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Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research

Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research EJM Book review 51,5/6 Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research Edited by Laura R. Oswald Oxford University Press 189 pp. £60 (Hbk) £19.99 (Pbk) ISBN: 978-0-19-965726-1 (Hbk) 978-0-19-965727-8 (Pbk) Review DOI 10.1108/EJM-05-2016-0284 This book is grounded on two evidences: (1) in line with cultural studies in marketing (McCracken 1986; Peñaloza et al., 2011), markets are not only economic systems for exchange optimization but also places for meaning production and circulation; and (2) in line with Oswald’s (2012) book, financial efforts oriented to enrich a brand’s semantics are to be seen as investments. Value creation for brands, however, is partially the result of brand managers’ self-determination (i.e. the expression of their free will), partially bounded by existing semiotic codes (e.g. cultural codes permeating a given industry or popular culture; Arsel and Bean, 2013; Holt, 2002). As such, marketing semiotics is at the same time a powerful device to improve a brand’s financial performance and a means to properly contextualize this brand within its extended cultural milieu (e.g. local/global market cultures and consumer behaviors, market trends and taste regimes). On the one hand, Oswald provides clear arguments and methods to appraise marketing semiotics’ rigor in line with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Marketing Emerald Publishing

Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research

European Journal of Marketing , Volume 51 (5/6): 4 – May 8, 2017

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EJM Book review 51,5/6 Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research Edited by Laura R. Oswald Oxford University Press 189 pp. £60 (Hbk) £19.99 (Pbk) ISBN: 978-0-19-965726-1 (Hbk) 978-0-19-965727-8 (Pbk) Review DOI 10.1108/EJM-05-2016-0284 This book is grounded on two evidences: (1) in line with cultural studies in marketing (McCracken 1986; Peñaloza et al., 2011), markets are not only economic systems for exchange optimization but also places for meaning production and circulation; and (2) in line with Oswald’s (2012) book, financial efforts oriented to enrich a brand’s semantics are to be seen as investments. Value creation for brands, however, is partially the result of brand managers’ self-determination (i.e. the expression of their free will), partially bounded by existing semiotic codes (e.g. cultural codes permeating a given industry or popular culture; Arsel and Bean, 2013; Holt, 2002). As such, marketing semiotics is at the same time a powerful device to improve a brand’s financial performance and a means to properly contextualize this brand within its extended cultural milieu (e.g. local/global market cultures and consumer behaviors, market trends and taste regimes). On the one hand, Oswald provides clear arguments and methods to appraise marketing semiotics’ rigor in line with

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European Journal of MarketingEmerald Publishing

Published: May 8, 2017

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