Sales Promotion And Modern Merchandising

This comprehensive guide introduces promotion strategies and techniques that can be used in a fashion environment or transferred to other disciplines or product categories. Using international examples, the book takes a global perspective. An integrated marketing communications (IMC) point of view is present throughout. In addition to covering the role and organizational structure of promotion and advertising and the creative elements involved, the text examines all the components of the promotion mix: advertising media, direct marketing, sales promotion, publicity, public relations, personal selling, special events, fashion shows, and visual merchandising. Unlike other books in the field, it considers both personal and non-personal techniques. The authors also discuss evaluation tools and examine the social, ethical, and legal implications of promotional efforts. Instructor's Guide provides objectives, teaching hints, project suggestions, and test questions.

Advertising is a brilliant form of art that has become an indispensable part of our lives. As the business scene has transformed for the better in our country, much is happening on the advertising front. To tap the progress of Indian Advertising in this changed scenario, a third edition of the book "Advertising and Sales Promotion" has been prepared for the students. In this new edition, all the chapters have been revised and some moderately updated with more relevant text, figures, boxes, exhibits and references.Following are the highlights of this edition: Matter on Segmentation now includes current framework of Values and Lifestyle and Positioning topic has been re-written; text on Brand Personality and Image has been updated; New Appendices have been added at the end of Part -I and Part - IV, respectively; some new Boxes with insightful contents have been added; and some of the old exhibits have been replaced with the new ones.The book essentially deals with the dynamic concept of Sales Promotion and its effect on the consumer. Particularly meant for the students of management, specialising in marketing; the book provides a thoroughly educative and interesting reading.

Promotion is a key element at each step of the merchandising process. Advertising, direct marketing, public relations, special events, and visual merchandising all work together to communicate the same message about a product, brand, or organization to the end user. Promotion in the Merchandising Environment, 2nd Edition, explains the process of promotion and describes the promotion tools available for creating successful campaigns. The book focuses on the comprehensive nature of promotion in the merchandising environment of fashion and related goods, emphasizing the changing nature of promotion in a global marketplace by using international examples. This book also introduces promotion strategies and techniques that can be used in a fashion environment or transferred to other disciplines or product categories. The text examines all the components of the promotion mix, considering both personal and nonpersonal techniques.

In this Second Edition, Phillips attempts to& -- (1) demystify the field of fashion sales promotion, (2) introduce readers to each piece of the promotions puzzle, and (3) demonstrate how these pieces fit together& -- all toward the ultimate goal of giving readers the ability to apply the skills they've learned. The book reflects the latest developments in fashion sales promotion, including CD-ROM technology, selling over the Internet, and the overall increase of supplier and media art support. The author conveys concepts in a clear, concise writing style designed to be easily accessible to both the student of the fashion industry and the entrepreneur in the field.