Business ought to understand their customers' needs and wants, if they want to remain successful in a competitive market place. Therefore, this chapter introduces its readers to market research as tourism businesses continuously require information on their customers. In this light, a well...

Past researchers have examined the influence of sales events on multitude of variables. However, there exists a gap with regards to specific examination of the influence of sales events on consumer participation in sales events and their expectations from the sales events. In this study, we...

Background: Companies often measure their customers' recommendation intention using the loyalty index based on the idea that a customer who has high loyalty and is committed to a brand has the confidence to recommend it to others. The psychological barrier is higher for recommendation intention,...

Purpose - This study aims at investigating the effect of corporate social responsibility perceptions of local people living in Diyarbakir on bank loyalty in terms of banking services and the mediator roles of trust and satisfaction in this effect. Research methodology - Cronbach’s Alpha...

In today’s maturing consumer markets, emphasis is shifting from straightforward sales to a more holistic approach to customer life cycle management, with a stronger emphasis on how sales are generated and service provided all along the customer journey. Effectively managing these different...

This paper will discuss the phenomenon Mystery Shopping in the field of customer satisfaction measurement techniques. By using the literature about Mystery Shopping definitions and restrictions of this instrument will be presented. Also, possible ways to present and use the gathered data will be...

This article analyzes the dissatisfaction of Brazilian consumers through complaints related to purchases made in physical and online stores between 2019 and 2022. The open database of consumer complaints on the Portal Consuidor.gov.br was utilized, along with descriptive statistics, to explore...