The impact of sales encounters on brand loyalty
Gaining and sustaining brand loyalty is a key challenge in increasingly competitive markets. Many marketing researchers as well as practitioners emphasize the critical role of the interpersonal interaction between the customer and the salesperson in influencing customer satisfaction, generating favorable brand attitudes and strengthening the bond between the customers and the brand. So far, empirical research that investigates how sales encounters impact brand loyalty by enhancing customer satisfaction with the sales encounter is lacking. Using data from 154 dyads of customers and salespersons of a large automobile brand, this study shows the perceptions of both the customer and the salesperson regarding the impact of sales encounter performance on satisfaction. Sales encounter satisfaction, in turn, leads to brand loyalty by enhancing brand attitude and salesperson loyalty.
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2010
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Authors: | Brexendorf, Tim Oliver ; Mühlmeier, Silke ; Tomczak, Torsten ; Eisend, Martin |
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Journal of Business Research. - Elsevier, ISSN 0148-2963. - Vol. 63.2010, 11, p. 1148-1155
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Brand loyalty Brand attitude Sales encounter Sales encounter satisfaction Salesperson loyalty |
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