Customer loyalty schemes (or programs) are explicit efforts by retailers to gain long-term patronage from customers. Loyalty schemes are developed for a variety of reasons: to reward loyal customers, to generate more robust information about customer behavior, to influence consumer behavior, and...

Today, most firms employ online and offline distribution channels. Customers combine both channels for information search and purchase. However, researchers and practitioners are still lacking insight concerning the creation of additional customer value, in terms of a seamless purchase...

Technology is changing the way customers and companies interact. How consumer purchasing behavior is affected by the use of technologies which enable them to purchase independently of direct service employee contact - i.e., by shopping via a technological interface rather than in a...