now challenging even arch-rival Apple as the leading pace-setter. It was already South Korea's biggest and most powerful business conglomerate. During the 1980s it was one of the five dominant "chaebol"

inevitably, but also Dell, Apple and HP for computers, and Apple and Amazon among others for tablets and other mobile devices. LG Display reported sales of KWon 26,504bn ($22.8bn) in 2016. Almost a

virtually overnight, by Apple's iPod. At the same time Samsung and LG usurped Sony's position in televisions and home entertainment appliances, myriad mobile phone manufacturers eviscerated Sony's digital

share decline dramatically as a result of growth from Apple, Samsung and LG. A key flaw was Panasonic's very late entry into the smartphone market - it didn't launch its first until 2011. As a result,

2007 the group secured exclusive rights to market Apple's iPhone in France. Because of local competition laws, Orange was obliged to offer the iPhone unlocked so that it could be used on any mobile network,

prompted by Apple's iPhone and the explosion of devices powered by Google's Android operating system. The speed of that change caught Nokia completely off-guard. As the company's dominance crumbled, it

the group secured an exclusive right to market Apple's iPhone in Germany, along similar lines to the single-operator policy arranged by Apple in other countries. Within two weeks of its launch however,

placing it #4 worldwide behind Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi. However a dramatic shift in local consumer trends in China in early 2016 towards lower-priced handsets bought direct from manufacturers caused

including two home-made inventions, the Apple Fritter and the "Dutchie", a square glazed doughnut with raisins. Retired policeman Ron Joyce became his business partner three years later and the chain

the sun before imploding in the wake of Samsung and Apple's global dominance. Canadian manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) arguably set the standard for mobile corporate communications during the early