Jackson‚ S. E. (2011). Whose customers are they? Journal of Business Strategy‚ 32 (3)‚ 47-49. Whose customers are they? The Authors Stuart E. Jackson‚ Vice President at L.E.K. Consulting LLC‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ USA Abstract Purpose – Many product organizations recognize the benefits of outsourcing manufacturing of key components or even entire product lines to China and other low labor cost countries. But while the cost savings are obvious‚ many product companies fail to grasp the parallel
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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE PRESENTED BY OLUWASEGUN JAMES TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Page Title Page 1 Table of Content
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How the Customer influences Business Strategy A business strategy describe how a particular business intends to success in its chosen market place against its competitors. It therefore represents the best attempt that the management can make at defining and securing the future of that business. A business strategy should provide clear answer to the questions: - What is the scope of the business to which this strategy applies? - What are the current and future needs of customers and potential
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What is Customer Churn? Customer churn refers to when a customer (player‚ subscriber‚ user‚ etc.) ceases his or her relationship with a company. Online businesses typically treat a customer as churned once a particular amount of time has elapsed since the customer’s last interaction with the site or service. The full cost of customer churn includes both lost revenue and the marketing costs involved with replacing those customers with new ones. Reducing customer churn is a key business goal of every
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The Customer is Always Right There is a popular saying in business‚ “The customer is always right.” Originally coined by Harry Gordon Selfridge‚ the original meaning suggests that “a company’s keenness is to put the customer first.”1 Ultimately this phrase indicates that businesses must be aware that their customers are the essence of their business. Without customers‚ the business would seize to exist. I concur with this philosophy as customers are the fundamentals to any business or organization
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to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow. They identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs‚ behaviors‚ and desires. They envision new companies and brands‚ and design the products‚ services‚ spaces‚ and interactive experiences that bring them to life. IDEO helps organizations build creative culture and the internal systems required to sustain innovation and launch new ventures. IDEO has been ranked as one of the most innovative companies
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Difficult Customers The customer leaned across the counter. “You mean I spend thousands of dollars in here‚ and I can ’t return a defective tool?” he said. “Well‚ the tool isn ’t really defective‚” replied the counter salesperson. “So you ’re calling me a liar?” The customer now had everyone ’s attention. His loud voice and aggressive manner caused some of the other customers to look at one another and roll their eyes as if to convey the silent message‚ Oh‚ one of those difficult people. It
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4.1 AGE Satisfaction of each customer changes according to the age . Age is the very important factor .Table 4.1 shows the age wise classification of respondents. TABLE 4.1 (Age wise classification) | AGE INTERVAL | NO.OF RESPONDENT | PERCENTAGE | | Below 25 |
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1.0 Introduction The term “customer loyalty” is indisputably one of the most widely studied subjects by researchers in the world‚ intensively evolving over the years. According to past reviews‚ loyalty has been defined as a repeat purchase that is a result of a preference‚ attitude or market share. However‚ according to Uncles‚ Dowling and Hammond’s (2003) review of literature‚ there is no universally agreed definition (Jacoby and Chestnut‚ 1978; Dick and Basu‚ 1994; Oliver‚ 1999). Therefore‚
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his last name and place of employment not be disclosed. Edward’s official job title is pre-owned sales representative and he defined his job as selling used vehicles while achieving and maintaining appropriate levels of gross profit‚ volume‚ and customer satisfaction. As a veteran in the auto industry for twenty-three years‚ he holds a lot of negotiation experience. Edward feels that although official training is always provided‚ he has mostly learned from experience. (personal communication‚ October
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