Recent Trends of Customer Relationship Management by Tesco and Sainsbury’s: Both of
Tesco and Sainsbury’s have been in a continual process of applying customer relationship
management strategies into practice. According to Tesco (2012), as a powerful tool of Customer
Relationship Management, more than 150,000 Tesco customers are regularly receiving magazines
having the latest and exclusive offers. These magazines have advertisements, articles and latest
news on the products and services. Tesco Clubcard is a loyalty scheme which has been
introduced to retain and gain loyalty of the customers. Effective practices of Customer
Relationship Management have also been expanded throughout the world and more than 8
million customers are contacted through the adopted tools of CRM by Tesco. In order to stay in
touch with the existing and potential customers, www.tesco.com as introduced in 2000. All these
efforts are having positive impacts on customers’ decision making process. On the other side, in
accordance to Sainsbury’s (2012), it has been gradually encouraging the shoppers to shop online
and in store. Like Tesco, Sainsbury’s has also sending magazines to it’s’ customer base and has
introduced the Nectar Card. Sainsbury’s has been prioritizing on collecting information on the
customers’ experiences. This can become an effective element to formulate most beneficial and
effective marketing strategies.
Research Methodology:
The two case studies selected for this study are two of the large retailers in the United Kingdom:
Tesco and Sainsbury’s. As these are retail chains, two branches of both of the retailers have been
selected: the St. Johns Wood and the Stepney Green Branch of Tesco; the White chapel Branch
and the Bromley Branch of Sainsbury’s. The very basic reason to select these two retailers as the