Customer Dedication…..

With major retailers increasingly requiring dedicated ‘man-on-man’ matching of their multi-functional team structures at the supplier/customer interface, as evidence of committed partnership, it is...

Hands-on/off Account Management?

Managing a global customer at local level can present an opportunity or threat for both KAM and company, locally and globally. Accepting the inevitability...

Dealing with Transition…

A negative side effect of the mergers and takeovers in the retail trade has caused many trading partners to shelve or even abandon medium...

Life-cycling the customer and avoiding premature Decline

Bearing in mind the fact that in a rapidly changing market, current levels of inadequate or under-resourcing make it impossible to treat each customer...

The Customer as a ‘Fixed’ Asset…….

Bearing in mind that a customer can be as important (or more important!) than a fixed asset, it is perhaps useful to explore the...

Gambling on ‘Loyalty’ Cards……..

Retailers who expect loyalty cards to build consumer loyalty are missing an important trick. Loyalty cards simply provide access to possible consumer need via...

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