Although market segmentation is widely described as a major marketing tool, questions whether brands which are broadly similar and competitive are bought by identifiably different consumer segments. Notes that few, if any, examples of marked brand segmentation are cited in the literature....

Outlines the basis of the conjoint measurement technique method, illustrates its application and identifies user problems. Postulates that conjoint measurement is designed for situations where two or more independent variables affect the rank order of a dependent variable. Says that three...

Examines the applicability of an optional rule for determining ideal product volumes and mixes under various technical and market conditions. Explains an alternative, similar method of estimation for use where data are inadequate. Considers difficulties and areas where the method is of dubious...

Presents a simple model whose objective is to utilize existing and ongoing survey data in order to allow the advertising manager to segment the market in an optimum way. Shows how segmenting the market in such a way maximizes the budgetary constraints of the advertising manager.

Rough set theory (RST) involves techniques for knowledge discovery or data mining. RST is typically applied within decision tables and offers an alternative to more conventional techniques for classification and rule induction. It is based on describing decisions or categories by means of...

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to stimulate debate and discussion amongst marketing scholarship regarding the implications for scientific research of increasingly large amounts of data and sophisticated data analytic techniques. Design/methodology/approach – The authors respond...

Purpose – This paper aims to study consumer resistance and anti‐consumption in the context of illegal downloading of cultural goods in France. This practice is socially constructed as deviant by marketplace actors' moral labeling. To that extent, deviant careers are adopted as an analytic...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the concept of consumer power, in particular the power or bloggers in the online environment and how this might be applied to the regulation of advertising. Design/methodology/approach – Utilising Denegri‐Knott's (2006) four on‐line power...