Zendesk

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

After the chaos and uncertainty of the past few years, with supply chain woes, staffing shortages, and inflationary pressures, there is some good news for the retail industry. The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that holiday sales will be healthy this year. Manage ticket volume spikes with the power of AI.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 7, 2022

One of the features of The Intuitive Customer podcast is “I’m in a Pickle,” where listeners come to us with business problems that they would like our advice on solving. Customer Experience management has been absorbed into Customer Science in the past couple of years; how will that apply to brick and mortar?

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Experience Investigators

JANUARY 30, 2024

Get ready to navigate the cutting-edge of customer experience (CX) with Jeannie Walters and special co-host Michelle Morris – Associate Director of CX Business Transformation at Verizon Connect. About Michelle Morris: Michelle Morris is the Associate Director of CX Transformation at Verizon Connect.

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Zendesk

MAY 9, 2023

The digital transformation in retail has fundamentally changed the way the entire industry operates. From supply chain management to predictive analytics, it has increased speed and efficiency across all areas of the retail business. That means providing great CX, every interaction, every time. Read on for our top tips.

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

In that spirit (although I hope your power is quite stable), I started thinking about the great customer experience (CX) books I’ve read. If you’re new to CX or if you are looking to improve, let me share a few classics with you, along with a few you might not see in the traditional best CX books lists.

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Shep Hyken

APRIL 8, 2022

He has experience across the Contact Center spanning Hiring, Training, Quality, Workforce Management, and Performance Management. He shares how retailers can understand the digital customer experience in the retail world. Let’s look at some of the important factors which retailers must consider: .

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SurveySensum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ask the right questions to the customers at the right touchpoint. Gathering customer feedback strategically is crucial for understanding their pain points. However, companies often grapple with determining the optimal timing for survey distribution across the customer journey. Well, I’ve always emphasized it.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2021

Sometimes your Customer Experience requires you to outsource a portion of it to a third party. Maybe it’s an installer or a tow truck service, or even an entire call center, but whatever or whoever it is, this part of the experience is not under your control. Today, we will examine whether this is a good idea or not.

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Lumoa

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, there are plenty of good customer experience books to read if you want to learn more about customer experience. To help you out, we have listed our top 10 must-read customer experience books. In This Article: Customer Experience 3 The Cult Of The Customer Chief Customer Officer 2.0

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Experience Investigators

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your CEO understands how important customer experience is to the success of your organization. They invest in resources to provide great experiences because they understand the immense return they get on those investments, right? . Without action , customer experience becomes a nice platitude, but not a path to greater success.

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ECXO

JUNE 11, 2023

CX design is no longer just about aesthetics. But, many European firms still have a long way to go to reach the levels of CX maturity seen in B2C. A maturity driven by hyper personalisation, empathetic human relationships and intuitive digital experiences – all accelerated by the pandemic. Is your customer data out of date?

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Zendesk

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

In 2020, tens of thousands of retail professionals descended as usual on the Javits Center in New York City for the National Retail Federation’s Big Show. The drastic shift over the last 12 months reminded us that nothing is permanent, including long-ingrained ideas about how retailers should do business.

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Zendesk

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It’s go time for retailers, and no one hustles harder than small businesses getting their brand out there during the holiday season. But those on the small-but-scaling side of retail don’t have to hustle on their own, especially when it comes to delivering an efficient, scalable customer experience through the high season and beyond.

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Zendesk

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business environment, staying ahead in customer service means continually educating yourself and your team. Customer service podcasts provide an excellent avenue for gaining knowledge and insights without disrupting your busy schedule.

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Shep Hyken

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Great CX Debate: Should Customer Experiences Be Effortless or Exceptional? The key to building customer loyalty, they claimed, was to simply make it effortless for people to do business with you.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

However, the experiences are entirely different and have different Customer Experiences. Moreover, I have different expectations from these experiences. We discussed the digital transformation and its effect on Customer Experience in our recent podcast. Managing emotions is crucial at this point.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Heroes: 5 Happy Holiday Tales by Cassandra Vincent. CSAT.AI) The holiday season is rife with customer service horror stories from both customers and workers. Happy Holidays!

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Zendesk

MARCH 25, 2021

This is the first in a series of insights from the National Retail Federation’s Big Show 2021. Read our round-up of retail CX trends for 2021. A 2020 study by the National Retail Federation (NRF) found that 61 percent of respondents think retailers should take a stance on social justice issues.

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InteractionMetrics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

McKinsey & Company reports that B2B companies score substantially lower on customer satisfaction than consumer companies. One reason B2B companies underperform on customer satisfaction is they are more complicated — with more moving parts — than retailers. It’s a true partnership.

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Zendesk

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today, customers expect to have flexible and seamless shopping experiences. This is where omnichannel retail comes in. This increasingly vital retail customer experience helps customers communicate with businesses on the channel of their choice and allows for connected conversations.

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Lumoa

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And just like these new phrases have become commonplace now, new customer experience trends are popping up as well. Not only has the world changed, but technology has improved, and companies have been finding new ways to provide customers with a great experience. That’s because it works.

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Execs In The Know

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Customers want to connect with brands across multiple channels on their preferred platforms. These shifting expectations have paved the way for two unique but often misconstrued customer experience (CX) approaches: omnichannel and multichannel. What Is Omnichannel CX? Back to Basics: What Is a Channel?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Over the past decade, retail as an industry has changed. To survive, retailers must put the customer at the center of everything they do. –more–> Not so long ago, I was having a conversation in the C-Suite of a company about Customer Experience. Baker Retailing Center.

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InteractionMetrics

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Your CEO has come to embrace customer success! And you’ve been tapped to lead a customer experience team. Do you need a lengthy class or book on customer experience principles? Whether you’re in B2B or retail, the six principles apply. 42% would pay more for a friendly, welcoming experience.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Unsurprisingly, technology adoption and customer experience continue to be hot topics — and as the demand for cloud-based software grows to accommodate remote work, call-back technology is steadily gaining popularity. Call-backs allow your contact center to defer customer calls to a later time, easing the burden off your agents.

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Shep Hyken

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 6 Ways To Create Customer Experience Consistency Throughout Your Organization by John R. Franchise Update Media) Is the level of experience your customers receive dependent on which employee they encounter?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

A Customer Experience focus is a necessity of survival in today’s hyper-competitive and disrupted retail market. I was talking to the C-Suite of a retailer (who shall remain nameless) about Customer Experience. Baker Retailing Center from 2011 to 2017, where she witnessed retail chaos firsthand.

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Steven Van Belleghem

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Shep Hyken, customer service & experience expert and author of ‘I’ll Be Back’. The other is another way to think about how you measure customer success. The customer’s expectations continue to evolve. Customers are smarter than ever and know what a good CX looks and feels like. They are still important.

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Please Hold: How AI Is Changing Customer Service in Call Centers by Defined.ai. VentureBeat) Excellent customer service is vital to the long-term success of any business. The article shares the top 30 retailers.

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Aquire

JANUARY 18, 2022

So, if you want to provide the kind of seamless customer experience across all your sales channels that modern consumers now expect — here are six key omnichannel trends to keep your eye on. Eyeglass retailer Warby Parker began as a digital-first brand, but now operates over 70 brick-and-mortar stores in North America.

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SurveySensum

JULY 24, 2023

The retail world is changing at warp speed, and so are customers’ needs and expectations. Customers want to experience all the cool trends but also want their needs and expectations to be met. And here’s the cool part: for retailers with complex products or services, self-service kiosks come to the rescue!

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SurveySensum

JUNE 1, 2023

Retail businesses thrive on repeat customers. Therefore understanding these customers isn’t just helpful but essential. The NPS score of your business determines how loyal your customers are and how likely they are to recommend you to others. Strategies to Improve NPS in Retail Conclusion What is an NPS Score?

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Uniphore

JANUARY 25, 2022

As the AI-powered customer experience (CX) frontier becomes more mainstream, companies will look to emotion AI to offer a differentiated experience rich in actionable data. As more companies incorporate emotion AI into their customer journey, customer comfort with, and subsequent demand for, the technology grows.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Retail is Broken: This is the Solution. Some might say that retail is dead, another victim of COVID-19. The pandemic has hastened changes to physical and digital retail experiences and customer behavior. Key Ideas to Improve Your Customer Experience. In this episode, we discuss the key ideas of both.

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CSAT.AI

MARCH 27, 2023

Customer relationships impact the amount of business a company does. To have these great relationships companies need to create great CX. Here are some actions that help build the kind of customer experience that makes lasting, beneficial relationships. Identify customer needs Want to know what customers need?

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Logicalware

JANUARY 25, 2022

So what are the biggest takeaways for contact centres and customer service teams? Analysts say this year will be all about digital-first customer experiences, with virtual assistants and video exploding onto the CX scene. This year, however, video will explode onto the retail and banking scenes. Total Experience.

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Zendesk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But this year, the golden quarter between October and December comes with a lump of coal in the retail stocking. Supply chain woes, understaffed teams, and changing customer behaviors are combining to create the storm of the century. How can retailers get ahead of the new challenges that face their CX teams during the holiday season?

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