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customer relationship management (CRM)

a strategic concept which focuses on business competencies, processes and technologies required to effectively service the needs and requirements of a firm's customers. As such CRM embraces key MARKETING activities and related INFORMATION MANAGEMENT in order to keep existing customers and attract new ones. The issue of customer retention has taken on a new imperative in the digital age, with the INTERNET and E-COMMERCE providing customers with greater opportunities to compare prices, switch suppliers etc. CRM recognises that businesses need to use these new technologies more proactively to their own advantage, either by developing IT capabilities in-house or relying on outside IT specialists, to provide call centres, sales force automation, marketing and data analysis and website management.

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Edited by Zeid Nasser Worldwide customer relationship management (CRM) software revenue grew to $8.1 billion in 2007, a 23.1% increase from 2006, according to Gartner Research.C[pounds sterling]Though currency buoyed growth, this represents the fourth year of solid market performance for CRM,C[yen] said Sharon Mertz, research director at Gartner, C[pounds sterling]The market was driven by greater contributions from emerging regions, continued rapid adoption of software as a service (SaaS), and a continued focus on investments that promote customer retention and enhance the customer experience.C[yen] In 2007, SaaS represented more than 15% of the total CRM software market revenue.