Businesses have different types of internal and external stakeholders, with different interests and priorities. Sometimes these interests can conflict.
Customers are the people who purchase the product or use the service. They are the stakeholders who decide whether the business will be a success or not.
Customers will show loyalty to a business they like. However if a firm does not satisfy customers鈥 needs continuously, the customers will simply take their business elsewhere. This will have disastrous results for the business.
Customers have an interest in a business doing well because they want the following:
quality products and services
low prices
value for money
Customers can influence how a business operates by:
deciding whether or not to purchase the product or use the service
affecting an organisation's reputation by word of mouthWhen people pass on their opinion of something to others.