Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution, 18621969 by Robert Fi... - 9780521435123

Rowntree and the Marketing Revolution, 18621969Author(s): Robert Fitzgerald\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521435123, 978-0521435123\nSynopsis\nRowntree and the Marketing Revolution, [tel] is a major study in the history of marketing in economic development, in addition to being a history of a well-known international company. Marketing history remains a neglected field of study, yet Rowntree's commercial success has been the direct result of applied marketing methods and major advances in product development, branding and advertising. It is surprising that marketing and mass consumption has been so neglected; yet Rowntree was a marketing pioneer. The company had in addition a prominent role in questioning managerial organization, business culture, industrial relations, restrictive practices, and multinational business. This book offers a comprehensive account of a company and its industry, b.