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8. Jeffery Gitomer
Believes the only way a business can be
successful is if it both listens and delights their
customers.
9. Solution to the Criteria
• East of highway 135 in Wichita
• The shop must primarily sell cupcakes,
have a physical address for purchases, and
must appear in a Google search.
• We judged on the location of the shop, if
the shop had a website, and the
ingredients used.
– Organic, gluten free, vegan, low fat, or
other special diet accommodations.
10. Physical Appearance
• We judged the physical appearance of
the shops.
– This includes: Atmosphere- décor,
seating, music, and lighting
– Cleanliness of the shop and of it’s
bathrooms
11. Customer Service
• We recorded time spent, and
friendliness of the staff.
– Whether or not we were greeted, if
employees smiled, and if they
proactively offered assistance
12. Pricing and Value
• Exact cost before tax
• For value, we looked at the cupcakes
height and circumference. Then
measured the height with icing and
without.
• Asked about extra services, discount
clubs, specials, bulk discount etc.
14. Solutions
• We found fourteen different bakeries
in Wichita.
• We narrowed the search down to just
five shops
– Small Cakes, Sweetly Scrumptious,
Wichita Cake Creations, Cloud 9
Cupcakes, and Twizted Confections
all east of highway 135.
15. Decision
• Used an expert’s opinion
– JD Power and Comsumer Reports to
come up with much of our surveuy
• As a gorup we used the data to collect
our audience’s opion
• Used majority rule
• Unanimous decision
• Consensus
East Wichita has a lot of locally owned shops that sell cupcakes, but which provides the best overall customer experience?
1)We found 14 cupcake shops in Wichita that show up in a Google search.
2) We all like cupcakes for breakfast.
3) All of us drive through east Wichita to get to class.
4) Filler details… blabla.
We wanted to solve this problem because..
Discuss choice anxiety as group phenomenon. (this just mean more than 2 options make a person think too hard, or give up) Talk about an interview with someone who has had this.
Lack of time
“the economy is bad.”