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What the 2020 Holiday Season Reveals About the New Role of CX

Kustomer

2020 likely changed the CX industry for good, and there may be nothing more ill-advised than to ignore the lessons learned during the past year. An increase in inquiries was not the only challenge that CX organizations faced during the 2020 holiday season. What is already a stressful time of year, was now uncharted territory.

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The Big-E’s: E-commerce and Customer Experience

Kustomer

The nature of the customer experience within e-commerce has never been more vital to the life of a brand than it is at this moment. While e-commerce (buying over the internet) has been growing in leaps and bounds before the pandemic, online shopping quite simply exploded in 2020.

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2020 CX Reflections – That Was The Year That Was

Horizon CX

The year 2020 will go down in history for a multitude of reasons, some of which we will not so fondly remember and some of which we may choose to forget. In its wake, it may have hindered customer experience to a certain degree but it also enabled some changers that will thankfully hang around for a while and perhaps some permanently.

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2020 Changed Your Customers: Here’s How to Win Them Over

Centercode

E-commerce had been trending steadily upward for years. Department of Commerce reported a 30% increase in online spending from 2019 to 2020 (compared to the previous 13% increase year over year). Winning over your customers first requires an understanding of how changes brought by 2020 affected purchasing habits and behavior.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of December 14, 2020

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The 6 Top Customer Experience Trends in 2021 by Julien Rio. CXM) The digital transformation of companies accelerated significantly in 2020. ” 8 Customer Experience Trends for 2021 by Steven Van Belleghem.

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4 Ways to Provide Personalized Customer Service

Kayako

The lockdowns and aftermath of the 2020 global pandemic spiked growth in e-commerce sales as brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants closed their doors. The challenge for brands is ensuring that customer relationship management doesn’t suffer as online spending becomes the norm. What Is Personalized Customer Service?

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Lucky Seven! Calabrio Named a Top Workplace Seven Times Running

Calabrio

When nominations opened for the 2020 Star Tribune Top Workplace rankings in January, no one anticipat ed the changes that would impact us, come March. As we navigate the evolving world of work throughout 2020 and beyond , the time and effort we have put into building our culture will also carry us forward.

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