Today, more people in the western world earn a living from producing services than making manufactured goods. Now in its sixth edition, Principles of Services Marketing offers a comprehensive and contemporary introduction for students taking a module in services marketing. Fully updated and revised throughout, it reflects the latest technological developments and their impact for services marketing. New for this edition.... *Increased coverage of the customer experience *Highlights Web 2.0 for peer-to-peer interaction. *More on social networking sites and mobile internet *Focus on how the credit crunch impacts services marketing *Emphasis on ecological issues and their implications for marketing services

This text explores both concepts and techniques of marketing for a broad range of service categories and industries. The authors show that different categories of services face distinctive marketing problems and encourage students to analyse useful parallels across a range of service industries. Examples cited include EuroDisney, Singapore Airlines, British Telecom, Lausanne Tourist Office, Federal Express Business Logistics Services and Air BP.

This text with cases provides a contemporary overview of key issues in the marketing of services. It explores many issues that are familiar to students with a foundation in principles of marketing, and re-assesses these in the context of services. Up-to-date case studies and examples developed throughout chapters help students to fully appreciate those issues that are specific to services marketing: methods of defining the service offer; conceptualization, measurement and management of service quality; managing the employee input to the service offer and developing relationships with customers; and strategies to make services accessible.

Services Marketing Management builds on the success of the previous editions, formally entitled 'The Management and Marketing of Services', to provide an easily digestible approach to the service industry with a specific focus on the management and marketing elements. This new edition has been thoroughly revamped to include pedagogical features such as exercises and mini cases throughout the text to consolidate learning and make it more student friendly. New content has been incorporated to bring the subject matter thoroughly up to date, for example featuring more on the Internet, the inclusion of material on call centres in respect of service delivery and service encounter; additional material on customer relationship management (CRM); consideration of frontline employees and internal marketing; and a discussion of revenue management issues in managing demand and capacity. Particularly suitable for students on marketing, business and hospitality courses who require a good grounding in the principles of services marketing, the practical implications are shown clearly and effectively demonstrate how the principles are applied in the real world. A web based lecturer resource accompanies the text.

Financial Services Marketing: an international guide to principles and practice contains the ideal balance of marketing theory and practice to appeal to advanced undergraduates and those on professional courses such as the Chartered Institute of Banking. Taking an international and strategic view of an increasingly important and competitive sector, Financial Services Marketing adopts a fresh approach in terms of structure, and is organised around the core marketing activities of marketing for acquisition and marketing for retention. Financial Services Marketing features: * Strong international focus: case studies and vignettes representing Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US. * Comprehensive coverage, focusing on both B2B and B2C marketing. * Expert insights into the latest innovations in the sector, from technological developments, CRM and customer loyalty to issues of social responsibility. Financial Services Marketing will help both the student and the practitioner to develop a firm grounding in the fundamentals of: financial services strategy, customer acquisition, and customer development. Reflecting the realities of financial services marketing in an increasingly complex sector, it provides the most up-to-date, international and practical guide to the subject available.

Now in its seventh edition, Principles of Services Marketing has been revised and updated throughout toreflect the most recent developments in this fast-moving and exciting sector. With a stronger emphasis onemerging and global economies, it’s been restructured to give clearer focus on key issues of efficiency,accessibility and customer experience. This authoritative text develops an indispensable framework forunderstanding services, their effective marketing and how this drives value creation. Key Features •Opening vignettes introduce a chapter’s key themes with short examples that present topics in familiar, everyday scenarios students can relate to •Longer case studies feature well-known companies and provide an opportunity to analyse real-life scenarios and apply understanding •‘In Practice’ vignettes drawn from services organizations from around the world and how services are delivered and experienced by customers •‘Thinking Around the Subject’ boxes examine the operational challenges of putting theory in to practice •‘Summary & links to other chapters’ reinforce the main topics covered and how they fit within the wider context of services marketing to improve overall understanding of the subject •Expanded coverage of key topics such as service dominant logic, servicescapes and the use of social media explore the latest theory and practice •Reflects the importance of marketing for public services and not-for-profit organizations •Includes new chapters on service systems and the experiential aspects of service consumption.