MARKETING:REAL PEOPLE,REAL CHOICES
MARKETING:REAL PEOPLE,REAL CHOICES
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ISBN: 9780135199893
Author: Solomon
Publisher: RENT PEARS
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To describe: The meaning of service and its important characteristics. The ways in which marketers practice capacity management for services.

Introduction:Services are intangibles that cannot be touched and seen. The customer can only experience such services.

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