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ISBN: 0135192129, 9781292200309
Book publisher: Pearson
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Book Summary: Front Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Brief Contens
Contens
Preface
About the authors
Case matrix
Acknowledgements
Publisher’s acknowledgements
PART ONE DEFINING MARKETING AND THE MARKETING PROCESS
Is marketing for everyone?
1 MARKETING: MANAGING PROFITABLE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Marketing European football
What is marketing?
Marketing defined
The marketing process
Understanding the marketplace and customer needs
Customer needs, wants and demands
Market offerings – products, services and experiences
Customer value and satisfaction
Exchanges and relationships
Markets
Designing a customer-driven marketing strategy
Selecting customers to serve
Choosing a value proposition
Marketing management orientations
MARKETING AT WORK 1.1 Facebook: real-time marketing all the time
Preparing a marketing plan and programme
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Building customer relationships
Managing marketing relationships
The changing nature of customer relationships
Partner relationship management
Capturing value from customers
Creating customer loyalty and retention
Growing share of customer
Building customer equity
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
The new marketing landscape
The new digital age
Rapid globalisation
The call for more ethics and social responsibility
The growth of not-for-profit sector marketing
MARKETING AT WORK 1.2 Metaphors in marketing
So, what is marketing? Pulling it all together
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
2 COMPANY AND MARKETING STRATEGY: PARTNERING TO BUILD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY BT: strategy in turbulent times
Company-wide strategic planning: defining marketing’s role
Defining a market-oriented mission
Setting company objectives and goals
MARKETING AT WORK 2.1 Maersk Line
Designing the business portfolio
Planning marketing: partnering to build customer relationships
Partnering with other company departments
Partnering with others in the marketing system
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Marketing strategy and the marketing mix
Customer-centred marketing strategy
Developing the marketing mix
Managing the marketing effort
Marketing analysis
Marketing planning
Marketing implementation
MARKETING AT WORK 2.2 Chill’d Coconut Water: marketing planning for a new product line
Marketing department organisation
Marketing control
Measuring and managing return on marketing
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
PART TWO UNDERSTANDING THE MARKETPLACE AND CONSUMERS
Making an effort to understand your customers
3 THE MARKETING ENVIRONMENT
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY The boycott of Arla Foods in the Middle East
The company’s microenvironment
The company
Suppliers
Marketing intermediaries
Customers
Competitors
Publics
The company’s macroenvironment
Demographic environment
MARKETING AT WORK 3.1 Environmental turmoil in the German car industry
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Economic environment
Natural environment
Technological environment
MARKETING AT WORK 3.2 The two-edged sword of social media
Political environment
Cultural environment
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Responding to the marketing environment
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
4 MANAGING MARKETING INFORMATION
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Netflix streams success with big data and marketing analytics
Assessing marketing information needs
Developing marketing information
Internal data
MARKETING AT WORK 4.1 Air France–KLM: flying high with CRM
Marketing intelligence
Marketing research
Defining the problem and research objectives
Developing the research plan
Gathering secondary data
EXHIBIT 4.1 Selected information sources
Primary data collection
EXHIBIT 4.2
Implementing the research plan
Interpreting and reporting the findings
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Analysing marketing information
Customer relationship management
Distributing and using marketing information
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Other marketing information considerations
Marketing research in small businesses and non-profit organisations
International marketing research
Public policy and ethics in marketing research
MARKETING AT WORK 4.2 Doubleplusgood market research
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
5 CONSUMER AND BUSINESS BUYER BEHAVIOUR
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Airbus A380
Consumer markets and consumer buyer behaviour
Model of consumer behaviour
Characteristics affecting consumer behaviour
The buyer decision process
MARKETING AT WORK 5.1 Understanding what older consumers want
The buyer decision process for new products
Consumer behaviour across international borders
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Business markets and business buyer behaviour
Business markets
MARKETING AT WORK 5.2 GE: building B2B customer partnerships
Business buyer behaviour
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
PART THREE DESIGNING A CUSTOMER-DRIVEN MAR-KETING STRATEGY AND MARKETING MIX
Putting marketing into action
6 SEGMENTATION, TARGETING AND POSITIONING: BUILDING THE RIGHT RELA-TIONSHIPS WITH THE RIGHT CUSTOMERS
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Baltika: segmenting the beer market in Russia and the West
Market segmentation
Segmenting consumer markets
MARKETING AT WORK 6.1 Sebiro – segmentation in men’s clothing
Segmenting business markets
Segmenting international markets
Requirements for effective segmentation
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Target marketing
Evaluating market segments
Selecting target market segments
Socially responsible target marketing
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Positioning for competitive advantage
Positioning maps
Choosing a positioning strategy
MARKETING AT WORK 6.2 Ryanair’s value proposition: less for much less
Communicating and delivering the chosen position
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
7 PRODUCT, SERVICES AND BRANDING STRATEGY
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Alfred Dunhill Ltd: reconciling tradition and innovation in product and brand management
What is a product?
Products, services and experiences
Levels of product and services
Product and service classifications
Product and service decisions
Individual product and service decisions
Product line decisions
Product mix decisions
Branding strategy: building strong brands
Brand equity
Building strong brands
MARKETING AT WORK 7.1 Naming brands: just how much does a name matter?
Managing brands
MARKETING AT WORK 7.2 Potterheads, Twihards and Tributes
Services marketing
Nature and characteristics of a service
Marketing strategies for service firms
Additional product considerations
Product decisions and social responsibility
International product and services marketing
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
8 DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS AND MANAGING THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Kickstarting new-product development
New-product development strategy
Idea generation
Idea screening
Concept development and testing
EXHIBIT 8.1
Marketing strategy development
Business analysis
Product development
Test marketing
Commercialisation
Organising for new-product development
MARKETING AT WORK 8.1 Electrolux: cleaning up with customer-centred, team-based new-product development
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Product life-cycle strategies
Introduction stage
Growth stage
Maturity stage
Decline stage
MARKETING AT WORK 8.2 VW and Alfa Romeo: German engineering with Italian chic?
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
9 PRICING: UNDERSTANDING AND CAPTURING CUSTOMER VALUE
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Primark – The high cost of low prices?
What is a price?
Factors to consider when setting prices
Customer perceptions of value
Company and product costs
Other internal and external considerations affecting price decisions
MARKETING AT WORK 9.1 Rolex: much more than just a watch
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
New-product pricing strategies
Market-skimming pricing
Market-penetration pricing
Product mix pricing strategies
Product line pricing
Optional-product pricing
Captive-product pricing
By-product pricing
Product bundle pricing
Price adjustment strategies
Discount and allowance pricing
Segmented pricing
Psychological pricing
Promotional pricing
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Geographical pricing
Dynamic pricing
MARKETING AT WORK 9.2 Dynamic pricing at easyJet and Ryanair: climbing the skies with low prices
International pricing
Price changes
Initiating price changes
Responding to price changes
Public policy and pricing
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
10 MARKETING CHANNELS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Pinturas Fierro: slow but safe growth
Supply chains and the value-delivery network
The nature and importance of marketing channels
How channel members add value
Number of channel levels
Channel behaviour and organisation
Channel behaviour
Vertical marketing systems
Horizontal marketing systems
Multichannel distribution systems
Changing channel organisation
MARKETING AT WORK 10.1 Steam-powered marketing: disintermediation in the computer game industry
Channel design decisions
Analysing consumer needs
Setting channel objectives
Identifying major alternatives
Evaluating the major alternatives
Designing international distribution channels
Channel management decisions
Selecting channel members
Managing and motivating channel members
Evaluating channel members
Public policy and distribution decisions
Marketing logistics and supply chain management
Nature and importance of marketing logistics
Goals of the logistics system
Major logistics functions
Integrated logistics management
MARKETING AT WORK 10.2 Zara: fast fashions – really fast
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
11 RETAILING AND WHOLESALING
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Aldi: don’t discount them
Retailing
Types of retailers
EXHIBIT 11.1 Major store retailer types
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Retailer marketing decisions
The future of retailing
MARKETING AT WORK 11.1 Movers and shakers: leaders in European retailing
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Wholesaling
MARKETING AT WORK 11.2 The Greenery: a fresh approach
Types of wholesalers
Wholesaler marketing decisions
Trends in wholesaling
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
12 COMMUNICATING CUSTOMER VALUE: ADVERTISING, SALES PROMOTION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Renault: how a sausage, a sushi roll, a crispbread and a baguette have affected car sales in Europe
The promotion mix
Integrated marketing communications
The new marketing communications landscape
The shifting marketing communications model
The need for integrated marketing communications
Shaping the overall promotion mix
The nature of each promotion tool
Promotion mix strategies
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Advertising
Setting advertising objectives
Setting the advertising budget
Developing advertising strategy
MARKETING AT WORK 12.1 Narrowcasting – Savile Row and science fiction
MARKETING AT WORK 12.2 Advertising in computer games
Evaluating advertising effectiveness and return on advertising investment
Other advertising considerations
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Sales promotion
Rapid growth of sales promotion
Sales promotion objectives
Major sales promotion tools
Developing the sales promotion programme
Public relations
The role and impact of public relations
Major public relations tools
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
13 COMMUNICATING CUSTOMER VALUE: PERSONAL SELLING AND DIRECT MARKETING
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Innovating in business relationships: how Philips works with international retailers
Personal selling
The nature of personal selling
The role of the sales force
Managing the sales force
Designing sales force strategy and structure
Recruiting and selecting salespeople
Training salespeople
Compensating salespeople
Supervising and motivating salespeople
Evaluating salespeople and sales force performance
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
The personal selling process
Steps in the selling process
Personal selling and customer relationship management
Direct marketing
The new direct marketing model
MARKETING AT WORK 13.1 Groupon: making life less boring through direct marketing on the Web
Benefits and growth of direct marketing
Customer databases and direct marketing
Forms of direct marketing
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Integrated direct marketing
MARKETING AT WORK 13.2 Direct marketing success stories
Public policy and ethical issues in direct marketing
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
PART FOUR EXTENDING MARKETING
Can Marketing Save the World?
14 MARKETING IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Printing the future
The digital age
The wonderful world of internet statistics
Marketing strategy in the digital age
E-business, e-commerce and e-marketing in the digital age
Benefits to buyers
Benefits to sellers
E-marketing domains
B2C (business to consumer)
B2B (business to business)
C2C (consumer to consumer)
C2B (consumer to business)
Marketing on the Web
Click-only versus click-and-mortar e-marketers
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Setting up an online marketing presence
MARKETING AT WORK 14.1 Marketing applications: from Angry Birds to happy marketers
The promises and challenges of the digital age
New intermediaries and the pushback against Facebook
Society and culture
Mass customisation and new markets
MARKETING AT WORK 14.2 Digital disruption in home entertainment – Blockbuster, Lovefilm and HBO
The Web’s darker side – legal and ethical issues
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
15 THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Spotify – fulfilling a global niche
Global marketing in the twenty-first century
Looking at the global marketing environment
The international trade system
Economic environment
Political–legal environment
Cultural environment
MARKETING AT WORK 15.1 McDonald’s: serving customers around the world
Deciding whether to go international
Deciding which markets to enter
Deciding how to enter the market
Exporting
Joint venturing
Direct investment
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Deciding on the global marketing programme
MARKETING AT WORK 15.2 Doing business with China: culture matters
Product
Promotion
Price
Distribution channels
Deciding on the global marketing organisation
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
16 ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter objectives
THE WAY AHEAD Previewing the concepts
CASE STUDY Help – for a life without tobacco
Social criticisms of marketing
Marketing’s impact on individual consumers
MARKETING AT WORK 16.1 The international obesity debate: who’s to blame?
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Marketing’s impact on society as a whole
Marketing’s impact on other businesses
Citizen and public actions to regulate marketing
Consumerism
Sustainability
MARKETING AT WORK 16.2 The VW emissions scandal
Public actions to regulate marketing
Business actions towards socially responsible marketing
Sustainable marketing
MAKING CONNECTIONS Linking the concepts
Marketing ethics
EXHIBIT 16.1 Some morally difficult situations in marketing
EXHIBIT 16.2 American Marketing Association: Ethical norms and values for marketers
THE JOURNEY YOU’VE TAKEN Reviewing the concepts
Navigating the key terms
Notes and references
Appendix 1 Marketing metrics
Appendix 2 Careers in marketing
Glossary
Index