Clip 5 - Anderl et al., 2016 - Customer-initiated channels

6 important questions on Clip 5 - Anderl et al., 2016 - Customer-initiated channels

As a customer initiated channel, what is Search?

When you search for something where you as a customer initiate the process.

What is the distinction that can be made in customer-initiated Search, and shortly explain this distinction.

  1. Branded Search or Direct Type-Ins - customer's actively use the retailer's brand name to initiate contact; Branded.
  2. Generic Search or Price Comparison - doing a general search; generic, unbranded.

For branded searches and generic searches customers are in 2 phases, which 2 are these?

For branded searches people are usually already further in the process of purchasing. When doing generic searches they are still in the initial awareness stage.
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When it comes to sales, what do CICs exhibit higher than FICs and why?

CICs exhibit higher sales elasticities than FICs because they appear less intrusive and more relevant.

Thanks to the spillover effects of CICs there are benefits for FICs, which are these?

Costs of visiting through FICs are reduced.

From which CIC to which CIC are there spillover effects?

From generic to branded SEA, not from branded to generic.

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