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The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study

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The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study

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In an increasingly competitive environment, brands need to retain existing customers and attract potential customers. Brands that employ various promotional activities to develop brand loyalty use different strategies. Especially with the developments in technology and the increase in social media use, mobile applications have become tools for these promotional activities. From this point of view, this study aims to examine the importance of mobile applications in creating customer loyalty. For this purpose, the Starbucks brand, one of the leading coffee chains in the world, was selected. A qualitative research method, semi-structured interviews, was conducted with 20 participants. While selecting the participants, customers who fit the definition of “loyal customer” in the literature were chosen. The question form consisted of two parts. In the first part, information about the participants’ demographic characteristics was collected, and in the second part, questions related to the purpose of this research were asked. The findings of the research were examined under the following themes namely; loyalty drivers of the customers, usage of mobile applications and customer loyalty, and impact of the mobile application on customer loyalty. Loyalty drivers of the customers were examined under three main themes as service-related choices, location of the stores, quality and taste. Besides, under the “Servicerelated choices” theme, internal environment and store atmosphere, and self-service sub-themes were discussed. As a result, it was revealed that service related choices, quality-taste, and location of the stores are the drivers that effect customer loyalty. The mobile applications were not used frequently by the consumers yet, and it was not found as a strong indicator of customer loyalty.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İletişim ve Medya Çalışmaları

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Haziran 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

11 Ocak 2021

Kabul Tarihi

9 Mart 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Sayı: 37

Kaynak Göster

APA
Çalyan, Ö., Elbir, İ., & Eşiyok, E. (2021). The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 37, 39-52. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.858501
AMA
1.Çalyan Ö, Elbir İ, Eşiyok E. The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study. TURCOM. 2021;(37):39-52. doi:10.17829/turcom.858501
Chicago
Çalyan, Öykü, İrem Elbir, ve Elif Eşiyok. 2021. “The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 37: 39-52. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.858501.
EndNote
Çalyan Ö, Elbir İ, Eşiyok E (01 Haziran 2021) The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi 37 39–52.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Çalyan, İ. Elbir, ve E. Eşiyok, “The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study”, TURCOM, sy 37, ss. 39–52, Haz. 2021, doi: 10.17829/turcom.858501.
ISNAD
Çalyan, Öykü - Elbir, İrem - Eşiyok, Elif. “The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi. 37 (01 Haziran 2021): 39-52. https://doi.org/10.17829/turcom.858501.
JAMA
1.Çalyan Ö, Elbir İ, Eşiyok E. The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study. TURCOM. 2021;:39–52.
MLA
Çalyan, Öykü, vd. “The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study”. Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 37, Haziran 2021, ss. 39-52, doi:10.17829/turcom.858501.
Vancouver
1.Öykü Çalyan, İrem Elbir, Elif Eşiyok. The Role of Mobile Applications in Building Customer Loyalty: A Qualitative Study. TURCOM. 01 Haziran 2021;(37):39-52. doi:10.17829/turcom.858501

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