Consumer Behavior, 9/e, by Hawkins, Best, & Coney offers balanced coverage of consumer behavior including the psychological, social, and managerial implications. The new edition features current and exciting examples that are tied into global and technology consumer behavior issues and trends, a solid foundation in marketing strategy, integrated coverage of ethical/social issues and outlines the consumer decision process. This text is known for its ability to link topics back to marketing decision-making and strategic planning which gives students the foundation to understanding consumer behavior which will make them better consumers and better marketers.

Archival snapshot of entire looseleaf Code of Massachusetts Regulations held by the Social Law Library of Massachusetts as of January 2020.

Would you like to give your loved ones the most precious gift imaginable, but don’t even want to think about planning your own funeral? Do you find wills, trusts, and life insurance nearly as daunting as death itself? Are you too busy living to think about dying? If so, this book is for you. In Forever After, Paul James and Judith Hayes share personal experiences and insights in a light, sometimes humorous, manner in order to make funeral planning and death—which we all avoid thinking about, even though the death rate remains 100%—approachable, to stress the importance of advance directives, wills, and funeral planning, and to motivate you to plan ahead for your own passing. Forever After provides an easy-to-read, step-by-step approach that offers you practical knowledge, checklists, and fill-in-the blank forms to guide you in preparing for the inevitable. Forever After encourages you to plan today for your passing, so your loved ones aren’t forced to make agonizing and costly decisions when they are most vulnerable. A preplanned passing is your most precious gift.

The Dean of American Rock Critics tackles the decade when music exploded. The '90s saw more albums produced and distributed than any other decade. It was a fertile era for new genres, from alt-rock to Afropop, hip hop to techno. Rock critic Robert Christgau's obsessive ear and authoritative pen have covered it all-over 3,800 albums graded and classified, from A+s to his celebrated turkeys and duds. A rich appendix section ensures that nothing's been left out-from "subjects for further research" to "everything rocks but nothing ever dies." Christgau's Consumer Guide is essential reading and reference for any dedicated listener.

Offers advice on selecting contractors and home builders, as well as discussing mortgages, site selection, environmental concerns, consumer rights, and contracts, and identifies unethical practices.

'Globalization' is one of the defining buzzwords of our time - a term describing a variety of accelerating economic, political, and cultural processes that are changing our experience of the world. Fully updated for 2009, this Very Short Introduction provides an accessible exploration of both the causes and effects of the phenomenon.