Samsung vs. Apple: Insights for Achieving Brand Affinity
As the holidays approach, marketers across all product categories are preparing for what they hope will be a lucrative shopping season. For those in electronic device marketing, kids begging their parents for new gadgets will be a big help: Recent research shows that 75% of children are asking for mobile phones, and current ownership is no deterrent—more than three-fourths of kids already own a cell phone and are requesting a new...
Will The Hispanic Market Help Samsung Beat Apple?
Samsung’s marketing budget is legendary. In their struggle to topple Apple, the devices brand has a reported $14 billion marketing budget, which would make it bigger than those of Apple, Coca-Cola, HP, Dell, and Microsoft combined — and more than Iceland’s GDP. Yet they still trail the seemingly untouchable brand Steve Jobs built. But it turns out there is one group of consumers with whom Samsung and other Apple competitors have an...
The Mobile Device Path to Purchase: Parents & Children
New Communicus research sheds light on kids and mobile devices. According to the study, one-third of American pre-kindergarten-age children have their own tablet, while two-thirds of kids regularly use tablets. Among those that do not have tablets, 50% ask their parents to buy them one. Children who already have a mobile device are as likely (or more likely) to ask for a new device, as are those without one. More kids want iPads or...