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Checking out the options: Self-service or Staffed?

Helen Dewdney

Self-service checkouts have been with us at supermarkets for the past twenty years. She says “My local Tesco has inaccessible self-service tills with no staff which makes the shopping experience physically difficult and overwhelming.”. No customer should be excluded from any service that other people can use.

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The Problem with Self Service

Beyond Philosophy

People like the convenience of self-service. More and more of your Customers believe access to self-service options is essential to their relationship with your business. Knowing this, it is critical that you plan your self-service options well. Clearly, more Customers want self-service options.

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Self-Service is an Essential for Financial Services in 2017

Bold360

Throughout their interactions online, customers are looking for a seamless experience that enables them to complete the tasks that brought them online to begin with. Creating a New Self-Service Solution in Banking. Bottom Line.

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The six ways web self-service improves your customer experience

Eptica

Date: Friday, September 18, 2015 The six ways web self-service improves your customer experience. Published on: September 18, 2015. Author: Robin Tandon Customer service teams are currently faced with multiple challenges. So how can companies deliver faster service to more queries, while improving efficiency?

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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For Self-Service Success: Focus on Customers First, Not Cost Savings

Tricia Morris

As any brand or organization that’s implemented a customer self-service offering knows, build it and they will come. Forrester estimates that an average of $22 million is spent annually in unnecessary service costs due to channel escalation – and this is in the retail industry alone. Satisfied when they leave?

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Data Snapshot: Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2015

Experience Matters

We just published a Temkin Group data snapshot, Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2015. This year’s results show that companies are planning on dedicating more money and effort to improving a variety of customer experience activities in 2015. Download report for $195.