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