Lifetime Customer Value Analysis


The concept describes the best practice of customer lifetime value analysis, explores its benefits for organisations, and reviews implementation steps and success factors.

Technique Overview

Lifetime Customer Value Analysis

Lifetime Customer Value Analysis Definition

Lifetime Customer Value (LCV) represents a profound, supplier-oriented understanding of customer value which measures the profit contribution of a customer across the entire customer life cycle (Bauer et al., 2003; Cornelsen, 2000).

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  • Bauer, H.H., Hammerschmidt, M. and Braehler, M. (2003) The Customer Lifetime Value Concept and its Contributions to Corporate Evaluation. Yearbook of Marketing and Consumer Research, Vol. 1, pp. 47-67.
  • Blattberg, R.C. (1998) Managing the Firm using Lifetime Customer Value. Chain Store Age, Vol. 74(1), pp. 46-49.
  • Cornelsen, J. (2000) Customer Value Analyses in Relationship Marketing: Theoretical Foundation and Results of an Empirical Study in the Automobile Industry, Nürnberg: Germany.
  • Gupta, S. and Lehmann, D.R. (2008) Models of Customer Value. In B. Wierenga, (Ed.) Handbook of Marketing Decision Models, Springer: New York.

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