BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Industrial Goods Marketing
- the industrial marketing of products. Industrial goods marketing is different from the marketing of consumer goods in that it is directed at organizations, businesses, and other institutions, rather than at the individual end user of a product. It may require different marketing strategies from those used in consumer goods marketing to be effective.
Additional Resources
- Understanding Green Marketing
- With the continuing rise in environmental awareness and concern, companies recognize that it pays to be green. As well as acting in an environmentally responsible way, it is important for companies to communicate their green credentials. What You Need to KnowWhat is green marketing?There is a degree of confusion...
- Articles 2007-12-03
- So long, consumers;Cohen leaves consumer goods for post at Internet marketplace supplyforce.com.(Brief Article)
- After 15 years in consumer goods marketing, David Cohen decided the time had come for a radical change. The 39-year-old veteran of such personal care giants as Johnson & Johnson and Unilever was recently appointed VP-marketing at supplyForce.com, an online seller of industrial and...
- Research articles 2000-04-10
- Philippines-Based Consumer Goods Firm Plans 3.7 Billion Thai Brewery.
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- Research articles 2004-03-09
- Building Business-to-Business Marketing Skills to Increase Your Company's Sales
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- White papers 2005-07-18
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- White papers 2005-09-09
- Unileverage: consumer goods groups have lagged behind their industrial equivalents when it comes to harmonising their processes. Graham Hibbert explains how Unilever bit the bullet and ran a tightly controlled programme to simplify its European processes
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- Research articles 2004-02-01
- Social media governance lacking at top firms
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- News items 2010-01-14
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- Research articles 2001-09-09
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- Research articles 1992-03-30
- Chile: ED&F Man Sugar acquires stake in Iansa.
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- Research articles 2004-11-16
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- Research articles 2000-06-19
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- Research articles 2006-03-13
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- News items 2009-08-24
- The Downturn's New Rules for Marketers
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- Articles 2009-01-12
- Anger over Royal Mail strike plan
- Businesses complained they were being "held to ransom" as the postal workers' union announced yesterday that 121,000 Royal Mail staff had voted overwhelmingly for national strikes over jobs, pay and working conditions. Companies fear that national action, on top of regional strikes over the past three months, will cause widespread...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Project Management: The Importance Of Flame Resistant Uniforms In Your Workplace
- Making the right method on strategic planning can make your company grow with maximum profit. The strategic planning process in marketing consists of seven interrelated steps; defining organizational mission, establishing strategic business units, setting marketing objectives, performing situation analysis, developing marketing strategy, implementing tactics, and monitoring results. This process is...
- White papers 2008-09-25
- Keeping Current on Green Management
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- Blog posts 2008-06-18
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- Research articles 1997-09-16
