Who Stole My Customer??: Winning Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Customer Loyalty, Second Edition

Introduction

You are a customer.

You are considering your next purchase—perhaps to replace an old, well-used product, or possibly to buy a new item or service that you have never owned.

Think about it. What will drive your decision regarding where you will conduct this business? What determines whether you do business with one provider of a product versus another? And later, what determines whether you will return and purchase again from that firm or move on to a new source?

In today’s environment, one firm’s products pretty much resemble those of other potential vendors. When a company does introduce a truly unique product idea, that innovation is soon replicated and available from virtually everyone else in the industry. Competitors also quickly ...