The loyalty metric no one wants to explain

Repeat purchases aren't proof of loyalty. Incrementality is.

Repeat purchases aren't proof of loyalty. Incrementality is.
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Why do companies routinely succumb to the lure of rebranding? The answer, say A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin, the authors of “Customer Loyalty Is Overrated,” is rooted in serious misperceptions about the nature of competitive advantage—namely, that companies need to continually…

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