Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises

The study was conducted by collecting the data from 608 customers of migrant retailers working in the retail industry of Pretoria West in South Africa in order to identify socioeconomic factors that affect customer loyalty. Data was collected from eligible respondents by using a pre-tested, validate...

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Main Author: Zeleke Worku
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Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2019-12-01
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description The study was conducted by collecting the data from 608 customers of migrant retailers working in the retail industry of Pretoria West in South Africa in order to identify socioeconomic factors that affect customer loyalty. Data was collected from eligible respondents by using a pre-tested, validated and standardised questionnaire of study that was self-administered by respondents. The study found that about 69% of customers were loyal to their retailers. About 68% of customers had a favorable attitude towards their retailers. About 68% of retailers used appropriate promotional measures for marketing their goods to potential customers. About 69% of retailers provided their customers with satisfactory quality of services. About 67% of customers were loyal to their retailers’ brands. Factor analysis was used for extracting 3 influential predictors of customer loyalty. These factors were entrepreneurial skills, marketing skills, and selling price. The percentage of variance explained by the 3 extracted factors was equal to 92.58%.
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spelling doaj-art-c30cb20a00f14df19790dd2775ee82452025-08-20T03:09:41ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Innovative Marketing1814-24271816-63262019-12-01154788710.21511/im.15(4).2019.0712848Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprisesZeleke Worku0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8808-3052Ph.D., Professor, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Business SchoolThe study was conducted by collecting the data from 608 customers of migrant retailers working in the retail industry of Pretoria West in South Africa in order to identify socioeconomic factors that affect customer loyalty. Data was collected from eligible respondents by using a pre-tested, validated and standardised questionnaire of study that was self-administered by respondents. The study found that about 69% of customers were loyal to their retailers. About 68% of customers had a favorable attitude towards their retailers. About 68% of retailers used appropriate promotional measures for marketing their goods to potential customers. About 69% of retailers provided their customers with satisfactory quality of services. About 67% of customers were loyal to their retailers’ brands. Factor analysis was used for extracting 3 influential predictors of customer loyalty. These factors were entrepreneurial skills, marketing skills, and selling price. The percentage of variance explained by the 3 extracted factors was equal to 92.58%.https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/12848/IM_2019_04_Worku.pdfcustomer loyaltyfactor analysismigrant retailersretail industry
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Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
Innovative Marketing
customer loyalty
factor analysis
migrant retailers
retail industry
title Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
title_full Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
title_fullStr Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
title_full_unstemmed Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
title_short Factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
title_sort factors that affect customer loyalty in small enterprises
topic customer loyalty
factor analysis
migrant retailers
retail industry
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