Abstract:
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the drivers of loyalty model in the coffee shop industry in Indonesia based on service quality, store atmosphere, and price fairness mediated by customer satisfaction.
Design/methodology/approach This population of this study are customers of the most comfortable coffee shop in Jakarta in 2018 based on the list published by Nibble who live in DKI Jakarta. This study using convenience sampling method. Sample size used for this study was 384. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to confirm the attributes of each factor and to assess the validity and reliability, average variance extracted and composite reliability was applied. Further hypothesis testing was performed using structural equation modeling.
Findings The result shows that customer loyalty is affected by service quality—comprising 5 sub-dimensions: tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy—and price fairness mediated by customer satisfaction. It was found that service quality plays a significant role in the coffee shop industry in Indonesia. However, the store atmosphere was found rejected.
Originality/value This is the first study integrating service quality, store atmosphere, price fairness, and customer satisfaction to study the customer loyalty model in the coffee shop industry in DKI Jakarta.
