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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of January 30, 2017

ShepHyken

Media Post) The digital economy has driven innovation and created new channels and profit centers, but organizations that look at technology to totally displace human interaction are misguided, according to a study. The problem is that it’s tough to make an emotional connection during an online experience. .

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Improving Your E-Commerce Customer Service to Meet Today’s Consumer Expectations

Joe Rawlinson

Mobile technology has been changing consumer expectations for both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers, making it more challenging to deliver satisfactory customer service. The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 percent of brands are delivering leading-edge customer experience , while 33.5

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We analysed customer experience in banking and here's what we found: Part 1 - Established Banks

Chattermill

We analysed customer experience in banking and here's what we found: Part 1 - Established Banks. by Oliver Preece on 28 Jun 2017. customer experience. Here are the most important factors impacting customer experience in finance and how established banks can gain competitive advantage. Banking Insights: Part 1.

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How Understanding Shoppers Can Save Retail

C3Centricity

As claimed by Thales , 75% of US retailers have experienced a data breach, 50% in the last year, up from 19% in 2017. Despite this high level and mistrust, one thing shoppers do agree on is that technology has made things better for them. Eight in 10 say that they’ve had better interactions as a result of these technology investments.

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How do UK banks rate on customer experience?

Eptica

At the same time online and mobile banking is growing, while traditional players also face a raft of agile new entrants that are focusing on the experience and services they provide to customers. They want an easy, transparent experience from brands that treat them well, value their time and reduce friction in all areas.

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Which retailers will thrive this Christmas and beyond?

Eptica

Against this backdrop, and with fierce competition from online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, Forrester Research believes that retailers must now deliver rich, personalized customer experiences to win and retain customers both now and moving into 2017. So, in order to catch customers ‘in the moment’ (i.e.

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Is the Future of Retail, Physical or Virtual?

C3Centricity

However, with the move of most major supermarket chains to offer online stores too, plus a few successful online-only stores, such as Amazon in the US and Ocado in the U.K. they were reconsidering just how big they could or should grow their online business. This discussion happened just a few years back in 2017.

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