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- Title
Willing to Pay More, Eager to Pay Less: The Role of Customer Loyalty in Price Negotiations.
- Authors
Wieseke, Jan; Alavi, Sascha; Habel, Johannes
- Abstract
This article is the first to empirically examine the effect of customer loyalty in retail price negotiations. Across three field studies and one negotiation experiment, the authors establish what they call the "loyalty-discount cycle": in price negotiations with salespeople, loyal customers receive deeper discounts that, in turn, increase customer loyalty, resulting in a downward spiral of a company's price enforcement. The reason for the positive effect of customer loyalty on discount is twofold: (1) loyal customers demand a reward for their loyalty and invoke their elevated perceived negotiation power, and (2) to retain loyal customers, salespeople grant discounts more willingly. Furthermore, the mechanisms are moderated by the basis of a customer's loyalty (price vs. quality) and the length of the relationship between the salesperson and the customer. To escape the loyalty-discount cycle, salespeople can use functional and relational customer-oriented behaviors. The study helps managers and salespeople optimize their price enforcement and servicing of loyal customers.
- Subjects
WILLINGNESS to pay; PRICES; CUSTOMER loyalty; CONSUMER behavior; CUSTOMER relations; SALES personnel
- Publication
Journal of Marketing, 2014, Vol 78, Issue 6, p17
- ISSN
0022-2429
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1509/jm.13.0104