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Research Reveals a Customer Relationship Crisis

Struggling to get a clear picture of their customers, more than half of sales leaders say their CRM is costing them revenue. According to a new CRM and Sales Impact Report from SugarCRM, many companies are facing a customer relationship crisis. Forty-eight...

Gaining Customers: Securing a Positive Employee Experience

In this, the third in a five-part series on gaining and retaining clients in 2021, we spoke to Nick Lygo-Baker, Founding Director of Paradigm CX, who help optimise the engagement experience to enrich the lives of customers and employees! What is any organisation...

Adapting to Thrive, Not Just Survive, Through Conversational Commerce

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated adoption of digital solutions for thousands of businesses that suddenly found themselves cut off from their customer base. For many, the speed of bringing these new solutions on board became the difference between success and failure but,...

CXTrendTalks: Maxie Schmidt, Principal Analyst CX, Forrester

As part of CXTrendTalks at the 2020 UK Customer Experience Awards, Maxie Schmidt, Principal Analyst CX at Forrester shared The Top 5 CX Predictions for 2021. Trust, safety and inclusion are some of the key elements customers will be looking...

UKCXA Winner Octopus Energy Launches in Germany

Multiple UK Customer Experience Awards winner and entech pioneer Octopus Energy today launches in Germany on a mission to disrupt the market and deliver contract freedom and innovative tariffs for customers. The new business Octopus Energy Germany is targeting 1 million...

Online Fashion Retailer Gains Three Million Customers as Profits Soar amid Pandemic

Online fashion retailer Asos added three million customers in the past year despite the pandemic. The company’s annual profits have also skyrocketed thanks to cost-cutting and fewer returned items during this period. Asos has now reached more than 23 million customers globally, with...

Online Retail and Take-away Brands are the UK’s Fastest Growing Brands During the Pandemic

Online retail and take-away brands Ocado, Deliveroo and Just Eat are the UK’s fastest growing brands according to the 2020 BrandZ™ Top 75 Most Valuable UK Brands report, launched by WPP and Kantar. Already gathering pace pre-COVID-19, Ocado’s online capabilities and perceptions of...

Winner Focus: Sapio Research

Sapio Research, a London-based leading professional business and consumer market research company delivering valuable evidence to clients to support them in understanding their audience, shone bright at the 2020 UK Business Awards, securing Gold in the Professional Services category. This July, the...

Unilever CEO Expects Shareholder Support for UK HQ Move

Unilever expects shareholders to support its plan to unify its headquarters in London and scrap its Dutch base. It also believes a potential law enacting an “exit tax” in the Netherlands would breach European Union law, its chief executive has said....

Staying Connected in Times of Crisis: How Contact Centre Services are Keeping Human Interaction Alive

During these challenging times, every industry has had to evolve and react to rapid changes in customer behaviour. Contact centres have been at the forefront of this shift and have been faced with unprecedented call volumes. While the UK looks to...