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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465744203321

Autore

Oswald Laura R

Titolo

Marketing semiotics [[electronic resource] ] : signs, strategies, and brand value / / Laura R

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-180668-4

1-283-42670-6

9786613426703

0-19-161786-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

380.1/014

380.1014

Soggetti

Communication in marketing

Semiotics

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

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; Introduction; 1. Semiotics in the World of Goods; 2. Marketing Semiotics; 3. Mining the Consumer Brandscape; 4. Brand Discourse; 5. Mining the Multicultural Brandscape; 6. The Semiotics of Consumer Space; 7. New Directions in Marketing Semiotics; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Everyday consumers buy into the concept of brands and their associated meanings - the perception of quality, a symbolic relationship, a vicarious experience, or even a sense of identity. Marketing Semiotics suggests that the extent to which consumers recognize, internalize, and relate to brand meanings is not only an academic question. These meanings contribute to 'brand equity', the financial value of intangible brand benefits that exceed the use value of goods, andimpacts upon a firm's financial performance. Therefore, the management of brand equity demands first and foremost the management