customer centricity at the associate level - theo christ saks fifth avenue

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Customer Centricity At the Associate Level

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Presentation given by Theo Christ from Saks Fifth Avenue at the Retailers, Listen Up! luncheon on the importance of adopting a customer-centric approach at the associate level.

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Page 1: Customer Centricity at the Associate Level - Theo Christ Saks Fifth Avenue

Customer CentricityAt the Associate Level

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Customer Centricity is a strategy to fundamentally

align a company’s product and services with the

wants and needs of its most valuable customers.Peter Fader, PHD, Wharton Business School

“The Customer” no longer exists

Relationship Expertise

Loyalty and Wallet Share

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Customer Centricity

Treat everyone great….. and others greater Peter Fader

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On the Selling Floor

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Relationships vs Transactions

Make a customer, not a sale.

Katherine Barchetti

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Entrepreneurs

Eagles don’t flock.Ross Perot

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Invest in Tools, Training and Development

If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend 6 sharpening my axe.

Abraham Lincoln

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Aligning Goals

If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. Yogi Berra

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Retention

Every client you keep is one less you have to find. Nigel

Sanders

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Build a Client Book

Customers are an investment. Maximize your return.

PeopleSoft

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Relationship Expertise

In business you get what you want by giving other people what they want. Alice

McDougall

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Loyalty

Customer satisfaction is worthless. Customer loyalty is priceless.

Jeffery Gitomer

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When talented [people] are given the authority and ownership to guide initiatives toward success, you can take a great deal of chance out of whether your strategy will succeed.