Prioritising retail service quality determinants: a study in the context of India
by Nirmalya Bandyopadhyay
International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), Vol. 14, No. 4, 2018

Abstract: The study explores the service quality of Indian departmental stores to prioritise service quality determinants from the customers' perspective. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method is employed to achieve the objective of prioritisation of service quality determinants. At the dimension level, professionalism was found to be the most important factor, followed by physical aspects and policy. On the basis of composite priority, prompt service (0.113) was found to be the most important service attribute followed by fulfil promises (0.094), availability of merchandise (0.078) and timing of service (0.073). The approach adopted in the present study guides the marketer to understand the firm's competitive position vis-à-vis the competition.

Online publication date: Mon, 12-Mar-2018

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