Complementing Dibb and Simkin's established reputation in their field, this text presents a punchy overview of the leading 50 themes of marketing, each concisely summarized for revision purposes or quick-learning. While appealing primarily to students undertaking marketing exams, many practitioners will also find this 'glossary of current marketing' hard to resist. The title builds on the earlier works of Dibb and Simkin, whose Houghton Mifflin text, 'Marketing: Concepts and Strategies', is the current business school market leading text in the United Kingdom, while their Thomson Learning text, 'The Marketing Casebook: Cases and Concepts', has just been revised and is the most widely used marketing casebook. From understanding customers, branding and positioning, relationship marketing, social responsibility through to value-based marketing and one-to-one marketing, this book covers all the issues the modern marketer must address.The text itself is organized into short structured chapters, the Briefs, each including:* Core definitions* A bulleted key point overview* Thorough yet concise explanation of the concept and primary issues* Illustrative examples* A selection of examination style case, essay and applied questions* Recommended further reading and sources. Together these offer a rounded, concise and topical appreciation of each theme within a clear and accessible framework designed to aid revision. Also included are revision tips and 'golden rules' for tackling examinations, specimen examination papers with answer schemes, and a full glossary of key marketing terms. The short, snappy and succinct nature of the bookstructured chapters, which include a bulleted overview, illustrative examples and example examination questions and further reading / sourcescompanion website to support the text (http://www.bh.com/companions/0750653868)

Marketing Briefs: A Revision and Study Guide

Business & Money

Sally Dibb

Lyndon Simkin

Management & Leadership

Butterworth-Heinemann

Market segmentation is a main aspect of an effective business strategy, but implementation is often difficult and ultimately unsuccessful. Market Segmentation Success: Making It Happen! offers a solid review of the concepts of market segmentation and target market selection, as well as clearly explaining how to create market segments, how to select which customers to target, what problems will be encountered, and how to best overcome these challenges to success. Marketing experts Sally Dibb and Lyndon Simkin use their consultancy-inspired guidance in this easy-to-read text that provides best practice processes, detailed illustrations, and helpful real-world case examples. Market Segmentation Success: Making It Happen! explores the principles and foundations of segmentation, types of problems reported by practitioners, and offers strategies for solving them. The importance of understanding the customer is discussed at length, along with contrasting approaches to conducting quantitative, qualitative, Greenfield, or evolution segmentation. The authors discuss in detail how to identify, diagnose, and treat segmentation blockers and provide 30 rules for segmentation success. This how-to guidebook shows students, beginners, and even the more seasoned professionals how to improve their efforts for success. The book includes numerous figures and tables to clearly illustrate concepts and data. Market Segmentation Success: Making It Happen! is an invaluable resource for business practitioners, consultants, educators, and MBA students working on marketing strategy, marketing management, and marketing operations.

Market Segmentation Success: Making It Happen!

Haworth Press

Market Segmentation Success

Routledge

Marketing Briefs

Taylor&Francis

The Marketing Casebook

Marketing & Sales

Cengage Learning EMEA

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