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FOURTEENTH EDITION
MARKETING
Roger A. Kerin • Steven W. Hartley
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NEW AND REVISED CONTENT
Chapter 1: Update of Chobani’s Success Story, New social media brand advocates, changes in global free
Showstopper Analysis, and New Material on Ritz- trade agreements, the proliferation of artificial intelli-
Carlton and Patagonia. Chobani’s continued success gence applications, the growth of micro-shopping
at creating customer value is discussed and updated. events, and the issue of “fake” news has been up-
One of the company guidelines, “A cup of yogurt won’t dated. Generation Z, the post-millennial generation,
change the world but how we make it might,” new prod- has been added to the discussion of generational co-
ucts such as Drink Chobani and Chobani Flip, and adver- horts. The Making Responsible Decisions box includes
tising campaigns such as “Love This Life” are presented. new examples such as P&G’s recyclable shampoo
Discussion of Elon Musk and his success with entrepre- bottles, Unilever’s “brands with purpose,” and Apple’s
neurial endeavors such as Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX, and “greenest building on the planet.” New gender-neutral
Tesla has been added to the Marketing and Your Career marketing actions have been added to the Changing
section. New-product examples such as smart glasses Attitudes and Roles section. Discussions of new trends
and the YoYo car subscription service have been added in technology, such as the growth of automation (e.g.,
to the discussion of potential “showstoppers” for new- autonomous cars, drones, and robots), digital assis-
product launches. Discussion of the Ritz-Carlton’s use tants (e.g., Amazon’s Alexa), and wearable technology,
of relationship marketing concepts and Patagonia’s and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision to
Common Threads Initiative have also been added. issue trademarks for hashtags have also been added.
Chapter 2: Updated Chapter Opening Example, Ad- Chapter 4: New Discussion of Samsung Phones in
dition of a New Example of Social Entrepreneurship, Ethics of Exchange Section, and Update of Market-
and New Discussion of Uber’s Changing Business ing Insights About Me Box. The fire hazard created by
Definition. The Chapter 2 opening example discusses Samsung Galaxy Note 7 batteries has been added as
Ben & Jerry’s mission to make fantastic, sustainable, an example of consumers’ right to safety in the Ethics
world-changing ice cream. Free Cone Day has been of Exchange section. The Marketing Insights About Me
added to the discussion of creative marketing strategies box has been updated to direct students to the Corrup-
used by the company to help accomplish its mission. tion Perceptions Index. New text in the Stakeholder Re-
The social entrepreneur venture Swipe Out Hunger sponsibility section describes how Volkswagen AG was
has been added to the 30 Under 30 Forbes Social fined for using software that disguised the level of
Entrepreneurs discussion in the Making Responsible emissions from its cars. In addition, the financial impact
Decisions box. In addition, the discussion of business of counterfeit products has been updated.
definitions and business models now describes how
Uber has changed its definition from a cab service, to a
ride-sharing service, to a delivery service. The applica- Chapter 5: New Coppertone Video Case, New Sec-
tion of the Boston Consulting Group business portfolio tion on Consumer Touchpoints and Consumer
model to Apple’s product line has been updated to Journey Maps, and New Figure to Illustrate a
include changes related to the Apple Watch, the Consumer Journey Map. A new section describes
iPhone, and the iPad/iPad mini tablet devices. consumer touchpoints, the product, service, or
brand points of contact with a consumer, and con-
sumer journey maps, the visual representation of all
Chapter 3: Update of New Trends in Marketing, touchpoints where a consumer comes into contact
New Discussion on Generation Z, and New Discus- with a company’s products, services, or brands. The
sion of Gender-Neutral Marketing Actions. The dis- new Figure 5–4 illustrates a consumer journey map
cussion of new trends such as the growing reliance on for electronic devices sold by Apple in stores. The
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Marketing Matters box has been updated to reflect new Nielsen program ranking data, an example of
the latest procedures for BzzAgents. In addition, the Gillette’s use of observational data, a discussion of the
chapter ends with a new video case about Copper- growing use of neuromarketing technologies, and a
tone and how an understanding of consumer behav- description of McDonald’s use of test markets in devel-
ior is the basis for its marketing activities. oping its delivery service. In addition, artificial intelli-
gence is discussed as part of the Intelligent Marketing
Enterprise Platform presented in Figure 8–5.
Chapter 6: New Examples Including Lockheed
artin and BMW, and Updated Marketing Matters
M
Box Regarding eBay Business Supply. The description Chapter 9: Update of Zappos’s Use of Behavioral
of government markets has been updated to include Segmentation, New Segmentation Examples, and
the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle being devel- New Patronage Example Data. The chapter opening
oped by Lockheed Martin. In addition, the Buyer– example has been updated to describe how Zappos
Seller Relationship section now includes GT Advanced uses behavioral segmentation to deliver “happiness”
Technology’s $578 million contract with Apple to pro- to its customers. The Multiple Products and Multiple
duce iPhone camera lenses and screens as an exam- Market Segments section includes a new discussion of
ple of a long-term agreement. BMW’s purchase of a Ford’s shift in strategy to reduce its product line and
Cloud-based data management system from IBM has provide higher quality at lower prices. In addition, in
been added as an example of a new buy. In addition, the Patronage of Fast-Food Restaurants section, the
the Marketing Matters box has been updated to reflect patronage and user/nonuser data have been updated;
eBay’s trading platform, eBay Business Supply, which also, the Future Strategies for Your Wendy’s Restau-
generates $4 billion in sales annually. rant section has been updated.
Chapter 7: Updated Chapter Opening Example Re- Chapter 10: New GoPro Video Case, New Discussion
garding Amazon in India, and Addition of UK With- of the Apple-Enabled iCar, and New Marketing Mat-
drawal from the EU. The chapter opening example is ters Box Coverage of Feature Fatigue. The chapter
completely updated to describe the opportunities and opening example has been updated to include a dis-
challenges Amazon faces as it invests billions of cussion of Apple’s next innovation—the Apple-enabled
dollars in India. The section Marketing in a Dynamic iCar. The concept of feature bloat and fatigue is now
Global Economy has been revised to reflect increasing introduced and illustrated in the Marketing Matters box.
economic protectionism, including the withdrawal of Keurig Kold and the HP Tablet are introduced as exam-
the United Kingdom from the European Union, and ples in the Marketing Reasons for New-Product Failures
discussions regarding possible changes in the North section. The chapter ends with a new video case about
American Free Trade Agreement. In addition, Listerine the new product development process at GoPro.
has been added as a new example of product adapta-
tion in the Product and Promotion Strategies section.
Chapter 11: New Material on Gatorade’s “Smart
Cap,” New Co-Branding and Brand Dilution Cover-
Chapter 8: Updated Chapter Opening Example, New age, and New Examples. The Chapter 11 discussion of
Primary and Secondary Data Coverage, and New Gatorade in the chapter opener now includes material
Discussion of Artificial Intelligence. The chapter on the microchip-fitted “smart cap” and the digital
opening example has been updated to reflect the use sweat patch for athletes and fitness buffs. In addition, a
of marketing research in movies such as War Dogs, new discussions of co-branding and brand dilution have
Arrival, and Edge of Tomorrow. An update of the Second- been added to the Multiproduct Branding Strategy sec-
ary Data section reflects the upcoming 2020 Census. tion. New examples include Olay Skin Care Advisor, the
The Primary Data section has been updated to include NFL and NBA, and P&G’s acquisition of Gillette.
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Chapter 12: New Discussion of Airbnb’s Efforts to Chapter 16: Updated Chapter Opening Example
Help Travelers “Belong Anywhere,” New Services about Smart Stores, Updated Making Responsible
Examples, and New Advertisements. A discussion of Decisions Box, and New Discussion about Versioning,
Airbnb’s new marketing activities designed to create YouTube Programming, Robocalls, and EDLP 2.0.
community, relationships, and a sense of belonging Chapter 16 opens with a description of the potential
has been added to the chapter opener. New services impact of smart stores on the customer journey. The
examples include ROAM Fitness, Virgin Galactic, Blue Internet of Things, biometric scanners, virtual reality,
Apron, and Chromecast Ultra. Discussions of the new 3D modeling tools, and wearable technology are dis-
digital marketing platform at the American Red Cross cussed. The Making Responsible Decisions box now
and the Informed Delivery service at the USPS have includes information about California’s “zero-waste”
been added. In addition, new advertisements from laws. Changes, such as banks’ attempts to change
Airbnb, Delta Air Lines, Merrill Lynch, Outward Bound, ATMs into smart self-service devices and Target’s
Greenpeace, Amazon Prime, the United States Postal announcement that new stores will have a separate
Service, and Accenture have been added. entrance for time-pressed shoppers, have been added
to the Self-Service and Breadth of Line sections, re-
spectively. In addition, catalog merchants’ use of “ver-
Chapter 13: Updated Chapter Opening Example sioning,” YouTube’s live programming, the FTC’s
about VIZIO, and Discussion of Apple iPhone X, 8, discussions about robocalls, and Walmart’s develop-
and 8-Plus Pricing. The updated chapter opening ex- ment of EDLP 2.0 are discussed.
ample describes VIZIO’s approach to pricing the
50 million HDTVs it has sold since its founding. In
addition, the product-line pricing decision faced by Chapter 17: Updated Chapter Opening Example,
Apple when it introduced the iPhone X, 8, and 8-Plus New Advertisements, New Example of an IMC Pro-
simultaneously is discussed. gram for a Movie, and New Discussion of the Media
Agency of the Year. The chapter opening example has
been completely updated to reflect Taco Bell’s recent
Chapter 14: New Microsoft Pricing Example, IMC activities. The company’s Love & Tacos Contest,
Updated Examples of Current Marketplace Pricing new restaurant in Las Vegas, Happily Ever After sweep-
Approaches. Microsoft’s approach to pricing its Xbox stakes, superbowl ads, collaborations with Sony, the
One X videogame console is now included in the NBA, and Airbnb, and social media tactics such as Taco
Skimming Pricing section. In addition, examples of Tales and Clip Show posts are all discussed. New ad-
penetration pricing, odd-even pricing, standard vertisements include examples from The North Face,
markup pricing, and cost-plus pricing have been up- Sony, Tabasco, and Humira. The IMC program used to
dated to reflect the current marketplace. promote the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been
added to the Scheduling the Promotion section. In ad-
dition, the work of Advertising Age’s Media Agency of
Chapter 15: New Chapter Opening Example about the Year, PHD Media, is discussed.
Multichannel Marketing at Eddie Bauer, Updated
Marketing Matters Box about IBM’s Watson, and
Updated Making Responsible Decisions Box. A new Chapter 18: Updated Chapter Opening Example
chapter opening example describes Eddie Bauer’s about Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Ad-
“brick, click, and flip” multichannel marketing strategy. vertising, New Advertisements and Sales Promo-
The Marketing Matters Box has been updated to re- tion Examples, and New Discussion of the
flect IBM’s use of artificial intelligence to manage its Advertising Agency of the Year. The growing impact
supply chain. In addition, the Making Responsible De- of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) on
cisions box discussion of recycling e-waste has been advertising is discussed in the chapter opening exam-
updated. ple. New examples of VR and AR campaigns include
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McDonald’s Happy Goggles and Lowe’s Holoroom. technology includes new material on the consolida-
New advertising examples from Mercedes-Benz, Pro- tion of customer and sales information, how market-
gressive, Duracell, Coca-Cola, Whole Foods, Milk Life, ing automation emphasizes sophisticated analytical
the U.S. Army, Kia, AG, Geico, and Sonos and new techniques to track the behavior of anyone showing
sales promotion examples from Nabisco, Vaio, and an interest in a product or service, and how cus-
Bubba Gump Restaurant and Market. The Identifying tomer service and support automation provides ser-
the Target Audience section now includes Mountain vices such as “live chat.”
Dew and Lululemon campaigns as examples, and the
Message Content section includes a discussion of
the increasing use of gender neutral advertising. The Chapter 21: Expanded Discussion about Personal-
chapter also includes new discussion of Advertising ization, New Section Titled How Consumers Shop
Age’s Agency of the Year—Anomaly. In addition, the and Buy, including Social Commerce, Broadened
results of a recent Association of National Advertisers Implementing Multichannel Marketing Section,
survey about the most common forms of compensa- and New Figure Illustrating a Multichannel Con-
tion for ad agencies are discussed. sumer Journey Map. The Interactivity, Individuality,
and Customer Relationships in Marketspace section
has an expanded discussion about the differences
Chapter 19: New Discussion on Internet-Connected between collaborative filtering and personalization,
Cars, New Material on Live Streaming at Facebook, and includes Sunglass Hut as an example of a com-
and Updated Marketing Matters Box on Vloggers. pany using personalization techniques. The use of
Chapter 19 opens with a discussion of the new level of chatbots has been added to the Communication
mobile marketing enabled by Internet-connected cars. section. A new section titled How Consumers Shop
The discussion addresses three channels that can and Buy Online has been added and covers social
reach cars—social media, e-mail, and messaging apps. commerce—the use of social networks for browsing
A new discussion about Facebook Live has been and buying. In addition, the Implementing Multichan-
added to the section Mobile Marketing at Facebook. nel Marketing section has been rewritten with new
The overview of Twitter now includes an example of coverage of cross-channel consumer behavior,
teenager Carter Wilkerson obtaining enough retweets mutually reinforcing channels, and monitoring and
to win free chicken nuggets for a year. The Marketing measuring channel performance. New Figure 21–5
Matters box has been updated to describe how vlog- i llustrates a multichannel marketing consumer
gers are becoming the online version of traditional journey map.
celebrities. In addition, the Pepsi MAX “Friend Finder”
YouTube video is included as an example of Pepsi’s
use of social media. Chapter 22: Updated Chapter Opening Example,
New Examples of Disruptive Innovations, and Up-
dated Coverage of Starbucks in Evaluation Section.
Chapter 20: New Material on Upselling and Cross- The chapter opening example has been updated to
Selling, Updated Marketing Insights About Me Box, describe how the strategic marketing process at Gen-
and New Discussion of Customer Relationship Mar- eral Mills has led to many new products, such as Very
keting Systems and Technology, including Sales Berry Cheerios, Nature Valley Granola Cups, Annie’s
Force Automation, Marketing Automation, and Cus- Popcorn, Yoplait Dippers, and Warm Delights. New ex-
tomer Service and Support Automation. The Con- amples of disruptive innovations have been added. In
sultative Selling section now includes discussion of addition, the Starbucks example in the Acting on De-
upselling and cross-selling. The Marketing Insights viations from Goals section has been updated to in-
About Me box has been updated to include the most clude recent changes such as new flavors, a
recent emotional intelligence test and the current partnership with Lady Gaga, a new lunch menu, and
link. In addition, the discussion of CRM systems and apps for connected cars.
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Acknowledgments
Reviewers who were vital in the changes that were made to the 14th and previous edi-
tions and its supplements include:
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Donald F. Mulvihill George Young Jane Cromartie
Donald Fuller Gerald O. Cavallo Jane Lang
Donald G. Norris Gerard Athaide Jane McKay-Nesbitt
Donald Hoffer Gerald Waddle Janet Ciccarelli
Donald Larson Glen Brodowsky Janet Murray
Donald R. Jackson Glen Gelderloos Janice Karlen
Donald V. Harper Godwin Ariguzo Janice Taylor
Donna Wertalik Gonca Soysal Janice Williams
Doris M. Shaw Gordon Mosley Jarrett Hudnal
Dotty Harpool Greg Kitzmiller Jason Little
Douglas Kornemann Guy Lochiatto Jay Lambe
Duncan G. LaBay Harlan Wallingford Jean Murray
Eberhard Scheuling Harold Lucius Jean Romeo
Ed Gonsalves Harold S. Sekiguchi Jeanne Munger
Ed Laube Havva Jale Meric Jeff Blodgett
Ed McLaughlin Heidi Rottier Jeff Finley
Eddie V. Easley Heikki Rinne Jeffrey W. von Freymann
Edna Ragins Helen Koons Jefrey R. Woodall
Edwin Nelson Herbert A. Miller Jennie Mitchell
Elaine Notarantonio Herbert Katzenstein Jennifer Nelson
Eldon L. Little Howard Combs Jerry Peerbolte
Elena Martinez Hsin-Min Tong Jerry W. Wilson
Elizabeth R. Flynn Hugh Daubek Jianfeng Jiang
Ellen Benowitz Imran Khan Jim McHugh
Eric Ecklund Irene Dickey Jo Ann McManamy
Eric Newman Irene Lange Joan Williams
Eric Shaw Ismet Anitsal Joanne Orabone
Erin Baca Blaugrund J. Ford Laumer Jobie Devinney-Walsh
Erin Cavusgil Jacqueline Karen Joe Cronin
Erin Wilkinson Jacqueline Williams Joe Kim
Ernan Haruvy James A. Henley Jr. Joe M. Garza
Eugene Flynn James A. Muncy Joe Puzi
Farrokh Moshiri James C. Johnson Joe Ricks
Fekri Meziou James Cross Joe Stasio
Frances Depaul James Garry Smith John Benavidez
Francis DeFea James Gaubert John Brandon
Francisco Coronel James Ginther John C. Keyt
Frank A. Chiaverini James Gould John Coppett
Fred Honerkamp James H. Barnes John Cox
Fred Hurvitz James H. Donnelly John Finlayson
Fred Morgan James L. Grimm John Fitzpatrick
Fred Trawick James Lollar John Gaskins
Frederick J. Beier James Marco John H. Cunningham
Gail M. Zank James McAlexander John Kuzma
Gary Carson James Meszaros John Penrose
Gary F. McKinnon James Munch John Striebich
Gary Law James Olver Jonathan Hibbard
Gary Poorman James P. Rakowski Joseph Belonax
Gary Tucker James V. Spiers Joseph Defilippe
George Kelley James Wilkins Joseph Myslivec
George Miaoulis James Zemanek Joseph Wisenblit
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Juan (Gloria) Meng Kunal Sethi Mary Schramm
Judy Bulin Lan Wu Mary Tripp
Judy Foxman Larry Borgen Matt Meuter
Judy Wagner Larry Carter Max White
Julie Haworth Larry Feick Mayukh Dass
Julie Sneath Larry Goldstein Melissa Clark
Jun Ma Larry Marks Melissa Moore
June E. Parr Larry Rottmeyer Michael Callow
Karen Becker-Olsen Laura Dwyer Michael Drafke
Karen Berger Lauren Wright Michael Fowler
Karen Flaherty Lawrence Duke Michael Mayo
Karen Gore Lawrence Marks Michael Peters
Karen LeMasters Lee Meadow Michael Pontikos
Kasia Firlej Leon Zurawicki Michael R. Luthy
Katalin Eibel-Spanyi Leonard Lindenmuth Michael Swenson
Kathleen Krentler Leslie A. Goldgehn Michelle Kunz
Kathleen Stuenkel Leta Beard Michelle Wetherbee
Kathleen Williamson Linda Anglin Mike Hagan
Kathryn Schifferle Linda M. Delene Mike Hyman
Kathy Meyer Linda Morable Mike Luckett
Katie Kemp Linda Munilla Milton Pressley
Kay Chomic Linda N. LaMarca Miriam B. Stamps
Kaylene Williams Linda Rochford Nadia J. Abgrab
Keith B. Murray Lindell Phillip Chew Nancy Bloom
Keith Jones Lisa M. Sciulli Nancy Boykin
Keith Murray Lisa Siegal Nancy Grassilli
Kellie Emrich Lisa Simon Nanda Kumar
Ken Crocker Lisa Troy Nathan Himelstein
Ken Fairweather Lisa Zingaro Neel Das
Ken Herbst Lori Feldman Nikolai Ostapenko
Ken Murdock Lowell E. Crow Norman Smothers
Ken Shaw Lynn Harris Notis Pagiavlas
Kenneth Goodenday Lynn Loudenback Ottilia Voegtli
Kenneth Jameson Marc Goldberg Pamela Grimm
Kenneth Maricle Maria McConnell Pamela Hulen
Kerri Acheson Maria Randazzo-Nardin Parimal Bhagat
Kevin Feldt Maria Sanella Pat Spirou
Kevin W. Bittle Marilyn Lavin Patricia Baconride
Kim Montney Mark Collins Patricia Bernson
Kim Richmond Mark Weber Patricia Manninen
Kim Sebastiano Mark Young Paul Dion
Kim Wong Martin Bressler Paul Dowling
Kimberly D. Smith Martin Decatur Paul Jackson
Kimberly Grantham Martin St. John Paul Londrigan
Kin Thompson Marton L. Macchiete Paul Myer
Kirti Celly Martyn Kingston Peter J. McClure
Koren Borges Marva Hunt Philip Kearney
Kristen Regine Mary Ann McGrath Philip Parron
Kristine Hovsepian Mary Beth DeConinck Philip Shum
Kristy McManus Mary Conran Phyllis Fein
Kumar Sarangee Mary Joyce Phyllis McGinnis
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Poh-Lin Yeoh Ruth Ann Smith Teri Root
Pola B. Gupta Ruth Rosales Terrance Kevin McNamara
Priscilla G. Aaltonen Ruth Taylor Terry Kroeten
Priscilla LaBarbera S. Choi Chan Theodore Mitchell
Priyali Rajagopal S. Tamer Cavusgil Theresa Flaherty
Rae Caloura Sally Sledge Thom J. Belich
Rajesh Iyer Samuel E. McNeely Thomas Brashear
Rajiv Kashyap Sanal Mazvancheryl Thomas L. Trittipo
Ram Kesaran Sandipan Sen Thomas M. Bertsch
Randall E. Wade Sandra Robertson Thomas Passero
Randy Stuart Sandra Smith Tim Aurand
Ravi Shanmugam Sandra Young Tim Landry
Raymond Marzilli Sang Choe Timothy Donahue
Reid Claxton Sanjay S. Mehta Timothy Reisenwitz
Renee Foster Santhi Harvey Tina L. Williams
Renee Pfeifer-Luckett Scott Cragin Tino DeMarco
Rex Moody Scott Swan Tom Castle
Rhonda Mack Scott Thorne Tom Deckelman
Rhonda Taylor Shabnam Zanjani Tom Marshall
Richard C. Leventhal Sheila Wexler Tom Rossi
Richard D. Parker Sherry Cook Tom Stevenson
Richard Hansen Siva Balasubramanian Tom Thompson
Richard Hargrove Soon Hong Min Tracy Fulce
Richard J. Lutz Srdan Zdravkovic Vahwere Kavota
Richard Lapidus Stacia Gray Van R. Wood
Richard M. Hill Stan Garfunkel Vicki Rostedt
Richard Penn Stan Scott Victoria Miller
Rick Sweeney Starr F. Schlobohm Vincent P. Taiani
Rita Dynan Stephen Calcich Vladimir Pashkevich
Robert C. Harris Stephen Garrott Vonda Powell
Robert Jones Stephen Pirog Walter Kendall
Robert Lawson Stephen W. Miller Wendy Achey
Robert Luke Steve Hertzenberg Wendy Wood
Robert Morris Steve Taylor Wesley Johnston
Robert S. Welsh Steven Engel William B. Dodds
Robert Swerdlow Steven Moff William Brown
Robert W. Ruekert Sudhir Karunakaran William D. Ash
Robert Williams Sue Lewis William Foxx
Robert Witherspoon Sue McGorry William G. Browne
Roberta Schultz Sue Umashankar William G. Mitchell
Roger McIntyre Suman Basuroy William J. Carner
Roger W. Egerton Sundaram Dorai William Motz
Ron Dougherty Sunder Narayanan William Pertula
Ron Hasty Susan Godar William R. Wynd
Ron Larson Susan Peterson William Rodgers
Ron Weston Susan Sieloff William S. Piper
Ronald A. Feinberg Susan Stanix Wilton Lelund
Ronald Michaels Susie Pryor Yi He
Rosemary Ramsey Suzanne Murray Yue Pan
Roy Adler Sylvia Keyes Yunchuan Liu
Roy Klages Tamara Masters
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Thanks are due to many people, including current and past students, marketing educa-
tors around the globe, university staff, business journal and periodical authors, company
representatives, and marketing professionals of every kind. Their assistance has been
essential in our efforts to continue to provide the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and
integrated teaching and learning package available. We have been fortunate to have so
many people be part of our team! In particular, however, we continue to benefit from the
insights and guidance of our long-time friend, colleague, and coauthor, William Rudelius.
His contributions to the textbook are truly timeless.
Nancy Harrower of Concordia University, St. Paul, led our efforts on the Instructor’s Man-
ual, the PowerPoint slides, the In-Class Activities, and the new Digital In-Class Activities. In
addition, she provides the content for our blog (kerinmarketing.com). Tia Quinlan-Wilder of
the University of Denver was responsible for the Test Bank and Quizzes and the Learn-
Smart component of our interactive learning package. Erin Steffes of Towson University
was responsible for the Connect application exercises and the new Marketing Analytics
exercises. All of these professors are exceptional educators and we are very fortunate that
they are part of our team. Michael Vessey, our long-time collaborator who recently passed
away, also provided assistance in the preparation of materials that are still in use.
Thanks are also due to many other colleagues who contributed to the text, cases, and
supplements. They include: Richard Lutz of the University of Florida; Linda Rochford of the
University of Minnesota–Duluth; Kevin Upton of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities;
Nancy Nentl of Metropolitan State University; Leslie Kendrick of Johns Hopkins University;
Lau Geok Theng of the National University of Singapore; and Leigh McAlister of the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin. Rick Armstrong of Armstrong Photography, Dan Hundley and
George Heck of Token Media, Nick Kaufman and Michelle Morgan of NKP Media, Bruce
McLean of World Class Communication Technologies, Paul Fagan of Fagan Productions,
Martin Walter of White Room Digital, Scott Bolin of Bolin Marketing, and Andrew Schones
of Pure Imagination produced the videos.
Those who provided the resources for use in both the Marketing, 14th edition textbook,
Instructor’s Manual, and/or PowerPoint presentations include: Todd Walker and Jean
Golden of Million Dollar Idea; Karen Cohick of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; Liz Stewart
of Ben & Jerry’s; John Formella and Patricia Lipari of Kodak; Erica Schiebel of 3M; Joe
Diliberti of Consumer Reports; Patricia Breman of Strategic Business Insights (VALS); Brian
Nielsen of the Nielsen Company; David Walonick of StatPac; Mark Rehborg of Schwan’s
Consumer Brands (Tony’s Pizza); Jennifer Olson of Experian Simmons; Kitty Munger and
Mary Wykoff of Wendy’s; Mark Heller of RetailSails; Nicky Hutcheon of ZenithOptimedia;
Amy Thompson and Jennifer Allison of Dell, Inc.; Adriana Carlton of Walmart and Rick Hill
of Bernstein-Rein Advertising (Walmart); Janine Bolin of Saks, Inc.; Dr. Yory Wurmser of the
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Data and Marketing Association; Elizabeth Clendenin of Unilever (Caress); and Jennifer
Katz, Kelsey Fisher, Jenny Caffoe, Lexi Diederich, and Malyn Mueller of StuffDOT, Inc.
We also want to thank the following people who generously provided assistance with our
Marketing, 14th edition In-Class Activities (ICAs) and associated PowerPoint presenta-
tions: Mitch Forster and Carla Silveira of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company; Karolyn Warfel
and Betsy Boyer of Woodstream Corp. (Victor Pest); Leonard Fuld of Fuld & Co.; Maggie
Jantzen of Starbucks Coffee Company; Michelle Green and Victoria Glazier of the U.S.
Census Bureau; Lisa Castaldo of Pepsi; Muffie Taggert of General Mills; Robert M. McMath,
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BRIEF CONTENTS
Part 1 Initiating the Marketing Process
1 Creating Customer Relationships and Value through Marketing 2
2 Developing Successful Organizational and Marketing Strategies 26
Appendix A Building an Effective Marketing Plan 56
3 Scanning the Marketing Environment 72
4 Ethical and Social Responsibility for Sustainable Marketing 104
Glossary 685
Name Index 697
Company/Product Index 706
Subject Index 714
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DETAILED CONTENTS
Part 1 Initiating the Marketing Process
1 CREATING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS AND VALUE
THROUGH MARKETING 2
Creating Customer Value: The Chobani Way! 2
Creating an Exceptional Product 2
Connecting with Customers 2
Chobani Today 3
Chobani, Marketing, and You 4
What Is Marketing? 4
Marketing and Your Career 4
Marketing: Delivering Value to Customers 5
The Diverse Elements Influencing Marketing Actions 5
What Is Needed for Marketing to Occur 6
How Marketing Discovers and Satisfies Consumer Needs 7
Discovering Consumer Needs 8
The Challenge: Meeting Consumer Needs with New
Products 8
Satisfying Consumer Needs 10
The Marketing Program: How Customer Relationships Are Built 11
Relationship Marketing: Easy to Understand, Hard to Do 11
The Marketing Program and Market Segments 13
3M’s Strategy and Marketing Program to Help Students
Study 13
How Marketing Became So Important 15
Evolution of the Market Orientation 15
Focusing on Customer Relationship Management 15
Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing: Balancing the
Interests of Different Groups 17
The Breadth and Depth of Marketing 17
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Making Responsible Decisions: Social Entrepreneurs
Are Creating New Types of Organizations to Pursue
Social Goals 29
What Is Strategy? 29
The Structure of Today’s Organizations 30
Strategy in Visionary Organizations 31
Organizational Foundation: Why Does It Exist? 31
Organizational Direction: What Will It Do? 32
Organizational Strategies: How Will It Do It? 34
Tracking Strategic Performance with Marketing Analytics 34
Applying Marketing Metrics: How Well Is Ben & Jerry’s
Doing? 36
Setting Strategic Directions 36
A Look Around: Where Are We Now? 36
Growth Strategies: Where Do We Want to Go? 37
Marketing Matters: Filling the Shoes of Apple CEO Tim Cook:
Where Will Apple’s Projected Future Growth for Its Major
SBUs Come From? 38
The Strategic Marketing Process 41
The Planning Phase of the Strategic Marketing Process 41
The Implementation Phase of the Strategic
Marketing Process 44
The Evaluation Phase of the Strategic Marketing Process 46
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Making Responsible Decisions: Balancing Profits and
Purpose—Millennial Style 79
Culture 82
Economic Forces 84
Macroeconomic Conditions 84
Consumer Income 85
Marketing Insights About Me: American FactFinder:
Your Source for Economic Information 86
Technological Forces 87
Technology of Tomorrow 87
Technology’s Impact on Customer Value 88
Technology Enables Data Analytics 88
Competitive Forces 89
Alternative Forms of Competition 89
Components of Competition 90
Small Businesses as Competitors 90
Regulatory Forces 91
Protecting Competition 91
Product-Related Legislation 91
Pricing-Related Legislation 93
Distribution-Related Legislation 93
Advertising- and Promotion-Related Legislation 93
Marketing Matters: Does Protecting Privacy Hurt the Web? 94
Control through Self-Regulation 95
Learning Objectives Review 95
Learning Review Answers 96
Focusing on Key Terms 97
Applying Marketing Knowledge 97
Building Your Marketing Plan 97
Video Case 3: Geek Squad: A New Business for
a New Environment 98
Chapter Notes 100
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Making Responsible Decisions: Corporate Conscience
in the Cola War 110
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Making Responsible Decisions: The Ethics of Subliminal
Messages 138
Consumer Learning 138
Consumer Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes 139
Consumer Lifestyle 140
Marketing Insights About Me: What Motivates You? Identifying
Your VALS Profile 141
Sociocultural Influences on Consumer Behavior 142
Personal Influence 142
Marketing Matters: BzzAgent—The Buzz Experience 143
Reference Group Influence 144
Family Influence 144
Social Class Influence 146
Culture and Subculture Influences 147
Learning Objectives Review 149
Learning Review Answers 150
Focusing on Key Terms 150
Applying Marketing Knowledge 150
Building Your Marketing Plan 151
Video Case 5: Coppertone: Creating the Leading Sun Care
Brand by Understanding Consumers 151
Chapter Notes 153
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Making Responsible Decisions: Sustainable Procurement for
Sustainable Growth at Starbucks 165
The Organizational Buying Function and Process and the
Buying Center 165
The Buying Function in Organizations 165
Stages in the Organizational Buying Process 165
The Buying Center: A Cross-Functional Group 166
Online Buying in Business-to-Business Marketing 168
Prominence of Online Buying in Organizational Markets 168
E-Marketplaces: Virtual Organizational Markets 169
Online Auctions in Organizational Markets 169
Marketing Matters: eBay Means Business for Business-to-
Business Marketing Entrepreneurs, Too! 170
Learning Objectives Review 171
Learning Review Answers 172
Focusing on Key Terms 172
Applying Marketing Knowledge 172
Building Your Marketing Plan 173
Video Case 6: Trek: Building Better Bikes through
Organizational Buying 173
Chapter Notes 176
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A Global Environmental Scan 190
Cultural Diversity 190
Economic Considerations 193
Political-Regulatory Climate 195
Marketing Insights About Me: Checking My Country’s Political
Risk Rating—Are You Surprised? 196
Comparing Global Market-Entry Strategies 196
Exporting 196
Marketing Matters: Creative Cosmetics and Creative Export
Marketing in Japan 197
Licensing 198
Joint Venture 198
Direct Investment 199
Crafting a Worldwide Marketing Program 199
Product and Promotion Strategies 200
Distribution Strategy 201
Pricing Strategy 202
Learning Objectives Review 203
Learning Review Answers 203
Focusing on Key Terms 204
Applying Marketing Knowledge 204
Building Your Marketing Plan 204
Video Case 7: Mary Kay, Inc.: Building a Brand in India 204
Chapter Notes 208
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Marketing Matters: Online Databases and Internet Resources
Useful to Marketers 218
Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Data 218
Primary Data: Watching People 219
Primary Data: Asking People 221
Primary Data: Other Sources 225
Applying Marketing Metrics: Are the Carmex Social Media
Programs Working Well? 226
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Step 2: Group Products to Be Sold into Categories 256
Step 3: Develop a Market-Product Grid and Estimate
the Size of Markets 258
Step 4: Select Target Markets 259
Step 5: Take Marketing Actions to Reach Target Markets 260
Market-Product Synergies: A Balancing Act 262
Marketing Matters: Apple’s Segmentation Strategy—Camp
Runamok No Longer 263
Positioning the Product 264
Two Approaches to Product Positioning 264
Writing a Positioning Statement 264
Product Positioning Using Perceptual Maps 264
A Perceptual Map to Reposition Chocolate Milk for Adults 265
Learning Objectives Review 266
Learning Review Answers 266
Focusing on Key Terms 267
Applying Marketing Knowledge 267
Building Your Marketing Plan 267
Video Case 9: Prince Sports, Inc.: Tennis Racquets
for Every Segment 268
Chapter Notes 270
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Stage 2: Idea Generation 284
Stage 3: Screening and Evaluation 286
Marketing Matters: Was the Google Glass Half Full
or Half Empty? 287
Stage 4: Business Analysis 288
Stage 5: Development 288
Stage 6: Market Testing 289
Stage 7: Commercialization 290
Learning Objectives Review 291
Learning Review Answers 292
Focusing on Key Terms 293
Applying Marketing Knowledge 293
Building Your Marketing Plan 293
Video Case 10: GoPro: Making All of Us Heroes with Exciting
New Products 294
Chapter Notes 296
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Packaging and Labeling Products 320
Creating Customer Value and Competitive Advantage
through Packaging and Labeling 320
Marketing Matters: Creating Customer Value through
Packaging—Pez Heads Dispense More Than Candy 321
Packaging and Labeling Challenges and Responses 322
Product Warranty 322
Learning Objectives Review 323
Learning Review Answers 324
Focusing on Key Terms 324
Applying Marketing Knowledge 324
Building Your Marketing Plan 325
Video Case 11: P&G’s Secret Deodorant: Finding Inspiration
in Perspiration 325
Chapter Notes 328
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Focusing on Key Terms 350
Applying Marketing Knowledge 350
Building Your Marketing Plan 350
Video Case 12: LA Galaxy: Where Sports Marketing
Is a Kick! 351
Chapter Notes 354
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Marketing Matters: Energizer’s Lesson in Price Perception—
Value Lies in the Eye of the Beholder 384
Cost-Oriented Pricing Approaches 385
Profit-Oriented Pricing Approaches 387
Competition-Oriented Pricing Approaches 389
Applying Marketing Metrics: Are Red Bull Prices Above, At, or
Below the Market? 390
Step 5: Set the List or Quoted Price 391
Choose a Price Policy 391
Consider Company, Customer, and Competitive Effects on
Pricing 392
Making Responsible Decisions: The Ethics and Economics of
Surge Pricing 393
Balance Incremental Costs and Revenues 394
Step 6: Make Special Adjustments to the List or Quoted Price 395
Discounts 395
Allowances 397
Geographical Adjustments 397
Marketing Matters: Everyday Low Prices at the Supermarket =
Everyday Low Profits—Creating Customer Value at a Cost 398
Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Pricing 399
Learning Objectives Review 401
Learning Review Answers 402
Focusing on Key Terms 403
Applying Marketing Knowledge 403
Building Your Marketing Plan 403
Video Case 14: Carmex (B): Setting the Price of the
Number One Lip Balm 404
Chapter Notes 406
Appendix B Financial Aspects of Marketing 407
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DANCE ON STILTS AT THE GIRLS’ UNYAGO, NIUCHI
I see increasing reason to believe that the view formed some time
back as to the origin of the Makonde bush is the correct one. I have
no doubt that it is not a natural product, but the result of human
occupation. Those parts of the high country where man—as a very
slight amount of practice enables the eye to perceive at once—has not
yet penetrated with axe and hoe, are still occupied by a splendid
timber forest quite able to sustain a comparison with our mixed
forests in Germany. But wherever man has once built his hut or tilled
his field, this horrible bush springs up. Every phase of this process
may be seen in the course of a couple of hours’ walk along the main
road. From the bush to right or left, one hears the sound of the axe—
not from one spot only, but from several directions at once. A few
steps further on, we can see what is taking place. The brush has been
cut down and piled up in heaps to the height of a yard or more,
between which the trunks of the large trees stand up like the last
pillars of a magnificent ruined building. These, too, present a
melancholy spectacle: the destructive Makonde have ringed them—
cut a broad strip of bark all round to ensure their dying off—and also
piled up pyramids of brush round them. Father and son, mother and
son-in-law, are chopping away perseveringly in the background—too
busy, almost, to look round at the white stranger, who usually excites
so much interest. If you pass by the same place a week later, the piles
of brushwood have disappeared and a thick layer of ashes has taken
the place of the green forest. The large trees stretch their
smouldering trunks and branches in dumb accusation to heaven—if
they have not already fallen and been more or less reduced to ashes,
perhaps only showing as a white stripe on the dark ground.
This work of destruction is carried out by the Makonde alike on the
virgin forest and on the bush which has sprung up on sites already
cultivated and deserted. In the second case they are saved the trouble
of burning the large trees, these being entirely absent in the
secondary bush.
After burning this piece of forest ground and loosening it with the
hoe, the native sows his corn and plants his vegetables. All over the
country, he goes in for bed-culture, which requires, and, in fact,
receives, the most careful attention. Weeds are nowhere tolerated in
the south of German East Africa. The crops may fail on the plains,
where droughts are frequent, but never on the plateau with its
abundant rains and heavy dews. Its fortunate inhabitants even have
the satisfaction of seeing the proud Wayao and Wamakua working
for them as labourers, driven by hunger to serve where they were
accustomed to rule.
But the light, sandy soil is soon exhausted, and would yield no
harvest the second year if cultivated twice running. This fact has
been familiar to the native for ages; consequently he provides in
time, and, while his crop is growing, prepares the next plot with axe
and firebrand. Next year he plants this with his various crops and
lets the first piece lie fallow. For a short time it remains waste and
desolate; then nature steps in to repair the destruction wrought by
man; a thousand new growths spring out of the exhausted soil, and
even the old stumps put forth fresh shoots. Next year the new growth
is up to one’s knees, and in a few years more it is that terrible,
impenetrable bush, which maintains its position till the black
occupier of the land has made the round of all the available sites and
come back to his starting point.
The Makonde are, body and soul, so to speak, one with this bush.
According to my Yao informants, indeed, their name means nothing
else but “bush people.” Their own tradition says that they have been
settled up here for a very long time, but to my surprise they laid great
stress on an original immigration. Their old homes were in the
south-east, near Mikindani and the mouth of the Rovuma, whence
their peaceful forefathers were driven by the continual raids of the
Sakalavas from Madagascar and the warlike Shirazis[47] of the coast,
to take refuge on the almost inaccessible plateau. I have studied
African ethnology for twenty years, but the fact that changes of
population in this apparently quiet and peaceable corner of the earth
could have been occasioned by outside enterprises taking place on
the high seas, was completely new to me. It is, no doubt, however,
correct.
The charming tribal legend of the Makonde—besides informing us
of other interesting matters—explains why they have to live in the
thickest of the bush and a long way from the edge of the plateau,
instead of making their permanent homes beside the purling brooks
and springs of the low country.
“The place where the tribe originated is Mahuta, on the southern
side of the plateau towards the Rovuma, where of old time there was
nothing but thick bush. Out of this bush came a man who never
washed himself or shaved his head, and who ate and drank but little.
He went out and made a human figure from the wood of a tree
growing in the open country, which he took home to his abode in the
bush and there set it upright. In the night this image came to life and
was a woman. The man and woman went down together to the
Rovuma to wash themselves. Here the woman gave birth to a still-
born child. They left that place and passed over the high land into the
valley of the Mbemkuru, where the woman had another child, which
was also born dead. Then they returned to the high bush country of
Mahuta, where the third child was born, which lived and grew up. In
course of time, the couple had many more children, and called
themselves Wamatanda. These were the ancestral stock of the
Makonde, also called Wamakonde,[48] i.e., aborigines. Their
forefather, the man from the bush, gave his children the command to
bury their dead upright, in memory of the mother of their race who
was cut out of wood and awoke to life when standing upright. He also
warned them against settling in the valleys and near large streams,
for sickness and death dwelt there. They were to make it a rule to
have their huts at least an hour’s walk from the nearest watering-
place; then their children would thrive and escape illness.”
The explanation of the name Makonde given by my informants is
somewhat different from that contained in the above legend, which I
extract from a little book (small, but packed with information), by
Pater Adams, entitled Lindi und sein Hinterland. Otherwise, my
results agree exactly with the statements of the legend. Washing?
Hapana—there is no such thing. Why should they do so? As it is, the
supply of water scarcely suffices for cooking and drinking; other
people do not wash, so why should the Makonde distinguish himself
by such needless eccentricity? As for shaving the head, the short,
woolly crop scarcely needs it,[49] so the second ancestral precept is
likewise easy enough to follow. Beyond this, however, there is
nothing ridiculous in the ancestor’s advice. I have obtained from
various local artists a fairly large number of figures carved in wood,
ranging from fifteen to twenty-three inches in height, and
representing women belonging to the great group of the Mavia,
Makonde, and Matambwe tribes. The carving is remarkably well
done and renders the female type with great accuracy, especially the
keloid ornamentation, to be described later on. As to the object and
meaning of their works the sculptors either could or (more probably)
would tell me nothing, and I was forced to content myself with the
scanty information vouchsafed by one man, who said that the figures
were merely intended to represent the nembo—the artificial
deformations of pelele, ear-discs, and keloids. The legend recorded
by Pater Adams places these figures in a new light. They must surely
be more than mere dolls; and we may even venture to assume that
they are—though the majority of present-day Makonde are probably
unaware of the fact—representations of the tribal ancestress.
The references in the legend to the descent from Mahuta to the
Rovuma, and to a journey across the highlands into the Mbekuru
valley, undoubtedly indicate the previous history of the tribe, the
travels of the ancestral pair typifying the migrations of their
descendants. The descent to the neighbouring Rovuma valley, with
its extraordinary fertility and great abundance of game, is intelligible
at a glance—but the crossing of the Lukuledi depression, the ascent
to the Rondo Plateau and the descent to the Mbemkuru, also lie
within the bounds of probability, for all these districts have exactly
the same character as the extreme south. Now, however, comes a
point of especial interest for our bacteriological age. The primitive
Makonde did not enjoy their lives in the marshy river-valleys.
Disease raged among them, and many died. It was only after they
had returned to their original home near Mahuta, that the health
conditions of these people improved. We are very apt to think of the
African as a stupid person whose ignorance of nature is only equalled
by his fear of it, and who looks on all mishaps as caused by evil
spirits and malignant natural powers. It is much more correct to
assume in this case that the people very early learnt to distinguish
districts infested with malaria from those where it is absent.
This knowledge is crystallized in the
ancestral warning against settling in the
valleys and near the great waters, the
dwelling-places of disease and death. At the
same time, for security against the hostile
Mavia south of the Rovuma, it was enacted
that every settlement must be not less than a
certain distance from the southern edge of the
plateau. Such in fact is their mode of life at the
present day. It is not such a bad one, and
certainly they are both safer and more
comfortable than the Makua, the recent
intruders from the south, who have made USUAL METHOD OF
good their footing on the western edge of the CLOSING HUT-DOOR
plateau, extending over a fairly wide belt of
country. Neither Makua nor Makonde show in their dwellings
anything of the size and comeliness of the Yao houses in the plain,
especially at Masasi, Chingulungulu and Zuza’s. Jumbe Chauro, a
Makonde hamlet not far from Newala, on the road to Mahuta, is the
most important settlement of the tribe I have yet seen, and has fairly
spacious huts. But how slovenly is their construction compared with
the palatial residences of the elephant-hunters living in the plain.
The roofs are still more untidy than in the general run of huts during
the dry season, the walls show here and there the scanty beginnings
or the lamentable remains of the mud plastering, and the interior is a
veritable dog-kennel; dirt, dust and disorder everywhere. A few huts
only show any attempt at division into rooms, and this consists
merely of very roughly-made bamboo partitions. In one point alone
have I noticed any indication of progress—in the method of fastening
the door. Houses all over the south are secured in a simple but
ingenious manner. The door consists of a set of stout pieces of wood
or bamboo, tied with bark-string to two cross-pieces, and moving in
two grooves round one of the door-posts, so as to open inwards. If
the owner wishes to leave home, he takes two logs as thick as a man’s
upper arm and about a yard long. One of these is placed obliquely
against the middle of the door from the inside, so as to form an angle
of from 60° to 75° with the ground. He then places the second piece
horizontally across the first, pressing it downward with all his might.
It is kept in place by two strong posts planted in the ground a few
inches inside the door. This fastening is absolutely safe, but of course
cannot be applied to both doors at once, otherwise how could the
owner leave or enter his house? I have not yet succeeded in finding
out how the back door is fastened.