1.   Because their friends frequent the park, they get enough word-of-mouth advertising to keep the customers coming.

2.   You are the frontline in our battle to win and keep customers.

3.   Already faced with growing purchases of CDs by mail from Internet sites, Tower expects that electronic music delivery will make it harder to keep the customers coming.

4.   Analysts said Schwab needs to work closely with financial advisers as a way to keep customers who want investment advice.

5.   And her chocolates and desserts earned a reputation for quality that kept customers coming back.

6.   Around the world, banks are shifting from checks to electronic payment systems to cut costs and keep customers.

7.   As even mid-level department stores struggle to keep their customers, Target continues to build.

8.   As the savvy small-business owner knows, that good service goes a long way, keeping customers coming even when the economy is rocky.

9.   Banks expect that buying brokerage firms will boost their profits and help them keep customers who want to use one institution to help manage their finances.

10.   Because regional and local companies compete for a relatively smaller pool of potential customers, they pay more attention to keeping the customers that they have happy.