Discusses the growing problem of poor customer service due to the unskilled personnel that are employed. Provides anecdotal evidence of service encounters where the experiences of the customers were unsatisfactory. Expresses the concern that the orientation has shifted from the customer to the...

Traditional marketing strategies assume that customers involve (e.g. search, assess, purchase, use) with products or services mostly at the end of their value chain as finished market offerings. This article challenges managers to invite target customers to be involved at all stages of the value...

Purpose – Understanding and delivering total customer experience (TCE) in order to sustain lasting customer loyalty (LCL) is increasingly important given the pressures of commoditization, globalization and market saturation in developed countries. The purpose of this paper is to review the...

Despite long‐standing interest in the quality movement by marketing scholars, marketing managers have not seized opportunities to provide leadership as the quality movement has centered attention on customer satisfaction. Significant corporate investments in quality programs suggest that the...

Purpose – This paper is a general review contextualising the current debate on ethics and international marketing. The aim of the paper is to present an overview of historical and current trends as a background for this special issue edition of International Marketing Review focusing on...

This paper examined engineers’ satisfaction with services of a building permission unit at a local municipality using a focus group, a questionnaire and follow‐up interviews. Obtained satisfaction indexes are reported. Differences in satisfaction levels were tested using parametric t‐tests...

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the reader to six articles related to consumer behavior in tourism destinations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper introduces the papers in this special issue. Findings – Tourists are part of the tourism production process. They...

This paper presents research results and implications in the literature for the last 15 years, and suggests guidelines on how to make the best use of the information to develop strategies that “fit” a service operation. There are considerable benefits of customer satisfaction, loyalty and...

This study seeks to investigate the service expected by customers and the ways in which waiting staff can help to satisfy such expectations. Their backgrounds and ambitions are investigated, together with the skills and expertise that they are expected to possess. This is compared to the...

Purpose – This paper reviews brand equity and customer satisfaction as they relate to customer loyalty and relationship marketing in an effort to understand and mitigate some of the challenges facing quick‐service restaurants (QSRs) today. Design/methodology/approach – The authors reviewed...