CRM And Business Strategy: Recreational Equipment Inc.

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CRM and Business Strategy Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) provides quality outdoor gear to customers. REI was founded REI in 1938 as a Co-op, who grew the company into the nation’s largest consumer corporation. The primary customer base is people who love to play outside and want quality outdoor gear (REI, 21015). REI differentiates themselves by selling the best outdoor gear and also designing their own award-winning line of gear and clothing. Furthermore, the 100% satisfaction guarantee is why I shop at REI. If at any time during the life of the product a customer becomes unsatisfied, he or she can return the product for a full refund. Therefore, in my opinion the REI brand stands for customer satisfaction, environmental responsibility. REI can gain insight to their customers’ needs, wants and behaviors but leveraging a CRM platform. CRM applications are used to make businesses more efficient and increase customer fulfillment. REO can use the CRM to engage in a Web 2.0 (push and pull of information) relationship with the consumers. The CRM can provide a place for customers to post …show more content…

Senior leadership can have a clear and accurate assessment into their internal customer-facing organizations and activities (Jacewicz & June-Suh, 2015). The Senior leadership strategy of REI can use the CRM as a tool to remain close to the consumers, especially by offering a social networking component to their CRM implementation. The social networking allows the company (REI) to become part of the conversation and track future trends and desires of the consumers. Today’s CRM applications are evolving into social customer relationship management systems (SCRM). The SCRM concept is a great fit for REI, with the REI mission to provide customers with best outdoor gear, the SCRM can be used by the business for creating a collaborative customer experience (Jacewicz & June-Suh,

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