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15 CX Experts Talk about the Future and Challenges of Customer Experience in 2018 [part 1] 

Lumoa

Customer experience has been already a hot topic in business during 2017 and is promising to be even of higher importance in 2018. “CX It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices.

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5 Customer Experience Trends That Shaped 2018

Oracle

In 2018, the customer experience was front and center for businesses. Whether you’re focused on building stronger relationships with existing customers or attracting new prospects, brands are taking their CX strategies, technology, and approaches to the next level.

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The Customer Experience ‘7 Year Itch’! A frank and honest assessment of the CX profession

ijgolding

I first became aware of job roles containing the words, ‘Customer Experience’ in the early noughties. However, it was not until 2011, with the creation of the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), that the role became officially recognised as a profession.

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Customer Experience in the Gulf Region – A Story of Continuous Improvement!

ijgolding

Time after time, representatives of organisations stood in front of me and my fellow judges and brilliantly described how the customer was core/central to the strategy of the business. The big winner of the awards I had the privilege of being part of last week was the customerconsumers and businesses alike.

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Customer Experience Challenges According to 15 CX Experts

Lumoa

It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. Let’s find out what the field professionals actually experience. The shifting sands of artificial intelligence will keep many organizations on unsure footing in 2018.

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Hiring Tips for Your CX Team

CX Journey

This post originally appeared on her site on November 21, 2018. Although customer experience has been around for a long time, hiring for CX has become a greater priority for executives and funding committees only in the last five years.

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The top UK brands for customer service revealed

Maru/HUB

The Institute warned that the difficult retail environment meant that survival would be driven by how well customers were served. The index rates customer satisfaction across 13 sectors based on the views of 10,000 consumers. The top 50 organisations in the July 2018 index are: 1 Amazon.co.uk. 2 John Lewis Retail.

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