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Remaining Competitive in Retail: How to Optimize Customer Experience

CSM Magazine

In retail, the customer is king. It is common knowledge that the retail industry thrives on positive customer interactions and feedback, so when reviewing the ways in which organizations can grow and remain competitive in their field, it is vital to craft plans that revolve around optimizing the customer experience.

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Proving the ROI of the Chief Customer Officer Role, With Enrique Gomez Alonso – CB71

Customer Bliss

Before joining Zurich he worked from 2004 to 2015 at Vodafone Spain in several roles such as Head of Customer experience, Head of Strategic Planning or Head of Competitive and Business Intelligence. We spend a lot of time at work, and as we get into C-Suite roles, we spend more and more time thinking about and consuming work.

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Guest Blog: Becoming a Blockbuster?

ShepHyken

Back in 2004, Blockbuster had 60,000 employees, 9,000 stores and appeared invincible. As a result, it dismissed the new iPhone as a “mere consumer toy.” That is nearly a half trillion dollars of goods and services that consumers will no longer trudge to brick-and-mortar stores to get.

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Yelp Fact Sheet: Stats Your Business Needs to Know

ReviewTrackers

Yelp is one of today’s most popular online review sites, with the unique power to influence purchase decisions and consumer behavior. Consumers often check Yelp. According to the 2018 Online Reviews Survey by ReviewTrackers, approximately 45 percent of consumers say they are likely to check reviews on Yelp before visiting a business.

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This is Digital, Episode 25: The Chief Digital Officer's Role in Disruption and Culture

West Monroe

Chopra was the director of technology at The James Irvine Foundation and led technology in companies in multiple different sectors such as retail and aerospace. We think of ourselves as the OG digital disruptor because we started premium cosmetics for $1 back in 2004, when e-commerce wasn’t nearly as popular as it is today.

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Yelp Factsheet: Stats Your Business Need to Know

ReviewTrackers

Yelp is one of today’s most popular online review sites, with the unique power to influence purchase decisions and consumer behavior. Consumers often check Yelp. According to the 2018 Online Reviews Survey by ReviewTrackers, approximately 45 percent of consumers say they are likely to check reviews on Yelp before visiting a business.

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Guest Post: How Good Customer Service is Defined by 4 Different Generations

ShepHyken

Millennials (also called Gen Y)- born in between 1982 and 2004. Often described as “traditionalists,” this consumer age group combines two generations—the “Greatest Generation,” also known as the GI generation, born in 1924 or earlier, and the “Silent Generation,” composed of individuals born in 1925–1945. Generation X.