New research shows that organisations can differentiate themselves especially in terms of the emotional element of the experience. Up to 60% of customer loyalty is created by the customer’s emotional experience, according to Professor Lars Grønholt, CBS.
The study’s main conclusions are:
- Strong relationship between Customer Experience Management ability and financial performance Customer Experience Management generates increased differentiation. High differentiation improves the companies? ability to create high market performance and financial performance.
- Customer Experience Management contribute to create significant financial performance If Customer Experience Management is improved by 10% differentiation capabilities will increase by 9%, that subsequently will improve financial performance by 5%.
- ?Top management involvement and implementation of customer focus in all customer touch points are the most important Customer Experience Management dimensions The two dimensions account for more than 40% of the companies? ability to differentiate from competitors and are the starting point for better market performance and financial performance.
- A balanced emotional and rational customer experience creates better results
Overall, top performing companies balance rational and emotional elements when creating customer experiences.
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