/ Internal factors Place Positioning
F INAL THOUGHTS Apple has over the years increased its market share iPhone predominates in profits within the market The iPhone has several influences that affect its marketing strategy: internal/external/environmental
R EFERENCES Apple. (2012). iPhone. Retrieved from: Asay, M. (2010, August). Apple doesn't target markets. It targets people.. Gigaom, (),. Retrieved from Bains, I. (2011, November). Apple iPhone accounts for just 4% of the mobile market... but rakes in an impressive 52% of the industry's profits. Mail Online, (),. Retrieved from impressive-52-industrys-profits.html impressive-52-industrys-profits.html Chaffin, B. (2012). Apple claims 7.9% of mobile phone market in Q1. Retrieved from Sigal, M. (2010). Apple's segmentation strategy, and the folly of conventional wisdom. Retrieved from