Sonntag, 30. August 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 – disappoint profit fall


How it seems is Samsung having a difficult time with their new product that aired in April 2015. Up till now was the Korean Company very popular all around the world with their products. Especially with the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, were especially popular in Asia area but it seems like it hit the bottom in Europe and the USA.

This article is focusing on the aspects that Samsung´s expectations haven’t been met and it even ended up with a 2/4 drop in the operation profit, from 4 billion pounds that were expected. The Company had remarkable profit numbers till 2013 but since the smartphone market (Apple - USA and Xiaomi – China) increases year by year, has their annual profit dropped by 15%. The current new Samsung phone the Galaxy S6, has been such a great hit at the Asian Market, but it seems that the USA market and European Market are not so fond of this smartphone, that due to those shipments, there was a huge lost in profit. As well has their market share decreasing by 7.2%.

The Solution to these problems that Samsung can relate to is to change the new update on the S6 and Edge, to newer and more reliable ones that the phone might come back on the European market. As well would the company have the opportunity to merge to boost control over the conglomerate.

The Samsung Article, although that is just a small analysis of this weeks problem of the new Samsung product. It shows a focus on marketing and objectives. Which scopes around the Business Management Syllabus, as well does it touch the topic of market share, how it has dropped this year on the smartphone market. 

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Globalization: Explains the fact that Samsung has reached to this conclusion early and tries to find new market Strategies to get the sales up.