TY - JOUR AB - Presents the findings of a survey carried out among the financial directors of leading retail companies in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. The purpose of the survey was to determine those factors that influence the development of financial services within retail organisations. Considers the introduction of financial services, within the context of retailers’ relationships with their customers, and retailers’ ability to build closer relationships with existing and potential customers. Financial service provision is, therefore, considered in the context of the relationship marketing paradigm. Considers the opportunities which financial services provide for retailers to move from a transactional to relationship approach to marketing. VL - 34 IS - 8 SN - 0309-0566 DO - 10.1108/03090560010331432 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560010331432 AU - Alexander Nicholas AU - Colgate Mark PY - 2000 Y1 - 2000/01/01 TI - Retail financial services: transaction to relationship marketing T2 - European Journal of Marketing PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 938 EP - 953 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -