A study of relationship marketing strategies in public and private banks with special reference to NCR

Relationship Marketing is process to attract, interact and retain the profitable customers. In modern world, banks are feeling increasing competitive pressures. Therefore, it has become compulsion for them to follow the concept of relationship marketing. The objective of the paper is to know about the relationship marketing strategies adopted by public and private sector bank. The study has been done from the perspective of employees. For identification of variables, literature review has been done. The data was collected from the employees of banks selected. 36 variables have been reduced to the eight factors. Exploratory Factor Analysis has been done using SPSS 21. Eight factors found are customer service, special treatment to customers, employee empowerment, multichannel approach and channel optimization, customer lifetime value, customization of products, customer database management and last but not the least technical expertise.