Relationship marketing through the prism of customer loyalty

The paper sistemically analyzes two complex phenomena relevant to practice and science – mixture of relationship marketing and customer loyalty. The following fundamental aspects of these phenomena were analyzed: the historical context of relationship marketing and customer loyalty, content of relat...

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Published in:Verslas: teorija ir praktika 2011-11, Vol.12 (4), p.348
Main Author: Bivainis, Juozas
Format: Article
Language:eng ; ger ; lit
Subjects:
Brand loyalty
customers
loyalty
loyalty evaluation
Loyalty programs
Marketing
relations
relationship marketing
synergy calculation
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Summary:The paper sistemically analyzes two complex phenomena relevant to practice and science – mixture of relationship marketing and customer loyalty. The following fundamental aspects of these phenomena were analyzed: the historical context of relationship marketing and customer loyalty, content of relationship marketing at strategic and tactical levels, the most popular features of relationship marketing strategies, specifics of loyalty status change, the place of customer loyalty programs in marketing chain. Based on the results of the analysis a method for measuring the effect of marketing tools on the status of customer loyalty was prepared, the method has an integrated innovative component that calculates the synergy effect of marketing tools. The method was tested in analytical modelling manner, the possibilities of its application were discussed.
ISSN:1648-0627
1822-4202
DOI:10.3846/btp.2011.36