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Can fast-food consumers be loyal customers, if so how? Theory, method and findings

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  • Sahagun, Miguel A.
  • Vasquez-Parraga, Arturo Z.

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Customer loyalty studies generally indicate that fast-food customers are not genuinely loyal to brands or products mainly because they function under low-switching cost conditions. The purpose of this research is to empirically study whether fast-food customers genuinely become loyal and, if so, how. The study adopts the theory and method of the satisfaction-trust-commitment-loyalty explanation chain and examines the consumer survey results obtained under conditions of low-switching costs. Analyses of the results indicate that the proposed relationships provide appropriate explanatory power for the phenomenon at hand and that fast- food customers truly become loyal despite conditions of low-switching costs. The findings and the research and practical implications are thoroughly discussed.

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  • Sahagun, Miguel A. & Vasquez-Parraga, Arturo Z., 2014. "Can fast-food consumers be loyal customers, if so how? Theory, method and findings," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 21(2), pages 168-174.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joreco:v:21:y:2014:i:2:p:168-174
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2013.12.002
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