Relationship Marketing: Exploring Relational Strategies in Marketing

This book is suitable for any undergraduate or postgraduate student taking a course in relationship marketing. Relationship Marketing: Exploring Relational Strategies in Marketing, 3e comprehensively examines relationships in marketing and how these influence modern marketing strategy and practice. Based principally on the concepts and theories surrounding relationship marketing, John Egan critically reviews and analyses what has been described as 'marketing's new paradigm'. New "prequel" Chapter 1A detailing the progression of marketing beyond the traditional marketing paradigm. Chapter 1B continues the development of Relationship Marketing itself from this point. New end-of-chapter cases on current issues in RM, including client-agency relationships, collaboration and decision-making, and focussing on companies such as BSkyB, More Th>n and Ryanair.

Relationship Marketing: Exploring Relational Strategies in Marketing is a lively, engaging treatment of a vital subject. From its grounding in the theoretical and conceptual, the book reviews and analyses the importance of relationships in marketing, and their influence in modern marketing strategies. John Egan's holistic approach covers both principles and practices, is drawn in equal measure from research and application, and is an ideal text for students, researchers and practitioners.

 

"This book balances pros and cons in RM – it is not trying to oversell the message but directly forces the reader to apply common sense."

Professor Per Servais, University of Southern Denmark

 

New to this edition:

 

• New introductory Chapter - 100 Years of Marketing - describing the historical progression of marketing beyond the traditional marketing paradigm
• Brand new end-of-chapter cases on current issues in RM, including client-agency relationships, collaboration and decision-making, and focusing on such companies as BSkyB, More Th>n and Ryanair
• Revised and updated commentary on the latest developments in relationship marketing

 

"This book strikes an excellent balance in its language and writing style of being accessible for undergraduate students yet not ‘trivial’ in the examples or concepts discussed.  I believe upper-level undergraduate students would find the author’s writing style informative, insightful, and interesting."

Professor Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, Winona State University

 

About the Author

 

John Egan is Principal Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School and a Chartered Marketer. He has almost three decades of experience working in the retail marketing sector with companies such as Bloomingdales (New York), Hudson Bay Company (Canada), Harrods (UK), Chinacraft, Mappin & Webb and Garrard (the Crown Jewellers). He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce, a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Academy of Marketing.