MCS*4370 Marketing Strategy Final Examination The Kindle Fire: Amazon’s Heated Battle for the Tablet Market Submitted by: Michael McNevitts Student number: 0708890 Section 1 Q1. It seems ambiguous whether the Kindle Fire can be categorized as a tablet or e-reader. Nowadays, these two terms are looking and performing quite similarly thus making it difficult to tell them apart. There are some important differences between the two that will prove useful in making this distinction. The first is screen size as the Kindle Fire has a 7-ich screen, which is consistent with most other e-readers. In contrast, tablets come in a range of sizes but some of the more popular ones such as the i-Pad can have 10-iche screens. Another …show more content…
c) Based on facts from the case, I believe that Amazon will need to position itself with a focus on e-readers instead of directly competing with high-quality tablet products. It is obvious that the company has made a move toward tapping into tablet market by creating an affordable option with more web-based capabilities. Leveraging the cloud-based resources and unique features such as Amazon Silk, the Kindle Fire has potential to indirectly steal market share from Apple by being a cheaper and more affordable option. Furthermore, the convenience of consolidating many of Amazon’s different products into one (Amazon Prime, AWS and the app store), will make the Kindle Fire an attractive option against other e-readers such as the Nook. Q3. The initial Kindle Fire launce had broad aims in entering the market in order to learn, which customer segments would respond most favorably to the new product. The several target segments the company can consider include: media junkies, children & mobile gamers and higher education. Without a doubt, there are pros and cons to each market segment and deciding the best option can be quite difficult. After analyzing these segments and the product offerings of the Kindle Fire, the higher education target market seems to be the most attractive. Given the origin being primarily a product to facilitate convenient and accessible
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1. What is a blue ocean strategy? What is a red ocean strategy? Explain these from the perspective of company, competition, costs, and markets.
A successful Pioneer is both customer and innovation-oriented, patient and have a decentralized marketing organization with a high proportion of marketing specialists. Pioneers target innovations and early adopters and are therefore very proactive in their product development efforts. That requires a successful Pioneer to devote a significant effort to marketing research. The successful pioneer will also devote resources to educating customers and stimulating demand for the product through advertising.
Scores of consumers are discussing the two well-known reading tablets called the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet. Shoppers are trying to determine which e-reader offers the best quality and features. After conducting an objective study, considerable elements were accurately established in relation to these products. The Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet have many similarities; however, they show noticeable differences within the content, ease of use, battery life, and storage.
Based on the initial sales of the Kindle Fire, it is recommended that Amazon move forward in positioning with Apple’s iPad and targeting its consumer segment to “media junkies”. An extensive financial analysis was then conducted to have found that a pricing strategy at
demand of the product.The Kindle line has shown wild success, Bezos will once again try to
Pros – Amazon has a massive amount of content for to consume. Largest online retailer and the Kindle Fire can be used to access/purchase merchandise.
Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods, services, and ideas to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organisation objectives. Marketing has many ways that products are sold. It includes advertising, selling and delivering products to people. Marketers try to get the attention of target audiences by using slogans, packaging design, celebrity endorsements and general exposure in the media world. The process of developing, promoting, and distributing products to satisfy customers' needs and wants.
Race and racism have been around since mankind made its first steps on the planet and it has brought upon violence, submissiveness, cruelty, and sexism into the world. A great representation of these themes and issues was brought by LeRoi Jones, who wrote “The Dutchman”. The play itself is a great representation of the relationships of races in America during the 60’s and can even been connected to today’s society. The Dutchman mainly focuses on the black-white relationship but can also be drawn to other cultures and races. I, myself, can also relate to what LeRoi Jones wrote in one way or another. Being a different culture and not being accepted was the first façade of America that I got
Currently the inflation rate is stable at three percent or less per year, and the consumer price index is steady with approximately 1.5-2 percent change per year. A stable economy without significant inflation will likely maintain the strong spending power of the consumer. The consumer’s dollar will be stretched further allowing them to purchase more goods. Low inflation rates will also persuade the Federal Reserve Board to keep rates low allowing free economic growth as rates increase.
The proposals that we are going to depose are a planning of continuous action in order to confront the challenges, which BT confronts. The most important factor is considered to be the fact that the marketing environment changed rapidly after the deregulation of the telephone industry. Up to then BT was operating as a monopoly, ignoring the competition and ways to face it.
In this advanced era, we, the consumers, want a Smartphone that keeps surprising us with new and unique features that helps in enriching and improving our Smartphone experience. Is it any surprise that Amazon wanted a taste of the market, now that it has conquered the digital retail market?
As a marketing professional, entrepreneur and teacher, I want to inspire students to master a broad range of marketing concepts. I want to demonstrate how marketing is used to sell products and services, persuade individuals and companies to change their behavior and to potentially change the world.
The Amazon Kindle is an e-book reader which you can download readable and audible content into. The most innovative idea of Bezos about the Kindle was the use of the “E Ink” technology to reduce battery consumption and to provide a more legible display. The Amazon Kindle’s successors were the tablets Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD. Amazon priced the Kindle Fire with just $199 as a strategy to boost its revenue from content sales. Amazon’s latest example of diversification includes the launch of the Amazon Fire TV in order to compete with Apple TV and Chromecast. Bezos also entered the highly competitive smartphone industry by releasing the Fire Phone in 2014. An economic advantage diversification provides is economies of scope. Economies of scope refer to a reduction in unit cost based on the idea that the total cost of producing two different goods or services together is less than the total cost of producing them separately. Amazon makes use of the distribution side of economies of scope by shipping a wide range of goods together rather than separately. This gives Amazon the chance to negotiate more lucrative deals with freight companies. Geographic
The Marketing Concept The marketing concept has evolved over the last years, marketing reflects to a key approach to doing business. An organisations objective is to make profit, to do this they have to consider the marketing concept, in order to satisfy customers. For an organisation to be successful should divert its attention away from particular products and towards the interest of the customers. Customers changing their needs and wants influence an organisations strategies and plans. Meeting customer’s needs is the main key in marketing.