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Films and documentaries can be highly useful pedagogic and research tools. They take complex topics that are theoretically and empirically rich and distill them into vehicles having the potential to deeply affect the way we look at marketing, consumer behavior, and the natural environment. They illuminate how our current consumption patterns are fundamentally problematic in ways that we rarely register because they are far removed from our sight. Using the work of Zygmunt Bauman on moral distance as well as two recent documentary films that bring the subject of waste to the fore, we explore these and related issues. Trashed (Brady 2012) highlights our planet’s finite resources and the hazards stemming from various waste disposal practices. Waste Land (Walker 2010) draws our attention to excess by profiling an example of how waste can be transformed into art. We make a case that these accounts can contribute to the “estrangement effect” articulated and praised by Herbert Marcuse and concomitantly provide us with examples of Transformative Consumer Research outside of the academy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a selective survey of Professor Monieson's work, using the philosophy and sociology of science as a prism. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is a historical review. Findings – Monieson was an important figure in the development of marketing thought, whose research should be read by marketing scholars and students alike. Practical implications – The paper introduces Monieson's advanced epistemological and axiological reflections to an audience who might be unaware of his contributions. In addition, it connects Monieson's writings with issues and debates central to the history of marketing thought, namely the first paradigm debate stimulated by the German Historicist School. Originality/value – This paper examines and interprets Monieson's somewhat difficult work for a new audience; and connects the work of a managerially minded scholar with emerging debates in critical marketing studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This commentary introduces a four-volume tome, Macromarketing, a major research collection for which the authors served as editors. Equity, poverty, and societal development were the primary foci. A lengthy vetting process resulted in eighty articles for inclusion. Among them are articles recently published in the Journal of Macromarketing; most of the articles however are drawn from economics, foreign policy, sociology, and the literature of other disciplines. This eclectic mix reveals other fields and leading scholars in them who share interests with macromarketers. The table of contents and organizational structure of the tome are presented in Table 1. Influential articles that ''just missed the cut'' for reasons explained in the commentary are included in Table 2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the history of relationship marketing (RM) is challenged. Similar to discussions of the marketing concept, the debates surrounding RM are largely ahistorical. This is despite numerous scholars indicating that RM has a far longer history than is currently appreciated. In contrast to received wisdom that RM emerged in the late 1970s, it is demonstrated that RM themes have been present in the marketing literature for longer than is recognized by the contemporary scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to rethink the historical emergence of relationship marketing using the work of an early economics writer. Design/methodology/approach – The approach of the paper is a historical review. Findings – It is demonstrated that Eddy's major publication, The New Competition, articulates an argument central to relationship marketing, in terms of the value accorded to inter-firm relationships. In doing so, this paper extends the work of Keep et al. on relationship marketing and Hollander's own reflection on the nature of competition. Practical implications – Commensurate with studies that explore the "dark-side" of relationship marketing, this paper shows how close organizational relations do not necessarily increase the efficiency of the market. Originality/value – This paper undermines the argument that relationship marketing emerged in the 1970s. It thereby adds further weight to the idea that relationship marketing is not a new paradigm in marketing theory or business practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]