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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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Improving Your E-Commerce Customer Service to Meet Today’s Consumer Expectations

Joe Rawlinson

The 2017 IBM Consumer Experience Index (CEI) Study says only 3.4 percent of brands are delivering leading-edge customer experience , while 33.5 Add Value by Utilizing Technological Innovations. Live chat is another technology you can use to improve customer experience. percent are delivering average service and 39.6

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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. A sociologist, ethnographer, and author, she’s our in-house pathfinder, constantly mapping out ways for brands to innovate and push boundaries.

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Building Societies: the Original Experts of Customer Engagement

Thunderhead

Part of a local movement to foster innovation and economic success, these societies were considered radical – far removed from the received wisdom that profit should be the key force driving financial institutions. And of course, these new online experiences must align with those provided so brilliantly ‘in branch’.

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Brand Move Roundup – July 27, 2020

C Space

million for a 2017 matchup between the St. FX Networks, which has had an experiential presence at the event for seven years, has pivoted planned physical activations to innovative digital offerings for fans stuck at home. No regular-season game had been viewed by that many since 4.7 7, 2011, also on ESPN.

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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.