C3Centricity

AUGUST 20, 2017

Faster growth, increased profitability, or more successful innovations? CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies on the other hand, frequently encourage their customers to buy more through promotions and discounts. More Successful Innovation. What does your innovation process look like? Be different! sales Click To Tweet.

Innovation 120

Innovation Competitive Advantage Meeting Strategy 120

Experience Matters

JANUARY 20, 2015

We just published a Temkin Group report, Lessons in CX Excellence, 2015. The report provides insights from 8 finalists in the Temkin Group’s 2014 CX Excellence Awards. The report, which is 98 pages long, includes an appendix with the finalists’ nomination forms. EMC Corporation.

Report 120

Report Customer Connectedness Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score 120

Helen Dewdney

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Week beginning 2nd November is National Consumer Week. Citizens Advice , Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills today launch National Consumer Week and are urging people to get to know their new consumer rights as Christmas shopping gets underway.

Consumers 30

Consumers Comparison Retail Analysis 30

CX Journey

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

We’re one month into 2015, and it’s already apparent that Customer Experience is on everyone’s agenda - or at least on those of the 95% of retailers surveyed by Boston Retail Partners ,who identified customer experience as a top-three priority in the new year. In 2015, that’s all subject to change - and rightfully so.

Chief Customer Officer 80

Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Retail Culture 80

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

This list is an homage to the business leaders and influencers pushing the envelope when it comes to innovation in customer experience. At the core of their reporting is a team with a passion for all things customer management, with a focus on Customer Contact and Design & Innovation. Follow on LinkedIn. Follow on LinkedIn.

Customer Service 251

Customer Service Contact Center Chief Customer Officer Call Center 251

Kustomer

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Sifting through your inbox for the best news and insights can be time-consuming for anyone, regardless of their profession or industry. It will be a tactical newsletter exploring the customer experience so you can gather insights to build long-lasting relationships with today’s consumers. Save the date!

Knowledge Base 98

Knowledge Base Consumers Trends Innovation 98

Helen Dewdney

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 comes into force on the 1st October 2015. Digital content that is downloaded is not subject to the right to reject as the consumer is not in a position to return the digital content. A consumer may not discover this for some days, perhaps even after 30 days.

Consumers 30

Consumers eBook Software Advertising 30

Kerry Bodine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

That study was all about end consumers. But, of course, customer experience isn’t just for consumer-focused organizations. Pioneer digital-physical innovation. One of Gartner’s top 10 predictions for 2015 said that, “By 2017, 50% of consumer product investments will be redirected to customer experience innovations.”.

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Innovation Trends Consumers 120

Tricia Morris

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The 2015 Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report published by Parature, from Microsoft and Microsoft Dynamics CRM shows that geography does play a role in customers’ views on service. But are customer service preferences and expectations? Global Similarity Highlights. Consistently satisfying service is increasingly important.

Self Service 40

Self Service Customer Expectations Report Customer Service 40

QuestionPro Audience

AUGUST 16, 2018

Smartphones are making wedding planning easier for many couples, as usage increased from 89% in 2015 to 92% in 2017. QuestionPro Audience provides our clients with access to more than 5 million active consumer respondents, who are pre-screened and qualified candidates for high-quality data collection. TECHNOLOGY.

Industry 170

Industry Study Trends Consumers 170

QuestionPro Audience

MARCH 14, 2018

Fueled by the rebounding housing market, spending on improvements, maintenance and repairs reached $340 billion in 2015 , up 12% from 2013. In a recent study conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, almost a fifth of general contractors lacked either a state license or proper insurance, and 9% lacked both!

Tips 210

Tips Insurance Study Report 210

Alida

AUGUST 3, 2016

We’ve already outlined what the Summit has in store for marketing , customer experience , innovation and research pros—but we haven’t shared what past attendees gained from the experience. It’s great to see that others share my struggles and challenges when it comes to understanding today’s consumers.”. Awesomeness. —

Customer Centricity 100

Customer Centricity Innovation Tips Insurance 100

Avaya

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The idea they hit upon was to give consumers the chance to be chosen as one of 100 digital influencers, allowing them to test-drive a new Fiesta for six months. While GITEX is a great opportunity for vendors, including Avaya, to showcase our newest, most exciting, most innovative products and solutions, it is also a pretty tough spotlight.

Innovation 40

Innovation Feedback Contact Center Customers 40

Alida

JULY 5, 2017

In a dynamic and sometimes struggling retail environment where online giant Amazon buys grocery chain Whole Foods , consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies must build brand awareness and harness the insight of shoppers if they are to win the battle for shelf space. It’s not the first food company to embrace the direct-to-consumer model.

Company 113

Company Retail Consumers Strategy 113

NetBase

AUGUST 11, 2020

The mutually beneficial partnership brings promotional power to both brands and is an exceptionally savvy move to make at any time, but particularly right now from a consumer and market intelligence standpoint. Gaining consumer love by catering to unmet needs. of total market share in 2015 to 53.4% Let’s check it out!

Social Media 90

Social Media Consumers Trends Video 90

Alida

JULY 11, 2017

In fact, traditional retail improved much faster than digital, with robust 40 percent of traditional retailers’ CX Index scores rising from 2015 to 2016, while only 18 percent of digital retailers improved. The lesson here is that companies can’t think of digital transformation in isolation. Tie CX efforts to revenue.

Customer Experience 183

Customer Experience Effort Score Omni-Channel Retail 183

Alida

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Retail, hospitality and other industries are setting a high bar, delivering innovative experiences to their customers. Consumer expectations are higher than ever, and patients won’t tolerate a subpar experience from health care providers. What kinds of experiences are consumers looking for? Not necessarily.

Hospitality 247

Hospitality Retail Leadership Culture 247

Helen Dewdney

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the blog developed and included more stories of complaints gaining redress and consumer advice, Tesco appeared more and more often. Helen continued to criticise Tesco in social media and her blog throughout 2015. — CEOemail (@CEOemail) January 26, 2015. Consumer law change. More blog posts and social media.

Case Study 60

Case Study Consumers Study Social Media 60

Tricia Morris

JULY 23, 2015

In the new 2015 State of Multichannel Customer Service Report , 98% of U.S. consumers say customer service is important in their choice of and/or loyalty to brands. The Microsoft partner customer service innovation awards contest runs during the same time as Microsoft’s second annual “//oneweek” scheduled July 27 – 31, 2015.

Innovation 40

Innovation Customer Service CRM Customer Service Representative 40

C3Centricity

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Consumers no longer appreciated being interrupted in their daily lives, if they ever did! Luckily a few other consumer goods companies realised that to satisfy the consumer they had to do things differently. That’s why consumers now often have a portfolio of brands from which they choose in many categories.

Customer Centricity 149

Customer Centricity Brands Advertising Consumers 149

QuestionPro Audience

MARCH 14, 2018

Fueled by the rebounding housing market, spending on improvements, maintenance and repairs reached $340 billion in 2015 , up 12% from 2013. In a recent study conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, almost a fifth of general contractors lacked either a state license or proper insurance, and 9% lacked both!

Tips 150

Tips Insurance Study Report 150

C3Centricity

APRIL 29, 2020

Fast forward a decade or so, and supermarkets are scrambling to catch up as start-ups in many developed countries are giving this new type of freedom to consumers. Of course, for me, planning for the future is simply a matter of taking the consumers’ perspective and what they (will) want. So what is a poor manufacturer to do?

Retail 177

Retail Apparel Transportation Trends 177

Kustomer

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Over the years, I have talked with hundreds of customer service leaders and although they have wanted to deliver exceptional customer experiences, their legacy ticket-centric technology solutions could not effectively enable these leaders to meet the expectations of today’s consumers – forget about exceeding those expectations.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service e-support Omni-Channel Exceptional Customer Service 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Besides the predictable onslaught of product announcements and amazing trade show booths, many discussions around the needs of future customers took place recently at the Consumer Electronics Show , the behemoth of tech conferences, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tell consumers what THEY can do, not what IT can do. Here are a few ideas.

Marketing 110

Marketing Conference Innovation Transportation 110

Natalie Petouhof

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Tweet At the NRF Retail’s BIG Show , Adobe introduced several solution innovations for the Adobe Marketing Cloud that help retailers unify data, rich content, and campaign management into one platform. Online sales the week prior to Christmas saw tremendous growth. Online sales the week prior to Christmas saw tremendous growth.

Retail 40

Retail Innovation Report Trends 40

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 24, 2015

Mike Zarin (@zarin) March 24, 2015. Michael Perman , Dean of Innovation from Gap, Inc. discussed how challenging it is to think of innovation in positive terms. Thinking about innovation in these terms is limiting. via Gina Bhalwalker @scottrade #ngce — Jeannie Walters (@jeanniecw) March 23, 2015. So many answers!

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Conference Social Media 110

C3Centricity

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Of course, for me, planning for the future is simply a matter of taking the consumers’ perspective and what they (will) want. In several industries, consumers will want to see, compare and appreciate items before they purchase something. We value things more if we have had to work or wait for them #consumer #value Click To Tweet.

Retail 194

Retail Trends Apparel Transportation 194

Alida

AUGUST 16, 2016

To appreciate just how dominant they have become, consider these stats: According to Forrester Research’s 2015 Customer Lifecycle Journey report, 81 percent of companies now have community-type support channels—a steep increase from 2012’s 67 percent figure. Communities reduce business costs and drive sales.

Social Media 0

Social Media Innovation ROI Feedback 0

Alida

MARCH 30, 2017

At a recent Vision Critical webinar, Sam Trimboli, consumer insights specialist at Price Chopper, joined us to discuss how customer insight is helping the company thrive in the increasingly fragmented grocery industry. For example, customer insight motivated the launch of innovative meat products aimed at Millennial shoppers.

Customer Insights 100

Customer Insights Industry Innovation Sales 100

TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2021

That’s ok, we may be a relatively new startup (founded in 2015) but we are really starting to make a splash, so expect to hear more about us going forward. And, if we can save a few consumer tech devices from being smashed to bits in the process, that’s fantastic…for us, for you, and for your wallet. ever again.

Company 109

Company Wireless Video Technology 109

ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

As recently as June 2015, I wrote a review of the new offering from Chief Customer Officer ‘guru, Jeanne Bliss – (Chief Customer Officer 2.0) Bell, author of The 9½ Principles of Innovative Service. It will be officially released on the 3rd October 2015. It will be officially launched on he 28th October 2015.

Brands 120

Brands Customer Experience Chief Customer Officer Case Study 120

Alida

AUGUST 26, 2016

Social communities are useful for tracking what your competitors are up to and identifying broad consumer trends. Ninety-three percent of large companies use Facebook , according to a 2015 Social Media Examiner report. According to a 2015 Forrester Research report, 81 percent of companies have a support community of some kind. .

Social Media 100

Social Media How To Innovation Software 100

Helen Dewdney

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The Government thought so too and there was a call for evidence from the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills for consumers to provide feedback regarding their experiences. Consumer Rights Act 2015 and unfair contracts. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (amended 2014) (CPUTRs).

How To 63

How To Consumers Tips Government 63

Alida

JULY 21, 2017

In fact, according to a study commissioned by IBM , nearly 80 percent of consumers don’t think the average brand understands them as an individual. The marketing campaign was inspired by insight on the company’s main target audience of female consumers. REI leans on members for product innovation.

Customer relationships 154

Customer relationships Examples Brands Study 154

Alida

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

To keep up with rising consumer and market expectations, an ever increasing number of companies are now prioritizing becoming customer-led. billion in 2015 —up 12 percent from the previous year. A brand’s ability to meet rising consumer expectations depends on having an authentic relationship with its customers.

Customer relationships 180

Customer relationships CRM Customer Centricity Loyalty Programs 180

Alida

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In our e-book The 10 Smartest Brands: How They Use the Competitive Advantage of Customer Intelligence , we reveal how companies like D E WALT, LinkedIn and Salomon engage with customers to make better marketing, customer experience and product innovation decisions. The result: 85 percent reduction in research costs in 2015 alone.

ROI 100

ROI Measurement Brands Net Promoter Score 100

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 23, 2015

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Amy Jackson, Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Consumer Marketing for TripIt from Concur while I was at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, Texas back in March. Jon Galloway (@jongalloway) April 12, 2015. I am a huge fan since it has saved me more than once.

Social Media 110

Social Media Travel Rewards Programs Innovation 110