Ngonyaka owodwa ngaphezulu inkampani esekwe eCupertino ibuyela ukuhola ukukleliswa kwezinkampani ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, kulandele iGoogle ne-Coca-Cola. Inani lomkhiqizo we-Apple emakethe lifinyelela kumadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-178.1, ngaphezulu kwezimbangi zalo eziphezulu emakethe njengeGoogle, iMicrosoft neSamsung. I-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuhola lesi sikhundla yize kwehlile ukuthengiswa kwethuluzi layo elihamba phambili, i-iPhone, izibalo zonyaka esizobona ngo-Okthoba 25, lapho uTim Cook ememezela imiphumela yezimali yenkampani ngekota yokugcina yenkampani, i-Q4 kanye nama-akhawunti ahambelana unyaka wonke wezimali ophele ngoSepthemba 30.
Inani lomkhiqizo we-Apple ibilokhu yanda ngokuqinile kusukela ngonyaka kusukela ngo-2002, lapho ibifanele u- $ 5,2 billion. I-Apple iyisibonelo esicacile sokuthi i-ecosystem yomkhiqizo ikwazi kanjani ukukhulisa inani lomkhiqizo, imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphakeme ngokusebenza okuhlanganisiwe kuyo yonke imvelo yenkampani eyenza ukusetshenziswa nokuvumelanisa phakathi kwayo. Kepha lo nyaka awuzange ube muhle njengeminyaka edlule kwazise ukunyuka kwenani lawo kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule kube yi-5% kuphela.
Imikhiqizo enokwazisa okuphezulu kakhulu ngonyaka odlule
Ezikhundleni eziyishumi zokuqala kuphela ICoca-Cola, iToyota, iMercedes-Benz ne-GE yizona kuphela izinkampani ezingaphandle komkhakha wezobuchwepheshe, lapho ngaphezu kwe-Apple, i-Google ne-Microsoft sithola futhi i-IBM, i-Samsung ne-Amazon. Inkampani ekhule kakhulu uma iqhathaniswa nezibalo zanyakenye yiFacebook eno-48%, ilandelwe yi-Amazon ngo-33%, i-LEGO yona yaba ngu-25%, iNissan yona yaba ngu-22% kwathi i-Adobe yona yathola u-21%. Phakathi kwezinkampani ezintsha ezifake lesi sigaba sithola i-TESLA, Dior ne-HP. I-Interbrand yinkampani eqhuba lolu hlobo lokufunda kanye neForbes neBarndZ. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, i-Apple ibilokhu ikhuphuka esikhundleni kuze kube ngo-2013 ikwazi ukuthola isikhundla sokuqala, isusa iCoca-Cola, inkampani okuthe kusukela lapho unyaka nonyaka iqhubeka nokwehla ekuthandweni.
