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The Legend of Svet's: Where Advertising Was Lost Then Found
The Legend of Svet's Where Advertising Was Lost Then Found Author:Jay Miller A PARABLE FOR EVERY AD MAN The Legend of Svet's is a very clever primer on the new reality of the marketing and advertising business as revealed through the eyes of Mark Hogan, the seemingly successful yet complacent chief marketing officer of Svet's, the storied, regional department store chain. Unexpectedly, Hogan finds himself thrust into the... more » spotlight and on the hook to save his boss' plans to take Svet's national. But there's a bigger problem: a board of directors femme fatale who believes Hogan's marketing department just isn't up to the task. She doesn't think it's the sales-production machine it should be. Told he has just 120 days to improve his department's return on investment or face losing his job, Hogan becomes desperate. Then, out of nowhere, his prayers are answered by no less than John Wanamaker, the father of modern retail advertising. There s just one catch: Wanamaker has been dead for more than eighty years. Packed with humor and invaluable insights, The Legend of Svet's upends any remaining notions that catchy, award-winning ads designed to brand-build alone are enough to save a client or a marketing executive s job. Sure to be an instant classic like The Purple Cow and The Five Temptations of a CEO, The Legend of Svets is part oracle, part Aesop and offers startling insight into the wayward path taken by the advertising industry as well as the straight road to getting it back on track.« less