Category: Mobile Sales

June 15, 2018

Apple Inc. is developing production plans for its next iPhones that stress cheaper liquid-crystal displays, in a sign of consumers’ sensitivity to the price of smartphones. Apple expects LCD models to make up the majority of iPhone sales in its […]

June 12, 2018

The latest Counterpoint Market Pulse research, based on data from April and released this week, finds that Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have taken the top two spots in global smartphone market share, with 2.6 percent each. However, Apple […]

May 22, 2018

Six out of the 10 most popular smartphone models were sold by Apple, the 64-gigabyte iPhone 8 being the most popular, said Counterpoint Research. The 64- and 256-gigabyte versions of the iPhone X ranked second and third — notably, the […]

May 9, 2018

Overall smartphone sales dropped 6.3 percent year over year in Europe in the first quarter, according to research firm Canalys, which described it as “the biggest ever drop in a single quarter.” Apple was the #2 smartphone vendor in Europe […]

May 4, 2018

In further debunking of the notion that the iPhone X was a “flop” or a “failure” —which was conventional wisdom as recently as the end of April —the flagship Apple device is now the world’s best-selling smartphone model, according to […]

May 2, 2018

A Series of Sloppy Supply Chain Stories How did these major financial newspapers fall on their face so sloppily on a story that wasn’t really that hard to get right? In part, it was because the various reporters working for […]

April 9, 2018

The impact eCommerce has had on sales and operations planning (S&OP) is monumental. Customers are more empowered now than ever, and they expect their products to be delivered whenever, however, and wherever they want. The result of these heightened expectations […]

April 8, 2018

We all know or think we know what cold calling is. Yes, it means reaching out with a business presentation/offer towards new potential customers. The salesperson is at the first contact with the customer, and the customer usually has no […]

January 30, 2018

Apple Inc. AAPL -1.21% is slashing planned production of the iPhone X for the three-month period ending March 31, people familiar with the matter say, in a sign of weaker-than-expected demand for the pricey handset. Apple plans to make about […]

December 26, 2017

Ahead of typical seasonal trends, where iPhone sales traditionally cool off after the holidays, supply chain reports have begun projecting doom and gloom for Apple’s flagship iPhone X, prompting analysts to cut estimates. The hand wringing over iPhone X sales […]