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...

Globalization impacts organizations and customers already a few decades. In the context of globalization customers have more purchasing choices than even before, customers buying behaviour changes, the abundance of buying options raises the questions how to keep customers loyal. Customer loyalty...

Cross-disciplinary research recognises humour as an effective communication tool for fostering engagement and positive interpersonal relationships, although inappropriate use can create negative outcomes. Drawing on positive psychology, this study aims to empirically examine the extent to which...

This research aims to identify and measure the influence of factors affecting customers' loyalty for gym service at K.I.M Center by surveying 640 customers using the gym service at K.I.M Center. Cronbach's alpha, EFA, CFA and SEM analysis were used in the study. The results of the model tested...

This research integrates the congruity and the social identity theories to better understand the consumer-brand relationships. A structural equation modelling approach was used to explore the drivers of brand loyalty in the context of upscale hotels. The findings suggest that the customers are...

Amidst increasing competition and deregulation, retail banks are looking for ways to differentiate their services in the eyes of their customers and to attain high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Due to the high customer welfare implications of financial services and the significant...

This research examines the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in an industrial context. The purpose of the research is to understand and explain better the antecedents of customer loyalty as well as an under-studied moderating effect, namely, switching costs. Toward...

Building and, more particularly, cementing a strong relationship between consumers and retail format is a major goal that any retail chain attempts to achieve through its marketing strategy. By resorting to various procedures and tools, the management of any retail brand seeks to develop in the...

The purpose of this study was to examine relationship between Customer Loyalty-Satisfaction link and usage of services. This study uses Customer Loyalty-Satisfaction link which classifies customer into four different groups: Loyalists, Hostages, Mercenaries and Defectors. Using two services...

The main purpose of this paper is to study the customers' evaluation from three similar markets, aiming at finding significant differences among three types of answers. Service quality was measured by using an existing scale from the literature, thus SERVPERF was selected to evaluate three types...