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SONY E-READER. TEAM # 5 Taylor Kucera Cassandra Pastore Nicole Coumou Kara McDonald Pavel Lubov. About Publishing Industry:. Industry is changing from paper to electronic format. About Us:.
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SONY E-READER TEAM #5 Taylor Kucera Cassandra Pastore Nicole Coumou Kara McDonald PavelLubov
About Publishing Industry: • Industry is changing from paper to electronic format.
About Us: • Leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets, making Sony one of the most widespread entertainment companies in the world.
Our Mission: • Provide our customers with a variety of innovative products, content and services world-wide. • Pursue the dreams of our customers. • Adapt unique products to individual needs of varying demographics by bringing to our customers advanced technology at economic value.
Our Vision: • Generate the largest market share by becoming the leading provider of the electronic book industry. • Partner-up with diverse publishers. • Provide customers with intellectual content at affordable prices. • Offer customers resourceful and sophisticated technology useful for everyday life.
Goals: • Focus on electronics, entertainment and financial services sectors. • Represent a wide range of business. • Remain globally unique. • Aim to emotionally touch and enthuse customers.
Four Strategic Priorities: • Consistent profitability in our core hardware business. • Innovative hardware, software and services. • New customers and geographies. • Environmentally conscious products and processes.
About the Sony E-reader: • Touch screen • E-ink display • Pictures, audio, drawing pad • Make notes, highlight documents • Lacks: • wireless connection, text to talk feature, back lighting
Winning to Us: Our target is to reach a 40% market share within the e-reader industry.
Competition: • Amazon, Kindle • Samsung, Edge • Barnes & Noble, Nook
Five-Forces Threat of New Entrant (and Entry Barriers) HIGH Supplier Power Low - Medium Degree of Rivalry HIGH Buyer Power Low - Medium Complements - Computers Threat of Substitutes Medium - HIGH
Why we will be successful: • Simplicity of product • Existing alliances (raw material providers, publishers) • Brand loyalty • Price differentiation
Conclusion: • Establish alliances with publishers. • Stick with simple and easy to use device. • Add additional features. (online book store, wireless feature)