management of customer relationships | techniques in customer relationship management | marketing principles | typology of marketing principles

custom software [ purpose-written program | customized software | vertical-market software ]

Customer Services & Data Marketing Section

liaise between the customer and various transportation services | perform liaison activities with transport services on behalf of the client | liaise between the client and various transportation services | liaise with transportation companies on behalf of the customer

customers [ clientele | clients | CRM | customer management | customer relations | customer relationship management | customer satisfaction | Customer service(ECLAS) | Customer satisfaction(STW) | Relationship marketing(STW) ]

market clothing items to customers | sell clothing items to a customer | barter clothing items to customers | sell clothing items to customers

DG C | Directorate-General C - Competitiveness, Innovation and Research, Industry and Information Society, Internal Market, Competition and Customs, Transport, Energy | Directorate-General for Competitiveness, Innovation and Research, Industry and the Information Society, the Internal Market, Competition and Customs, Transport and Energy

Marketing Analysis and Customer Services

customs regulations [ community customs code | customs legislation | customs treatment ]

EU customs procedure [ Community customs procedure | European Union customs procedure ]

12. Believes that consumer protection does not necessarily entail large volumes of information and that the focus should rather be on the quality and comprehensibility of information enabling proper decision-making – information must be relevant, accurate, comparable, user-friendly, reliable and timely; is concerned that the multiplicity and complexity of customer information might not ultimately serve real customer needs; argues for a balance to be struck to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed choices, and to understand the risks involved, while not unnecessarily burdening businesses, especially SMEs; encourages further digitalisation of information; stresses that financial advisers and employees providing ...[+++] consumer advice at financial institutions should be given the training and time necessary to be able to serve customers in an accurate way; notes the importance of effective supervisory powers to intervene in the marketing of products where necessary; points to the need for a European initiative for more and better financial education by no later than the end of 2016, taking account of the specific needs of each Member State, also to ensure full awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of capital market investments; underlines also that financial education should be targeted towards SMEs, teaching them how to use capital markets; believes in the benefit of better transparency in order to enable companies, investors and consumers to understand the comparative costs and benefits of different services provided by market participants, but also notes that more transparency has to come with added value for customers or competent supervisors and be targeted towards the practical use of the information and data;

If there is a premium market, a customer who has historically been willing to pay more for a Canadian grain than a second customer, all potential marketers will chase that one.

It is, in fact, fairly typical of the pharmaceutical industry to appease its customers with larger markets in order to assure its continued access to those markets.

8. Reiterates its calls on the Commission and the Member States to co-fund further joint market surveillance actions; recognises the role of customs in market surveillance and supports the strengthening of the cooperation between customs administrations and market surveillance authorities, promoting the exchange of good practices and technical assistance; calls on the Member States to allocate necessary financial and human resources in order to fulfil their respective obligations for the implementation of the Customs 2013 Programme (budget lines 14 01 04 02 and 14 04 02);