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SUSHI@HOME : a case of customer retention and acquisition

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Sushi@Home is a Portuguese sushi restaurant chain founded in 2014 with the main purpose of delivering food to its customers wherever they are. The idea of creating a sushi chain, in which the core business was the delivery service, emerged from the dream of serving clients in their own homes and from a need observed in the market. Sushi@Home’s partners found that many consumers appreciated convenience and would like to be able to order sushi directly to their places. Sushi@Home’s partners were aware that the restaurant has been successful and brand awareness was increasing overtime. Despite the fierce competition, demand was higher than supply and it was difficult to attend all the orders. However, little strategies on retention and acquisition of customers have been developed until then and the founders began to think that with so many sushi restaurants in Lisbon, strategies should be developed in order to generate awareness, recall and repeat purchase. As a result, Sushi@Home’s partners were wondering what the smartest strategy to follow was. Therefore, two options were on the table: either invest on retaining existing customers or acquiring new ones. Sushi@Home case study provides the necessary tools that enable students to analyse the market landscape and its competition and to advise partners on how to solve the dilemma the best way possible.
Sushi@Home é um restaurante Português de sushi fundado em 2014 cujo principal objectivo é entregar comida onde quer que o cliente se encontre. A ideia de criar uma cadeia de sushi cujo negócio central é a entrega ao domicílio surgiu de uma necessidade encontrada no mercado aliada ao sonho de servir os clientes na comodidade dos seus lares. Os sócios do Sushi@Home constataram que muitos consumidores valorizavam a conveniência de poder encomendar sushi para entrega em casa. Um ano após a concretização do negócio foi possível concluir que tinha sido bem-sucedido e que o reconhecimento da marca tinha vindo a aumentar. Apesar da forte concorrência a procura era mais elevada que a oferta, sendo difícil dar vazão a todos os pedidos. No entanto, pouco tinha sido feito no sentido de reter ou adquirir clientes; tendo isso em conta, os sócios começaram a pensar que, com tantos restaurantes de sushi em Lisboa, seria importante desenvolver um plano que levasse ao reconhecimento da marca e fidelização de clientes. Assim, depararam-se com duas opções: reter clientes existentes ou adquirir novos clientes. O caso de estudo do Sushi@Home fornece todas as ferramentas necessárias que permitem aos alunos analisar o panorama do mercado e a sua concorrência e aconselhar os sócios relativamente à melhor maneira de resolver o dilema.

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Customer retention Acquisition Satisfaction and loyalty Repeat purchase Word-of-mouth Loyalty programs Co-branding Sushi Delivery Retenção Aquisição Satisfação e lealdade de clientes Compras repetidas Comunicação boca-a-boca Programas de fidelidade Entrega ao domicílio

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