Preparing for marketing planning/implementation
- Chartered Institute of Marketing presents news, analysis, case studies, links and other valuable resources for marketers.
- CMO.com's links to news about planning for marketing and media.
- Sample marketing plans and ideas about creating marketing plans, from the maker of Marketing Plan Pro software.
- For small and new businesses, general information about marketing planning and techniques.
- Articles and white papers about strategy, planning, implementation, marketing and the Internet, presented by Booz and Co.
- Econsultancy offers insights into online, mobile and social media marketing strategy and implementation.
- Business Victoria's marketing plan basics, including a downloadable plan template.
- How to write a marketing plan, including a template, from Australia's Business website.
- Marketing plan implementation, including templates for MS Word.
- BBC site with the latest news about companies worldwide plus special reports on specific industries and markets. BBC Business News is here.
- The Guardian UK site covers business issues, economic issues and environmental issues.
- London Evening Standard presents business news and market updates.
- The Independent offers daily business news, analysis and commentary.
- Birmingham Post articles about local businesses and UK industries.
- Irish Times business articles discuss local trends and companies.
- Telegraph of Calcutta posts business headlines from India and the region.
- Silicon UK provides insights into technology issues, marketing challenges and social media developments.
- Eurostat links to statistics and databases with information about European demographic, economic and social-cultural trends.
- UK Office for National Statistics collects and publishes census and related information.
- U.N. reports and statistics covering global economic and social development.
- Information about doing business overseas, with lots of details about trade conditions, currency issues and more.
- European Marketing Confederation site with news feed and links to publications about national regulations and market data.
- Explanation of legal and ethical issues in competitive intelligence.
- National and international business and economic news and analysis from The Economist.
- Description of PESTLE and SWOT analyses on the BusinessLink site.
- Links to the day's front pages of dozens of newspapers worldwide.
- Asahi Shimbun covers business and economic news in Japan in English.
- China Daily's English-language coverage of local and global business news.
- Canadian Marketing Blog offers insights into the marketing environment, techniques, challenges and more.
- Are competitors stakeholders? My answer is yes, and here's why. A 2016 update on competition vs. collaboration is here.
- Bloomberg News for Europe, Asia and Canada.
- Overview of the marketing sector and employment possibilities.
- From the UK Office for National Statistics, data about consumers, population trends, economic trends, and more.
- U.N. reports on demographics, social and economic youth and other population trends.
- Statistics about consumer and business markets in France.
- Demographic statistics and projections for Italy.
Marketing ethics, social responsibility and sustainability
- Gov.uk page for businesses, with information about waste and environmental impact
- The Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society presents links and information about marketing ethics and sustainability issues.
- Word of Mouth Marketing Association's resources for download, including social media disclosure guidelines and more.
- Information about business ethics and codes of conduct.
- Site tracks hundreds of eco-labels worldwide
- Information about corporate social responsibility, sustainability and ethical standards.
- Wrap, a nonprofit, offers ideas for how companies can reduce waste and plan for recycling.
- Find out about EU Ecolabel, which applies to goods and services that achieve standards for environmental excellence.
- European environmental news and information service.
- News releases about corporate social responsibility programmes and performance.
Branding issues and ideas
- Marketing Week articles with the latest branding developments around the U.K. and Europe.
- BrandRepublic posts timely news and in-depth articles about branding successes, challenges and changes.
- Journal of Brand Management presents research papers about challenges and opportunities in brand management.
- Superbrands UK presents annual ranking of UK brands.
- Reader's Digest survey of trusted brands in Canada, New Zealand, Asia.
- Transform magazine covers branding and rebranding.
- Campaign Live Brands Hub offers brand and advertising news.
Marketing mix issues and ideas
- Overview of planning for the marketing mix, including pricing, from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
- UK marketing and media news from The Drum.
- Social media marketing ideas, case studies, and news.
- Digital marketing news and analysis from Digital Marketing Magazine.
- How to use Facebook for business and marketing, a guide prepared by Facebook.
- Articles about various aspects of pricing and profitability.
- Information about advertising, media, audiences and research from the Advertising Association.
- The Word of Mouth Marketing Association’s primer and blogs about planning for social media and marketing.
- Chartered Institute of Public Relations site contains news and links to resources about public relations strategy and techniques.
- Archive of ads that have appeared in the United Kingdom.
- Advertising Standards Authority site, with information about regulations governing non-broadcast adverts in the UK.
- Direct marketing guidelines, codes of practice and case studies of successful programmes.
- Tech-oriented site with commentary and trends covering Twitter, blogs and other social media.
- Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing has position papers on issues related to direct marketing.
- Marketing Society covers various contemporary issues of interest to domestic and international marketers.
- European Environment Agency examines issues in sustainability to help guide policy decisions.
- The Guardian marketing and PR news coverage.
Marketing channels and retailing trends
- British Retail Consortium analyses current retail issues, regulations and policies.
- Institute for Grocery Distribution examines food and packaged goods channel marketing.
- Centre for Retail Research posts facts and analysis of retailing activities, both traditional and e-commerce.
- Retail Week reports on retail industry developments.
- Who's gone bust? listing of retailers from Centre for Retail Research.
- The IMRG site contains facts, figures and updates about online retailing.
- Retail Detail covers retailing news of Europe.
