Purpose – This paper aims to profile the potential impact of shopping malls in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – a country renowned for its hedonic consumption. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on a combination of personal observation and review of media reports on the...

This volume introduces and examines the key issues, methods models and debates that define the field of marketing today. Each of the over 40 entries is made up of a definition, summary broader discussion, examples and illustrations and key literature and further reading

Designed to complement existing textbooks, this volume on marketing provides easy access to the key themes, summaries of the approach taken by the main course textbooks, guidance on the essential study skills required to pass the course, and sample exam questions and answers

Packed full of lively debate & funny anecdotes, this book covers topics that students will recognise from their marketing course such as key thinkers & concepts, & some that they won't. It looks at areas that textbooks ignore, such as the development of marketing & raises arguments that they...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to be a conceptual contribution to the special issue on “Is the Middle East the land of the future?”. It aims to provide a holistic picture of the efforts of the Middle East towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), using...

"Business to Business (B2B) markets are considerably more challenging than consumer markets and demand a more specific skillset from marketers. B2B buyers, often dealing with highly complex products, have specialist product knowledge and are far more knowledgeable and demanding than the average...

1. Demarketing : an overview of the antecedents and current status of the discipline / Nigel Bradley and Jim Blythe -- 2. Synchromarketing / Maria Pilar Martinez-Ruiz -- 3. Synchromarketing : demarketing places / Gary Warnaby and Dominic Medway -- 4. Countermarketing in a wicked problem context...

Looks at the relationship of communications and innovation in the case of hi‐fi systems. States that the manufacturers’ problem is to ensure that an appropriate perception of the hi‐fi equipment is presented to the consumer. Presents a classification of consumers and shows how these...