Chapter Links

Use these links to learn more about the companies highlighted in the chapter opening vignettes, Marketing Insight boxes, and end-of-chapter cases.

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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Marketing Concept
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Opening Vignette: Little Chef
Marketing Insight 1.1: Charities Turn to Marketing: Promoting the Children’s Society
Marketing Insight 1.2:
Banks Enter the Relationship Marketing Era

ABN Amro
HSBC
Lloyds TSB Group

Case 1.1:
Sweden’s IKEA Marches On
Case 1.2:
Marketing: Concepts and Strategies Responds to Market Feedback

Chapter 2 The Marketing Environment  Back to top


Opening Vignette:
European Union
Marketing Insight 2.1:
Food Retailers Tackle the Regulators
BSE
Tesco
Safeway
Sainsbury’s
Genetically Modified Foods (web site with opinions on the topic)

Marketing Insight 2.2
: Social Awareness: BMW Recycling the Consumer
European Recovery and Recycling Association
Schweppes
Coca-Cola
Heineken
Loreal
Tetra Pak
BMW

Case 2.1:
The Race against Regulation
Benson and Hedges
British American Tobacco
Action on Smoking and Health

Case 2.2: Ericsson Sights Global Markets

Chapter 3 Marketing in International Markets  Back to top


Opening Vignette:
Pepsico, Frito-Lay
Marketing Insight 3.1:
The Logic of Global Business: An Interview with ABB’S Percy Barnevik
Marketing Insight 3.2:
A Cross- Cultural Comparison of Colour and International Branding
Case 3.1:
Porsche AG: The International Tradition Continues
Case 3.2
Carrefour’s International Strategy

Chapter 4 Consumer Buying Behavior  Back to top


Opening Vignette
: Mothercare
Marketing Insight 4.1:
Car Buyers Shun Speed and Sex
The Automobile Association
Marketing Insight 4.2: Cellnet Targets "U"
Case 4.1
IKEA: Stylish Furnishing at Affordable Prices
Case 4.2:
European White Goods Manufacturers Tune in to Customer Expectations
Electrolux
Whirlpool Europe BV

Bosch-Siemens

Chapter 5 Organisational Markets and Business-to-Business Buying Behaviour  Back to top


Opening Vignette:
Courtaulds Textiles
Marketing Insight 5.1:
Asea Brown Boveri Group: Combining Global Orientation and Local Flexibility
Marketing Insight 5.2:
The Academy Expands to Meet New Customer Needs
Forte

Case 5.1:
In the Black and Leading
Nynas

Case 5.2: Selling a White Powder: No Easy Matter
ICI
DuPont
Kemira
Kerr McGee
Kronos
SCM

Chapter 6 Marketing Research and Information Systems  Back to top


Opening Vignette
: Dimplex, Panasonic, Pivco
Marketing Insight 6.1:
Why Products Fail: A Marketing Research Gap
Marketing Insight 6.2:
"Mystery Shopper" Research Programmes: Pros and Cons
Rover Cars
ESOMAR

Case 6.1:
Technology Comes to Marketing Research
AGB

Case 6.2:
Focus Group Interviewing: In- Depth Views From Group Discussions

Chapter 7 Segmenting Markets, Targeting and Positioning  Back to top


Opening Vignette
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Honda
Nissan
Toyota

The Case for Electric Vehicles
Ford’s hybrid electric vehicle site
Marketing Insight 7.1:
Home Search Turns to Lifestyles Targeting
CACI

Marketing Insight 7.2
: Digging for Industrial Segments: The JCB Experience
JCB

Case 7.1:
Ethnic Marketing or Racial Stereotyping?
Coca Cola
Nabisco
Proctor & Gamble
Vauxhall Astra

Case 7.2:
No Longer Just the Mini-Van or an Espace: The MPV Market Comes of Age

Land Rover
Toyota
Daewoo
Nissan
Ford
Renault

Chapter 8 Product Decisions  Back to top


Opening Vignette
: Courtaulds Textiles
Marketing Insight 8.1:
Quitting the Habit: Developing Nicotine Replacement Products
Novartis
SKB-Smithkline Beecham
P&U Pharmacia UpJohn

Marketing Insight 8.2:
Gillette’s Products: A Global Success Story
Gillette

Case 8.1
Heineken’s Portfolio of Brands
Heineken
Anheuser-Bush
Carlsberg

Case 8.2:
Disney Expands Its Product Mix
Disney

Chapter 9 Branding and Packaging  Back to top


Opening Vignette:
Nestle
Marketing Insight 9.1:
Who Thought of That Name?
Intrebrand Newell & Sorrell

Marketing Insight 9.2:
Tetra Pak’s Designers Reflect the Ageing Population
Sainsbury
Tesco

Case 9.1
: KP Heads For Market Leadership
Case 9.2:
3D and Environmentally Friendly Packaging Design
Coca Cola
BMW

Chapter 10 Developing and Managing Products  Back to top


Opening Vignette:
The changing face of the consumer
Marketing Insight 10.1:
Customer Service—Becoming Part of the Product?
Walt Disney
MGM
Showcase Cinemas
Daewoo

Marketing Insight 10.2:
E-Banking Modifies the Current Account
HSBC
Barclays
Royal Bank of Scotland
Lloyds TSB Group
NatWest

Case 10.1:
New Product Development and the Concept Car
GM
VW
Toyota
Motor Industry Research Assocation

Case 10.2:
Sellotape or Mustard? Increasing Market Penetration
Sellotape
Colman’s

Coming soon:

Chapter 11 The Marketing of Services

Chapter 12 Marketing Channels

Chapter 13 Wholesalers, Distributors and Physical Distribution

Chapter 14 Retailing

Chapter 15 Promotion: An Overview

Chapter 16 Advertising, Public Relations and Sponsorship

Chapter 17 Personal Selling, Sales Promotion, Direct Mail, the Internet and Direct Marketing

Chapter 18 Pricing Concepts

Chapter 19 Setting Prices

Chapter 20 Modifying the Marketing Mix for Various Markets

Chapter 21 Marketing Strategy

Chapter 22 Marketing Planning and Forecasting Sales Potential

Chapter 23 Implementing Strategies, Internal Marketing Relationships and Measuring Performance

Chapter 24 Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility