This document discusses customer relationship management and loyalty in retail. It outlines the importance of retaining customers for retailers. Relationship marketing and understanding customer attitudes are key. Customer relationship management aims to improve acquisition, retention, loyalty and profitability through meaningful communication. Critical success factors include designing around the customer experience, learning from customers, and focusing on satisfied employees and suppliers too. Loyal customers are cheaper to retain and more likely to spend more. Loyalty can be measured behaviorally through factors like budget allocation and switching behaviors. Common causes of loyalty include laziness and satisfaction, while causes of disloyalty include money saving and variety seeking.