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KnowThis: Marketing Basics 5th edition offers detailed coverage of essential marketing concepts. This very affordable book is written by a marketing professor and covers the same ground as much more expensive books while offering insights not found in other books. The new edition includes enhanced coverage of numerous new developments and how these affect marketing including the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI), the effects of an unforeseen global pandemic, the implications of voice-activated assistants, the use of advanced payment systems, to name just a few. And new for this edition is the inclusion of 10 Marketing Case Studies covering multiple topics. The book is ideal for marketing professionals, students, educators, and anyone else who needs to know about marketing. Supported by KnowThis.com, a leading marketing resource. Contents: 1: What is Marketing? 2: Marketing Research 3: Managing Customers 4: Understanding Customers 5: Targeting Markets 6: Product Decisions 7: Managing Products 8: Distribution Decisions 9: Retailing 10: Wholesaling & Product Movement 11: Promotion Decisions 12: Advertising 13: Managing the Advertising Campaign 14: Sales Promotion 15: Public Relations 16: Personal Selling 17: Pricing Decisions 18: Setting Price 19: Managing External Forces 20: Marketing Planning & Strategy Marketing Case Studies: 10 Cases