Estudos do CEPE (Sep 2015)

CUSTOMER PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE MARKETING TOOLS RELATIONSHIP

  • Jorne Ricardo Peiter,
  • Alexandre de Melo Abicht,
  • Alessandra Carla Ceolin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17058/cepe.v0i41.4465
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 41
pp. 134 – 152

Abstract

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Due to the increasing concern of the organizations with the constant developments and changes in business processes, especially with regard to the quality of its products and services, it became necessary to conduct studies on ways of approaching clients and prospecting for new customers. This practice gained paramount importance to add value to the organization, and increasingly understand the needs of customers through relationship marketing. This study aims to investigate the perception of customers regarding relationship marketing tools used by the company Souza Cruz AS. Therefore, we present the main concepts involving relationship marketing process and customer loyalty. The methodology used was divided into two stages, the first being exploratory and qualitative literature and the second is descriptive and quantitative literature. The sample of 50 clients of Souza Cruz. The results show that customers consider important the relationship with the company, which is proven by the average search attributes in communication / attendance of employees (4.35 in degree of importance, and 4.58 in satisfaction). In the synthesis of overall satisfaction, the mean degree of satisfaction given by the research sample is 3.98. This percentage was considered good, as close to the item content (grade 4). This result may be related to the work of relationship the company Souza Cruz has been performing with his team which seeks to constantly enhance its customers to build strong and lasting relationships. Keywords: Marketing. Relationship. Satisfaction. Customer. Tobacco.

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