Article: Toledo tavern owner exemplifies principle of customer service.

Byline: Homer Brickey

Nov. 14--Corporations and marketers have spent a lot of energy figuring out the value of a loyal customer. For example, studies have shown that a lifetime customer could be worth several hundred thousand dollars to one of the Big Three automakers. There are sophisticated formulas to assess revenue, cost, and profit coming from regular customers, and there are even calculators for business owners, available on the Internet. But sometimes the research done by a small-business owner is more the seat-of-the pants variety. And sometimes the things they'll do to keep a good customer go far beyond just ringing up the sale.

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