•In many cases, the bottom tier of customers actually has a negative CLV.
•Retailers lose money on every sale they make to these customers.
•The process of no longer selling to these unprofitable customers can be referred to as “getting the lead out,” in terms of the customer pyramid.
•Approaches for getting the lead out are (1) offering less costly services to satisfy the needs of lead customers and (2) charging customers for the services they are abusing.