Relationship marketing of services—growing interest,emerging perspectives |
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Authors: | Leonard L Berry |
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Institution: | (1) Arizona State University, USA;(2) Texas A&M University, USA |
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Abstract: | Relationship marketing is an old idea but a new focus now at the forefront of services marketing practice and academic research.
The impetus for its development has come from the maturing of services marketing with the emphasis on quality, increased recognition
of potential benefits for the firm and the customer, and technological advances. Accelerating interest and active research
are extending the concept to incorporate newer, more sophisticated viewpoints. Emerging perspectives explored here include
targeting profitable customers, using the strongest possible strategies for customer bonding, marketing to employees and other
stakeholders, and building trust as a marketing tool. Although relationship marketing is developing, more research is needed
before it reaches maturity. A baker’s dozen of researchable questions suggests some future directions.
holds the J. C. Penney Chair of Retailing Studies, is a professor of Marketing, and is director of the Center for Retailing
Studies at Texas A&M University. He is a former national president of the American Marketing Association. His research interests
are services marketing, service quality, and retailing strategy. He has published numerous journal articles and books, includingDelivering Quality Service: Balancing Customer Perceptions and Expectations (Free Press, 1990),Marketing Services: Competing Through Quality (Free Press, 1991), andOn Great Service: A Framework for Action (Free Press, 1995). |
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