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The objective of this study is to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance on brand image and customer satisfaction. Moreover, the analysis was performed to examine the impact of brand image and customer satisfaction on customer engagement. This study examines the impact of customer interaction on customer loyalty. This study employs quantitative analysis techniques to empirically examine the formulated hypothesis. The research sample consists of consumers from the cement business in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. The study employed a sampling technique that utilized random sampling to gather a sample of 180 respondents, who served as a representative of the study population. The data was acquired by distributing questionnaires and analyzed using the structural equation modeling technique with the assistance of AMOS software. The analytical results demonstrate empirical support for all hypotheses proposed in this study. This study demonstrates that the performance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a beneficial impact on the identity of a brand and the happiness of customers. In order to enhance brand recognition and improve consumer happiness, it is important to achieve superior corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Moreover, the recognition of a brand and the contentment of customers have a favorable impact on the involvement of customers, and the involvement of customers has a favorable impact on their loyalty. This study offers suggestions to organizations, including those in the cement industry, on how to enhance their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts to improve brand recognition and consumer contentment. Effective CSR performance may be attained by addressing five key aspects: social responsibility, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, human resources management, and socio-economic development. Moreover, it is essential to enhance brand recognition and consumer contentment in order to maximize customer involvement and allegiance.

This study aims to investigate the effect of e-service quality, e-trust, and e-loyalty on Shopee application users Gen Z in Malang. This observation demographic consists of Shopee application users in Malang City, which is included in the Z generation. This research is included in the category of explanatory research using a quantitative approach. Primary data is obtained from the facts collected by sending questionnaires to 150 respondents who have used the Shopee application, as well as using the Gform application to distribute data. Data analysis using partial least squares (SEM-PLS) 3.3 software to test the validity, reliability, path analysis, and testing of mediation variables. The findings of this study indicate that e-service quality has a positive effect and directly affects e-loyalty. The direct effect of e-service quality on e-trust also has a positive and significant influence. The findings of this study also show that e-trust can mediate the influence of e-service quality on e-loyalty. Conclusion In the results of this study, it is expected that the Shopee e-commerce application will continue to be able to improve the quality of goods and services to the maximum, which is useful for attracting customers to be loyal. Increasing e-service quality provided by service providers, especially e-commerce, will affect customer loyalty and encourage repeated use of applications.

This study aims to examine the effect of brand experience and service quality on customer loyalty mediated by customer satisfaction at BCA.  This study uses explanatory research with a quantitative approach. The population in this study were all customers who transacted at BCA Branch Gresik. The study employed the purposive sampling technique. The sample in the study was 160 BCA customer respondents. Data was collected through surveys, documentation, and the use of Likert scales to test instruments. The data was analyzed using Structural Equation Model Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) modeling. The results showed that brand experience has no significant effect on customer satisfaction. Service quality has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction. In addition, customer satisfaction also has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction can mediate the relationship between brand experience and service quality on customer loyalty. The findings of this study suggest that BCA Gresik should provide a good experience for customers and improve service quality during customer transactions at the Bank. By increasing these two things, customers will feel satisfied which creates loyal customers.

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate image, relationship marketing, and customer satisfaction on customer loyalty. The present study employs a quantitative methodology to provide an explanatory analysis. The study sample comprised customers residing in the city of Malang who patronize the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) known as Rampis Bang Raden. The research utilized the purposive sampling method. The study's sample size consisted of 170 participants. The data gathering methods employed in this study encompassed surveys, documentation, and the utilization of Likert scales to assess the instrument. The data underwent analysis through the utilization of the structural equation model partial least squares (SEM-PLS) modeling technique. The results of this study suggest that there is a considerable relationship between corporate image and relationship marketing, and their impact on consumer loyalty. Furthermore, the influence of corporate image and relationship marketing on customer satisfaction is also substantial. Enhancing customer happiness can lead to an increase in customer loyalty. The mediating role of customer happiness can be observed in the association between corporate image, relationship marketing, and customer loyalty. The results of this study indicate that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), such as Rampis Bang Raden, are able to uphold both product distinctiveness and quality, while simultaneously enhancing amicable buyer interactions in order to sustain consumer loyalty.

Gojek has become a widely-known online transportation service in Indonesia, including East Bekasi, a major city that encompasses one of the biggest population numbers, right behind Jakarta. This results in the occurrences of traffic jams and, consecutively, the public’s need for comfortable, fast, and safe transportation. The purpose of this research is to identify, prove and analyze the loyalty of East Bekasi Gojek customers. In this paper, the researched variables include a brand image, promotion, service quality, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. This research uses a quantitative method, namely the purposive sampling method, using samples from 96 respondents. The data used are gathered from the questionnaire spread, and data analysis is done using SmartPLS 3.0. The result of this research finds that for the direct influence of brand image, promotion, and service quality on customer loyalty, all variables show positive and significant effects, with brand awareness showing an influence degree of 0,350, promotion with 0,364, and service quality with 0,289. As for the indirect influence of brand image, promotion, and service quality towards customer loyalty, brand awareness shows positive and significant effects on the degree of 0,319 while on the other hand, promotion, and service quality show positive yet insignificant effects with promotion being on the degree of 0,222 and service quality on 0,179. As for the indirect influence, the influence towards loyalty through customer satisfaction shows positive and significant effects with brand image on the degree of 0,098, promotion on 0,102, and service quality on 0,081. Meanwhile, the direct joint contribution of brand image, promotion, and service quality for customer satisfaction shows a degree of 81,70%, and indirectly it shows a degree of 82,40%, while the rest of the figure is caused by other factors not included within the model of this research.

This study aims to determine the effect of service quality and perceived value on customer loyalty as mediated by restaurant customer satisfaction in Tuban Regency. The population in this study was customers who have visited and enjoyed restaurants in Tuban Regency. The total samples in this study were 165 respondents using purposive sampling. The analysis method used is Partial Least Squares (PLS). The Result showed that service quality and perceived value positively and significantly impact customer loyalty. Then, service quality and perceived value significantly impact customer satisfaction. The finding of this study also revealed that Customer satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. Customer satisfaction partially mediates the effects of service quality and perceived value on customer loyalty. Therefore, the restaurant needs to maintain and improve service quality and perceived value, which in turn will increase customer loyalty.

This study examines the relationship between the green experience, loyalty, perceived value, and satisfaction among Gen Z consumers at Retrorika Coffee Bar & Resto Batu in Indonesia. The population in this study is consumer Gen Z of Retrorika Coffee Bar & Resto Batu. This research is explanatory research with a quantitative approach which collects data by distributing questionnaires to 140 respondents. Data analysis used a partial least square (SEM-PLS). The results showed that the green experience has an indirect effect on loyalty. Perceived value had a significant effect on loyalty. The result of this study also shows that perceived value fully mediates the effect of the green experience on loyalty, and satisfaction has no mediation effect. The results suggest that green cafés and restaurants can enhance their distinctive green experience, and continuously innovate in offering and educating customers about green products. By improving their concept, these establishments can effectively cultivate customer loyalty.

In this study, the impact of technology is especially examined as a factor in the determination of customer perceived value and satisfaction in the professional business-to-business services of the general insurance industry. Five hundred forty-seven relevant responses from randomly chosen Vietnamese consumers who bought insurance products were acquired using both a hypothetical-deductive method and an inductive technique employing structured questionnaires. The regression study shows that while technology and technical abilities are judged to be unimportant, risk coverage, reputation, reliability, and premium positively influence consumers' opinions of value toward insurance firms. As technology cannot replace the relationships developed with service professionals, organizational consumers do not view technology as a deciding factor when choosing insurance, so avoiding favoring technology over human interaction is imperative. This warning could impact people's views, quality of life, and society. The performance of service workers should be improved through soft HRM techniques in the future, and marketers and politicians should prioritize reputation-building initiatives and training in interpersonal communication. Future research on insurance purchase behavior in business-to-business settings, particularly in developing economies, can use the proposed model as a guide. Additionally, by concentrating on the most advantageous aspects of resource allocation, this framework provides invaluable insights for firms looking to create or strengthen their competitive advantage.

Over the last decade, both inflation and societal pressures have increased. The COVID-19 outbreak exacerbated these problems, resulting in a decrease in people's earning ability and contributing to an increase in the unemployment rate in developing countries. Equally tricky for businesses is satisfying price-sensitive customers in the face of unpredictability. Thus, price- and value-obsessed customers are often less committed to a company since they seek fabulous discounts. Therefore, this study examined perceptions of customer satisfaction and brand loyalty amongst millennials in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from respondents were gathered using a descriptive quantitative research methodology, and a simple random sampling procedure was employed to select 142 respondents. Additionally, the research's driving principle was positivism. A self-administered questionnaire was given to the participants to complete. This study's findings suggest a strong and positive relationship between brand loyalty and customer satisfaction. The survey results were thus crucial for learning about the factors that affected customers, such as their shopping preferences and whether or not they would remain loyal to the brand. The results also show that the COVID-19 pandemic has, in some way or other, altered millennials' shopping habits. This research might be helpful to the management of the company in developing comprehensive and in-depth data about a target market so that they can plan and execute the most successful strategies.

Loyalty Programs (LPs) aim to increase profit by rewarding, with various benefits, customers who patronize the retailer. This study investigated the benefits LPs provide in the South African Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) marketplace and how these influence relationship quality and loyalty between retailer and customer. How the perceived benefits of LPs contribute to relationship quality (satisfaction, trust and commitment), and how they lead to loyalty are examined. To illustrate these relationships, a model showing three independent (perceived benefits, namely altruistic, consumeristic, and egoistic) and three dependent variables (relationship quality, namely trust, satisfaction, and commitment), plus customer loyalty, was developed. A quantitative survey was administered electronically over 11 days to a randomly selected sample of 5000 consumers per day from a commercial database, resulting in 1944 responses. After the deletion of incomplete or inappropriate responses, 479 usable replies remained. Since this sample was self-selected, it should be considered a convenience sample. Structural equation modelling (SEM) with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied to test the hypotheses and develop the model. SEM indicated that respondents consider egoistic and consumeristic benefits as the same. Furthermore, trust and satisfaction manifest as a single construct. Both consumeristic and altruistic benefits had a significant positive relationship with this unified construct of trust/satisfaction, and the relationship between altruistic benefits and commitment was also positive and significant. Finally, although neither altruistic nor consumeristic benefits appeared to contribute directly to loyalty, a positive relationship existed between the new construct of trust/satisfaction and those of commitment and loyalty. The pathway to loyalty is indirect, and to reach this sought-after goal, relationship quality constructs must first be achieved.

The study's primary objective was to analyze the effectiveness of e-customer service platforms on customer satisfaction in commercial banks in Botswana, using ABSA bank as a case study. The secondary objectives were to assess the effectiveness of reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles of e-customer service platforms on customer satisfaction at ABSA bank. A positivist research philosophy was adopted. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data and probability sampling was employed. Data were collected from 180 customers who use ABSA e-customer services platforms using a structured questionnaire with Likert-type questions. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha (?). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, which include mean and standard deviation. Regression and correlation were applied to test research hypotheses. Results indicate that reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles of e-customer services platforms at ABSA are positively linked to customer satisfaction. ABSA Bank management is therefore recommended to focus on continuous improvement on customer experiences to satisfy customers. Thus, ABSA should ensure that its services are unique, unforgettable and memorable such that customers are satisfied and share the positive word of mouth about the benefits offered by the bank. ABSA should also consider customer experience and continuous improvement of digital banking platforms as tools that can be used to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. It is recommended that future studies be carried out across other banks in Botswana and the African context as well. 

The study focused on the effectiveness of using (SMS) customer service platforms to meet customer satisfaction at Edgars stores Ltd in Zimbabwe. The main objective of the research was to measure the effectiveness of SMS customer service platforms on customer satisfaction. A causal research design was employed, and a simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. Questionnaires were used to gather data from a sample size of 357 consisting of 342 customers and 15 Edgars’ stores Ltd staff members. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 to determine the strength of the relationship and the moderating effect. The research findings from the hypothesis tests explored a significant and positive relationship between SMS customer service platforms and customer satisfaction. The study recommended the company use SMS customer service platforms for other promotional activities like sending bonus vouchers, news releases and advertisements. This will encourage more customers to shop hence improving market share. The SMS customer service platforms can also give after-sales services, personalized information, and birthday wishes. All these will increase customer satisfaction.

This study aims to analyse seller loyalty through community marketing and seller satisfaction. This study employs a method with a sample of 135 sellers from the Shopee Campus community in Bekasi. Research data were obtained through questionnaires distributed to the sample and analysed using SmartPLS 0.3. The results showed that community marketing significantly positively affected seller loyalty. Thus, community marketing has a significant positive effect on seller satisfaction. Moreover, seller satisfaction has a significant positive effect on seller loyalty. In contrast, community marketing through seller satisfaction positively affects seller loyalty.