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Segmenting Markets by Means of CRMs: An Application to Restaurants

Segmenting Markets by Means of CRMs: An Application to Restaurants

Carmen De Pablos Heredero, Cristina Gallego-Gómez
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1938-0194|EISSN: 1938-0208|EISBN13: 9781466690288|DOI: 10.4018/IJWP.2016010101
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Heredero, Carmen De Pablos, and Cristina Gallego-Gómez. "Segmenting Markets by Means of CRMs: An Application to Restaurants." IJWP vol.8, no.1 2016: pp.1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWP.2016010101

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Heredero, C. D. & Gallego-Gómez, C. (2016). Segmenting Markets by Means of CRMs: An Application to Restaurants. International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP), 8(1), 1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWP.2016010101

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Heredero, Carmen De Pablos, and Cristina Gallego-Gómez. "Segmenting Markets by Means of CRMs: An Application to Restaurants," International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) 8, no.1: 1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWP.2016010101

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Abstract

Customer Relationship Management Systems, CRM, are technological assets that can help firms to develop the required managerial skills to promote an efficient market segmentation strategy. In this article an example of an outstanding application of Customer Relationship Management system CRM, to the restaurant industry is offered. The VIPs group has developed through time a group of organizational routines that have helped the firm to reach success in the implementation and use of this tool. Therefore, a follow-up of the strategy followed with the CRM system in the period from 2011-2016 has been performed in this article. By properly using this technology, the company has been able to identify opportunities and threads in the market where it operates. This analysis has enabled the firm to develop mass-customized strategies facing its real and potential customers. This case proofs good practices in the use of CRMs in the restaurant industry. The case provided has become a referent in this field.

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