Title :
An Empirical Study on Impact of Sales Promotion on Brand Loyalty of Service Enterprise
Author :
Zhang Li-xin ; Tang Shou-lian
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Economic & Manage., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Promotion activities and points-based reward are two major sales promotion patterns for advancing customer brand loyalty of service enterprise. Based on the review of domestic and international related theory, this paper put forward a concept model which focuses on the impact of sales promotion on brand loyalty of service enterprise. On the basis of the hypothesis model, by the samples of customers of china´s telecommunication service enterprise, this article investigates the relationships between sales promotion and brand loyalty. Presented empirical evidences indicate that customer satisfaction has direct effects on brand loyalty, promotion activities have indirect effects on brand loyalty through customer satisfaction, points-based reward has direct and indirect effects on brand loyalty.
Keywords :
customer satisfaction; promotion (marketing); sales management; service industries; china´s telecommunication service enterprise; customer brand loyalty; customer satisfaction; hypothesis model; points-based reward; sales promotion impact; service enterprise; Analytical models; Customer satisfaction; Indexes; Mathematical model; Mobile communication; Promotion - marketing; Reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5577472