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Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along withOS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music
revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple hasreinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and
App Store, and is defining the future of mobile mediaand computing devices with iPad.
Steve Job
1977-1983
John Sculley
1983-1993
Michael Spindler
1993-1996
Gilbert Frank Amelio
1996-1997
Steve Job
1997–2011
Tim Cook
2011-20……
Type – Public
Traded as – NASDAQ – AAPL
NASDAQ 100 component
S&P 500 component
Industry – Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Consumer Electronics
Digital Distribution
Headquarters – Apple Campus,
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino,
California, U.S.A
No. of Locations – 382 retail stores
(as of August 2012)
Area Served – Worldwide
Website – www.apple.com
Key People – Tim Cook (CEO)
Arthur D. Levinson (Chairman)
Sir Jonathan Ive
(SVP of Industrial Design)
Market Cap – 545.97 billion
(As of April 2012)
Revenue – USS 120.83 billion
(As of July 24 2012)
Nett Income – 33.510 billion
(As of July 24 2012)
Total Assets – 162.90 billion
(As of July 30 2012)
Total Equity – 111.75 billion
(As of July 24 2012)
Employees – 70,000 ++++
Subsidaries – Braeburn Capital, File Maker Inc., Anobit
A Design Firm
A Media Platform
A Publishing Company
A Software Powerhouse
A Computer Builder
A Movement
Identify Trends
Analyze Competitors
InnovatePosition
Your Product
Build Brand Awareness
Optimize Distribution
Don’t Forget Your
Customers
STRENGTHS
One of the oldest hardware manufacturers.
Control over the product.
High quality product.
Easy to carry products
Huge consumer base loyal to apple
Product diversification
WEAKNESSES
Focusing on internal engg. More than marketing
High price
Consumer faced problems with faulty batteries
Had difficulties on some of its products’ quality control
Not issued dividends
OPPORTUNITIES
Less expensive new product lines with quality.
Product line is functional and attractive.
Flexibility to its users.
iPods are able to communicate.
New car models with iPod connectivity.
THREATS
Pressure from competitors.
Substitution effect
Technology changes at a rapid rate.
Forced to develop new products.
Apple Inc. becomes the most valuable corporation in the history, with its approximate market value of
$623bn (£397bn), beating Microsoft’s record.
APPLE beat Microsoft’s 1999 value record of $620.58
The price for Apple shares was $664.74 in New York midday trading and then fell to $663.