Marketing Strategies a Contemporary Approach

A new direction for marketing strategies!Challenging traditional marketing concepts like the 4 Ps, Marketing Strategies examines the key factors affecting marketing in today's competitive business environment: sustainability, ethics, market orientation, the impact of technology and globalisation.In this fully revised and updated second edition, Ashok Ranchhod and Calin Gurau provide excellent analysis for those who wish to explore new ways of looking at the marketing process in order to gain an edge over the competition.Follow the signs to success!Newly added topics in this edition include: Corporate Social Responsibility, climate change and responsible customer behaviour How Globalisation is impacting upon consumers and organisations The marketing audit and marketing performance measures (including the Triple Bottom Line) Social and Digital MarketingBrand new case studies analysing internationally recognised companies (including Apple, Dyson, Marks & Spencer, Guinness and the Wal-Mart chain) provide real-world insights from a range of contemporary business perspectives.Let Marketing Strategies show you the way'Offers all I am interested in and what is important in today's marketing practice in one comprehensive textbook.'Frans Plat, University of Maastricht'This book continues to challenge existing theories of marketing, reaching into wider social areas such as globalisation and sustainability. It will continue to inspire and inform a new generation of students.'Professor Helen Thomas, Research Director, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, LondonAshok Ranchhod is Faculty Professor in Marketing at Southampton Business School.Calin Gurau is Professor in Marketing at GSCM-Montpellier Business School, France.Additional student support at www.pearsoned.co.uk/ranchhodRanchhod, Ashok is the author of 'Marketing Strategies a Contemporary Approach', published 2007 under ISBN 9780273706748 and ISBN 0273706748.