Critical marketing issues

Focusing on a new and developing field, this text provides an overview of the development of marketing thought and the emergence of critical marketing. It covers a range of topics important to a critical marketing or contemporary issues in marketing course, including a number of topics (e.g. postcolonialism and marketing) previously not examined in detail in marketing.     

Marketing is an important area of management activity in any organisation. It generates trade and involves analysing, planning, managing and controlling activities concerned with creating and maintaining high levels of customer service and satisfaction. The marketer's central task is to make the brand easy to buy and this requires ensuring people can find it and know about it. This book does that as it covers the main concepts and principles that underlie marketing theory and practice. Bridging academic theory and real-world marketing knowledge, the book introduces students to the core topics necessary for their undergraduate studies and is designed with the future professional in mind. It clearly illustrates how marketing problems have been solved in business - connecting theory to practice. Combined with an enriched digital ebook version of the book (registration code and website included on print book cover flap) it is very practical in orientation and provides a more realistic view of marketing issues. Written by a combination of marketing academics and marketing scientists who engage with industry it presents information that is practical and interesting in a style that is theoretical and accessible.

In an increasingly interconnected global business environment, it is crucial that marketers recognise how a better understanding of cultural differences can help improve performance.   Marketing Across Cultures examines how multinational companies can appreciate and adapt to international diversity. By comparing national marketing systems with local commercial customs, Usunier and Lee use a cross-cultural approach that provides essential information on how marketing strategies can be implemented in different national contexts.   Full of up-to-date examples, numerous illustrations and using clear language, this text will guide students through key cultural marketing issues.  

Marketing is the crucial connection between company and customer; no enterprise can expect to succeed without a substantial investment in its marketing efforts. Not surprisingly, marketing is one of the core areas of study in the hundreds of business schools and MBA programs around the world, and a vital department of virtually every business. This dynamic set showcases the most current trends, issues, ideas, and practices in marketing, especially as the field evolves in the context of globalization and advances in technology. From branding to public relations, e-tailing to customer-retention strategies, overseas expansion to promoting sports products, Marketing in the 21st Century covers the full spectrum of marketing-related issues, in their business and cultural contexts. Written by leading academic thinkers and business practitioners, the four volumes highlight emerging and innovative practices, illustrated through examples from around the world. Volume 1, New World Marketing, provides insights and tools for conducting business internationally, with emphasis on market research, market entry, and distribution strategies, and coverage of emerging markets, including China, India, and Eastern Europe. Volume 2, Interactive and Multi-Channel Marketing, explores the impact of new technologies on acquiring and retaining customers, including discussion of direct and interactive marketing techniques, customer data analysis, and ethics in marketing. Volume 3, Company and Customer Relations, deals with such issues as reputation and trust building, relationship marketing, sales management, and customer privacy. Volume 4, Integrated Marketing Communication, covers consumer demographics, multi-media communication strategies, and micromarketing. Collectively, these volumes represent the state of the art in the field. They are an essential resource for anyone studying, teaching, researching, or practicing the art and science of marketing.

Marketing is civilized warfare. And as high-tech products become increasingly standardized -- practically identical, from the customer's point of view -- it is marketing that spells life or death for new devices or entire firms. In a book that is as fascinating as it is pragmatic, William H. Davidow, a legend in Silicon Valley, where he was described as "the driving force behind the micro processor explosion," tells how to fight the marketing battle in the intensely competitive world of high-tech companies -- and win. Blunt, pithy, and knowledgeable, Davidow draws on his successful marketing experience at Intel Corporation to create a complete program for marketing victory. He drives home the basics, such as how to go head-on against the competition; how to "plan products, not devices"; how to give products a "soul"; and how to engineer promotions, market internationally, motivate salespeople, and rally distributors. Above all, he demonstrates the critical importance of servicing and supporting customers. Total customer satisfaction, Davidow makes clear, must be every high-tech marketer's ultimate goal. The only comprehensive marketing strategy book by an insider, Marketing High Technology looks behind the scenes at industry-shaking clashes involving Apple and IBM, Visicorp and Lotus, Texas Instruments and National Semiconductor. He recounts his own involvement in Crush, Intel's innovative marketing offensive against Motorola, to demonstrate, step-by-step, how it became an industry prototype for a winning high-tech campaign. Davidow clearly spells out 16 principles which increase the effectiveness of marketing programs. From examples as diverse as a Rolling Stones concert and a microprocessor chip, he defines a true "product." He analyzes and explains in new ways the strategic importance of distribution as it relates to market sector, pricing, and the pitfalls it entails. He challenges some traditional marketing theory and provides unique and important insights developed from over 20 years in the high-tech field. From an all-encompassing philosophy that great marketing is a crusade requiring total commitment, to a careful study of the cost of attacking a competitor, this book is an essential tool for survival in today's high-risk, fast- changing, and very lucrative high-tech arena.

Marketing Strategy: The Thinking Involved is an innovative text that holds that marketing thinking leads to effective marketing strategy. It goes beyond simply introducing students to concepts and theories in the field by providing them with tools and methods to develop marketing thinking and questioning skills that will help them apply the concepts to real-life marketing strategy issues. As the chapters progress, the questions develop towards higher levels and more specialized inquiry, helping students acquire the skills needed in the practice of marketing. The book contains a wealth of pedagogy to support this active learning approach.

For Marketing Ethics, Marketing and Society, and any Marketing course that covers ethical issues. Marketing Ethics recognizes the higher order obligations of marketing and provides a forum to discuss critical issues and incidents that raise questions about ethics in marketing.

This book reflects the dynamic environment inhabited by today's marketers, helping readers understand the marketplace and integrate the appropriate information into marketing decisions. Its modern, integrated presentation and strategy-based focus covers only those critical, fundamental topics required to succeed in future course or professional work. Topics include the concept of marketing; the marketing manager's job; the development of a marketing strategy; marketing research; consumer behavior and analysis; organizational buying behavior; market structure and competitor analysis; marketing mix decision-making; communications and advertising strategy; channels of distribution; the personal sales channel; pricing; sales promotion; customer relationship management; strategies for service markets; strategies for technology-based markets; global marketing strategies; and new product development. For practicing marketing managers, business managers, and IT professionals.

A marketing management course shouldn't be treated like a principles class. And an upper-level text doesn't need to be written like an encyclopedia. That's why Marketing Management, 2e takes a direct, "no bull" approach, bringing concepts to life without dry explanations and unnecessary "extra" information. Theoretical and practical considerations are balanced throughout. Coverage of critical and contemporary marketing topics includes integration of e-commerce and a unique chapter on estimating marketing demand.

Few marketers recognize the extraordinary range of metrics now available for evaluating their strategies and tactics. In Marketing Metrics, four leading researchers and consultants systematically introduce today's most powerful marketing metrics.  The authors show how to use a "dashboard" of metrics to view market dynamics from various perspectives, maximize accuracy, and "triangulate" to optimal solutions. Their comprehensive coverage includes measurements of promotional strategy, advertising, and distribution; customer perceptions; market share; competitors' power; margins and profits; products and portfolios; customer profitability; sales forces and channels; pricing strategies; and more.  You'll learn how and when to apply each metric, and understand tradeoffs and nuances that are critical to using them successfully. The authors also demonstrate how to use marketing metrics as leading indicators, identifying crucial new opportunities and challenges. For clarity and simplicity all calculations can be performed by hand, or with basic spreadsheet techniques. In coming years, few marketers will rise to senior executive levels without deep fluency in marketing metrics. This book is the fastest, easiest way to gain that fluency.

Thoroughly revised and updated, MARKETING STRATEGY, 5e continues with one primary goal: to teach students to think and act like marketers. Packed with cutting-edge coverage, current examples, new cases, and--for the first time--photographs, the fifth edition delivers a practical, straightforward approach to analyzing, planning, and implementing marketing strategies--helping students learn to develop a customer-oriented market strategy and market plan. Students sharpen their analytical and creative critical thinking skills as they learn the key concepts and tools of marketing strategy. Continuing in the text's signature student-friendly style, the fifth edition covers essential points without getting bogged down in industry jargon--all in a succinct 12 chapters.

Real Data, Real People, Real Research. In the Eight Edition of Marketing Research, McDaniel and Gates continue to share their real-life experiences from the industry to teach students how to make critical business decisions through the study of market research.  The authors’ practical approach and emphasis on being “real” has made this one of the world’s leading marketing research texts.  Like no other, this text prepares students by introducing actual data samples, marketing research professionals, and real-world case problems.  Filled with engaging, current examples drawn from the authors' ongoing involvement in the field, this comprehensive text teaches students how to become effective consumers of market research.

This world-wide best-selling book highlights the most recent trends and developments in global marketing—with an emphasis on the importance of teamwork between marketing and all the other functions of the business. It introduces new perspectives in successful strategic market planning, and presents additional company examples of creative, market-focused, and customer-driven action. Coverage includes a focus on marketing in the 21st Century that introduces the new ideas, tools and practices companies will need to successfully operate in the New Millenium. Chapter topics discuss building customer satisfaction, market-oriented strategic planning, analyzing consumer markets and buyer behavior, dealing with the competition, designing pricing strategies and programs, and managing the sales force. For marketing managers who want to increase their understanding of the major issues of strategic, tactical, and administrative marketing—along with the opportunities and needs of the marketplace in the years ahead.

The fourth edition of Marketing for Tourism provides an introduction to the general theory of marketing and its application in the various sectors of the travel and tourism industry. This leading text has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent changes within this dynamic and fast-moving sector. A number of in-depth case studies compliment a strong pedagogical structure throughout the book, including learning objectives, illustrations, examples, end-of-chapter questions and issues for discussion. Clearly laid out and accessibly written, the book is ideal for students taking modules on Marketing for Tourism within undergraduate degrees in Tourism, Marketing and Business Studies. It is also suitable for postgraduate, professional and conversion courses in Tourism.

The latest theories on cultural identity and the impact of ethnicity on the practice of marketing are presented in this timely book. Issues addressed include: various ethnic responses to marketing strategies; marketing and ethnicity in developing countries and emerging capitalist nations; the effect of ethnicity on product evaluation and choice; the use of consumer goods and services to express ethnicity; and the involvement of specific ethnic groups in various aspects of the marketing profession.