Samsung: Inspire the world, Create the future
A case study about Samsung, its strategies to grow from a follower to a leader, its advertising strategies.
2. Agenda
1. About Samsung.
2. Transformation from
follower to leader.
3. Product Life Cycle.
4. Marketing in an
economic downturn.
5. Advertising.
6. Case study.
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4. Diversified into areas
including
•Food processing
•Textiles
•Insurance
•Securities.
Electronics industry:
late 1960s
Construction and
shipbuilding
industries: mid-
1970s
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10. During Asian financial crisis in 1997,
Samsung took different approach.
•It cut costs
•Reemphasized product quality and
manufacturing flexibility.
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11. Innovation distinguishes between a
leader and a follower.
-Steve Jobs
Samsung invested heavily
in Innovation.
Focused on Memory-chip
business.
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12. Highly invested into R&D during 2000s,
budgeting $40 billion for 2005-10.
Increased digital convergence.
13. PARTNERSHIP WITH
SONY
To create a $2 billion state-of-
art LCD factory.
Agreement to share 24,000
patents for components and
production processes.
14. Samsung’s Success: Product Innovation
Aggressive Brand Building
Spent over $7 billion in marketing.
Sponsored six Olympics.
15. Ran several global ad campaigns
themed “Imagine”, “Quietly
brilliant” and “YOU”.
Included brand messages
“technology”, ”design” and
“sensation”.
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16. Nokia was the undisputed leader
in the mobile market by huge
margin.
Samsung was behind the Market leader,
Nokia, until the emergence of Smart
phones by Apple.
18. Focused on Growing Technology such
as Smart Phones
Partnered
with Google’s
Android
software
Green partnership
with Microsoft to
create energy
efficient computers.
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20. Samsung accounts for 17
percent of Korea's Gross
Domestic Product
Samsung's net sales for
2011 were $247 billion.
Samsung's electronics
division sales were $179
billion. In 2011, Apple did
$127.8 billion in sales.
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21. Samsung Electronics' profit last quarter was $8.27 billion,
much of it from smart phones. For comparison, Google's
operating profit last quarter was $3.4 billion.
22. Samsung spent over $4 billion in advertising last
year, plus an additional $5 billion in marketing. Its ad
budget dwarfs everyone else.
27. Advertising:
Provide the public with accurate through fair and high-quality
advertisements, thus helping customers with their buying
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33. Samsung is the global leader in flat-
panel TVs and memory chips and
number 2 in mobile phones
It has reached $110 billion in 2008 and
$247 billion in 2011 in sales.
So, definitely it is possible to
reach $400 billion in sales by
2020
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34. Summary
1. About Samsung
2. Transformation from follower to leader
3. Product Life Cycle
4. Marketing in an economic downturn
5. Advertising
6. Case study
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