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Five actions to avoid losing customers or their profitability

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Companies need to be laser-focused on their customers.

A leading consumer products company was losing more than $100 million in annual revenue due to customer churn, and the trend was getting worse.

The company undertook a cross-functional initiative to analyze drivers of customer churn and review leading practices. It quickly identified opportunities to save $10 million in revenue by reducing churn in the near term.

In addition, such initiatives often help companies boost profitable growth in the longer term by providing insights that help:

  • Distinguish between profitable (or valuable) and unprofitable customers
  • Create higher total perceived value for the customers
  • Continuously innovate and sustain through customer focus and cross-functional collaboration

Our series, 5: insights for executives, explores the questions:



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5: insights for executives series asks five questions to get to the core of an issue – and answers them at a glance.

Avoid losing customers Avoid losing customers

Tough economic conditions, increasing customer expectations and global competition mean that companies must create analytical insights into their customers’ profitability and lifetime value.


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