
Hopes are set on a turnaround...
By Ron Coates
Published: 20 August 2004 12:30 GMT
Nokia is bringing in a Coca-Cola executive to take over brand management as part of its plans to regain market share.
Accustomed to being top dog, the handset maker has seen its market share slide to just under 30 per cent in the second quarter of this year.
The company is now slicing up its broad product range into six marketing categories -- premium, fashion, classic, active, expression and entry -- and is turning to Coke's Keith Pardy to manage the new brands.
Pardy, a Canadian who worked for Coke for 17 years, was vice president of global brands for the company's non-cola products. Unlike his predecessor, he will be based in London rather than Finland.
Nokia has missed out on a number of the most successful developments in mobile phones in recent years and some of its attempts to regain ground have failed.
The N-Gage game deck, for instance, has been a disappointment and the 7700 stylus input device is now accepted by the company as a mere prototype for something better next year. Nokia hopes to regain ground from a late start in clamshell-style handsets with an entry-level design, a 3G model and other smart phones.
However, any turnaround may take time. Most of the products announced earlier this year are not expected to affect sales until the end of 2004 or early 2005.
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