Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2012 No Comments »
Although black Friday is American by tradition its legendary sales have been used in the UK to attract customers. Amazon cut prices by “up to 40 per cent on around 1,000 items until Saturday as part of its Black Friday Deals Week.” In coloration with this online sale, “online prices are falling at their highest […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2012 No Comments »
“Jaguar Land Rover is to make vehicles in China for the first time after Beijing approved a £1bn joint venture.” China is a growing market for Jaguar Land Rover, with the Chinese sales of JLR models already risen “by 80% so far this year.” To meet the demand from the Chinese market JLR will build […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2012 No Comments »
This is a repose to Rubin Chernenko’s blog on October 9, 2012 titles Plug Problems. With new products, such as the Iphone 5, Apple is replacing its iconic 30-pin connecter with a new, thinner and more efficient 9-pin connection. This will create a compatibility issue with all previously released IOS devices. Third party producers must […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2012 No Comments »
This is a response to Rachel Thexton’s blog The Twitter Era, November 7, 2012. Social media has become a key marketing tool with website such as Facebook and Twitter allowing you to “talk to consumers.” Twitter has become the biggest stage on which companies can listen to market trends, and bridges the gap between producer […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2012 No Comments »
Ikea recently released a public statement that it “…deeply regrets the use of political prisoners as forced labour in communist East Germany by some of its suppliers.” It seems that the statement was a PR ploy that’s aim was to maintain the positive image that many consumers associate with the brand. In order to do […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2012 No Comments »
This post is a response to Sagher Bajwa’s Blog on October 6 about Unethical Marketing. The image exampled shows a pregnant woman holding a beer. This advertisement is seen to be projecting the image of drinking whilst pregnant; in reality, the advert is innocently advertising something that is of no harm: none-alcoholic beer. Although non-alcoholic […]