Foundations of Marketing Fourth Edition is a fully revised & updated edition of the highly successful text by John Fahy & David Jobber. Devised to offer comprehensive coverage for a short course in marketing Foundations of Marketing retains its concise twelve chapter structure. The book offers a rigorous but accessible introduction covering the core marketing curriculum in an engaging style that routinely demonstrates how marketing affects our everyday lives considering both the decisions we make as consumers & decisions marketing professionals would make in response to their customers. Fully revised & updated this edition offers a closer focus on the value of marketing & its impact. The new edition also takes a more critical approach that questions & engages with current debates. Topic highlights of the fourth edition include widespread coverage of the huge impact of social media on the sphere of marketing a fresh look at new techniques of marketing research used in real organizations & a contemporary perspective on the growing service segment of the world economy. Bang up to date with new cases & examples the book covers European examples from all corners of the region including Germany Sweden Denmark France Switzerland the UK & Ireland without ignoring the prevalence of US & global brands in contemporary culture. The book retains the popular Marketing Spotlight & Marketing in Action features showcasing brands as diverse as Lady Gaga Guinness & Gap. New Social Media boxes cover Linked In Facebook Groupon & more. The fourth editions case studies are all new featuring brands from varying segments & countries including H & M Subway Carlsberg Rolex & Jamie Oliver. The new edition is supported by a superlative resource package to support lecturers & students with exciting new videos linked to the case material case & tutorial support & the integration of Mc Graw-Hills Connect learning solution. Connect offers gradeable interactive activities cases self study quizzes & a variety of tools to help students to master their marketing module.