Apple began to sell its new product, iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus on September, which has caused wide public concern.  While the new design of 4,7-inch screen for iphone 6 and 5.5-inch for iphone 6 plus attract people’s attention, the ads on its official website “Bigger and bigger” sounds  original.

However, the product – iphone 6 plus is not as perfect as it looks like.  Few people who bought iphone 6 plus immediately after it is offered found it accidentally  bent in their jeans’ pocket. That is how rumours spread. Some media exaggerated this flaw into a extremely serious issue which might negatively affected the reputation of Apple even though only 8 out of 10000 iphone 6 plus  became warped.

From my perspective, it is not fair for  Apple to be blamed excessively for 8 bent iphone 6 plus.  As a company which has a huge quantity of following as its innovative design and high quality,  Apple apparently is one of most popular brand right now. Therefore,  its products are always under spotlight.  People easily become captious about it, hoping that Apple products are permanently flawless. However, what people ignore is that iphone is a human product made by low-weight metal. It is bigger so it is scientifically much easily to bend.  Meanwhile, Apple also has indicated that customers owned a bent iphone can have replacement in Apple Store.

To sum up, iphone 6 plus is still worth buying as it is creative and awesome.

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2014/09/30/iphone-6-bendgate-science/

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http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/25/iphone-6-plus-bent-apple-inc-may-replace-it-depending-on-how-it-was-warped/

Alibaba, which is a online shopping company founded by a talented guy – Jack Ma, has generated “buzz” all around the world recently for its IPO.

Like Ali Baba, who discovered the secret of a gold coin cave and got rich in that old Arabic folk tale, Alibaba is getting strong economic power as the founder – Jack Ma found out the secret of how to attract customers and build brand reputation for Alibaba. Now, with increasing public concerns about its world-wide expansion plan, the competitive advantages of it reveal. Meanwhile, it possibly posts a threat to online-shopping giants – eBay and Amazon.

Established in 1999,  Alibaba has been though a tough time to convince customers e-tailing is trustworthy. It is, at present, focusing on two channels online – Tmall and Taobao. While Tmall is primarily for brand goods with authorization (E-tailors should have business licence.), Taobao is for whoever wants to sell anything they are willing to (A consumer-to-consumer platform).  From statistic provided online, there are almost 1 billion products provided in Taobao, and 60% of the parcels in express are from Taobao.

China has the biggest market on e-business as people prefer e-tailing because it saves money and gives them a variety of choices in goods. It is, to some extent, boost the prosperity of online shopping. At the same time, this may result in an influx of wholesalers into Alibaba as the demand increases. With this positive cycle model, it is not a difficult thing for Alibaba to apply its excellent models to explore world-wide market.

In  a word, Alibaba is a legend with intelligent stuff and extraordinary model. It is predicable that Alibaba would be a lot stronger in world after its IPO.

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Forbes   (http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2014/09/20/beyond-the-ipo-buzz-alibabas-advantages/)

The Economists  (http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573981-chinas-e-commerce-giant-could-generate-enormous-wealthprovided-countrys-rulers-leave-it)

CVS Caremark, a large chain drugstore  which chose not to sell any cigarettes or tobacco products from Feb, 2014, made a wise decision which shows its business ethics. Obviously, this company would benefit from this decision in the long run. In the same time, they may decrease the possibility that the public getting chronic diseases causing by smoke. Personally, I can’t agree more with this idea for its sustainability. Undeniably, CVS met a lot of problems at the very beginning. The first concern for them was the decreasing profits for the company. This may drive away customers to other competitors, weakening their competition in the market. Meanwhile, their prohibition of selling cigarettes might not change the current situation– the percentage of smoking people would not go down because the average people may find  somewhere else to buy cigarette.  However, CVS has its confidence, aimed at letting other emulate this business section. I believe that this is what makes it a successful company– insightful and longsighted!!

Anyway, companies are born for their own benefits. but companies which keep the business ethics would take some risks at first but becoming stronger and stronger in the long run as they know the rules for long-term surviving of business.

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