Journal 1 1. A company’s strategy is management’s game plan to grow the business‚ attract and please customers‚ compete successfully‚ conduct operations‚ and achieve targeted levels of performance. 2. The important point of a company’s strategy is setting moves to build and it enhances company’s long-term competitive position and financial performance. In other words‚ these are in a competitive advantage over rivals that they become the company’s tools for a making company’s profit.
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Successful CRM: Turning Customer Loyalty into Profitability By Bob Thompson CEO‚ CustomerThink Corporation Founder‚ CRMGuru.com [pic] October 2004 Compliments of: [pic] Copyright © 2004 RightNow Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Executive Summary Customer relationship management (CRM) gained recognition in the mid-1990s‚ primarily driven by its perception as information technology (IT). However‚ not enough attention has been given to the fundamental drivers of CRM success:
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INTRODUCTION Customers are becoming ever more demanding‚ and in most markets they have more options to choose from than ever before. . A customer is a person who becomes accustomed to buying from you. Without a strong track record of contact and repeat purchase‚ this person is NOT your customer; he is a buyer. A true customer is grown over time. The satisfaction a customer gets from the consumption of an organization’s product or service pre-empts his or her subsequent decisions on the same products
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excellent customer service. It is an effective strategy for taking full advantage from the engagement between customers with organizations and also offering a competitive edge to survive in this tough market environment. The profitability and sustainability of any businesses are mostly depends on how long the services and products their customers hold. Matter- of-course‚ the banking sector is not an exception to this concept; all of the banks attempt to make a different by using their customer service
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LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | INTERNATIONAL MARKETING THE PURSUED BENEFITS OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY PROGRAMS Bachelor´s Thesis Ilona Reinekoski 0329191 December 15th 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Objectives..................................................................................................................................
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Loyalty Programs play a significant role in a company’s customer retention plan. They help motivate consumers in choosing a company over their competitors by offering monetary rewards or special treatment rewards to loyal consumers. Loyalty Programs were first introduced to Canadians in 1958 when A.J. Billes decided to boost gas bar business by giving away Canadian Tire ’Money ’. (Canadian Tire Corporation‚ 2010). Canadian Tire ‘Money’ is still a very successful loyalty program that millions of
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1. Companies need a clearer understanding of the link between loyalty and profits in order to get strong returns on relationship programs. 2. Companies will have to find ways to measure the relationship between loyalty and profitability so that they can better identify which customers to focus on and which to ignore. 3. Loyal customers will be more familiar with a company’s transaction processes. Because they need less hand-holding‚ the company should find it cheaper to deal with them. 4. Consumers
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PRICING AND LOGISTICS In the mid-1990s Benetton adopted a strategy of price-reduction worldwide. The strategy was designed to enable the company to guarantee its clients an ever more suitable and competitive supply of products. Simultaneously‚ Benetton decreased production costs. This combination of price and cost reductions resulted in an 8 percent increase in both items produced and sold in 1994. Benetton also has an extensive system of outlet stores in which to sell clothing at significant discounts
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THE BENETTON SUPPLY CHAIN – CASE STUDY Retail operations – main objectives Benetton‟s core business is in the manufacturing‚ production and sale of casual and sportswear‚ which accounts for 95% of total revenues (Camuffo et al‚ 2001: 47). The company has a market presence in over 120 countries and has consistently generated revenues exceeding $2 billion throughout this decade (Industry profile‚ 2007: 15). It has 5‚000 retail outlets around the world‚ the vast majority of which are run by independent
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