What is customer relationship management? Describe three changes a local grocery store could make as part of implementing a customer relationship management system.

What will be an ideal response?


Customer relationship management is a technique that uses IT to develop an ongoing relationship with customers to maximize the value an organization can deliver to them over time.

Student answers will vary but must include the use of IT to address the grocer's interactions with customers that increase customer loyalty and show responsiveness to customer needs. For example, offering online coupons and sales flyers, improving store layout or checkout efficiency, automated inventory systems to avoid empty shelves, providing in-store kiosks for collecting customer input, etc.

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What will be an ideal response?

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What will be an ideal response?

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