There are several stakeholders concerned with brand equity, including the firm, the consumer, the channel,
January 2012. Pp. 54 - 73 Predicting Brand Loyalty and Product Involvement Behavior of Indian Teenagers Incorporating the Moderating Effect of Brand Influence Score. *Debasis Bhattacharya, ** Dipak Saha and ***Shuvendu Dey Creating and maintaining strong brand and a band wagon of loyal customers have become increasingly difficult in today's competitive environment due to proliferation of numerous brands in a generic product category. Brand loyalty has been shown to be associated with higher rates
Measuring brand performance “What is not measured is not managed” Brand evaluation is vital to the success of the brand. It enables brand owners to see where the brand’s strengths and weaknesses lie and what forces are driving these, which in turn points to the nature and level of investment needed to fulfil the brand’s potential. Measuring brand performance is an integral part of brand management. “The financial value of a brand is not interesting on its own; it’s what we can do to grow it that
of consuming the global brands creating a new segment of consumers named cosmopolitans? Cosmopolitanism is defined in these terms ‘open-minded individuals whose consumption orientation transcends particular cultures, localities or communities and who appreciates diversity including trying products and services from a variety of countries’(Riefler and Diamantopoulos, 2009, p, 415). Consequently, globalization is changing the ways consumers and markets integrate with each other (Hannerz, 1992; Arnett
INTRODUCTION This section of the paper sort to discuss some of the current research findings in topic. According Baker M (2000), loyalty schemes is the “Overt attempt of exchanging partnership to build a long term relationship association, characterised by purposeful co-operation and mutual dependence on the development of social, as well as structural bonds with consumer”. Many marketers agree that by reducing customer’s to competitors defection by only 5 per cent, companies can improve profits
INTRODUCTION Customer satisfaction surveys are important tools for measuring the success or forecasting the future of a product or service. They often predict or explain sales trends, and can give clear information on what changes will improve the bottom line. Customer satisfaction is essential to the survival of any business. Its basic aim is to find out whether customers are satisfied? The best way to find out whether customers are satisfied is to ask them. When To Conduct A Customer Satisfaction
1. Literature Review 1.1 Customer Satisfaction 1.1.1 1. LITERATURE REVIEW This literature review explores the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty and how do these theories affect businesses in hospitality industry. Hence, there are many researchers that have studied about these two concepts that will help people to better understand about the two theories. Why does customer satisfaction is very important in business? This is because all businesses need customers
members s is a key challenge for most sport market industry, which present significant marketing challenges. Keeping up with the changing consumer demands is another challenge as the consumer needs change
The Relationship between Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction Introduction In the past decades, there was a controversial issue about the relationship between customer loyalty and satisfaction. Actually, it is still a heated debate nowadays. Some people said that customer satisfaction bring customer loyalty, while some people believed that customer loyalty affect customer satisfaction. Interestingly, very few executives and managers understand the critical difference. The purpose of this paper is
to develop and evolve around us, there are many products introduced the population which can be of the same nature, however possess a bear minimum difference which may influence us as consumers, to favor it over its enemy. Differentiation is the first step for effective positioning and the key, which gives consumers more value from their product. Perceived differentiation is crucial for branding of a company’s product, especially against the many rival companies, which have very similar products