Understanding Customer Experience Throughout the Customer Journey

  • Katherine N. Lemon
    Katherine N. Lemon is Accenture Professor in Marketing, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
  • Peter C. Verhoef
    Peter C. Verhoef is Professor of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen

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<jats:p> Understanding customer experience and the customer journey over time is critical for firms. Customers now interact with firms through myriad touch points in multiple channels and media, and customer experiences are more social in nature. These changes require firms to integrate multiple business functions, and even external partners, in creating and delivering positive customer experiences. In this article, the authors aim to develop a stronger understanding of customer experience and the customer journey in this era of increasingly complex customer behavior. To achieve this goal, they examine existing definitions and conceptualizations of customer experience as a construct and provide a historical perspective of the roots of customer experience within marketing. Next, they attempt to bring together what is currently known about customer experience, customer journeys, and customer experience management. Finally, they identify critical areas for future research on this important topic. </jats:p>

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