TY - CHAP U1 - Buchbeitrag A1 - Kühnl, Christina A1 - Prigge, Jana-Kristin ED - Bruhn, Manfred T1 - Kundenpriorisierung zur Wahrung profitabler Geschäftsbeziehungen T2 - Handbuch Kundenbindungsmanagement : Strategien und Instrumente für ein erfolgreiches CRM N2 - Customer prioritization is a common marketing activity in business practice. It aims at an increase in average customer profitability and return on sales by treating important customers more intensively. After a short introduction highlighting the importance of customer prioritzation, the present article provides an overview of key aspects of customer prioritization. First, companies need to select a prioritization criterion, determine the method to identify important customers, and decide on how to treat these customers in a particular way. Second, companies face challenges and need to address key requirements for implementing customer prioritization within a company. Finally, the article emphasizes positive and negative consequences of customer prioritization. Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-658-13649-9 SB - 978-3-658-13649-9 SP - 473 EP - 497 S1 - 25 PB - Springer Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ET - 9 ER -