Showing posts with label Sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sales. Show all posts
Apple MacBook Price Reduced Upto $200
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Posted by Kida Retail
Apple has made some significant reduction in the prices of its MacBook range of laptops. As per the latest report, 13 inch Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display is now priced at $1,499 while the 13-inch MacBook Air laptop is now available at $1,299 with 256 gigabytes of flash memory. The 13 inch Apple MacBook Pro now is also available with a new 2.6 gigahertz processor, 256 gigabytes flash memory version at a price of $1,699.
Also, there is a news that Apple 15-inch MacBook Pro has been upgraded with a faster 2.4 gigahertz
quad-core processor and the top-end 15-inch notebook with a new 2.7
gigahertz quad-core processor and 16GB of memory.
The reduced pricing from Apple is seen with the dismal looking sales of Macbook in the holiday quarter. One of the major reasons for the same is the growing popularity of Apple iPad which has looked to be a good alternative to MacBooks though not as as versatile as the MacBooks.
Anyways. the price cut looks to be good step. Hope this helps Apple in selling more MacBooks this year..!
Apple Shows Strong Sales in India
Friday, February 08, 2013
Posted by Kida Retail
Apple has been successful all over all world but it hasn't be the same case in countries like India and China. But now, it seems things are improving for Apple in a country like India where Apple is getting aggressive day by day. This aggression is one of the major reasons why Apple was able to fetch a sale of over 300% in last 3 months in India.
As per Jayanth Kolla, founder and partner at Convergence Catalyst, a telecom research firm -
Redington which handles 70% of Apple sales in India made a little over Rs 400 crore in the December quarter thus surprised analysts with better-than-expected revenue from iPhone shipments. The sudden spurt in sales was attributed to the full page iPhone-related newspaper advertisements.
As per JK Jaishankar, managing director of Ingram Micro India, one of the largest distributors of electronic merchandise -
Apple seems to be doing whatever it can but the need of the hour is to have a broad range of products which Apple doesn't have. As per Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner -
As per Jayanth Kolla, founder and partner at Convergence Catalyst, a telecom research firm -
Apple is doing what it did in China three or four years ago. They studied the market, learned consumer needs and suddenly went aggressive. From having about 30 people here six months ago, Apple India is now about 150-people strong.The latest IDC report says that sales of Apple devices, especially iPhones, have gone up by 3-4 times in India over past three months. This is because of the open distribution model where Apple has signed up with distributors Remington and Ingram Micro to target Asia-pacific market with strong focus on China and India.
Redington which handles 70% of Apple sales in India made a little over Rs 400 crore in the December quarter thus surprised analysts with better-than-expected revenue from iPhone shipments. The sudden spurt in sales was attributed to the full page iPhone-related newspaper advertisements.
As per JK Jaishankar, managing director of Ingram Micro India, one of the largest distributors of electronic merchandise -
It is a joint effort by Apple and its distributors. While other brands have an in-house team for advertisements, Apple does that through its partners,As per the latest report, Some 251 million phones are expected to be sold in India this year. And Apple in India is competing against Samsung and other small players. Apple has a negligible share of the local smartphone market, where Samsung is the clear leader...!
Apple seems to be doing whatever it can but the need of the hour is to have a broad range of products which Apple doesn't have. As per Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner -
Aggressive marketing and a push with distributors can increase brand visibility and connect, but they would need a broader portfolio for increasing market share.
iPhone 5 Creates Record in China With 2 Million Sales in Opening Weekend
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Posted by Kida Retail
The iPhone 5 was launched in China the last week and as per the latest report, iPhone 5 made a record sales of 2 million units in its opening weekend. A statement was released by Apple about the same in which Tim Cook described the same as
Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible, setting a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in China. China is a very important market for us and customers there cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products.”
Indeed China is a big market for Apple but yes the company seems to be getting stiff competition from Android, currently the biggest threat to Apple. Android-powered devices are eating up the growing smartphone market in China but the recent love shown by Apple fans in China shows that Apple is still going strong in China. Apple is presently trying hard to increase its reach in China by partnering with China Mobile - the world’s largest carrier with more than 700 million customers.
China is next only to the US in terms of revenue generation for Apple. Apple has also planned to launch iPhone 5 in the 50 new markets of China to speed up its phenomenal growth.
Apart from China, iPhone 5 was also launched in other countries on last friday. Below is a list of those countries -
Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Grenada, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Macedonia Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.
And below is a list of countries where the iPhone 5 is scheduled to be launched on Dec21-
Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Tunisia, Uganda and Vietnam.
This launch of iPhone 5 from Apple has been the most aggressive one with Apple making it sure that iPhone reaches to atleast 100 countries in just 3 months. And Apple seems to have done it !!
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