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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Our customer service research sponsored by RingCentral (brand new 2024 report is now out) includes a humorous stat/finding: 79% of US consumers have called customer support and been caught in the automated menu system and repeatedly screamed, “Agent” or “Representative,” and eventually hung up out of frustration.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

How retailers can capture customer loyalty in 5 charts by Arielle Feger (Insider Intelligence) As brand loyalty declines, deals remain a surefire way to win over consumers. It also includes some findings on why customers would leave your program. He assembled a list of the 13 most popular customer experience (CX) blogs.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Deloitte Shares Loyalty Trends and Best Practices for 2024 by Alicia Esposito (Retail TouchPoints) To drive customer retention and loyalty, most brands and retailers continue to rely on purchase discounts (77%) and loyalty program points (61%), according to Retail TouchPoints research. I’m often asked to define customer centricity.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

For certain customers, self-checkout still makes sense. Keep innovating and properly staff for the customer willing to use self-checkout and needs help. Service without a Smile: Bad Customer Service Examples by David Rand (The Future of Commerce) Research reveals the poor state of customer service.

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MAY 1, 2023

U$ 402bn is on the Table for Brands That Simplify Their CX and EX – Here’s Why by Ricardo Samuel Saltz Gulko (Eglobalis) Simplicity is an essential aspect of customer and employee experience that can greatly impact a company’s success and its ability to innovate. My Comment: Another one of my favorite topics is customer loyalty.

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JULY 3, 2023

100 Customer Experience Stats For 2023 by Blake Morgan (Forbes) Customer experience in 2023 looks different than it ever has before. With a looming recession, changing customer preferences and priorities, and new technology, CX teams have incredible opportunities to innovate and connect in new ways.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

How retailers can capture customer loyalty in 5 charts by Arielle Feger (Insider Intelligence) As brand loyalty declines, deals remain a surefire way to win over consumers. It also includes some findings on why customers would leave your program. He assembled a list of the 13 most popular customer experience (CX) blogs.

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MARCH 13, 2023

Home Depot Svp on Building a Seamless Shopping Experience by Judy Mottl (Retail Customer Experience) Retailers across the board are deploying and implementing innovative technology in a quest to both attack and engage customers as well as increase loyalty within its consumer base. What Is a Contact Center?

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MARCH 27, 2023

In the long term, this can challenge a company’s ability to compete and innovate. My Comment: A content marketing experience is part of the customer experience. While it may seem like marketing, if done well, content marketing connects with the customer and gets them engaged or emotionally connected. How much more?

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Customers who love a product are not only loyal; they’re likely to become advocates for a brand. Beyond Products: How Brands Are Cultivating Trust in the Age of Customer-Centricity by Sohaib Ahmed (Total Retail) In the last few decades, the market has witnessed a gradual power shift between brands and consumers.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Fellow customer experience expert, Dan Gingiss, takes this concept to the business world and recommends we start a CX Spring Cleaning Project with plenty of ideas on how to do so. This connection is possible through authentic branding i.e. creating an identity that resonates with customers and communicates your company’s core values.

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JUNE 19, 2023

How to Develop a Winning Customer Experience Strategy by Mahnoor Sheikh (Sprout Social) The customer experience (CX) is all about how your customers perceive their interactions with your brand. A positive CX can turn casual browsers into loyal customers, while a negative one can send them straight to your competitors.

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JUNE 5, 2023

How ChatGPT Will Enhance Retail Customer Experience by Judy Mottl (Retail Customer Experience) Unless one has been living under a rock the big buzzword of customer experience, seen everywhere and anywhere, is now ChatGPT. I’ve always preached that the website is built by people to be used by people.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

23 Customer Experience Practices You Should Stop in 2023 by Lynn Hunsaker (CustomerThink) “Do more with less” may be more prevalent this year as some tech firms and many others trim their customer experience teams, programs, and the experience itself. Here are 23 warped and dusty customer experience practices to stop in 2023.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

23 Customer Experience Practices You Should Stop in 2023 by Lynn Hunsaker (CustomerThink) “Do more with less” may be more prevalent this year as some tech firms and many others trim their customer experience teams, programs, and the experience itself. Here are 23 warped and dusty customer experience practices to stop in 2023.

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