Niche, 9780349123004
Paperback
Forget mass appeal, find your niche, and build a passionate empire.

Niche

The missing middle and why business needs to specialise to survive

$41.95

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    30 July 2012

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Summary

As high street and main street businesses continue to suffer, there’s a new rule in business: forget about the general audience and instead stake out an identifiable niche.

Woolworths suffered from a lack of identity and found that low quality and low price wasn’t enough; General Motors crashed as motorists failed to distinguish between cars in their range. Yet HBO, Moleskine and specialist media like The Economist have all succeeded by building their authority over narrow ar…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349123004
ISBN-10:0349123004
Author:James Harkin
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:30 July 2012
Weight:206g
Dimensions:130mm x 200mm x 17mm
Series:Abacus
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Critics Review

A fascinating book … Compelling … Its easy-going style ranges confidently over the modern marketing landscape and the examples of brands rising and falling are compelling. The research is excellent – Jamie Collinson * Management Today *James Harkin … wears lightly a wide range of expertise … A good read – John Kay * Financial Times *

About The Author

James Harkin

James Harkin is the author of Cyburbia and writes regularly for the Guardian and the Financial Times.

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