Cannot Lose Customers
38 customers requiring immediate intervention
38
Customers
$5.14M
At Immediate Risk
30 days
Intervention Window
"Cannot Lose" customers are identified by their RFM profile:
Recency: Low (R ≤ 2)
Haven't purchased recently — showing warning signs
Frequency: High (F ≥ 4)
Historically frequent buyers — they WERE engaged
These are customers who bought frequently and then suddenly stopped. Something changed. The goal is to find out what and fix it.
- These were loyal, frequent customers — losing them is a relationship failure
- The longer they stay inactive, the harder to reactivate
- They may have already switched to a competitor
- Each day of delay increases churn probability
In-person retention visit within 30 days
Visit objectives:
- Understand why they stopped purchasing
- Identify any service or product issues
- Offer retention incentive (5-10% discount on next order)
- Rebuild the relationship with direct engagement
Note: These visits should be made by experienced sales reps who can have meaningful conversations about the customer relationship.
When generating routes, Cannot Lose customers are automatically included as mandatory stops:
- All Cannot Lose customers in the zone are added first
- They receive highest visit priority scores
- Route context includes specific retention actions
Use the Route Generator to create optimized routes including Cannot Lose customers.