More than just ‘we’re sorry’ – how companies can make apologies we will actually believe
- Written by Park Thaichon, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland

When a company makes a mistake – such as a marketing misstep or a product failure that leads to a recall – a good apology can make a big difference in how we as customers feel about them.
Things can go wrong for all kinds of reasons. On top of addressing the immediate fallout of something going wrong, a company...