Petra International journal of Business Studies (IJBS)
Vol 2 No 1 (2019): JUNE 2019

The Role of Emotional Brand Attachment and Customer Trust in Enhancing Customer Experience’s Effect on Customer Loyalty Towards Beauty Clinics in Surabaya

Sari, Endah Kartika (Unknown)
Wijaya, Serli (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jun 2019

Abstract

The growth of beauty and personal care products users in Indonesia has been increasing significantly in the past five years, higher than the indutry’s growth globally. This fact shows that cosmetics and skincare business in the country has a positive outlook in the years ahead. The increasing number of beauty clinics brands in the market has led to the more intense competition. Consumers are offered with more options to treat themselves better through personal care and beauty services. In order to survive in today’s competitive industry, customer loyalty becomes a paramount. Literature has shown that customer loyality is formed by many factors such as experience, trust and emotional attachment between the customers and the services providers. This study aimed to investigate the influence of customer experience on customer loyalty towards beauty clinics in Surabaya by examining the aspects of customers’ emotional brand attachment and trust. The results showed that there was a positive and significant effect of customer experience on emotional brand attachment and customer trust, which in turn, leading to a significant and positive effect on customer loyalty.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbs

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Petra IJBS (Petra International Journal of Business Studies, ISSN: 2621-6426) is a peer-reviewed journal published under the Master of Management program, Faculty of Economics, Petra Christian University (MM FE UKP). The journal serves as a vessel for exchanging business knowledge to scholars and ...