To Reduce the Delivery Gap, Retailers Need to

question 55

Multiple Choice

To reduce the delivery gap, retailers need to

• A) avoid empowering their front-line employees.
• B) always assume they know what the customer is complaining about.
• C) encourage store employees to have an antagonistic attitude toward customer complaints.
• D) provide instrumental and emotional support to employees.
• E) set service standards based on internal operations rather than customers' perceptions.

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