Nonostante la costante attenzione dedicata al tema della fedeltà del consumatore, la letteratura di marketing non è stata in grado di fornire una definizione condivisa e chiara del costrutto. Questo si è tradotto in una scarsa integrazione del tema della customer loyalty negli studi di consumer behaviour. L’analisi della fedeltà del cliente diviene più complessa nei contesti distributivi e in particolare per quanto concerne la grande distribuzione moderna. Questa tesi di dottorato presenta e testa un framework concettuale che descrive il processo psicologico alla base dello sviluppo di fedeltà nei confronti della grande distribuzione moderna. Il modello si fonda sul reference-based paradigm e si snoda in due fasi. Nella fase cognitiva vengono valutati gli effetti degli stimoli provenienti dallo store environment sulla formazione delle valutazioni dei consumatori in merito a functional congruity, self-congruity e attrattività delle alternative presenti sul mercato. Nella seconda fase vengono analizzati gli effetti di queste tre variabili sulla fedeltà del consumatore. Viene inoltre evidenziato come l’identificazione tra retailer e consumatore risulti essere di primaria importanza per la customer loyalty. Inoltre il modello include e testa l’impatto di fattori quali struttura del mercato, livello di conoscenza del consumatore e time pressure sul processo di sviluppo di customer loyalty. / Although researchers have wondered about the meaning of true customer loyalty for decades, literature still lacks a clear and shared conceptualization. This has also resulted in a poor integration of the concept of customer loyalty in consumer behaviour theory. The general debate on customer loyalty is even more complex when referring to the particular case of retail establishments, in which absolute consumer loyalty is not realistic and most shoppers purchase on a portfolio basis. In order to contribute to the understanding of customer loyalty, this thesis proposes and empirically tests a comprehensive conceptual framework aimed at analysing the psychological process underlying the development of customer loyalty in retail settings. Based on the reference-based paradigm and structured in two stages, the model considers three reference effects, i.e. functional congruity, alternative attractiveness and self-congruity and their role in the relationship between store environment and customer loyalty in grocery retail. The thesis acknowledges the pivotal role of self-congruity in the relationship between store environment and customer loyalty due to its interplay with the other reference effects. It also proves that market structure, shopping expertise and time pressure are of prime importance when analysing customer loyalty.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação MPA Marianna Nacouzi de Mello Franco Versão Final.pdf: 2141421 bytes, checksum: 3c0ff43e666fed444034804bb9e3a46c (MD5) Dissertação MPA Marianna Nacouzi de Mello Franco Versão Final.pdf: 2141200 bytes, checksum: c57122f53b13f3b288d91cb869377089 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-15 / Sabe-se que os emissores de cartões arcam com altos custos de manutenção das plataformas, o que demanda uma infraestrutura cada vez mais potente, com uso intensivo de tecnologia para redução de custos operacionais e busca por inovações que diferenciem os participantes nesse mercado. Em consequência disso, eles acabam sendo repassados aos lojistas, que se veem obrigados a aceitar o cartão de crédito como meio de pagamento para garantir o seu faturamento (market share) e acompanhar os concorrentes. Com o intuito de mitigar a assimetria de informações e reduzir os custos de transação com o cartão de crédito, o Banco Central do Brasil, por meio do novo arranjo de pagamentos, promoveu a diferenciação de preços de bens e serviços oferecidos ao público em função do prazo ou do instrumento de pagamento utilizado pelo consumidor, convertida na Lei n. 13.455/2017, em junho do ano passado. Essa nova regra poderá trazer os seguintes benefícios aos agentes envolvidos: (1) o consumidor poderá pagar menos à vista, aumentando seu poder decisório em relação ao meio de pagamento que utilizará, colocando em xeque o seu real afeto e lealdade pela marca ou produto; (2) estímulo à competição entre os instituidores de pagamento (emissores e credenciadores), reduzindo os custos envolvidos com o cartão de crédito para lojistas e consumidores; e (3) regularização de uma ação já existente no comércio, formalizando algo que era velado e permitindo que o lojista exerça um protagonismo maior na dinâmica de precificação desse mercado. O presente trabalho propôs-se a explorar esses fatores por meio da aplicação de uma survey a uma amostra de varejistas. O estudo identificou que, para a maioria deles, a lei já é conhecida e adotada, sendo que a média de desconto concedida reflete o mesmo percentual cobrado pelos credenciadores para as transações com cartão de crédito. Nesse sentido, o principal motivador apontado pelos lojistas é acompanhar a concorrência por meio de preços competitivos, garantindo o incremento das vendas. Fatores como engajamento e tipo de produto foram mencionados com uma relevância menor pelos entrevistados, o que pode futuramente reforçar a necessidade de uma abordagem de relacionamento mais estratégica pelos emissores diante de seus associados, garantindo que o cartão de crédito continue sendo uma importante fonte de faturamento ao negócio e que seus benefícios sejam conhecidos para que a sua função de fidelização seja eficaz. / It is well known that credit cards issuers face huge costs to maintain their platforms, which demand a powerful infra-structure based on the use of intensive technology to achieve lower operational costs and also implement innovations that will differentiate the players in this market. Therefore, the retailers absorb these costs, once they are obliged to accept credit cards as a payment method in their stores to guarantee their profitability (market share) as well as to be competitive to their rivals pricing strategies. In order to mitigate the information asymmetry and reduce credit cards costs transactions, the Brazilian Central Bank by promoting the new payments arrangement, enabled the surcharge rule related to the payment instrument, established in the law 13.455/2017. This new rule will bring the following advantages to the agents involved: (1) the customer will be offered a discount to pay with another format, enhancing its power decision on whether the good will be bought on credit/debit card or money, revealing his real loyalty and affection to the brand or product, (2) this will also stimulate competition among payments institutions(issuers and acquires), reducing the discount taxes for the retailers and for the customers as well and, finally, (3) regulate a practice already existed in the offline market, enabling the retailer to play a relevant role in this issue by practicing price differentiation. This present work proposed to explore these factors by applying a survey with some retail businesses. The study identified that for the majority of them the law is known and the discounts are already offered to customers, on average the same percentage of the tax deducted from the credit card transactions. In this way, the major motives pointed out to apply the new rule officially, were to keep track of the competitors, that are already giving lowers prices to avoid losing clients and maintain profitability. Variables such as engagement and product type although mentioned, weren´t considered so relevant for the sellers, which can bring in the future the urge of a more strategic relationship between the credit card issuers and their associates, assuring that the product will continue to be a great source of revenues to the business and its benefits be known, so that its loyalty function continues to be efficient.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TatianeNVA_DISSERT.pdf: 3468564 bytes, checksum: 61054784880838e257b7b4ec92f7d624 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-08 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / In an environment of constant change, technological developments, market competition and more informed consumers, the search for a lasting relationship through the conquest of loyalty has become the objective of companies. However, several authors suggest that this loyalty can be affected by negative comments available on the internet. Therefore, this dissertation has as objective to examine if the complaints are available on the internet impact the loyalty to a brand of mobile phone. The research used as the basis the Expanded NCSB model suggest by Johnson et al. (2001), studying five prominent drives of loyalty: image/brand reputation, affective commitment, calculative commitment, perceived value and trust, beyond the satisfaction construct as moderator variable. The research method adopted was the experimental design which included 285 undergraduate students, with the trial which included 285 undergraduate students, with the field study of the mobile industry, specifically, the brands of cell phones. The research approach was quantitative and methods were descriptive statistics, factor analysis, cluster analysis, linear regression and non-parametric test of Wilcoxon for data analysis. Of the 16 hypothesis stemmed from the research model proposed, 12 were confirmed. The results showed that the complaint available on the internet, here represented by the available on the site Reclame Aqui, may impact consumer perceptions about brand loyalty, as well as its antecedents, being that these complaints can affect all the consumers, regardless of historical satisfaction with the brand. It also noted the positive relationship between the independent variables trust, image/brand reputation, perceived value, affective commitment and calculative commitment and the dependent variable - loyalty, even when considering the data obtained after exposure to the complaint. However, no unanimous conclusion that the relationship between these variables was strongest in the group with satisfactory experience. At the first moment of the research, the trust was the most important variable for the formation of loyalty. However, after exposure to treatment, the image/brand reputation, was more relevant. Contributions of the study, limitations and recommendations for future researches are approached in the present investigation / Em um ambiente em constante muta??o, evolu??o tecnol?gica, competitividade no mercado e consumidores mais exigentes e informados, a busca de um relacionamento duradouro atrav?s da conquista da lealdade passou a ser o objetivo das empresas. No entanto, diversos autores sugerem que essa lealdade pode ser afetada pelos coment?rios negativos dispon?veis no ambiente online. Assim, esta disserta??o tem como objetivo geral examinar se as reclama??es dispon?veis no ambiente online impactam a lealdade a uma marca de aparelho celular. A pesquisa utilizou como base parte do modelo NCSB Ampliado proposto por Johnson et al. (2001), estudando cinco proeminentes condutores da lealdade: imagem/reputa??o da marca, comprometimento afetivo, comprometimento calculado, valor percebido e confian?a, al?m do construto satisfa??o, como vari?vel moderadora. O m?todo de pesquisa adotado foi o experimental que contou com a participa??o de 285 alunos de gradua??o, tendo como campo de estudo o setor de telefonia m?vel, especificamente, as marcas de aparelhos celulares. A abordagem de pesquisa foi quantitativa e foram utilizados m?todos da estat?stica descritiva, an?lise fatorial, an?lise de conglomerado, regress?o linear e teste n?o-param?trico de Wilcoxon para a an?lise dos dados. Das 16 hip?teses estabelecidas a partir do modelo de pesquisa proposto, 12 foram confirmadas. Os resultados comprovaram que as reclama??es dispon?veis no ambiente online, aqui representadas pelas dispon?veis no site Reclame Aqui, podem impactar a percep??o dos consumidores acerca da lealdade ? marca, assim como seus antecedentes, sendo que essas queixas podem afetar todos os consumidores, independentemente do hist?rico de satisfa??o com a marca. Tamb?m foi constatado o relacionamento positivo entre as vari?veis independentes confian?a, imagem/reputa??o da marca, valor percebido, comprometimento afetivo e comprometimento calculado - e a vari?vel dependente - lealdade, mesmo quando considerados os dados obtidos ap?s a exposi??o a reclama??o. No entanto, n?o houve constata??o un?nime de que o relacionamento entre essas vari?veis era mais forte no grupo com experi?ncia satisfat?ria. No primeiro momento da pesquisa, a confian?a foi a vari?vel mais importante para a forma??o da lealdade. Todavia, ap?s a exposi??o ao tratamento, a imagem/reputa??o da marca, mostrou-se mais relevante. Contribui??es do estudo, limita??es e recomenda??es para pesquisas futuras s?o abordadas no presente trabalho

Thesis (MTech(Business Administration)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009. / The retail and distribution industry in Botswana's deregulated economy is one of the largest and most difficult sectors in which to operate, mainly because of levels of competition amongst Botswana companies and the global competitive industry, in general. Hill (2000:539) postulates that competition in free market economies generally tends to be tense depending on differences between distribution systems such as retail concentration, channel length and channel exclusivity. At the same time the retail industry grapples with other complex social and structural problems as they face ever increasing marketing problems that relate to attracting and maintaining customers (Luh, 2006:1). In view of the intense competition, it is more expensive to obtain a new customer than to retain and maintain an existing customer. Consequently, retailers should develop competitive and sustainable ways to maintain the customers that they have and should develop strategies to retain any new customers that the business acquires (Naylor and Frank, 2000:37). Botswana practices a free market and a heavily deregulated economy, which causes an increase in competition (Luh, 2006:1) and creates greater expectations from customers in pursuit of satisfaction and value (Peter and Donnelly, 2007:179) for their money. In Botswana, petrol and diesel prices are regulated by government, there is therefore no competition between the rivals based on prices. The competition landscape therefore shifts to amongst others, namely; service provision, location of the petrol station, and fuel brand in general. Petrol and diesel retail outlets should focus on areas of operations that will give them a sustainable competitive advantage over their competitors without altering the price of products. Mehta, Lalwani and Li Han (2000:21) posit that increased competition between retail businesses forces rivals to focus on good customer service as the only critical factor in the operation of their business (Zairi, 2000: 332). Customer loyalty is therefore, the most effective way to keep customers and to maintain profitability through repeated purchases (Luh, 2006:2). Loyalty is used to describe the behaviour of repeat customers, their ratings of the business, positive testimonials, and business from existing customers, as well as overall perception, about the business from the existing customers. The study focuses on the petroleum industry in an environment where there are several competitors, relative .to the size of the country, offering goods and services that are close substitutes. The industry in Botswana is characterised by five competitors that offer heavily substitutable products (BP Report, 2006:1-4). These rivals are BP, Shell, Caltex, Engen and Total.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2017-03-01T20:56:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Flavio de Carvalho Perpetuo.pdf: 4650721 bytes, checksum: f596966b8c89d4fc1b736fb03d34e875 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-01T20:56:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Flavio de Carvalho Perpetuo.pdf: 4650721 bytes, checksum: f596966b8c89d4fc1b736fb03d34e875 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-09 / Diagnostic medicine is a specialty aimed at performing complementary tests to aid diagnosis, with impact on the different stages of the health chain: prevention, diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic follow-up. Official sources of the public sector – DATASUS (Brazilian Health System Database) and the private sector - ANS estimate that the sector handled R$ 33.24 billion in the year 2015. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the definition criteria of outsourcing diagnostic services with Loyalty theory, based on a structural model that portrays, at the consumer level, the relationships of attitudinal and behavioral loyalty with constructs of Loyalty Background: Satisfaction, Trust, Perceived Value, Quality, Cost of Change and Perceived Justice. The main objective of the Research is the Application of Integrative Model for measuring the constructs of Loyalty Background in the B2B relationship in the diagnostic medicine sector. In order to direct the accomplishment of the study, the following main research question was posed: what antecedents are relevant in the construction of Loyalty in B2B relationships in the Diagnostic Medicine Sector? The empirical study can be classified as a quantitative, descriptive survey carried out in cross-section and structured in a strategy of analysis by action research. The present research proposes to study the influence of the antecedents of consumer loyalty. The study collected information from clients for the construction of a theoretical model that was analyzed through the modeling of structural equations and the partial least squares (PLS) technique. The theoretical framework used included relationship marketing and recognized antecedents of consumer loyalty. The results demonstrated the consumers' understanding of the judgment of the results received, mainly the positive influence of this evaluation on their satisfaction as an important aspect for the construction of their loyalty to the supplier. / A medicina diagnóstica é uma especialidade direcionada a realização de exames complementares no auxílio ao diagnostico, com impacto nos diferentes estágios da cadeia de saúde: prevenção, diagnóstico, prognóstico e acompanhamento terapêutico. Fontes oficiais do setor público – DATASUS e do setor privado – ANS estimam que o setor movimentou R$ 33,24 bilhões no ano de 2015. A proposta deste trabalho é avaliar a relação entre os critérios de definição de terceirização de serviços de medicina diagnóstica com a teoria de Lealdade, a partir de um modelo estrutural que retrata, no nível do consumidor, as relações da lealdade atitudinal e comportamental com constructos de Antecedentes da Lealdade: Satisfação, Confiança, Valor Percebido, Qualidade, Custo da Mudança e Justiça Percebida. O objetivo principal da Pesquisa é a Aplicação de Modelo Integrativo para mensuração de construtos dos Antecedentes de Lealdade no relacionamento B2B no setor de medicina diagnóstica. De forma a direcionar a realização do estudo, foi colocada a seguinte questão principal de pesquisa: quais antecedentes são relevantes na construção da Lealdade em relacionamentos B2B no Setor de Medicina Diagnóstica? O estudo empírico realizado pode ser classificado como um survey quantitativo, descritivo realizado em corte transversal e estruturado numa estratégia de análise por pesquisa-ação. A presente pesquisa propõe estudar a influência dos antecedentes da lealdade dos consumidores. O estudo coletou informações dos clientes, para a construção de um modelo teórico que foi analisado por meio da modelagem de equações estruturais e pela técnica de mínimos quadrados parciais (PLS). O arcabouço teórico utilizado englobou o marketing de relacionamento e reconhecidos antecedentes da lealdade dos consumidores. Os resultados demonstraram o entendimento dos consumidores sobre o julgamento dos resultados recebidos, principalmente, a influência positiva dessa avaliação em sua satisfação como importante aspecto para a construção da sua lealdade ao fornecedor.

Submitted in compliance with the requirements for the Doctorate in Philosophy: Management Science (Marketing), Durban University of Technology, Durban. South Africa, 2017. / Loyalty programmes have become a popular marketing tool in marketplaces that are highly competitive and where differentiation is difficult. Although they are not new anymore, they continue to grow in popularity, particularly in South Africa where numbers are steadily increasing. The main aim of this study was to determine the influence of various types of perceived benefits from loyalty programmes in the South African fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market with respect to their impact on relationship quality and loyalty towards the retailer concerned. The study reveals three forms of perceived benefits which are named as consumeristic, altruistic and egoistic benefits. In addition, the influence of socio-demographic characteristics are examined to ascertain any differences that might occur in the results. The study design was based on an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach and began with qualitative research before proceeding to quantitative data collection and analysis. The qualitative section of the research involved two in-depth interviews with managers of loyalty programmes at major retailers and two focus groups aimed at loyalty programme members. These assisted in the design of the quantitative data collection instrument. The quantitative data collection was aimed at a consumer database which incorporated those who were actively employed in the economy, resulting in a sample of 559 respondents. The initial findings of the study, revealed by means of regression analysis, were that all three forms of perceived benefits lead towards the three constructs that make up relationship quality, namely trust, satisfaction, and commitment with the retailer concerned. In addition, the same benefits were found to contribute towards customer loyalty. However, once structural equation modelling was employed, the results evolved. Firstly, the constructs of trust and satisfaction cross loaded onto each other and were therefore treated as a single construct named trust/satisfaction. Secondly, egoistic benefits were absorbed into consumeristic benefits and were therefore no longer featured as a separate item. Explanations are offered for this phenomenon. Consumeristic benefits still had a positive and significant relationship with trust/satisfaction, as did altruistic benefits. However, it was found that although altruistic benefits still enjoy a significant relationship with commitment, consumeristic benefits did not. A suggestion for this is that the perception of altruistic benefits has a greater attitudinal impact than consumeristic benefits do. Finally, neither altruistic nor consumeristic benefits showed a direct relationship with loyalty. The introduction of demographic variables established that only age affects the results, with older consumers being more receptive than others to altruistic benefits. However, findings revealed that a pathway to loyalty remains through the constructs of trust/satisfaction and commitment. This emphasises the importance of achieving trust and satisfaction first by means of the benefits offered. Finally, a new structural model is developed in line with the results of the structural equation model. The results from this study add to the body of research in the field, yielding both significant theoretical and practical contributions to the field of loyalty programmes, relationship quality and loyalty research, particularly in the South African FMCG retail marketplace. Retailers are advised to continue offering both altruistic and consumeristic benefits to customers, despite consumeristic benefits not necessarily creating a direct route towards loyalty. This is because once trust and satisfaction is achieved, loyalty will follow. In addition, loyalty programme providers should ensure that offerings provide both simplicity and transparency in order to create a positive relationship with trust and satisfaction. / D

The main goal of this diploma thesis is to analyse the customer satisfaction with the loyalty program Active beauty and to propose some improvement suggestions. The theoretical part is focused on the issue of the customer care, customer satisfaction and loyalty. In the following part is described the situation in the retail market and chemist's market in the Czech Republic. Subsequently is introduced the loyalty program Active beauty and evaluated results of the research.

This dissertation thesis identifies marketing activities that support customer loyalty in banking in the Czech republic. Besides providing the answer on question which loyalty activites to implement it defines general methodical model designed for similar projects use. The thesis also deals with several approaches to clients selection process including analytical marketing tools application. The research is structured into several continuous grades which findings follow each other. It also takes into consideration numerous dimensions of customer perception such as satisfaction, personal use, exit barrier, standards and inovations. New term meanings for satisfaction, retention and loyalty are defined in the thesis.

This work deals with customer loyalty and loyalty programmes in areas of buying chemist goods, clothing, footwear and groceries. The main objective of this work is to compare the approach of English and Czech customers to loyalty programmes in these areas. The intention of the analysis is to discover whether the approach to loyalty programmes in these two countries varies and what are the major differences. Does using a loyalty programme really affect customer loyalty? Who are more loyal, Czech or English customers? The aim is also to find out how customers use their loyalty programs, what kind of rewards are the most attractive for them and what personal information are they willing to provide when they sign up for loyalty programmes. The analysis also aims to pose these same questions to multi-brand partnership programmes and also mobile applications. This work can therefore benefit companies operating in both Czech and English markets to adapt their loyalty programs to be most effective.

The purpose of this research was to demonstrate the importance of brand equity in the purchase of consumer durable goods, specifically heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.