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What does the rise in CCOs and data backed customer-centricity mean for retail?

Since 2020, 18 major retailers have added Chief Customer Officers (CCOs) to their executive leadership teams. It’s a trend worth unpacking. After all, customer-centricity isn’t new to retail. Why is it suddenly getting a seat at the executive table? The answer...

This week in CX:  in this digital age, humans still reign supreme

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news. This week, we’re looking at research into the desire for human connection in customer service, how in-store devices affect retail CX, and why the banking sector is most...

How is Zoom navigating the future of customer engagement? Interview with Zoom’s Head of Contact Centre

In the fast-evolving landscape of Contact Centre as a Service  (CCaaS), one name stands out as a driving force in revolutionising customer experiences – Zoom.  Today, we are privileged to talk with Ben Neo, the Head of Zoom Contact Centre and CX...

This week in CX: UK adults would rather deal with vermin than customer service

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news. This week, we’re looking at new research from Qualtrics and RingCentral on customer service’s effects on the customer themselves, and frontline workers. UK marketers fear AI will create biased...

The impact of the cost of living crisis on environmentally conscious choices in 2024

This piece was co-authored by Agop Ashjian, CEO of Shipup, and Edward Drax, CEO of Yocuda. The environmental crisis is a growing issue for both retailers and customers. A report by Recycling Lives found that 81% of people prefer to buy from retailers with an eco-conscious...

Reward your customers, and they’ll reward you with their loyalty 

According to McKinsey, 81% of shoppers have changed their consumption behaviours in the face of soaring prices and inflation levels. Two-thirds of shoppers are making less impulsive purchases More than half are spending longer researching and considering purchases 47% are holding out more...

4 practical approaches to unlocking customer voice and uncovering deeper insights 

Daily human conversations, whether spoken, written or recorded, represent an invaluable source of organic data for businesses. These word exchanges have significant potential to provide contextual insights that influence elements of an organisation’s operations. Unstructured conversations provide meaningful context around customer...

3 AI-powered changes we will see in call centres in 2024 

While artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have been steadily evolving since the 1960s, latterly including image recognition and natural language processing (NLP), 2023 will be remembered as the year that generative AI (gen AI) burst onto the scene. In fact ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘hallucinate’ have both entered common parlance after being named ‘words of the year’ for 2023 by Collins and Cambridge...

This week in CX:  the UK is set to become a “burnt-out nation”

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news. This week, we’re looking at the latest UK burnout report, and what difference receipts can have on your customer service. Key news CXMStars, Customer Experience Magazine’s annual competition, is now open...

Voting open! Decide your top 50 CXMStars™ of 2024 today🌟

This year’s initiatives have been excellent. All entrants have done an incredible job. It was not easy to shortlist all the nominees to our finalists. But we’ve done it! The lists of the top 25 CXMStars for each category have been...