TY - JOUR AB - Outlines two distinct views of database marketing – as a total marketing strategy and as a tactical tool. Argues that a database marketing strategy can be realized only in companies with a genuine customer focus. As a result the tactical choice is more appropriate to most companies. Suggests that the problems of database saturation, where further cross‐selling using a database is not cost‐effective, can be overcome through widening the company′s credibility as a supplier as well as by increasing the size of the database. A database marketing strategy uses the tools of image and brand building to establish this credibility. VL - 12 IS - 6 SN - 0263-4503 DO - 10.1108/02634509410064150 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02634509410064150 AU - Cooke Simon PY - 1994 Y1 - 1994/01/01 TI - Database Marketing: Strategy or Tactical Tool? T2 - Marketing Intelligence & Planning PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 4 EP - 7 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -