Category Archives: Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information

This sub-category encompasses identifying and understanding consumers, and information gathering and processing in retailing.

Star Wars’ Rogue One Is Here!

Professor Evans recently did a radio interview following up on an Evans on Marketing post on Rogue One. Click to listen to that interview.    

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How Do People Feel About Gift Giving?

Marketing Professor Anne Hamby of the Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University is an expert on consumer behavior. Recently, she participated in a video interview about the holiday shopping season.    

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Patagonia Really Loves Our Planet

Patagonia is a remarkable company that is true to its original mission: “Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire, and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.” Today, it “is a designer of outdoor clothing and … Continue reading

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