scholarly journals The Role of Sustainable Restaurant Practices in City Branding: The Case of Athens

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2271
Author(s):  
Dimitris Karagiannis ◽  
Meletios Andrinos
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Branding Strategy ◽  
Green Practices ◽  
Sustainability Practices

The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the role that restaurant practices play on tourists’ choices and specifically on city branding. It examines whether sustainability practices are considered by customers to be part of what they perceive as overall quality, leading to customer satisfaction, loyalty, and repeat business. It examines whether sustainability practices become part of the customer experience and perceived quality, and if they could work as another key predictor of customer dining satisfaction effecting their decisions to revisit a destination. Several studies focused on sustainability practices from the restaurant owner’s perspective, but there is no study investigating the viewpoint of international tourists and consumers of common restaurants, and the influence of green practices on visiting a major European capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our research was conducted using a sample of 204 international consumers after completing meals at local restaurants in Athens. This study offers insights on the role that sustainable and green practices of restaurants play in customer satisfaction as it relates to a potential re-visit of a destination; however, it still shows a path worth investigating. Restaurateurs, tourism experts (DMO), and local government should monitor what influences the satisfaction of potential global tourists while taking their sensitivity on sustainability issues into account when shaping their branding strategy during the COVID-19 era.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Customer Experience on the Relationship between Online Shopping Determinants and Customer Satisfaction in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Anh Tuan Pham ◽  
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Khashayar Yazdani
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Technical Problem ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

The negative impacts of COVID-19 to every aspects of social-economic structure lead to the retail industry’s changes by shifting from traditional way to online shopping. Although Vietnam is potential market of e-commerce, there are still lots of barriers of online shopping to customer behaviour, especially how to improve the customer experience in purchasing process. Therefore, this paper analyses the mediating role of customer experience on the relationship between online shopping determinants such as: payment barrier, bad complaint resolve, slow delivery process, poor product quality, technical problem, and customer satisfaction in Vietnam. The online survey is conducted according to the related theories, relevant empirical evidence, and pilot study to collect reliable data from 360-400 respondents in Ho Chi Minh city and Ha Noi city. Some quantitative data analysis techniques are proposed and used in this study, including descriptive statistics, reliability, explanatory factor analysis, variance analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. For using them, the researcher expects that all factors have significant and negative effect on customer satisfaction through customer experience. By developing one of the first research attempt on pre-normal phase of COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers believes the marketers and top managers at e-commerce companies in Vietnam to have sufficient information about how their customers’ experience with online shopping platforms and related services.

Building customer loyalty in retail banking: a serial-mediation approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 456-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pallavi R. Kamath ◽  
Yogesh P. Pai ◽  
Nandan K.P. Prabhu
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to advance research on the relationship between customer experience and customer loyalty by exploring the serially mediating roles of brand equity and customer satisfaction and the moderating roles of age, gender, education and family income in the retail banking industry. Design/methodology/approach A total of 500 responses of retail banking customers were used to test the model using the partial least squares structural equation modeling approach. Advanced statistical techniques, such as importance-performance map analysis and a joint application of FIMIX-PLS and PLS-POS, were used to gain new insights. Findings The study highlighted that the relationship between customer experience and loyalty is serially mediated by brand equity and customer satisfaction. Age, gender and education were found to be significant moderators in the customer experience–loyalty relationship. Age and gender were found to be significant moderators in the brand equity–loyalty relationship. Practical implications The study strongly suggests that practitioners not only focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences but also on providing leverage brand equity and satisfaction to build customer loyalty. Practitioners should focus on training their front-line employees to improve the quality of their behavior and relations with customers and thereby build customer loyalty. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to explore the mediating role of several variables sequentially and the moderating role of customer demographics in the customer experience–customer loyalty relationship.

Fresh food online shopping repurchase intention: the role of post-purchase customer experience and corporate image

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara Xiaohui Ma ◽  
Damien William Mather ◽  
Dana L. Ott ◽  
Eddy Fang ◽  
Phil Bremer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Repurchase Intention ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Post Purchase

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate consumers' post–purchase experience when buying fresh food online. It examines the key dimensions of post–purchase online customer experience (post–purchase OCE) that impact customer satisfaction and repurchase intention. It also explores the role of corporate image as a moderator.Design/methodology/approachAn online survey was conducted in China to capture participants' post–purchase OCE, satisfaction, repurchase intention and perceived corporate image. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was utilized to analyse data collected from 317 Chinese fresh food online shoppers. Moderated mediation analysis was conducted to analyse the moderating effect of corporate image.FindingsFour post–purchase OCE dimensions “product-in-hand”, “customer support”, “benefits” and “packaging” significantly drive customers' repurchase intention by enhancing customer satisfaction. “Delivery” is not influential. Additionally, for firms with a good corporate image, customer repurchase intention is more easily affected by post–purchase OCE than firms with a lower level of corporate image.Practical implicationsThe findings inform fresh food e-commerce firms of the critical post–purchase OCE dimensions that mostly drive customer satisfaction and help retain customers. Furthermore, it implies that firms with a good corporate image must provide high-quality post–purchase OCE that matches the image because the consequences associated with a poor post–purchase OCE can be severe.Originality/valueThis research is among the first to investigate fresh food post–purchase OCE. It also introduces the previously underexplored moderating role of corporate image.

scholarly journals The Role of Stakeholders in the City Branding Policy “Madiun Karismatik” Madiun City Government

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 510
Author(s):  
Bagus Wiyono ◽  
Andre Rahmanto ◽  
Prahasitiwi Utari
Keyword(s):  
Regional Identity ◽  
City Government ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Branding Strategy ◽  
City Region ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
Developing Cities ◽  
Internal Stakeholders ◽  
The City

Conducting branding is now increasingly needed in government management. The main purpose of city branding is to bring out the regional identity and place a certain positioning of the area in order to compete with other regions. For a city branding strategy to be successful, it must involve various stakeholders in the city / region. City stakeholders are defined through the ABCGM concept, namely Academics, Business Sector, Communities, Government, and Media. Madiun City as one of the developing cities in the western part of East Java Province also develops city branding as a way to increase regional competitiveness in front of other regions. Madiun Charismatic was chosen to be the tagline for the city branding of Madiun. This study aims to determine the role of internal stakeholders of Madiun city in implementing the city branding strategy of Madiun City. The research method used is a case study method and uses data collection techniques through interviews, observation, and document searches. The results showed that the internal stakeholders of the city of Madiun have different roles in supporting this city branding policy. The involvement of the five internal stakeholders of the city of Madiun in this city branding program also complements one stakeholder with another so that it has a positive effect on the development of the city of Madiun.

scholarly journals Influence of the Determinants of Online Customer Experience on Online Customer Satisfaction

Paradigm ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Shefali Jaiswal ◽  
Anurag Singh
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Online Retailing ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Customer Services ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Post Purchase

The role of online retailing is increasing with each passing day for any business and therefore offering value to the customer which in turn also yield benefit to the retailer and differentiate it from the competitors is an important task. By getting an idea of how customer perceive and evaluate the offerings, retailers may be able to influence the customers in that particular direction. This research paper aims in identifying the major factors or attributes that affect the customers, evaluating their overall experience while shopping on the digital platform and also their impact on online customer satisfaction. This study aims to explore the determinants of online customer experience of Indian shoppers and its effect on the satisfaction of the customers. For the purpose, 325 e-shoppers were surveyed through online mode using snow ball sampling technique. To achieve the objective, exploratory factor analysis was used and multiple regressions were applied. Furthermore, the findings suggest that economic value, customization, post-purchase experience and customer services are the major factors on which customers evaluate their overall online experience and satisfaction.

Understanding the customer experience-loyalty link: A moderated mediation model

2019 ◽  
pp. 51-69
Author(s):  
Marco Ieva ◽  
Cristina Ziliani
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Grocery Retailing ◽  
Shopping Enjoyment ◽  
The Relationship

Multiple studies have focused on Customer Experience and its relationship with Customer Loyalty. Despite such attention, two research gaps are still open with reference to the Experience-Loyalty link: the mediating role of Customer Satisfaction and the moderating role of consumer characteristics. This study employs a moderated mediation analysis of the relationship between Customer Experience and CustomerLoyalty by including Customer Satisfaction as a mediator and Shopping Enjoyment as a moderator. An online survey on almost three thousand consumers is run with reference to grocery retailing. Results show the role of Customer Satisfaction as a mediator. Shopping Enjoyment interacts with the Negative Affective Customer Experience dimension in its relationship with Customer Satisfaction.

Leveraging Brand Loyalty in Service Branding: The Role of Satisfaction

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heang Sotheara ◽  
Dr. Zhang Jing ◽  
Yen Yat
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Brand Relationship ◽  
The Impact

The paper is aimed to explore the impact of perceived quality, customer-brand relationship and derived-positive experience on brand loyalty from consumer banking perspectives. It extends to investigate the mediating effect of customer satisfaction on brand loyalty in service branding. The study provides further insight into the mediating role of customer satisfaction toward brand loyalty giving important theoretical contributions and managerial implications in the marketing domain. The finding confirms significant contributions to perceived quality, customer-brand relationship and derived-positive experience which add extra values to service brand loyalty. The result extends to the mediating role of customer satisfaction confirming partial and full mediation effect that facilitates the value in determining the degree of brand loyalty. The finding suggests practical implication for marketing practitioners to realize every single effort that communicates the values to the customers and only applies the most relevant branding strategies that fit service domains the most.

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