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Managing retention.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18453139     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To build this process it is necessary to consult customers for preferences, build familiarity and knowledge to build a relationship and conduct business in a customized fashion. The process takes every opportunity to build customer satisfaction with each customer contact. It is an important process to have, since customers today are more demanding, sophisticated, educated and comfortable speaking to the company as an equal (Belk, 2003). Customers have more customized expectations so they want to be reached as individuals (Raymond and Tanner, 1994). Also, a disproportionate search for new business is costly. The cost to cultivate new customers is more than maintaining existing customers (Cathcart, 1990). Other reasons that customer retention is necessary is because many unhappy customers will never buy again from a company that dissatisfied them and they will communicate their displeasure to other people. These dissatisfied customers may not even convey their displeasure but without saying anything just stop doing business with that company, which may keep them unaware for some time that there is any problem (Cathcart, 1990).
Authors:
Tony Carter
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of hospital marketing & public relations     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1539-0942     ISO Abbreviation:  J Hosp Mark Public Relations     Publication Date:  2007  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-05-05     Completed Date:  2008-05-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101121477     Medline TA:  J Hosp Mark Public Relations     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  89-112     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
School of Business, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Communication
Consumer Advocacy*
Consumer Satisfaction*
Efficiency, Organizational
Humans
Organizational Culture*
Trust

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