However, students at party schools had, on average, noticeably higher satisfaction with the school overall (as measured by Myplan.com) and higher average retention rates.

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How are they achieving three times the average retention rate?

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About two-thirds of its sales are attributable to multiyear maintenance, repair and operations contracts, with an average annual retention rate for these contracts since 2000 running at 95%.

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Our average customer has four to five times the retention rate of other companies in our industry.

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With a customer retention rate of 60%, Honda is well above the industry average loyalty of 49% and second only to Hyundai's 64% repeater ratio, according to a January survey by researcher J.

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Giant Food, an east-coast supermarket chain, compares its 90-day retention rate of 79% for ex-welfare recipients with a dismal company-wide average of 50%.

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