TY - BOOK AU - Boone,Louis E. AU - Kurtz,David L. TI - Contemporary marketing SN - 0324221924 (pbk.) U1 - 658.8 21 PY - 2005/// CY - Mason, Ohio PB - Thomson/South-Western KW - Marketing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Part 1. Designing customer-oriented marketing strategies -- Customer-driven marketing -- Strategic planning and the marketing process -- The marketing environment, ethics and social responsibility -- Global dimensions of marketing -- Part 2. Managing technology and information to achieve marketing success -- E-commerce: electronic marketing and the internet for Dot.com and brick-and-mortar marketers -- Relationship marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) -- Marketing research, decision-support systems and sales forecasting. Part 3. Market segmentation and customer behavior -- Market segmentation, targeting and positioning -- Consumer behavior -- Business-to-business (B2B) marketing. Part 4. Product strategy -- Product strategies -- Category and brand management, product identification and new-product planning. Part 5. Pricing strategy -- Price determination -- Managing the pricing function. Part 6. Distribution strategy -- Marketing channels, logistics and supply chain management -- Direct marketing and marketing resellers: retainers and wholesalers -- Promotional strategy -- Integrated marketing communications -- Advertising, sales promotion and public relations -- Personal selling and sales-force management ER -