Going Back to the Roots of Marketing

As marketing scholars, it is important to advocate for a return to the foundational principles of marketing with an approach that emphasizes the relevance and relationship of marketing research with industry while maintaining academic rigor. By doing so, we ensure our research remains impactful and addresses the practical needs of marketers, as well as contributing to the advancement of marketing knowledge. This conference proceedings focuses on re-visiting the foundational principles, history, and core purpose of marketing as a discipline and making marketing more meaningful. Featuring full papers presented at the 2025 Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, this book offers research, theories, methodologies, and case studies that align the foundations of marketing research with pressing societal needs and global challenges to demonstrate marketing research's continued relevance and its societal and social impact. Featuring topics such as human-AI interaction, consumer experience, sensory marketing communications, sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), influencer marketing, AI in advertising, social and multi media, emerging technologies, among others, this book is a useful reference for marketing researchers, scholars, students, and policymakers. Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses, and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complementing the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review.