Beats By Dre: How the power of music led Beats to victory

Beats by Dre, a headphones brand, successfully established itself in the global headphones market by pairing with sports to promote its product as a tool for victory.

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Brand: Beats by DreClient: Omar Johnson

Executive summary

You may not remember or believe it, but there was a time when Beats By Dre was the brunt of internet memes, dismissed by 'serious' audiophiles as the poser's headphone. You bought Beats if you didn't 'get' music. If you were serious, you bought Sennheiser or Sony or Bose or Bang&Olufsen. But not Beats.

But now you do buy Beats.

Everyone buys Beats.

Around 70% of headphones sold globally are Beats By Dre.

Even Apple bought Beats. For 3 billion US dollars.

And why? Because Beats did...

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