Determinants of Grocery Store Loyalty of Consumers in Bangladesh
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Due to the belief that customer retention is a much cost-effective strategy than attracting new customers, the customer loyalty subject has become of increased interest to most businesses over the last few years. Loyal customers always bring more profit for the organisation as they are more likely to recommend their friends and family, ready to pay premium prices and have increased repurchase intention. This study sets out to examine the degree of consumer’s loyalty in Bangladesh among consumers who shop from various superstores. The main objective is to empirically investigate the strength of loyalty of Bangladeshi food consumers on the basis of their shopping behaviour and store-level service provision, and thus provide evidence which demonstrates a model of consumer loyalty based on these factors. In order to understand consumer loyalty in Bangladesh Oliver’s four stage of loyalty model were adopted. A total sample of 150 food shopping consumers from three leading stores in Bangladesh were selected randomly and interviewed in March by trained interviewers. The survey results indicate that Bangladeshi food consumers are conscious of the cost and benefit (Cognitive loyalty), are conscious with satisfaction (Affective loyalty), satisfied consumers are likely to recommend their primary super store to their family and friends (Co-native Loyalty) and also they have frequencies of visit (Action Loyalty). The findings of research can be used to offer a sound basis for
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Datta, D. P. R. & Chakraborty, B. R.. (2013). Determinants of Grocery Store Loyalty of Consumers in Bangladesh. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 04 Issue 1.
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Datta, D. P. R. & Chakraborty, B. R.. (2013). Determinants of Grocery Store Loyalty of Consumers in Bangladesh. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 04 Issue 1.
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Datta, Dr. Palto Ranjan, and Bonya R. Chakraborty. "Determinants of Grocery Store Loyalty of Consumers in Bangladesh." Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 04 Issue 1, 2013.
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Dr. Palto Ranjan Datta and Bonya R. Chakraborty. "Determinants of Grocery Store Loyalty of Consumers in Bangladesh." Journal of Business and Retail Management Research Volume 04 Issue 1 (09 Sep 2013).
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Datta, D. P. R. & Chakraborty, B. R. (2013) Determinants of Grocery Store Loyalty of Consumers in Bangladesh. Journal of Business and Retail Management Research, Volume 04 Issue 1
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