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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453786703321

Titolo

Flagship marketing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Tony Kent and Reva Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2008

ISBN

1-134-07669-X

1-281-90131-8

9786611901318

0-203-88708-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies ; ; v.v. 39

Altri autori (Persone)

KentTony (A. E.)

BrownReva Berman <1939->

Disciplina

658.8/2

658.82

Soggetti

Flagship stores - Marketing

Branding (Marketing)

Place marketing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Concepts of flagships; 2 A classification approach to flagship stores; 3 Emotion and identity in flagship luxury design; 4 Virtual flagships and sociable media; 5 The flagship store: The luxury fashion retailing perspective; 6 Flagship shopping centres; 7 'From dome to dome': Exploring cultural flagships and their contribution to achieving regeneration goals; 8 A cultural quarter flagship: The MuseumsQuartier, Vienna

9 The department store: The metropolitan flagship in national networks of fashion consumption10 Wynn Las Vegas: A flagship destination resort; 11 High-end 'factory outlets': New showcases of German carmakers; 12 What is a flagship supermarket?: An analysis of supermarket flagships in a historical context; 13 Virtual flagships; Afterword; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Flagships are the physical apogee of consumerism, places where brand experiences are most defined and interactions with consumers are highly refined. This book marks the first comprehensive study of the concept of the flagship, bringing together a range of scholarly insights from the field, covering issues such as consumerism, areas of consumption and experimental marketing theory and practise. The ways in which flagship projects communicate brand values, both externally and internally, form an important part of this book, and provide new perspectives on late twentieth century commercial an