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11 Customer Experience Trends for 2016 (The Year of Emotion)

Experience Matters

With this post, I’m declaring 2016 “ The Year of Emotion.”. As you can see in our video Driving CX Transformation , customer-centric culture requires mastering four CX core competencies : Purposeful Leadership , Compelling Brand Values , Employee Engagement , and Customer Connectedness. Effort Metric Expanding.

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Lessons on Brand Values from Sinners and Saints

Smith+co CX

Part one of a new series from Smith+Co exploring business value, communication and empathy. Another week, and another brand fails to live up to its values that promise so much. The reason for this is simple – it jars when brand values fail to make it beyond the confines of the boardroom in terms of observable actions.

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Not another set of 2016 predictions

Smith+co CX

I know I don’t just speak for myself when I say it’s good to see the back of those sleep-inducing articles that start with “Five predictions for 2016” and “2016 the year of the blah blah blah”. How to digitalise your digital digits in the digital year of 2016”. Oh pull the other one. But the rules of business will never change.

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The art of dating your customer in Asia Pacific

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 The art of dating your customer in Asia Pacific. Published on: December 07, 2016. Many companies provide great introductory offers and then tend to take existing customers for granted – give all customers the same love and attention to build loyalty and trust.

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Black Friday – one-off retail frenzy or memorable customer experience?

Customer Alignment

In 2016, Ikea, Homebase and Asda also chose not to take part in Black Friday. Game and Debenhams also fared well in 2016. Building brand value, customer life time value and winning sustainable loyalty need to be uppermost in retailers’ minds.

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How Customer Data Can Improve Future Hiring

Stella Connect

Last month, at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show 2017 , we partnered with lululemon’s Guest Education Centre director Dave Pitsch to present “Lessons Learned from 2016 Holiday Shopping.”. And they’ll show their appreciation in the form of greater loyalty, greater spend, and glowing praise for your brand.

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Want to Create a Customer-Centric Website? Gear Up With These Tips To The Rescue!

LiveChat

The connection between customer loyalty and mission statement can’t be ignored. There are brands that people love to buy from. Their unwavering loyalty not only stems from the products and services offered, but also from the brand values. In 2016, the number was 50%. This figure was up from 84% in 2016.