{"id":45,"date":"2021-05-19T15:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T15:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vkclv.resourz.net\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2021-06-03T06:03:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T06:03:20","slug":"select-case-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/select-case-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Select Case Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45\" class=\"elementor elementor-45\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ce4835 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ce4835\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b9c185\" data-id=\"1b9c185\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bef9d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bef9d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">SELECT CASE STUDIES<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7159a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7159a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FROM REAL WORLD IMPLEMENTATION<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0680b3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0680b3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20db1f7\" data-id=\"20db1f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec9e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4ec9e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb377d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccb377d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We know that CLV is a construct and metric that can enable firms to maximize customer profitability and augment firm and shareholder value. But how does this actually work in the real world? The following two case studies demonstrate the practical value of implementing CLV strategies, integrating extant marketing theory within each firm-specific context.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82edfee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82edfee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Study: IBM<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b31f2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b31f2e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbb203d\" data-id=\"bbb203d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da1cc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5da1cc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The business problem:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77e14d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b77e14d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IBM, a leading multinational, high-tech, B2B firm, faced challenges regarding the effectiveness of its customer contact strategy. Throughout the 1990s, they relied on a Customer Spending Score (CSS) to prioritize marketing communications to high-value customers. But this approach was soon abandoned, as it only focused on revenues and neglected the service costs. As an alternative, a CLV-based strategy was considered for scoring customers. In this regard, the following business challenges were identified (<strong>Kumar,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>V.<\/strong>, Rajkumar Venkatesan, Timothy R. Bohling and Denise Beckmann (2008)):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d33ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28d33ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0\u2022 Which customers to select for targeting<\/p><p>\u2022 Is there a way to determine the level of resources to be allocated to those customers?<\/p><p>\u00a0\u2022 How can the selected customers be nurtured in order to increase future profitability?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b36823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b36823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The solution:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2214f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2214f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Using data pertaining to IBM\u2019s mid-market customers, a customer lifetime value (CLV) management framework was proposed and implemented in two stages. In the first stage, several models were developed to generate inputs for implementation. In the second stage, a field study was conducted based on recommendations from the models developed in the first stage. The CLV management framework is intended to guide the marketing activity directed towards customers each year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-491f5ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"491f5ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it works:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db3cb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8db3cb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stage 1 of the CLV framework comprised of the following 4 phases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0362b71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0362b71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Phase I:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Defined, and developed a model to measure CLV for each customer.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Phase II:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Conducted a prediction exercise to compare the performance of customer\u2019s rank ordered based on the traditionally used metrics with that of CLV.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Phase III:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 To maximize CLV, an optimal contact strategy was developed to allocate communication resources (i.e., channels of communication such as telephone, catalog, email, and direct mail) to each customer.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Phase IV<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Propensity models were built for each product category to identify the product to feature in addition to the CLV measure which helps to select the customers for targeting, and the optimization process which suggests the contact strategy.<\/p><p>Stage 2 of the CLV framework comprised of the following 2 phases.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Phase V:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Customers were split into two groups- (1) not contacted so far (<em>Not Contacted until 2004<\/em>\u00a0group), and (2) previously contacted (<em>Contacted by 2004<\/em>\u00a0group).\u00a0 Marketing contacts were then reallocated to align resources to the high CLV customers.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Phase VI:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Customers with potential for higher CLV but not contacted so far \u2013 i.e. the <em>Not Contacted until 2004<\/em>\u00a0group &#8212; were contacted in 2005 as per the recommendations of the CLV based approach. The performance of this group of customers was compared between the years 2004 and 2005 to illustrate the impact of the model recommendations. Further, the model recommendations were evaluated even for the intersection of the \u201c<em>Contacted by 2004<\/em>\u201d group and the\u00a0<em>Contacted in 2005<\/em>\u00a0group to see if the suggested approach missed out on existing source of revenues. In other words, it was determined whether the recommendation that a certain customer be contacted in 2005, did in fact yield a higher revenue than the customers who were not contacted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d7b9a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d7b9a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The impact:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4110889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4110889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The results revealed that, on average, the revenue from the customers who were\u00a0<em>Not<\/em>\u00a0<em>Contacted Until 2004<\/em> but contacted in 2005 increased by 10 times (across all customers) as shown in the figure below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d2610b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d2610b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profit-Margin-1-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profit-Margin-1-2.png 624w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profit-Margin-1-2-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7340bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7340bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The net result was higher revenues, and higher value in 2005 (versus 2004) for the No Contact until 2004 but Contacted in 2005 group of customers. The total increase in revenues for the \u201cNo Contact until 2004 but Contacted in 2005\u201d group of customers is about $19.2 million dollars. The following figure illustrates this finding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2de4a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2de4a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Incremental.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Incremental.png 623w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Incremental-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15edc0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15edc0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The total revenue from the customers who were contacted in 2004 and 2005 (based on the model recommendations) was over 750 million dollars (after accounting for the direct marketing expenses). Therefore, the proposed model recommendations did not miss out on identifying existing sources of revenues but also identified new sources of revenues. The reallocation of marketing resources led to about a 3% increase in profits from 2004 to 2005 for the mid-market customers from contacting only 1% of the IBM customers. The impact of the CLV-based campaign on the profitability of mid-market customers has accelerated the adoption of the CLV management framework for other customer segments in IBM.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e5565d elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6e5565d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/tHc-a_4Ze3c&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28cf361\" data-id=\"28cf361\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35952a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"35952a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f377150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f377150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/understanding-customer-contributions\/\">Understanding Customer Contributions<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c82bfe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c82bfe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/the-concept-of-customer-lifetime-value\/\">The Concept of Customer Lifetime Value<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e83609a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e83609a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/how-can-clv-benefit-firms\/\">How can CLV benefit firms?<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af1981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af1981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/typical-drivers-of-clv\/\">Typical Drivers of CLV<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fff35f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fff35f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/how-can-clv-be-maximized\/\">How can CLV be maximized?<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44a622a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44a622a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/clv-models\/\">CLV Models<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7dd8d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7dd8d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29e8c39\" data-id=\"29e8c39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccde64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ccde64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>Reference<\/u><\/strong><br \/><strong>Kumar,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>V.<\/strong>, Rajkumar Venkatesan, Timothy R. Bohling and Denise Beckmann (2008), \u201cThe Power of CLV: Managing Customer Lifetime Value at IBM,\u201d Marketing Science, Vol. 27 (4), pp. 585-599.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bf36f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bf36f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44123e8\" data-id=\"44123e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ed875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95ed875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case Study: Fashion Retailer<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b25d0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b25d0e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90785de\" data-id=\"90785de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80ee106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80ee106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The business problem:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2a8560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2a8560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A leading fashion retailer that sells apparel, shoes and accessories, for both men and women wanted to maximize their overall profitability by maximizing individual customer profitability, and deploy various customer level and store level marketing strategies. Specifically, the following challenges were identified (<strong>Kumar, V.<\/strong>, Denish Shah, and Rajkumar Venkatesan (2006)):<\/p><p>\u2022 Develop a suitable metric to measure and manage customer level profitability<br \/>\u2022 Identify the right metric to manage customer loyalty<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2cb45a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2cb45a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The solution:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c92583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c92583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A seven-step approach was adopted to answer the identified business challenges. To do so, a large sample of over 300,000 customers that made purchases from the retailer\u2019s 30 retail outlets in USA between 2001 and 2004 was considered from the retailer\u2019s customer database.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b390360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b390360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it works:<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617ad20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"617ad20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Step One:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The first step was focused on evaluating the effectiveness of loyalty measures that the retailer was using. The retailer was using regularity of purchase, frequency of purchase, and tenure as an indicator of loyalty. A correlation study was done in order to test the effect of these measures of loyalty on the observed future profitability of the customers. The results showed the correlation to be very weak between the regularity and frequency of purchase and the future profitability of the customer. In light of this finding, the CLV metric was identified a more accurate predictor of future customer profitability.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Step Two:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The CLV for each customer was computed. To do so, the purchase frequency, contribution margin, and the marketing cost were estimated independently using appropriate models, and the resulting predictions from the three models were combined to arrive at a single value that represented the CLV in dollar terms.<\/p><p><b><u>Step Three:<\/u><\/b>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The computed CLV scores were used to rank-order all customers into deciles, where each decile represented 10% of the customer base. Based on the distribution of average CLV across deciles, the customer base into three segments: high CLV (comprising of Deciles 1 and 2), medium CLV (comprising of Deciles 3, 4, and 5) and low CLV (comprising of Deciles 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10). As illustrated in the figure below, it was observed that the top 20% of the customers accounted for 95% of the retailers\u2019 profits, and the bottom 30% of the customers was actually creating losses for the retailer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca871f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca871f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Customer-Segmentation-based-on-their-CLV-Scores-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Customer-Segmentation-based-on-their-CLV-Scores-1.png 637w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Customer-Segmentation-based-on-their-CLV-Scores-1-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec82124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec82124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Step Four:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Given the CLV distribution score across customers, the areas where the retailer can derive maximum customer profitability were identified. This corresponded to identifying the following drivers of CLV (i.e., relationship duration and the variables used to compute the contribution margin and purchase frequency).<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 Amount spent across all shopping channels (or multichannel shopping)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 Tenure of purchase with the retailer<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 Amount spent in a specific product category<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 Number of different product categories purchased (or cross-buying)<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 Number of products returned by the customer between two purchases<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Step Five:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The effectiveness of each of the drivers was demonstrated. This was done by increasing the magnitude of each driver by 15% for the high CLV customers, and the corresponding expected increase in CLV in each customer was measured. For instance, by increasing the cross-buying behavior of high CLV customers by 15%, their CLV increased by 20%. The impact of the change in the CLV drivers is illustrated in the figure below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-21a6a5f\" data-id=\"21a6a5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a39699 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a39699\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a37424\" data-id=\"6a37424\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-937dd78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"937dd78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Interpreting-the-impact-of-the-CLV-drivers-1024x385-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Interpreting-the-impact-of-the-CLV-drivers-1024x385-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Interpreting-the-impact-of-the-CLV-drivers-1024x385-2-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Interpreting-the-impact-of-the-CLV-drivers-1024x385-2-768x289.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0619bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0619bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Step Six:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A profile analyses of the customers were performed for the high and low CLV groups (as shown in the table below). Based on the profile analyses, several segment-specific marketing strategies that were recommended to the firm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbaa606 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbaa606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile Analyses of High and Low CLV Customers<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0340819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0340819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-Analyses-of-High-and-Low-CLV-Customers.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-Analyses-of-High-and-Low-CLV-Customers.png 631w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Profile-Analyses-of-High-and-Low-CLV-Customers-300x120.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5106439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5106439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the final step, the performance of each outlet of the retailer was evaluated using the CLV metric by assigning customer value weights to each store. Further, the stores were rank-ordered based on the sum of the lifetime value of the customers and their past revenue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c573d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c573d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>The impact:<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Based on the store profitability analysis, the rank-order of the 30 outlets based on their lifetime value differed significantly from the rank-order based on past revenue. A similar discrepancy was observed when the past and future revenues of the customers were compared. This clearly shows that firms cannot rely on past store performance. The following table provides the comparison of store performance based on revenue and profitability (for the top 10 stores).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-965aad6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"965aad6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparison of store performance based on revenue and profitability<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498609a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"498609a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Comparison-of-store-performance-based-on-revenue-and-profitability-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Comparison-of-store-performance-based-on-revenue-and-profitability-1.png 625w, https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Comparison-of-store-performance-based-on-revenue-and-profitability-1-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2aa896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2aa896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A key study implication corresponded to the acquisition and retention of the right customers. For instance, it was found that the store manager should not spend more than $176 per customer (on an average) for a customer to ensure a profitable lifetime duration with the customer. In acquiring new customers, this study identified that managers can refer to the profile of a typical high CLV customer and look for new customers with similar profiles, and prioritize their resources on these customers. In addition, this study identified other important tactical and strategic implications that retailers can use to manage and maximize customer profitability as well as store profitability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba9adaf\" data-id=\"ba9adaf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8636c0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8636c0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c6e42b\" data-id=\"0c6e42b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a908e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56a908e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><u>Reference<\/u><\/strong><br \/><strong>Kumar, V.<\/strong>, Denish Shah, and Rajkumar Venkatesan (2006), \u201cManaging retailer profitability\u2014one customer at a time!,\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of Retailing<\/em>, 82 (4), 277-94.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf2ea88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf2ea88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e40f155\" data-id=\"e40f155\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff9abe elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2ff9abe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/how-can-clv-be-maximized\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">How Can CVL Be Maximized?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b02e2c\" data-id=\"3b02e2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f11e29 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5f11e29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/clv-models\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-right\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CLV Models<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SELECT CASE STUDIES FROM REAL WORLD IMPLEMENTATION We know that CLV is a construct and metric that can enable firms to maximize customer profitability and augment firm and shareholder value. But how does this actually work in the real world? The following two case studies demonstrate the practical value of implementing CLV strategies, integrating extant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":105,"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518,"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vkclv.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}