Suggests a helpful improvement for many organizations is to get them thinking in terms of the whole services that their customers receive from the company's offering rather than in terms of the product itself. Uses Figures for explanatory emphasis and a highlighted box for key points; also...

Outlines thinking from a number of writers on brand loyalty, when to adopt a relationships marketing approach, and some early indications on the use of relationship approaches. Argues the level of competition is many service and manufacturing markets stops companies from using their core product...

Defines five interlinked markets that help to deliver customer value: supplier markets; recruitment markets; internal markets; referral markets; and influence markets. Uses a six markets framework of relationship marketing employing a Figure to aid in explanation. Confirms that current thinking...