Cultural resistance and the gradual emergence of modern marketing and retailing practices in Spain, 1950-1975

Jose Luis Garcia Ruiz

Business History, 2007, vol. 49, issue 3, 367-384

Abstract: The backwardness and autarky of early Francoism explain why Spain failed to enter the age of mass consumption before the late 1960s. The modernization of commercial practices lagged behind the rapid growth in income per capita. This article examines the different ways in which modern marketing methods were introduced in Spain during the 1950s and the 1960s. It demonstrates that marketing as both concept and practice faced fierce cultural resistance, manifest in the derided image of the salesman and an enduring distrust of advertising.

Keywords: Marketing; Advertising; Retailing; Americanization; Cultural Constraints (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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