Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Here is a collection of 16 statistics shaping customer service for today and tomorrow: 1. 76% of consumers say they view customer service as the true test of how much a company values them. 2015 Aspect Consumer Experience Survey ). 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report).

Customer Service 70

Customer Service 2015 2016 Contact Center 70

Eptica

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 How to prevent utility customer service delivering a shock. Published on: October 06, 2015. Author: Michael Cheung Recent research from charity Citizens Advice found major differences between how UK utilities handle customer service. Here are six areas to focus on: 1.

Customer Service 75

Customer Service 2015 Social Media Contact Center 75

Eptica

AUGUST 19, 2015

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Robots – the future of customer service? Published on: August 19, 2015. Author: Derek Lewis Recent Forrester research pointed out the importance of understanding customer emotion and creating empathy with consumers if brands are going to deliver a successful customer experience.

Customer Service 85

Customer Service Wireless 2015 Contact Center 85

Eptica

JANUARY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 What were the key customer experience topics in 2015? Author: Olivier Njamfa As we enter 2016, I’m already seeing plenty of predictions about what the year will bring for the customer experience and customer service markets. Published on: January 06, 2016.

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Eptica

JANUARY 8, 2016

Date: Friday, January 8, 2016 5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season. Author: Robin Tandon While the peak season for retailers isn’t yet over, many companies are already taking stock and looking at their performance, as well as studying the wider trends that emerged in the run up to Christmas 2015.

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2015 E Commerce Customer Experience 2014 49

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 What the latest Apple launch tells us about customer service. Published on: September 11, 2015. Web customer service Online, performance in the sector dropped, from answering 70% of questions in 2014 down to 67% in 2015. Share this page on: Tweet.

Customer Service 76

Customer Service 2015 2014 Social Media 76

Eptica

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 The importance of customer service to midsize businesses. Published on: December 02, 2015. Given these challenges, how are they coping with becoming more customer centric? recently released a new report aimed at helping them deliver customer service excellence.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service 2015 Social Media Contact Center 49

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Why customer service is still vital in the supermarket price war. Published on: September 23, 2015. These pressures actually mean that service is even more important than ever, according to research from the Institute of Customer Service (ICS).

E Commerce 76

E Commerce Customer Service Social Media 2015 76

Eptica

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 How customer service techniques can ensure a stress-free Christmas. Published on: December 23, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden With the holidays now nearly upon us, spare a thought for customer service teams who have to keep working right up to, and through, Christmas itself.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service 2015 Contact Center Retail 49

Eptica

JUNE 3, 2016

Date: Friday, June 3, 2016 Customer service in a mobile-first world. Time spent on mobile devices grew by 117% year on year between 2014 and 2015 and nearly half of all ecommerce transactions now take place on mobile devices. This shift to a mobile first world has a big impact on the customer experience and customer service.

Customer Service 56

Customer Service Social Media 2014 Contact Center 56

Eptica

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Date: Friday, October 9, 2015 Don’t neglect the positive side of customer service. Published on: October 09, 2015. On that note, let us focus on the positive side of customer service. Similarly, approach those that rank you highly in Voice of the Customer research. This can be positive or negative.

Net Promoter Score 71

Net Promoter Score Customer Service Social Media Contact Center 71

Eptica

MARCH 31, 2016

Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 Websites lead the way for UK customer service. Being able to find answers to their questions quickly is therefore a vital part of the customer experience. The web, in the form of help and self service has remained on top throughout that time and continued to improve between 2015 and 2016.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service Entertainment 2015 Fashion 49

Eptica

JULY 27, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Is customer service investment actually delivering? Author: Pauline Ashenden Despite the rising importance of customer service on both sides of the Atlantic, the UK is widely seen as lagging the United States when it comes to the experience that companies deliver. The result?

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Customer Service Poor Customer Service Contact Center 2016 50

Eptica

JANUARY 20, 2016

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Looking into the customer service crystal ball. Author: Robin Tandon Having recently looked back on customer experience in 2015 , what is predicted for the coming year? Eptica research backs up the need to make self-service easier. Published on: January 20, 2016.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service 2016 2015 E Commerce 49

Eptica

JUNE 1, 2016

Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 What is holding back chat in customer service? Author: Neil Cox Amongst consumers, chat is fast becoming a mainstream channel for customer service. Research indicates that millennials in particular are very comfortable using chat for customer service from their mobiles.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service 2016 2014 Contact Center 49

Eptica

JULY 6, 2016

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Understanding 6 key trends in UK customer service. Author: Steve Nattress Customers are increasingly demanding about the levels of service that they receive from brands. This is due to a lack of investment, and the inability to replace bespoke and highly-customized existing systems.

Customer Service 49

Customer Service Contact Center Social Media 2016 49

Eptica

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Customer service in a multigenerational world. Published on: December 16, 2015. Many companies spend a lot of time on demographically profiling their customers , but mixing the generations in the same household blurs the lines between the expectations of different age groups.

E Commerce 48

E Commerce Customer Service Social Media Contact Center 48

Eptica

MARCH 18, 2016

Date: Friday, March 18, 2016 UK retail customer service failing to move forward. Customers are pushing retailers to innovate and deliver new services , improved experiences at lower prices. These factors increase the focus on the customer experience as the key point of differentiation for retailers.

Retail 49

Retail E Commerce Customer Service Entertainment 49

Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Cutting wait time, reducing operational costs, and improving conversions are just some of the customer service superpowers already enabled by AI. In this case, the customer service chatbot can show empathy and assure patients the doctor will never judge them. Let’s explore the top 6 chatbot examples of 2020.

Customer Service 58

Customer Service Banking Healthcare B2C 58

Eptica

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Date: Friday, February 12, 2016 Has UK customer service turned a corner? This means that delivering the right levels of customer satisfaction is a journey not a destination. Companies have to keep investing in improving the service and experience they offer if consumers are to remain satisfied. points to 77 out of 100.

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Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Date: Friday, October 16, 2015 The opportunity for European customer experience. Published on: October 16, 2015. Author: Olivier Njamfa From Berlin to Bermuda, and San Francisco to Singapore, consumers increasingly demand a superior customer experience from the organizations that they choose to buy from.

E Commerce 75

E Commerce Customer Experience 2015 Banking 75

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Friday, September 18, 2015 The six ways web self-service improves your customer experience. Published on: September 18, 2015. Author: Robin Tandon Customer service teams are currently faced with multiple challenges. for phone, according to analysts Contact Babel. for email and £3.87

E Commerce 78

E Commerce Customer Experience Contact Center 2015 78

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 The widening UK customer experience gap. Published on: September 30, 2015. The rise of social media and increasingly demanding customers has changed all of this. It shows there has been scant change to customer service levels, with no overall improvement since 2013.

Customer Experience 83

Customer Experience Social Media 2015 2013 83

Eptica

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Date: Friday, December 18, 2015 Telecoms customer complaints rising in the UK. Published on: December 18, 2015. However, the rise of superfast broadband, social media, IP telephony and on-demand/pay-TV services mean that it is now an essential part of the Christmas experience for the majority of families.

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2015 Social Media Sports Contact Center 61

Eptica

AUGUST 14, 2015

Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 The 10 steps to digital customer experience success in banking. Published on: August 14, 2015. This changing banking landscape, combined with continued low interest rates, means that the customer experience is now central to being successful in the market. Remove paper.

Banking 85

Banking Social Media Customer Experience Contact Center 85

Eptica

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3 ways of reducing customer query volumes. Published on: October 21, 2015. This rising volume of customer interactions, covering everything from questions about products and post-sales queries, to complaints and positive feedback , threatens to overwhelm many organizations.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Social Media 2015 Consumers 74

Eptica

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Comparing the retail customer experience in the United States and United Kingdom. Published on: November 11, 2015. For the United States, Facebook was also evaluated as a customer service channel. Given this competition how do retailers in Britain and the United States compare?

Retail 75

Retail E Commerce Customer Experience 2015 75

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2016

Forward thinking companies are using social media to further engage their customers. Here are five tips to help you use social media to take your customer service to the next level. Contact centers can no longer be viewed simply as cost centers.

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Social Media Customer Service Contact Center Customers 40

Eptica

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 5 Ways of improving handling times this Christmas. Published on: December 09, 2015. Given this pressure, retailers need to balance reducing handling times while at the same time ensuring that customers receive a helpful, informative response to their query if they are to retain their business.

Contact Center 50

Contact Center Social Media 2015 Retail 50

Eptica

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Date: Friday, October 30, 2015 Which sectors offer the worst customer experience? Published on: October 30, 2015. Author: Pauline Ashenden While all industries need to ensure they are delivering an excellent customer experience, some seem to be intrinsically better at it than others. Share this page on: Tweet.

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience Transportation Insurance 2015 75

Eptica

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Date: Friday, November 20, 2015 Systems versus service. Published on: November 20, 2015. for just 7 days service! Clearly, the billing computer had made a mistake, so I called customer service and explained the issue to a helpful agent. The bill arrived, and when I opened it I had a real shock.

Net Promoter Score 69

Net Promoter Score 2015 Contact Center NPS 69

Eptica

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 Meeting Millennial Customer Expectations. Author: Neil Cox In 2015 the US Census Bureau reported that Millennials outnumbered Baby Boomers for the first time , meaning they now make up a quarter of the population. Published on: February 05, 2016. Share this page on: Tweet.

Customer Expectations 51

Customer Expectations Social Media Contact Center 2015 51

Eptica

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 7 ways banks can transform customer experience. Published on: November 13, 2015. Author: Dharmesh Ghedia Banks and other financial service providers are facing unprecedented challenges. Share this page on: Tweet.

Banking 77

Banking Customer Experience Financial 2015 77

Eptica

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Date: Friday, November 27, 2015 Mobile – at the heart of the customer experience. Published on: November 27, 2015. Author: James Gladwish According to new academic research people check their smartphones 85 times a day and use them for a daily average of 5 hours. Share this page on: Tweet.

Customer Experience 51

Customer Experience Social Media 2015 Contact Center 51

Eptica

AUGUST 5, 2016

Based on consumer research into how customer experience strengthens loyalty, it shows both individual company scores and how the wider economy is performing. Looking through the research, I can see four key trends for CX and customer service professionals to focus on: 1. This shows in their performance within the Index.

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2016 Wireless Social Media Contact Center 50

Eptica

JUNE 24, 2016

Business success depends on a wide variety of factors and it can be hard to isolate customer experience in dollar figures. In 2015 he published a report looking at the difference in revenue growth between pairs of similar businesses in five sectors (cable communications, airlines, investments, retail and health insurance).

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ROI Customer Experience 2016 Airlines 50

Eptica

JUNE 8, 2016

At the same time with so many options to choose from online, customers are more discerning about where they take their business, insisting on excellent customer service at all times. Given these factors, how is the sector performing when it comes to customer experience? Share this page on: Tweet.

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Travel Airlines Customer Experience Social Media 49