Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem .. . 3
MARKETING: WHAT IS IT? 4
"Marketing ls the Activi~ institutions, a nd Processes . .. " 4
" ... rorCreating. Communicating. Delivering,
a nd Exchanging: The Marketing Mix . . . " 5 ... .. Offerings ... ": Whal Can We Market? 7
" . .. VaJuc for Customers .. . ' ' 9 WHEN DID MARKETING BEGIN? THE EVOWTION OFACONCEPT 11
The Production Era 12
The Sales Era 12 The Rclationship Era 12 The Triple-Bottom-Line Orientation 13
What's Next in the Evolution or Marketing? 14 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 15
THE VAWE OF MARKETING AND THE MARKETING OFVAWE 16
Value (mm the Customer's Perspective 16
Value from the Se:Uer's Perspective 16
Value from Society's Perspective 22
MARKETING AS A PROCESS 24
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 25
Chapter Questions and Activities 27
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Coca-Cola 28
CHAPTER 2: Global , Ethical, and Sustainable Marketing ........................ 30
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem.. . 31
TAKE A BOW: MARKETING ON THE GLOBAL STAGE 32
World Trade 33
Should We Go Global? 34 Consider Your Competitive Advantage 34
UNDERSTAND INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND COUNTRY GLOBAL TRADE CONTROLS 35
Initiatives in lntemationaJ Cooperation and Regulation 35
Protected Trade: Quotas, Embargoes, and Tariffs 36
Economic Communities 36 ANALVZE THE EXTERNAL MARKETING ENVIRONMENT 37
The: Economic Environment 37
The Corn_pctitivc Environment 41 The Technological Environment 43 The Political an d Legal Environment 43
Thi! Sociocultural Environment 46 HOW "GLOBAL" SHOULD A GLOBAL MARKETING STRATEGY BE? 48
Company-Levcl Decisions: The Market Entry Strategy 49 Marketing Mix Stratc,gics 50
ETHICS IS JOB ONE IN MARKETING PLANNING 53
Ethical l'hilosoprues 53 Codes or Business Ethics 54 Is Marketing Unethical? 55
When Is a Bribe Not a Bribe? Ethical Issues for Global Business 56
SUSTAINABILITY: MARKETERS DO WELL BY DOING GOOD 57
Sustainability Is a Sensible Business Decision 57 Developing a Sustainable Marketing Mix 57
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 58
Sustainable Customer Behavior 59
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 60
Chapter Questions and Activities 62
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Ford 64
CHAPTER 3: Strategic Market Planning .............. ...................................... 66
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my
problem ... 67
BUSINESS PLANNING: COMPOSE THE BIG PICTURE 68
The Three Levels of Business Planning 69 STRATEGIC PLANNING: FRAME THE PICTURE 71
Step 1: Deline the Mission 71 Step 2: Evaluate the Internal and External Environment 71
Step 3: Set Organi2ational or SBU Objectives 72 Step 4: Establish the Business Portfolio 73 Step 5: Develop Growth Strategics 75
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 77 MARKET PLANNING: DEVELOP AND EXECUTE MARKETING STRATEGY 77
Step!: Perform a Situation Analysis 78 Step 2: Set Marketing Objectives 78
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Step 3: Devclop Marketing Strategies: Target Markets .lnd the Marketing Mix 78
Step 4: Implement and Control the Marketing Plan 80
Action Plans 81 Operational Planning: Day-to-Day Execution
of Marketing Plans 84
Make Your Life l!asier! Use the Market Planning Template 84 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Appty 85
Chapter Questions and Activities 86
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Amazon 88
Supplement: Build a Marketing Plan 90
PART 2 Determine the Value Propositions Different Customers Want 92
CHAPTER 4 : Market Research ..... .... 92 Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem .. . 93
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER 94 The Marketing Information System 95
CUSTOMER INSIGHTS AND MARKETING 100
STEPS IN THE MARKET RESEARCH PROCESS 100 Step I: Define the Research Problem 101 Step 2: Determine the Research Design 102
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 1 OS
Step 3: Choose the Method to Collect Primary Data 106
Step 4: Oc>sign the Sample 114 Step 5: Collect the Data 116 Step 6: Analyze and Interpret the Data 117
Step 7: Prepare the Research Report 117 Objective Summary• Key Terms • Apply 118
Chapter Questions and Activities 119
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at GetFeedback 122
A CHAPTER 5: Marketing Analytics: Welcome lo the Era of Big Data! .............. 124
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem... 125
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM): A KEY DECISION TOOL FOR MARKETERS 126
Customer-Re-lated Metrics 129 SIG DATA: TERABYTES RULE 131
Big Data Creation, Sources, and Usage 133 Data Mining 136
Primary Data 'lypes for Data M;ning 137 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 137
Data Mining: Applications /or Marketers 139
Data Scientists: Transforming Big Data into Wuuung Information 140
MARKETING ANALYTICS 141
Coru,cct Digital Marketing Channels to Marketing Analytics 141
Make Marketing Accountable: Detennine the Value of
Digital Marketing Investments acnlSS Channels 146 Marketing Accountability within Nondigital Marketing
Channels 148
Predictive Analytics 149 METRICS FOR MARKETING CONTROL 150
Margin on Sales 152
Churn Rate 152 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 153
Chapter Questions and Activities 1S4
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Novartis 156
A ~~i!!~ M~ ~e~~·d·""'.~." d .. ~~~'.".~e;58
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 159
THE CONSUMER DECISION·MAKJNG PROCESS 160 Not All Decisions Are the Same 161 Step I: Problem Recognition 162
Step 2: Wormation Search 163 Stc.p 3: Evaluatioi, of Alternatives 164 Step 4: Product Choia, 164
Step 5: Postpurchasc Evaluation 165
INTERNAL INFWENCES ON CONSUMERS' DECISIONS 166
Pc.rception 166
Motivation 168
Leaming 170
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethicai/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 170
Attitudes 171
Personality and the Scl/: Are You What You Buy? 172 Age 172 Lifestyle 173
SITUATIONAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON CONSUMERS' DECISIONS 174
Situational ln/lucnccs 174
Social lrulucnces on Consumers' IA>cislons 175 BUSINESS MARKETS: 8UYING AND SELLING WHEN THE CUSTOMER IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATION 179
Type, of Business-to-Business Customers 180 Factors That Make a Difference in Business Markets 182 B2B Dcm.lnd 184
BUSINESS BUYING SITUATIONS AND THE BUSINESS BUYING DECISION PROCESS 186
The Buyclass framework 186
Professional Buyers and Buying Centers 187
The Business Buying Decision Process 189 828 £.Commerce and Social Media 192
Objective Summary• Key Terms• Apply 195
Chapter Questions and Activities 197
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Airbus 200
CHAPTER 7: Segmentation, Target Marketing, and Positioning ..................... 202
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 203
TARGET MARKETING: SELECT AND ENTER A MARKET 204
STEP 1: SEGMENTATION 205 Segment Consumer Markets 205
Segment 828 Markets 216 STEP 2: TARGETING 217
PhasesofTargeling 217 STEP 3: POSITIONING 221
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real Wor1d 221
Steps in Positioning 222 Bring a Product to Life: Brand Personality 224
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 226 Chapter Questions and Activities 227
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Sprig 230
PART 3 Develop the Value Proposition for the Customer 232
CHAPTER 8: Product I: Innovation and New Product Development.. .................... 232
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem . . . 233
BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP-AND ADD VALUE 234
Layers of the Product Conc,,pt 215 HOW MARKETERS CLASSIFY PRODUCTS 237
How Long Do Products Last? 237 How Do Consumers Buy Products? 238 How Do Businc-sscs Buy Products? 240
"NEW AND IMPROVED!" THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION 241
'Types of Innovations 242 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 244
Phase 1: Idea Generation (Ideation) 244 Phase 2: Product Concept Development and
Screening 245
Phase 3: Marketing Strategy Development 245
Phase 4: Business Analysis 246 Phase 5: Technical Development 246
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RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 246
Phase 6: Market Test 247 Phase 7: Commercialization 248
ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION OF NEW PRODUCTS 249
Stages in Consumers' Adoption of a New Product 249
Adopter Categories 252 Product Factors That Affect the Rate of Adoption 254
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 256
Chapter Ques1ions and Activities 258
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Facebook 260
CHAPTER 9: Product 11: Product Strategy, Branding, and Product Management •...... ..................................... 262
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem... 263
PRODUCT PLANNING: DEVELOP PRODUCT OBJECTIVES AND PRODUCT STRATEGY 264
Getting Product Objectives Right 2&1 Objectives and Strategics for lndividua)
Products 265
Objectives and Strategies for Multiple Products 266 Product M;x Strategics 268 Quality as a Product Obj<>etivc: TQM
and Beyond 268 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 269
MARKETING THROUGHOUT THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE 271
Introduction Stage 271
Growth Stage 273 Maturity Stage 273 Decline Stage 274
BRANDING AND PACKAGING: CREATE PRODUCT IDENTITY 274
What's in a Name (or a Symbol)? 274
Why Brands Matter 275 Branding Strategics 277 Packages and Label<: Branding's Little Helpers 280
ORGANIZE FOR EFFECTIVE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 284
Manage Existing Products 284
Organize for New Product Development 2S5 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 285
Chapter Questions and Activities 287
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Blue Diamond 289
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CHAPTER 10: Price: What Is the Value Proposition Worth? ................................... 290
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 291
&.loU..- .-.1 "YES, BUT WHAT DOES IT COST?" 292 What ls Price? 292
COSTS, DEMAND, REVENUE, AND THE PRICING ENVIRONMENT 296
Step 2: Estimate Demand 296 Step 3: Determine Costs 300 Step 4: Examine the Pricing Environment 305
IDENTIFY STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TO PRICE THE PRODUCT 308
Step 5: Choose a Pricing Strategy 308
Pricing Strategies Based on Cost 308 Step 6: Develop Pricing Tactics 312
PRICING AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 315
Dynamic Pricing Strategies 316 rntcmet Price Discrimination 316 Online Auctions 316
Frecmium f'ricing Strategies 317 Pricing Advantages for Online Shoppers 317
PSYCHOLOGICAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF PRICING 317
Psychological Issues in Setting Prices 318 Psychological !'ricing Strategics 319
Legal and Ethical Considerations in 82C Pricing 320
Legal Issues in B2B Pricing 321
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 323
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 323
Chapter Questions and Activities 325
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Disney 328
Supplement: Marketing Math 330
PART 4 Deliver and Communicate the Value Proposition 340
CHAPTER 11: Deliver the Goods: Determine the Distribution Strategy ............... 340
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 341
TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS AND WHOLESALE INTERMEDIARIES 342
Functions of Distribution Channels 342 The: Evolution of Distribution Functions 344 Types of Distribution Charu,cls 348
Distribution Channels and the Marketing Mb< 352 Ethics in the Dis tribution Channcl 353
DEVELOP A CHANNEL STRATEGY 354
Step 1: Develop Distribution
Objectives 354 Step 2: Evaluate Internal and External Environmental
Influences 354
Step 3: Choose a Distribution Strategy 355 Step 4: Develop Distribution Tactics 359
LOGISTICS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN 360
The Lowdown on Logistics 361 Place: Pulling Jt All Together through the Supply
Chain 365 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 367
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 36B
Chapter Questions and Activities 369
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Target 372
STYLE 376
CHAPTER 12: Deliver the Customer Experience: Goods and Services via Bricks and Clicks ..................................... 374
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem.. . 375
RETAILING, TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY
Retailing: A M;xed (Shopping) Bag 376 The Evolution o.f Retailing 377 The Evolution Continues: What's Nin Store" for the
Future? 378 Ethical Problems in Retailing 382
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real Wor1d 382
TYPES OF BRICK-AND-MORTAR RETAILERS 383
Oassily Retailers by What They Sell 383
Oassily Retailers by Level o! Service 384 Major Types o! Retailers 385
E-COMMERCE AND OTHER TYPES OF NONSTORE RETAILERS 390
B2C E.Commcrce 390 Direct Selling 394
Automatic Vending 395 RETAILING WHAT ISN'T THERE: SERVICES AND OTHER INTANGIBLES 395
Marketing What Isn' t There 395 Physical Elements of the Service Encounter: Scrviccscapes
a nd Other Tangibles 398
How We Provide Quality Service 398 Strategic Issues When We Deliver Service Quality 399 Marketing People, Places, and Ideas 400
Th~ Future of Services 402 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 404
Chapter Questions and Activities 405
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Alibaba 408
CHAPTER 13: Promotion I: Advertisir19 and Sales Promotion ............................... .. 410
AeaJ People, Aeal Choices: Here's my problem ... 411
COMMUNICATION MOOELS IN A DIGITAL WORLD THAT IS "ALWAYS ON" 412
The Communication Modcl 414
The Trarutional Promotion Mix 416 Mass Communication: The One-to-Many Model 416 Personal Colnmunication: The One.to.One ModeJ 418
OVERVIEW OF PROMOTION PLANNING 418
Step 1: Identify the Target Audiencc(s) 418 Step 2: Establish the Communication Objectives 418
Step 3: Ot!tcrminc and Allocat~ the Marketing Communication Budget 421
Step 4: Design the Promotion Mix 422
Step 5: Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Communic.ation Program 423
Multichannel Promotion Strategics 423
ADVERTISING 424 Types of Advertising 425 Who Creates Advertising? 426
Use.r.Ccne.rated Advertising Content 427 Ethical Issues in Advertising 428 Develop the Advertising Campaign 429
Where to Say It: Trarutional Mass Media 436 Where to Say It: Branded Entertainment 439 Where to Say JI: Support Media 439
Where to Say It: Digital Media 440
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 442
When and How Often to Say It: Media Scheduling 443 SALES PROMOTION 445
Sales J'''romotion Dit12etcd toward Consumers 445 Trade Sales Promotion: Targeting the BZB Customer 448
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 450
Chapter Questions and Activities 453
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Domino's 456
CHAPTER 14: Promotion 11: Social
Social Media 461 Social Networks 461
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Mobile Apps and Location-Bast.'Cl Social Networks 464
The Internet of Thin&$ 465 DIRECT MARKETING 465
Mail Order 466
Direct Mail 466 Telemarketing 466 Din.>ct-R,,sponse Ad"ertising 467
M.Commcrre 467 PERSONAL SELLING: ADDING THE PERSONAL TOUCH TO THE PROMOTION MIX 468
The Role of Personal Selling in the Marketing Mix 468 Tcclmology and Personal Sclling 470 Types of Sales Jobs 472
Two Approaches to Personal Selling 473 The Creative Selling Process 474
PUBLIC RELATIONS 477
Plan a PR Camp.,ign 478 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 480
PR Tactics 480 Buzz Marketing 483 Evaluation of a PR Campaign 485
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 487
Chapter Questions and Activities 488
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Burger King 491
Appendix A Marketing Plan: The S&S Smoothie Company ............................................................................. 492
Appendix B Your Future in a Marketing Career ......... 505
NOTES 516
GLOSSARY 535
NAME INDEX 553
SUBJECT INDEX 559
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~Preface WHAT'S NEW IN THE NINTH EDITION? What's new in the ninth edition is what's new in marketing. To put it simply. we foe.I a newcomer to marketing today needs to g;rapple with three core issues: Value, analytics and
metrics, and ethical and sustainable marketing;. Herc's just a sample of what we changed in this edition:
• Today's marketer needs to be .. a numbers person." lncreasingly,. the field is data driven,
and sophisticated analytics are revolutionizing the options organizations have at their fingertips to create, deliver, and m
and metrics, and in this edition we've continued to expand that coverage significantly to show how marketers use the exciting new toots they have available to understand and ha.mess ,..Big Data" as they strive to identify and meet customer needs. To reinforce
this focus throughout the book, each chapter provides a Melr-ics Moment box that de .. scribes some important ways to measure key marketing concepts and each chapter also includes an Apply Marketiug Metrics ~erci.se at the end.
• ln U,e cighth edition, we wen~ proud to be the first marketing principles textbook to devote an entire chapter (Chapter 5) to the =crgmg and ,•ital topic of Big Data and ma.rketing anal),tics. Now in the ninth edition we've greatly expanded that chaptct's
coverage to include nwnerous new key tlmnS, many more applic.ation examples to connect concepts to practice, and several nc-w tables and figures to further iUustrate this fascinating chapter material.
• The ninth edition shines an even larg~ spotlight on the importance oJ e thical and
sustainable marketing. The topic is so important to today's students that our cover• age of ethical issues begins right up front in Chapter 2. As soon as the s tudent basically understands what marketing is, he or she begins to learn how it should be. And ead\
chapter provides a boxed feature called Ripped from the Headlines: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World. Here we describe a questionable marketing practice and then ask students for th.cir opinion on lhe subject All 14 of these boxes arc new for the ninth edition, induding attention to such firms as Coca..Cola, ChipotJc, Volkswagen, Kimberly Oark, and Allstar (the "Snuggie").
• Each chapter continues to fcature a Marketing in Action mini.case at the end, and 13
of these are brand new for the ninth edition. Among the exciting firms with interesting problems and opportunities featured in these cases arc Getfeedback, Airbus, Sprig, Faccl>ook, Disney, Target, and Alit>aba.
• The dOOS-ion•focUSL>d Real People vignettes that frame each chapter arc one of the sig• nature features of our book. We continue this tradjtion in the ninth edition with seven
new vignettes (50 percent of the total). These new vignettes include executives from Twitter, Campbell Soup, Weight Watchers, Levi Strauss, Quaker, BOP International,
and Pitch (the advertising agency for Burger King).
• We emphasize active learning and decision making because we kn.ow that is what l?m•
ployers sc>ck in today's graduates. We further sharpen our focus on employability in the ninth edition with the debut of a new supplemental fcatute, found in MyMarkct·· ingLab, called "Rising Stars in Marketing.• Here we present video clips contributed by
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~ Brief Contents Preface xiii
PART 1 Understand the Value Proposition 2
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 3
Welcome to the World of Marketing: Create and Deliver Value 2
Global, Ethical, and Sustainable Marketing 30
Strategic Market Planning 66
Supplement: Build a Marketing Plan 90
PART 2 Determine the Value Propositions Different Customers Want 92
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
Market Research 92
Marketing Analytics: Welcome to the Era of Big Data! 124
Understand Consumer and Business Markets 158
Segmentation, Target Marketing, and Positioning 202
PART 3 Develop the Value Proposition for the Customer 232
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
Product I: Innovation and New Product Development 232
Product II: Product Strategy, Branding, and Product Management 262
CHAPTER 10 Price: What Is the Value Proposition Worth? 290
CHAPTER 1 O Supplement: Marketing Math 330
PART 4 Deliver and Communicate the Value Proposition 340
CHAPTER 11 Deliver the Goods: Determine the Distribution Strategy 340
CHAPTER 12 Deliver the Customer Experience: Goods and Services via Bricks and Clicks 374
CHAPTER 13 Promotion I: Advertising and Sales Promotion 410
CHAPTER 14 Promotion II: Social Media Marketing, DirecVDatabase Marketing, Personal Selling, and Public Relations 458
Appendix A Marketing Plan: The S&S Smoothie Company 492
Appendix B Your Future in a Marketing Career 505
Notes 516
Glossary 535
Name Index 553
Subject Index 559
~ Brief Contents Preface xiii
PART 1 Understand the Value Proposition 2
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER2
CHAPTER3
CHAPTER3
Welcome to the World of Marketing: Create and Deliver Value 2
Global, Ethical, and Sustainable Marketing 30
Strategic Market Planning 66
Supplement: Build a Marketing Plan 90
PART 2 Determine the Value Propositions Different Customers Want 92
CHAPTER4
CHAPTERS
CHAPTER&
CHAPTER 7
Market Research 92
Marketing Analytics: Welcome to the Era of Big Data! 124
Understand Consumer and Business Markets 158
Segmentation, Target Marketing, and Positioning 202
PART 3 Develop the Value Proposition for the Customer 232
CHAPTER&
CHAPTER9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 10
Product I: Innovation and New Product Development 232
Product II: Product Strategy, Branding, and Product Management 262
Price: What Is the Value Proposition Worth? 290
Supplement: Marketing Math 330
PART 4 Deliver and Communicate the Value Proposition 340
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
Deliver the Goods: Determine the Distribution Strategy 340
Deliver the Customer Experience: Goods and Services via Bricks and Clicks 37 4
Promot ion I: Advertising and Sales Promotion 410
Promotion II: Social Media Marketing, DirecVDatabase Marketing, Personal Selling, and Public Relations 458
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes 516
Glossary 535
Name Index 553
Marketing Plan: The S&S Smoothie Company 492
Your Future [n a Marketing Career 505
Subject Index 559
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~Contents Preface xiii
PART 1 Understand the Value Proposition 2
CHAPTER 1: Welcome to the World of Marl
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem .. . 3
MARKETING: WHAT IS IT? 4
"Marketing ls the Activi~ institutions, a nd Processes . .. " 4
" ... rorCreating. Communicating. Delivering,
a nd Exchanging: The Marketing Mix . . . " 5 ... .. Offerings ... ": Whal Can We Market? 7
" . .. VaJuc for Customers .. . ' ' 9 WHEN DID MARKETING BEGIN? THE EVOWTION OFACONCEPT 11
The Production Era 12
The Sales Era 12 The Rclationship Era 12 The Triple-Bottom-Line Orientation 13
What's Next in the Evolution or Marketing? 14 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 15
THE VAWE OF MARKETING AND THE MARKETING OFVAWE 16
Value (mm the Customer's Perspective 16
Value from the Se:Uer's Perspective 16
Value from Society's Perspective 22
MARKETING AS A PROCESS 24
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 25
Chapter Questions and Activities 27
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Coca-Cola 28
CHAPTER 2: Global , Ethical, and Sustainable Marketing ........................ 30
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem.. . 31
TAKE A BOW: MARKETING ON THE GLOBAL STAGE 32
World Trade 33
Should We Go Global? 34 Consider Your Competitive Advantage 34
UNDERSTAND INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND COUNTRY GLOBAL TRADE CONTROLS 35
Initiatives in lntemationaJ Cooperation and Regulation 35
Protected Trade: Quotas, Embargoes, and Tariffs 36
Economic Communities 36 ANALVZE THE EXTERNAL MARKETING ENVIRONMENT 37
The: Economic Environment 37
The Corn_pctitivc Environment 41 The Technological Environment 43 The Political an d Legal Environment 43
Thi! Sociocultural Environment 46 HOW "GLOBAL" SHOULD A GLOBAL MARKETING STRATEGY BE? 48
Company-Levcl Decisions: The Market Entry Strategy 49 Marketing Mix Stratc,gics 50
ETHICS IS JOB ONE IN MARKETING PLANNING 53
Ethical l'hilosoprues 53 Codes or Business Ethics 54 Is Marketing Unethical? 55
When Is a Bribe Not a Bribe? Ethical Issues for Global Business 56
SUSTAINABILITY: MARKETERS DO WELL BY DOING GOOD 57
Sustainability Is a Sensible Business Decision 57 Developing a Sustainable Marketing Mix 57
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 58
Sustainable Customer Behavior 59
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 60
Chapter Questions and Activities 62
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Ford 64
CHAPTER 3: Strategic Market Planning .............. ...................................... 66
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my
problem ... 67
BUSINESS PLANNING: COMPOSE THE BIG PICTURE 68
The Three Levels of Business Planning 69 STRATEGIC PLANNING: FRAME THE PICTURE 71
Step 1: Deline the Mission 71 Step 2: Evaluate the Internal and External Environment 71
Step 3: Set Organi2ational or SBU Objectives 72 Step 4: Establish the Business Portfolio 73 Step 5: Develop Growth Strategics 75
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Decisions in the Real World 77 MARKET PLANNING: DEVELOP AND EXECUTE MARKETING STRATEGY 77
Step!: Perform a Situation Analysis 78 Step 2: Set Marketing Objectives 78
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Step 3: Devclop Marketing Strategies: Target Markets .lnd the Marketing Mix 78
Step 4: Implement and Control the Marketing Plan 80
Action Plans 81 Operational Planning: Day-to-Day Execution
of Marketing Plans 84
Make Your Life l!asier! Use the Market Planning Template 84 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Appty 85
Chapter Questions and Activities 86
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Amazon 88
Supplement: Build a Marketing Plan 90
PART 2 Determine the Value Propositions Different Customers Want 92
CHAPTER 4 : Market Research ..... .... 92 Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem .. . 93
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER 94 The Marketing Information System 95
CUSTOMER INSIGHTS AND MARKETING 100
STEPS IN THE MARKET RESEARCH PROCESS 100 Step I: Define the Research Problem 101 Step 2: Determine the Research Design 102
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Step 3: Choose the Method to Collect Primary Data 106
Step 4: Oc>sign the Sample 114 Step 5: Collect the Data 116 Step 6: Analyze and Interpret the Data 117
Step 7: Prepare the Research Report 117 Objective Summary• Key Terms • Apply 118
Chapter Questions and Activities 119
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at GetFeedback 122
A CHAPTER 5: Marketing Analytics: Welcome lo the Era of Big Data! .............. 124
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem... 125
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM): A KEY DECISION TOOL FOR MARKETERS 126
Customer-Re-lated Metrics 129 SIG DATA: TERABYTES RULE 131
Big Data Creation, Sources, and Usage 133 Data Mining 136
Primary Data 'lypes for Data M;ning 137 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 137
Data Mining: Applications /or Marketers 139
Data Scientists: Transforming Big Data into Wuuung Information 140
MARKETING ANALYTICS 141
Coru,cct Digital Marketing Channels to Marketing Analytics 141
Make Marketing Accountable: Detennine the Value of
Digital Marketing Investments acnlSS Channels 146 Marketing Accountability within Nondigital Marketing
Channels 148
Predictive Analytics 149 METRICS FOR MARKETING CONTROL 150
Margin on Sales 152
Churn Rate 152 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 153
Chapter Questions and Activities 1S4
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Novartis 156
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Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 159
THE CONSUMER DECISION·MAKJNG PROCESS 160 Not All Decisions Are the Same 161 Step I: Problem Recognition 162
Step 2: Wormation Search 163 Stc.p 3: Evaluatioi, of Alternatives 164 Step 4: Product Choia, 164
Step 5: Postpurchasc Evaluation 165
INTERNAL INFWENCES ON CONSUMERS' DECISIONS 166
Pc.rception 166
Motivation 168
Leaming 170
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethicai/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 170
Attitudes 171
Personality and the Scl/: Are You What You Buy? 172 Age 172 Lifestyle 173
SITUATIONAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON CONSUMERS' DECISIONS 174
Situational ln/lucnccs 174
Social lrulucnces on Consumers' IA>cislons 175 BUSINESS MARKETS: 8UYING AND SELLING WHEN THE CUSTOMER IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATION 179
Type, of Business-to-Business Customers 180 Factors That Make a Difference in Business Markets 182 B2B Dcm.lnd 184
BUSINESS BUYING SITUATIONS AND THE BUSINESS BUYING DECISION PROCESS 186
The Buyclass framework 186
Professional Buyers and Buying Centers 187
The Business Buying Decision Process 189 828 £.Commerce and Social Media 192
Objective Summary• Key Terms• Apply 195
Chapter Questions and Activities 197
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Airbus 200
CHAPTER 7: Segmentation, Target Marketing, and Positioning ..................... 202
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 203
TARGET MARKETING: SELECT AND ENTER A MARKET 204
STEP 1: SEGMENTATION 205 Segment Consumer Markets 205
Segment 828 Markets 216 STEP 2: TARGETING 217
PhasesofTargeling 217 STEP 3: POSITIONING 221
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real Wor1d 221
Steps in Positioning 222 Bring a Product to Life: Brand Personality 224
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 226 Chapter Questions and Activities 227
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Sprig 230
PART 3 Develop the Value Proposition for the Customer 232
CHAPTER 8: Product I: Innovation and New Product Development.. .................... 232
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem . . . 233
BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP-AND ADD VALUE 234
Layers of the Product Conc,,pt 215 HOW MARKETERS CLASSIFY PRODUCTS 237
How Long Do Products Last? 237 How Do Consumers Buy Products? 238 How Do Businc-sscs Buy Products? 240
"NEW AND IMPROVED!" THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION 241
'Types of Innovations 242 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 244
Phase 1: Idea Generation (Ideation) 244 Phase 2: Product Concept Development and
Screening 245
Phase 3: Marketing Strategy Development 245
Phase 4: Business Analysis 246 Phase 5: Technical Development 246
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Decisions in the Real World 246
Phase 6: Market Test 247 Phase 7: Commercialization 248
ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION OF NEW PRODUCTS 249
Stages in Consumers' Adoption of a New Product 249
Adopter Categories 252 Product Factors That Affect the Rate of Adoption 254
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 256
Chapter Ques1ions and Activities 258
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Facebook 260
CHAPTER 9: Product 11: Product Strategy, Branding, and Product Management •...... ..................................... 262
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem... 263
PRODUCT PLANNING: DEVELOP PRODUCT OBJECTIVES AND PRODUCT STRATEGY 264
Getting Product Objectives Right 2&1 Objectives and Strategics for lndividua)
Products 265
Objectives and Strategies for Multiple Products 266 Product M;x Strategics 268 Quality as a Product Obj<>etivc: TQM
and Beyond 268 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 269
MARKETING THROUGHOUT THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE 271
Introduction Stage 271
Growth Stage 273 Maturity Stage 273 Decline Stage 274
BRANDING AND PACKAGING: CREATE PRODUCT IDENTITY 274
What's in a Name (or a Symbol)? 274
Why Brands Matter 275 Branding Strategics 277 Packages and Label<: Branding's Little Helpers 280
ORGANIZE FOR EFFECTIVE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 284
Manage Existing Products 284
Organize for New Product Development 2S5 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 285
Chapter Questions and Activities 287
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Blue Diamond 289
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CHAPTER 10: Price: What Is the Value Proposition Worth? ................................... 290
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 291
&.loU..- .-.1 "YES, BUT WHAT DOES IT COST?" 292 What ls Price? 292
COSTS, DEMAND, REVENUE, AND THE PRICING ENVIRONMENT 296
Step 2: Estimate Demand 296 Step 3: Determine Costs 300 Step 4: Examine the Pricing Environment 305
IDENTIFY STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TO PRICE THE PRODUCT 308
Step 5: Choose a Pricing Strategy 308
Pricing Strategies Based on Cost 308 Step 6: Develop Pricing Tactics 312
PRICING AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 315
Dynamic Pricing Strategies 316 rntcmet Price Discrimination 316 Online Auctions 316
Frecmium f'ricing Strategies 317 Pricing Advantages for Online Shoppers 317
PSYCHOLOGICAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF PRICING 317
Psychological Issues in Setting Prices 318 Psychological !'ricing Strategics 319
Legal and Ethical Considerations in 82C Pricing 320
Legal Issues in B2B Pricing 321
RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 323
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 323
Chapter Questions and Activities 325
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Disney 328
Supplement: Marketing Math 330
PART 4 Deliver and Communicate the Value Proposition 340
CHAPTER 11: Deliver the Goods: Determine the Distribution Strategy ............... 340
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem. . . 341
TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS AND WHOLESALE INTERMEDIARIES 342
Functions of Distribution Channels 342 The: Evolution of Distribution Functions 344 Types of Distribution Charu,cls 348
Distribution Channels and the Marketing Mb< 352 Ethics in the Dis tribution Channcl 353
DEVELOP A CHANNEL STRATEGY 354
Step 1: Develop Distribution
Objectives 354 Step 2: Evaluate Internal and External Environmental
Influences 354
Step 3: Choose a Distribution Strategy 355 Step 4: Develop Distribution Tactics 359
LOGISTICS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN 360
The Lowdown on Logistics 361 Place: Pulling Jt All Together through the Supply
Chain 365 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable
Decisions in the Real World 367
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 36B
Chapter Questions and Activities 369
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Target 372
STYLE 376
CHAPTER 12: Deliver the Customer Experience: Goods and Services via Bricks and Clicks ..................................... 374
Real People, Real Choices: Here's my problem.. . 375
RETAILING, TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY
Retailing: A M;xed (Shopping) Bag 376 The Evolution o.f Retailing 377 The Evolution Continues: What's Nin Store" for the
Future? 378 Ethical Problems in Retailing 382
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Decisions in the Real Wor1d 382
TYPES OF BRICK-AND-MORTAR RETAILERS 383
Oassily Retailers by What They Sell 383
Oassily Retailers by Level o! Service 384 Major Types o! Retailers 385
E-COMMERCE AND OTHER TYPES OF NONSTORE RETAILERS 390
B2C E.Commcrce 390 Direct Selling 394
Automatic Vending 395 RETAILING WHAT ISN'T THERE: SERVICES AND OTHER INTANGIBLES 395
Marketing What Isn' t There 395 Physical Elements of the Service Encounter: Scrviccscapes
a nd Other Tangibles 398
How We Provide Quality Service 398 Strategic Issues When We Deliver Service Quality 399 Marketing People, Places, and Ideas 400
Th~ Future of Services 402 Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 404
Chapter Questions and Activities 405
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Alibaba 408
CHAPTER 13: Promotion I: Advertisir19 and Sales Promotion ............................... .. 410
AeaJ People, Aeal Choices: Here's my problem ... 411
COMMUNICATION MOOELS IN A DIGITAL WORLD THAT IS "ALWAYS ON" 412
The Communication Modcl 414
The Trarutional Promotion Mix 416 Mass Communication: The One-to-Many Model 416 Personal Colnmunication: The One.to.One ModeJ 418
OVERVIEW OF PROMOTION PLANNING 418
Step 1: Identify the Target Audiencc(s) 418 Step 2: Establish the Communication Objectives 418
Step 3: Ot!tcrminc and Allocat~ the Marketing Communication Budget 421
Step 4: Design the Promotion Mix 422
Step 5: Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Communic.ation Program 423
Multichannel Promotion Strategics 423
ADVERTISING 424 Types of Advertising 425 Who Creates Advertising? 426
Use.r.Ccne.rated Advertising Content 427 Ethical Issues in Advertising 428 Develop the Advertising Campaign 429
Where to Say It: Trarutional Mass Media 436 Where to Say It: Branded Entertainment 439 Where to Say JI: Support Media 439
Where to Say It: Digital Media 440
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When and How Often to Say It: Media Scheduling 443 SALES PROMOTION 445
Sales J'''romotion Dit12etcd toward Consumers 445 Trade Sales Promotion: Targeting the BZB Customer 448
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 450
Chapter Questions and Activities 453
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Domino's 456
CHAPTER 14: Promotion 11: Social
Social Media 461 Social Networks 461
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Mobile Apps and Location-Bast.'Cl Social Networks 464
The Internet of Thin&$ 465 DIRECT MARKETING 465
Mail Order 466
Direct Mail 466 Telemarketing 466 Din.>ct-R,,sponse Ad"ertising 467
M.Commcrre 467 PERSONAL SELLING: ADDING THE PERSONAL TOUCH TO THE PROMOTION MIX 468
The Role of Personal Selling in the Marketing Mix 468 Tcclmology and Personal Sclling 470 Types of Sales Jobs 472
Two Approaches to Personal Selling 473 The Creative Selling Process 474
PUBLIC RELATIONS 477
Plan a PR Camp.,ign 478 RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World 480
PR Tactics 480 Buzz Marketing 483 Evaluation of a PR Campaign 485
Objective Summary • Key Terms • Apply 487
Chapter Questions and Activities 488
Marketing in Action Case: Real Choices at Burger King 491
Appendix A Marketing Plan: The S&S Smoothie Company ............................................................................. 492
Appendix B Your Future in a Marketing Career ......... 505
NOTES 516
GLOSSARY 535
NAME INDEX 553
SUBJECT INDEX 559
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~Preface WHAT'S NEW IN THE NINTH EDITION? What's new in the ninth edition is what's new in marketing. To put it simply. we foe.I a newcomer to marketing today needs to g;rapple with three core issues: Value, analytics and
metrics, and ethical and sustainable marketing;. Herc's just a sample of what we changed in this edition:
• Today's marketer needs to be .. a numbers person." lncreasingly,. the field is data driven,
and sophisticated analytics are revolutionizing the options organizations have at their fingertips to create, deliver, and m
and metrics, and in this edition we've continued to expand that coverage significantly to show how marketers use the exciting new toots they have available to understand and ha.mess ,..Big Data" as they strive to identify and meet customer needs. To reinforce
this focus throughout the book, each chapter provides a Melr-ics Moment box that de .. scribes some important ways to measure key marketing concepts and each chapter also includes an Apply Marketiug Metrics ~erci.se at the end.
• ln U,e cighth edition, we wen~ proud to be the first marketing principles textbook to devote an entire chapter (Chapter 5) to the =crgmg and ,•ital topic of Big Data and ma.rketing anal),tics. Now in the ninth edition we've greatly expanded that chaptct's
coverage to include nwnerous new key tlmnS, many more applic.ation examples to connect concepts to practice, and several nc-w tables and figures to further iUustrate this fascinating chapter material.
• The ninth edition shines an even larg~ spotlight on the importance oJ e thical and
sustainable marketing. The topic is so important to today's students that our cover• age of ethical issues begins right up front in Chapter 2. As soon as the s tudent basically understands what marketing is, he or she begins to learn how it should be. And ead\
chapter provides a boxed feature called Ripped from the Headlines: Ethical/Sustainable Decisions in the Real World. Here we describe a questionable marketing practice and then ask students for th.cir opinion on lhe subject All 14 of these boxes arc new for the ninth edition, induding attention to such firms as Coca..Cola, ChipotJc, Volkswagen, Kimberly Oark, and Allstar (the "Snuggie").
• Each chapter continues to fcature a Marketing in Action mini.case at the end, and 13
of these are brand new for the ninth edition. Among the exciting firms with interesting problems and opportunities featured in these cases arc Getfeedback, Airbus, Sprig, Faccl>ook, Disney, Target, and Alit>aba.
• The dOOS-ion•focUSL>d Real People vignettes that frame each chapter arc one of the sig• nature features of our book. We continue this tradjtion in the ninth edition with seven
new vignettes (50 percent of the total). These new vignettes include executives from Twitter, Campbell Soup, Weight Watchers, Levi Strauss, Quaker, BOP International,
and Pitch (the advertising agency for Burger King).
• We emphasize active learning and decision making because we kn.ow that is what l?m•
ployers sc>ck in today's graduates. We further sharpen our focus on employability in the ninth edition with the debut of a new supplemental fcatute, found in MyMarkct·· ingLab, called "Rising Stars in Marketing.• Here we present video clips contributed by
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roo,nt suc=sful graduates of marketing programs around the country. E!ach pc,son shares advice about jol,.,secking and offers "do's and do.n'ts'., to current readers. These clips are indexed by job type, so students have the option of exploring career wisdom from those who have followed the same path thei• hope to take.
• Last but-certainly not least, as always we pride ourselves on the currency of ourcontc.,,t Today's student descr1cs to know what is going on in the marketing world today-and also tomorrow to the extent we can pn.>dict il Herc is a sampling of new Key Terms we introduce in the ninth edition: