Tag: Customer service

What can we learn from product-led companies?

Coming out of the pandemic, the global economy is at a crossroads. Throughout Europe and North America, inflation remains stubbornly persistent, markets are in a slump, and tech faces growing economic headwinds. It’s a time that will make or break...

The looming problem of resident debt

Housing associations cater for a higher proportion of vulnerable households. As energy prices and the cost-of-living soar, residents are experiencing unprecedented difficulties. Having already had their incomes negatively impacted by the pandemic, many vulnerable residents are now particularly susceptible to...

Amazon Prime Day: the issue of ‘Choice Overload’

Millions of shoppers* could abandon their carts this Amazon Prime Day. 10% of UK consumers are set to desert purchases when offered an overwhelming level of choice. That’s according to a new study conducted by customer engagement platform, Emarsys. Overwhelming Prime...

How to improve the CX at your vacation rentals

Within the past few years, many landlords have begun transitioning some of their higher end properties from leased annual rentals to vacation rentals – it is simply more profitable to do so. Even if the properties aren’t occupied every month...

10 tips for building an effective omnichannel PoS strategy

Retailers have massively enhanced their online customer service capabilities over the past two years. Now we’re physically back in stores, the need is for a perfect blend of offline and online strategies. An omnichannel approach which uses a retail technology ecosystem to connect all channels...

Are businesses closing the Engagement Capacity Gap?

Over the last two years, Verint® has assessed customer engagement concerns; business priorities; and investment plans across geographies and industry sectors. This provides a perfect barometer for how well businesses are adapting to the new customer expectations.  Introducing the Engagement Capacity...

Four key elements of Starbucks’ customer personalisation strategy

The most recent Cheetah Digital 2022 Digital Consumer Trends Index survey found that 74% of global consumers want brands to treat them as individuals. Therefore, personalisation is a critical factor for companies to consider as the economy points to more...

Holiday chaos: what’s next for the travel industry?

We’ve heard the term “travel chaos” since the pandemic started. Yet, two years later, many customers are still experiencing huge disruptions to their travel itineraries and holidays. Staff shortages in airports and train stations are causing chaos across the country.   With...

Gig customer experience: top 10 takeaways from the 2022 report

McKinsey recently called gig customer experience (GigCX) an “on-demand revolution in customer-experience operations.” This was a breakthrough moment for the GigCX world, and relayed how it continues to make steady inroads into the mainstream of CX operations.  This was certainly apparent...

Elon Musk’s Twitter-Takeover: altering community management

“Free speech absolutist” and Twitter shareholder, Elon Musk, is on the verge of acquiring the social media behemoth. Already, he seems set to make several changes to what some might describe as the original digital community (not forgetting Reddit). For both...