Each holding a calculator in their hand, the customer types in a number, each strong keystroke resonating against the hard plastic.

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We want to serve our customers to the fullest extent possible, while broadening our audience to include the full spectrum of customer types to give them greater access to our markets.

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There is one critically important thing for a founding company to understand about both of the online customer community types: The company cannot control community behavior.

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Yes, Bressler answers, based on the survey Samsung did showing that the greatest number of customer return types for the Galaxy Tab at Best Buy were consumers believing it to the iPad 2.

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Most marketers and customer intelligence (CI) pros tend to lump together most types of customer data.

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It often leads organisations to be too cost-conscious, to create standardised products and to ignore the needs of different types of customer.

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Even complex plastic packages are separated into their different plastic types and then sold off to a suitable customer who will reuse the material.

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The marketing types all talk about the need to inspire the customer with more daring design.

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Market leaders have been storing and analyzing multi-data types not only to gain competitive advantage but also to achieve deeper insights into customer behavior patterns that directly impact their business.

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