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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of January 30, 2017

ShepHyken

Media Post) The digital economy has driven innovation and created new channels and profit centers, but organizations that look at technology to totally displace human interaction are misguided, according to a study. The problem is that it’s tough to make an emotional connection during an online experience. .

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Is the Future of Retail, Physical or Virtual?

C3Centricity

However, with the move of most major supermarket chains to offer online stores too, plus a few successful online-only stores, such as Amazon in the US and Ocado in the U.K. they were reconsidering just how big they could or should grow their online business. This discussion happened just a few years back in 2017.

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Secret Sauce

C Space

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey kicked off an historically destructive storm season, devastating parts of Texas and ultimately matching Hurricane Katrina as the costliest hurricane to hit the United States. study, which connects key brand relationship behaviors to stronger business performance. Secret Sauce. companies across industries.

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The Journey to Hybrid: 20+ Things We Learned Transforming Pulse Everywhere

Gainsight

Meanwhile, Pulse the conference graduated from a ballroom in 2013 to a full takeover of the Intercontinental Hotel in 2014 , San Francisco’s Pier 48 in 2015 , the Oakland Convention Center in 2016 and 2017 , the San Mateo County Events Center in 2018 , and finally to the venue it was truly meant to call home, San Francisco’s Moscone Center, in 2019.

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Gen Z Rely on the Internet Primarily for Social Media and Entertainment

CSM Magazine

Where prior generations saw function or utility, Gen Z sees fun, connection and emotion. For them, there is no “online” or “internet.” Gen Z doesn’t distinguish whether they are online, on an app, in a social network’s platform or walking around with their mobile phone. The study’s margin of error is +/-2.8 percentage points.

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5 breakthrough in-store experiences (and the employees behind them)

Qualtrics

The consumer experience is no longer just a matter of going shopping in a store or pulling out a device to make a purchase online. In-store experiences can leverage sensory factors like hearing, smell and texture to engage the customer and use face-to-face connections with staff members to cement relationships on a human level.

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