Sorry if this has been stated already but if I was apple, I would pull all my products out of best buy barring a contractual obligation. Lets face it, BB is going to go out of business. In fact, if it wasn't for Apple having their products in their stores they might already be out of business. Pull apple products out and cut the head off the snake of best buy. Best buy needs apple a lot more then apple needs best buy.
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Seriously, you blind defenders of copycats are getting old.
Apparently, there was a loud "WHOOSH" heard over your head because this is not about who invented the "idea" but rather Samsung copying the specific implementation of the idea over and over again.
Apple takes a concept that did not really work well such as the smartphone or the brand store or the store in store concept and gives it a unique flavor that resonates with the general consumer. The problem is that Samsung is basically taking Apples implementation of the idea and making a cheap copy of it instead of creating a new implementation of the general idea.
Oh the saddest part is that you really believe what you write.
A front page news article on an Apple site about Samsung; Apple's arch enemy.
Before I even clicked the thread, I was wondering what type of comments I'd see:
- OMG Samsung is copying Apple
- I'll never buy Samsung
- Is this SumsungRumors?
I was not disappointed.
Before I even clicked the thread, I was wondering what type of comments I'd see:
- OMG Samsung is copying Apple
- I'll never buy Samsung
- Is this SumsungRumors?
I was not disappointed.
As much as I don't like it, it's called business. And when you're in business you also have to do something called competing.
When competing in business, the one that sells the better value usually wins.
It doesn't have to be a better product, only better value.
When competing in business, the one that sells the better value usually wins.
It doesn't have to be a better product, only better value.
Samsung's marketing strategy =
1/ criticizing Apple with ridiculous commercials nobody likes or understands
2/ copying Apple on whatever they do
3/ creating giant phones believing that we all have michael jordan's hands
1/ criticizing Apple with ridiculous commercials nobody likes or understands
2/ copying Apple on whatever they do
3/ creating giant phones believing that we all have michael jordan's hands
who are them?
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Samsung's marketing strategy =
1/ criticizing Apple with ridiculous commercials nobody likes or understands
2/ copying Apple on whatever they do
3/ creating giant phones believing that we all have michael jordan's hands
Seems to be their plan, but are they really gaining market share in the premium smart phone market, since that is the only phone market apple is in now.
The fact of the matter is, this isn't an Apple v Samsung issue, it's indicative on how cash strapped BB is. Retailers losing money need additional revenue streams and if leasing out portions of their buildings, cutting employee costs and driving up foot traffic can increase that stream in the short term, then I think you'll start seeing dedicated end caps (such as PS3, Xbox, etc.) start becoming replaced with more 'stores within stores'.
Verizon did the same thing inside Circuit City... before they went bankrupt.
Verizon did the same thing inside Circuit City... before they went bankrupt.
Read.
This was BestBuy's idea. Not Samsungs.
Also, if you'd been in a shop pre 2008, you'd know that Apple didnt invent store within a store. Far from it. We used to have a Dell store within a store in our local 'Tandy' shop back in the early 1990s (Tandy being RadioShack's former UK arm).
In ProjectionWorld, maybe. On Earth? Quite unlikely.
You seem to think that "normal people" have ever paid attention to an allegation that Samsung is a copycat, and further, that they have internalized it and that they think about it whenever Samsung enters their consciousness.
Nope. That is just you and a handful of others. "Normal people" have no inkling that you guys even think that way.
Samsung's marketing strategy =
1/ criticizing Apple with ridiculous commercials nobody likes or understands
2/ copying Apple on whatever they do
3/ creating giant phones believing that we all have michael jordan's hands
1) Only Apple 'fanboys' really noticed that
2) Show me where the S3, S4 or Galaxy tab copies Apple. The S2 was the last device to do so.
3) They sell. That's like complaining about Apple making a bigger iMac. Dumb argument.
The brilliance of this strategic move by Samsung is the obvious.
There's a saying in the car business " People buy with their eyes". Apple knows this all too well, it motivates them to create beautiful designs.
Now Samsung will have a "special place" to showcase their creations. Androids about to get another big boost.
Somewhere in the bowels of the Apple campus, there's a lot of concern.
It'd sure be nice to see this motivate Apple to kick it into high gear and create a _really fresh_ and new iPhone. Always the optimist, even though I may express my disappointment in some of Apples choices & actions, I know they're capable.
They big question is will they create?
Or will they rely on their disciples to make every excuse & argument as to why Apple is fine and remains God in their eyes.
There's a saying in the car business " People buy with their eyes". Apple knows this all too well, it motivates them to create beautiful designs.
Now Samsung will have a "special place" to showcase their creations. Androids about to get another big boost.
Somewhere in the bowels of the Apple campus, there's a lot of concern.
It'd sure be nice to see this motivate Apple to kick it into high gear and create a _really fresh_ and new iPhone. Always the optimist, even though I may express my disappointment in some of Apples choices & actions, I know they're capable.
They big question is will they create?
Or will they rely on their disciples to make every excuse & argument as to why Apple is fine and remains God in their eyes.
A front page news article on an Apple site about Samsung; Apple's arch enemy.
Before I even clicked the thread, I was wondering what type of comments I'd see:
- OMG Samsung is copying Apple
- I'll never buy Samsung
- Is this SumsungRumors?
I was not disappointed.
The funny thing is, those comments seem to be from people who cant read. BestBuy were the ones that decided to do the store-within-a-store on Samsung. So if anything BestBuy is...uh...copying themselves. Altho then you could argue that they are copying every computer shop chain from the early 1990s to the present as store-within-a-store has been around for at least 20 years in the tech industry.
Apple has copied Sony for decades. Everybody always thinks COPYCAT whenever they see an Apple product.
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uhm its a instore store like any other ive seen over the last 10 years or so (SONY has them too, at least over here)
what r they supposed to do? make a store in the middle of a swimming pool with half naked girls wistling the samsung tune while shaking their asses to the tablets in their hands?
anyway as a customer i couldnt care less who "took the idea of whom" its only beneficial for me as a person in the end
Why is everyone going ballistic over this? Have you never heard of a department store? Perhaps BestBuy is starting to implement a similar model for the more "special" products/brands.
I actually like bestbuy and shop there since it's conveniently located 5 min from me. Why would I drive 20 min to the nearest apple location to get a cable when I can drive to bestbuy and get a cable and be back home by the time I would get to the apple store? Plus, whenever my family needs a phone (that we haven't pre-ordered) I prefer bestbuy since their prices are usually better/same and their lines aren't as long.
I actually like bestbuy and shop there since it's conveniently located 5 min from me. Why would I drive 20 min to the nearest apple location to get a cable when I can drive to bestbuy and get a cable and be back home by the time I would get to the apple store? Plus, whenever my family needs a phone (that we haven't pre-ordered) I prefer bestbuy since their prices are usually better/same and their lines aren't as long.
I really like this. I wish more brands did this. I find brands and devices more compelling when I can actually test it out and interact with it at a store.
The last original idea the Koreans came up with are cooking your food on the table you dine on.
Then again they probably got the idea from the Japanese who got it from the Germans
Then again they probably got the idea from the Japanese who got it from the Germans
The last original idea the Koreans came up with are cooking your food on the table you dine on.
Then again they probably got the idea from the Japanese who got it from the Germans
Everybody knows that Apple invented that.
Do people actually still physically shop at Best Buy?
BBY is up 50% since the first of the year. How is AAPL doing?
Do people still shop at Apple?
