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Which Features Increase Customer Retention?

November 30, 2016 | Rebecca W. Hamilton, Roland T. Rust, Chekitan S. Dev | Marketing

Companies have an incentive to design goods and services with customer retention in mind. Unfortunately, they often add expensive features to their offerings without knowing whether or how much they will increase retention — and adding too many features can actually decrease customer satisfaction with products after customers have used them.

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