{"id":10349,"date":"2026-09-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/?p=10349"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:00:00","slug":"the-importance-of-sound-in-customer-loyalty-what-studies-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/en\/2026\/09\/21\/the-importance-of-sound-in-customer-loyalty-what-studies-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of sound in customer loyalty: what studies show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music in a professional establishment is rarely seen as a strategic lever. It is viewed as an element of comfort, a pleasant \u00ab\u00a0plus\u00a0\u00bb but incidental.<br \/>\nYet, studies in neuromarketing and environmental psychology tell a different story: the sound environment is one of the most influential factors on customer perception and behavior.<\/p>\n<h2>What studies measure<\/h2>\n<p>Several academic studies have shown that background music directly influences the perception of service quality, time spent on-site, memorization of the experience, and the likelihood of returning.<br \/>\nA study by the University of Leicester showed that spa customers stay an average of 15 to 20% longer in relaxation areas when the music is adapted to the time and place.<\/p>\n<h2>The psychological mechanism<\/h2>\n<p>Sound creates an emotional anchor. The customer unconsciously associates the sound environment they heard during their treatment with the feeling of well-being they experienced.<br \/>\nLater, if they revisit this memory or hear a similar atmosphere elsewhere, the positive emotion is revived. This is why an establishment with a strong sound signature is better remembered and more often recommended.<\/p>\n<h2>What doesn&rsquo;t work<\/h2>\n<p>Generic music that the customer has already heard 100 times elsewhere does not create a distinctive anchor. Playlists without an identity fragment the experience. Silence amplifies background noise and stress instead of reducing it.<\/p>\n<h2>What works<\/h2>\n<p>A consistent and recognizable sound signature from one visit to the next. A gradation between spaces that creates a sensory journey. Flawless audio quality. A measured update of content for regular customers.<br \/>\nSound does not replace a good treatment. But it can transform a good experience into a memorable one, which the customer remembers and recommends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music in a professional establishment is rarely seen as a strategic lever. It is viewed as an element of comfort, a pleasant \u00ab\u00a0plus\u00a0\u00bb but incidental. Yet, studies in neuromarketing and environmental psychology tell a different story: the sound environment is one of the most influential factors on customer perception and behavior. What studies measure Several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe-fr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10452,"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10349\/revisions\/10452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getstarkstream.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}