Calculating customer defection and customer retention rates
By Michael Lowenstein, VP and Senior Consultant, Customer Loyalty Management, Harris Interactive
SearchCRM.com
What is the best way for marketers to calculate customer retention and customer defection rates?
There are no hard and fast rules on calculating customer defection and customer retention. Some companies have long-term arrangements with customers, who have to provide advance notice of their intended departure. Also, some industries have limited alternative supplier availability, making the retained customer actually 'trapped.' Some other industries such as retail would always need to identify levels of customer loyalty and risk -- and the contributors to both -- through targeted research, because the level of alternative supplier availability is high.
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