Life without marketers

I watched a programme a few weeks ago now, which suggested what the world would be like without humans. This got me to thinking of what life would be like without marketers...

Better I hear some of you cry - we wouldn't be pursuaded to buy things we didn't want, we wouldn't be bombarded with advertising and junk mail etc.

Worse I hear some of you cry - we wouldn't be able to make informed purchase choices, we wouldn't have loyalty schemes that help us stretch our pounds or win prizes etc.

Personally I don't think the world would be without marketers for very long, after all we have been promoting our wares for as long as the oldest profession!