Tag: Customer service

Choose your 2022 CXMStars™ winners – voting now open 

CXM has narrowed down the list to the Top CX Influencers and Top CX Professionals, and we need your help to pick the Top 25 from each side for our 3rd CXMStars™. You can choose from a wide selection of...

Three-quarters of customer-facing workers are heading to imminent burnout 

MaxContact calls on the industry to make 2022 the year of the agent and rebalance employee well being with customer satisfaction.  Workers in customer-facing roles across the UK are facing burnout after months of being overworked and underappreciated, with no prospect of career...

Chattermill’s new report: customer support trends in 2022

This year for the first time Chattermill, a unified customer intelligence platform, surveyed 339 customer-focused business leaders from the US, Oceania, South America and Europe with the intention to better understand key trends in customer experience (CX) for the upcoming...

Global supply chain crisis forcing customers to buy local, global SOTI research finds 

More than half (52%) of global consumers said they are less likely to order an item that requires shipping from overseas than they were a year ago. A third (36%) said that if delivery or pick up of an item...

Proactive customers service will make the contact centres of the future

The “new normal” has changed the relationship between businesses and customers, elevating the importance of customer service. If at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic it felt as though many businesses had literally taken the phone off the hook, it now appears brands have begun to realise their contact centres are at the heart of their relationship...

Why tax could have a huge impact on cross-border customer experience?

Craig Reed, General Manager of Cross-Border at Avalara, discusses some of the ways cross-border tax compliance could impact customer experience over the festive period and how retailers can avoid it happening.  According to eMarketer, global e-commerce had a record year in 2020 by growing 26%...

Gartner’s new research: 75% of customers will call customer support due to loneliness

After almost two years of isolation due to lockdown, many of us ended up being burned out, anxious, or lonely. Empathy, human connection, and quality relationships are righteously the buzzwords in the modern business world. The time has come to...

Why aren’t brands prioritizing usability: four accessibility misconceptions

From the UX professional perspective, we, as practitioners, have a significant role in supporting our organization in adopting accessibility products and services. Unfortunately, many of us struggle to influence our companies to make accessibility a priority.  “Accessibility” has become a popular...

Gartner’s latest research: 64% of customer service leaders will focus on business growth in 2022

Last week, Gartner published the results of their survey on customer service support priorities for 2022. According to the research, 64% of customer service and support leaders named ‘grow the business’ as their most critical priority in the upcoming year. Besides...

Play the game: how gamification can boost customer engagement?

According to the IPC report released in January this year, the 2021 peak holiday season promises an impressive show. With ever-changing customer requirements, not every brand will be able to answer adequately on emerging digital demands and delight their users...