1st Edition

The Emergence of Modern Marketing

Edited By R.A. Church, Andrew Godley Copyright 2003
158 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Modern marketing and advertising deeply influence the way we in which perceive the world and define our identity. Yet many of today's marketing and advertising practices are themselves products of earlier times. The development of brands, of advertising techniques and modern retailing are all associated with economic and business development of earlier periods. This collection of essays... Read more
The emergence of modern marketing - international dimensions; Madame Tussaud and the business of wax - marketing to the middle classes; purposive strategy or serendipity? development and diversification in three consumer product companies, 1918-1939 - J & J Colman, Reckitt & Sons, and Lever Bros./Unilever; closing the deal - GM's marketing dilemma and its franchised dealers, 1921-1941; foreign multinationals and innovation in British retailing, 1850-1962; building knowledge about the consumer: the emergence of market research in the motion picture industry; "Times Change and We Change with Them" the German advertising industry in the Third Reich - between professional self-interest and political repression.

Biography

ROY CHURCH, ANDREW GODLEY