Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Starbucks is dominant coffee brand in North America‚ which also is well-known worldwide. Established in 1971 as coffee shop oriented to a niche of coffee purists‚ in late 1980’s it turned to be a constantly growing chain of stores that sold whole-beans and premium-priced coffee to mostly affluent‚ well-educated customers. In years 1992-2002 company was showing at least 5% annual growth. And by 2002 Starbucks was serving already 20M customers in 5886 stores (both
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indicating that the company is not meeting customer expectations in terms of service. To increase customer satisfaction‚ the company is debating a plan that would increase the amount of labor in the stores and theoretically increase speed-of-service. However‚ the impact of the plan (which would cost $40 million annually) on the company’s bottom line is unclear. --------------------------- Starbucks prided itself in providing the highest quality product with excellent customer service and the brand
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many positive and negative customer service experiences. Customer service (ch.1 pg. 6) can be defined as “The ability of knowledgeable‚ capable‚ and enthusiastic employees to deliver products and services to their internal and external customers in a matter that satisfies identified and unidentified needs.” In other words‚ it is the ability of a company and its employees to supply their customers’ wants and needs. Some organizations have well developed customer services departments‚ while other are
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The ‘Chick-fil-A Way:’ Focus on customer service‚ employees’ dedication By Holly Fisher Supplements Editor Now to the King eternal‚ immortal‚ invisible‚ the only God‚ be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. I Timothy 1:17 Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy greeted employees at the newest Charleston area restaurant with a Bible verse‚ a prayer and a message about doing business the “Chick-fil-A Way.” Most people recognize the famous Chick-fil-A cows and their misspelled pleas to “Eat Mor Chikin
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Case synopsis: Baldwin‚ Bowker and Siegl were masterful in opening the coffeehouse in Pike Place Market. Schultz was doubly masterful in taking Starbucks to an unprecedented level. As of 2002‚ this familiar household name had a total of 4500 stores which is impressive considering in the ‘80s it had about 100 stores in Chicago and the Northwest. Schultz had his eye on Wall Street although they were incredulous about selling gourmet coffee in a paper cup
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CUSTOMER SERVICE ANALYSIS VALUE ADDED SERVICES Pantaloon provides a host of value-added services to enhance customer experience and to garner the loyalty of their customers. Through these value-added services‚ the customer experiences a whole new level of standard in price‚ convenience‚ comfort‚ quality and store service levels. Following is the list of value-added services provided by Pantaloons‚ S.B. Road:- 1. Gift vouchers: Pantaloons provides Gift vouchers in convenient denominations
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[Insert Department Name] [Insert Department Logo] Customer Service Plan [Insert Date] This template includes directions and examples. Please remove all text in italics and replace with content for your Department’s customer service plan. Please note that the total length of your plan should be approximately ten pages. Executive Summary The Executive Summary should be 1-1.5 pages. In this section‚ provide an overview of the purpose of the document‚ that it was required
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VALUE ADDED SERVICE FEATURES Appendix Y Click on the section that you are interested in 1 ABOUT THIS appendix 4 2 BASIC SERVICES 5 2.1 Caller ID 5 2.2 Call Waiting 6 2.3 Group Call 6 2.4 Optus 124YES (124 937) 8 2.5 Me2U 9 2.6 Rollover 11 2.7 SMS Usage Alerts 13 3 MESSAGING SERVICES 15 3.1 Optus SMS 15 3.2 Optus Group SMS 17 3.3 SMS 2 Email 19 3.4 Optus Web SMS 21 3.5 SMS Chat – EFFECTIVE 21 JANUARY 2011‚ SMS GAMES WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE 24 3.6
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following prompt in the class discussion section of your online course: 1. How would you classify Wal-Mart in terms of position on the wheel of retailing versus that of an off-price retailer? Individual Work (35 points) The following assignment allows you to analyze the Mall of America. You will have the opportunity to develop strategies designed to assist the Mall of America in acquiring new customers. Please read the "Mall of America Shopping and a Whole Lot More" case study
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meeting their customers’ expectations in the area of customer satisfaction. Starbucks has to come up with an action plan to address this issue‚ considering its significant correlation and impact to sales and profitability. SITUATION ANALYSIS Company Starbucks is acclaimed for its superior value proposition in the early 1990’s by creating an experience around the consumption of coffee‚ a ‘third place’. The brand is positioned to offer the highest quality coffee‚ close customer intimacy‚ and
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