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1999

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Profit improvement

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Not All Customers Are Created Equal: Looking At Lifetime Value, Mark E. Pickering Sep 1999

Not All Customers Are Created Equal: Looking At Lifetime Value, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) refines customer profitability analysis to view customers as assets. Thinking in terms of CLV provides the impetus to target customer acquisition efforts on the right customers, and to improve the profitability and duration of the relationship with existing customers. This article introduces the concepts and benefits associated with CLV and actions to improve value.


Using Customer Profitability Information To Drive The Bottom Line, Mark E. Pickering Feb 1999

Using Customer Profitability Information To Drive The Bottom Line, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

This article utilises a case study of a textile manufacturer and distributor to demonstrate the use of customer profitability analysis to improve company profitability.