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Would Consumers (Really) Spend More For Better Service?

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Sometimes it is differentiating, and offers consumers definite benefits – such as practiced by companies like Zappos, Wegmans, Ritz Carlton, Rackspace, Southwest Airlines, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Baptist Health Care, and Zane’s Cycles – and sometimes it is just one of multiple factors which contribute to customer loyalty or disloyalty behavior.

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McKinsey Thinks Bland, Generic Loyalty Programs Are Killing Business – And They May Be Right!

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These programs produce positive sales increases for hotels, for example, but negative sales impact on car rental, airlines and food retail. Overall, companies with loyalty programs have grown at about the same rate as companies without them; but there is variance in performance value among industries.

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Is ‘Being Human’ With Customers A New Concept? And, Does It Create Emotional, Experiential, Social and Financial Value?

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Every function that delivers experience is ‘closed-loop’ and 360 degree, carefully maintaining a balance between customer expectations and what is actually executed. In his 2010 book, Marketing 3.0: Starbucks might make more money selling Pepsi, but they don’t.

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