The vast majority of American companies have little awareness or knowledge of how their organizations must change strategically to improve their customers' loyalty and assessment of value. As customers increasingly perceive a sameness of products and services among companies, an intense focus on customer retention and lifetime value will differentiate successful organizations from others. Lowenstein develops concepts and approaches that enable company executives, managers, and staff to create a dynamic, proactive corporate commitment to customer advocacy and loyalty.

Moving past...

Over the past several years, leading companies have entered a period of major marketing and operational adjustment and convergence, or intersection. It's a reaction to a critical fact of life: Customers--not organizations-- now control the decision-making dynamics and how organizations are perceived. We are witnessing significant multichannel media application (and resultant omnichannel access by consumers), along with more effective and pervasive customer data gathering, analysis, and modeling. If you're observing these major shifts in your own organization, you'll need this book. Inside,...