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Marketing, it is said, is a mixture of smoke and mirrors. This may explain why toy company Hasbro has employed the services of a shaman. You might wonder what a primitive Siberian religion, based on holy men communing with good and evil spirits, has to do with selling Sindy and Action Man, but Hasbro is taking it very seriously.

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Evans, M., Moutinho, L. (1999). Consumer Behaviour. In: Contemporary Issues in Marketing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14299-6_3

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