Buying Process for a New Laptop
The influence of marketing, promotion and long-term branding on the buying process of products and services continued to be accelerated by greater use of analytics and more effective use of digital media and channels. The intent of this analysis is to evaluate how the buying process for a new laptop running Microsoft Windows 8 was completed, factoring in the effects of marketing in each stage of the process.
Analysis of the Buying Process
Recently the family laptop running Microsoft Windows Vista had a final hard disk crash that left it inoperable. Our family's problem is that the laptop is used for checking e-mails across school and personal accounts, in addition to tracking expenses and also hosting Skype sessions around the country. The problem recognition phase of the buying process is predicated on evaluating substitutes and selecting a specific alternative, often a product that represents a solution (Shiffman, Kanuk, 2010). Our recognized problem was the lack of computing system power in our home and the fact that smartphones...
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Consumers' high level of interest in all these products and their build-to-order configurations also point to significant bargaining power of suppliers. Suppliers of MP3 players, cell phones and convergence products also have a significant bargaining power relative to Best Buy and other retailers, and this is especially true of Apple with their series of iPods. MP3 as the market standard for music formats has correspondingly lead to significant bargaining power
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