TY - BOOK AU - Mullin, Bernard J. AU - Hardy, Stephen AU - Sutton, William A. TI - Sport marketing SN - 9781450424981 AV - GC GV 716 .M85 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Illinois PB - Human Kinetics KW - SPORTS -- MARKETING N1 - Includes index; The Special nature of sport marketing -- Strategic marketing management -- Understanding the sport consumer -- Market research in the sport industry -- Market segmentation -- The Sport product -- Managing sport brands -- Sales and service -- Sponsorship, corporate partnerships, and the role of activation -- Promotion and paid media -- Public relations -- Social media in sport -- Delivering and distributing core products and extensions -- Legal aspects of sport marketing -- Putting it all together -- The Shape of things to come N2 - This text maintains its position as the best-selling and original text in the field, continuing to direct students to a better understanding of the theoretical backbone that makes sport marketing such a unique and vibrant subject to study ER -