CSM Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2021

The 2019 Gartner Customer Experience Management Survey found that 86% of respondents say they will compete based on customer experience (CX) two years from now. The challenge for CX leaders is to build a multichannel communication strategy to reach customers either in a way they want or via channels they prefer. Journey orchestration.

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Second to None

JULY 17, 2020

Here is how you can begin: Omni-Channel Patient Personalization. Billion in 2019. With these new technologies emerging, patients are seeking a consistent experience across in-person and digital experiences. . These changes are likely to continue to occur as the pandemic and technology are evolving.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 9, 2021

The adoption rate of new and evolving technologies accelerated at unseen speeds—resulting in 10 years’ worth of change within a mere 10 months. Contact center technologies are certainly in the mix of acceleration. We dug into their sentiments and expectations about the future of five key contact center technologies.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Featuring a thorough evaluation of cloud providers by one of the independent analyst firms in the industry, the report is an invaluable tool for contact center leaders considering new technology investments.

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Kustomer

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The final days of 2019 are drawing to a close, and that means it’s time for Kustomer’s year-end wrap up. Here are some of the most memorable highlights: Top Customer Service Trends of 2019. Omnichannel Not Multichannel. Achieving true omnichannel support was a focus of many organizations in 2019.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Here’s a closer look at how both technologies can automate business functions and boost CX: Chatbots. Businesses in various sectors have already employed chatbots to better deliver on customer needs and improve the speed at which business can help consumers. billion in 2019 to $9.4 billion by 2024. Data, Data, and More Data.

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Oracle

JANUARY 15, 2019

The SmarterCX team is on location at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show in New York City this week getting an inside look at the latest in retail customer experience trends and technology. Here are some of the hottest trends, technology, and takeaways from NRF 2019. An up-close look at advancing technology.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. As the technology matures, many companies will inevitably look for holistic AI solutions that unify customer and operational data to achieve the most valuable and actionable insights.

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Kayako

APRIL 1, 2022

A PwC study found that 73% of consumers say customer service experiences are more important in purchasing decisions than price or product features. About 43% of consumers would pay more for convenience, and 42% will pay for a friendly, welcoming experience. But an omnichannel experience requires interactions with less friction.

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Kitewheel

JANUARY 9, 2019

There is a lot of buzz around Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) for 2019. Gartner says, “A CDP (or Customer Data Platform) is a marketing system that unifies a company’s customer data from marketing and other channels”. Meanwhile, the new CMO is going to be successful by replacing these failed projects with a shiny new technology.

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Oracle

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Omnichannel is set to move front and center as part of customer experience (CX) strategy in 2020. Still a relatively nascent concept, it grew in prominence in 2019 but companies haven’t fully embraced it yet in a widespread manner. The global omnichannel retail commerce platform market is expected to grow to $11.1

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Oracle

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Customer experience headlines in 2019 brought us new information regarding customers’ desires and motivations, technology that’s changing the way we interact with customers and with each other, and insights into what some brands and practitioners are doing right, and where others have room for improvement. The sky is blue.

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Oracle

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

At NRF 2019 , we asked retail leaders, “What are the top retail trends in 2019?” ” From extended reality and actionable artificial intelligence to autonomous checkout, hear about 10 of the hottest retail trends and technologies they see making a difference in shopping experiences this year. All rights reserved.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 12, 2020

Emergent technologies have forever changed traditional customer service support. Rising customer expectations and increasing brand loyalty competition are driving the need to provide greater value-driven service to both consumers and stakeholders. Increasing Role of Technology in Customer Service. Wiatt and Jolene A.

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Joe Rawlinson

JUNE 1, 2016

As Internet speeds increase and technology becomes more sophisticated, customer expectations of companies’ online performances have also risen. Omni-Channel Support Options. In fact, many who ask a company a question or leave a complaint on a social channel expect a reply within an hour. In 2015, 47 percent of U.S.

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NICE inContact

MAY 23, 2019

We live in an omnichannel customer service world now. Emerging technologies and changing consumer demands fundamentally have shifted the way businesses interact with their customers. Businesses still are working out the kinks with some of the newer capabilities, and some consumers just aren’t ready to embrace these yet.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 18, 2019

Why Omnichannel is the Future of Customer Interactions (And How You Can Get Started) by Josh Brown. My Comment: The technical term “omnichannel” is really about a customer being able to connect with a company through any means they desire; phone, social media, messaging, etc. Here’s some sound ideas that will help you on that journey.

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Oracle

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This is a preview of the ebook “ 3 Customer Experience Essentials for Today’s Shoppers – And How to Thrive in the Experience Economy “ Omnichannel optimization is essential for success with 21st century shoppers. Neglecting to optimize for mobile is among the top omnichannel marketing mistakes.

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ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

One month has passed in 2019 and we are already witnessing how the game is changing in customer support across industries. Seventy percent of US consumers opine they have already made a choice to be loyal to a company delivering great customer service. Advanced speech analytics technologies are trending in the market.

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Oracle

APRIL 30, 2019

SmarterCX presents the Smarter Demos series , a 2-minutes-or-less look at some of the most innovative CX technologies and how they work. In this 11th video on the Smarter Demos series, we take a look at some of the latest in omnichannel retail technology. Watch our interview and read the transcript below.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Nick Bandy, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveVox , an omnichannel platform that helps brands seamlessly communicate with their customers. 45% of consumers say they’d be less likely to purchase or not purchase at all if the experience a brand provides is different from their perceived ideals. .

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NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Are you delivering seamless omnichannel customer experiences and creating promotors rather than detractors? But these days, digital technology innovations can make it increasingly more complex to serve your customers where and how they want to be served. Then we compared these findings to what consumers said in our 2018 consumer study.

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TechSee

AUGUST 16, 2022

The report focuses on the impact of the pandemic on consumer behaviors with the key findings showing a significant loss of product-dependent brand loyalty. Today, consumer loyalty is most impacted by the customer experience and overall service quality. The data shows a growing intolerance for poor service quality.

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Oracle

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Today, the customer experience isn’t bound to any one physical or digital space, as 73% of consumers use multiple channels to shop , according to a Harvard Business Review study of 46,000 shoppers. Technology hasn’t just transformed customer service. Retail innovations are changing how consumers connect with brands.

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Oracle

JULY 25, 2019

Oracle OpenWorld 2019 will take place September 16-19 in San Francisco, with over 1,000 planned sessions on topics including transformational technologies, growth acceleration, intelligent cloud applications, and more. Omnichannel Innovation: Building Your Path to the Future. You can also view the full CX session catalog here.

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Kustomer

JANUARY 13, 2020

The digital and direct-to-consumer shifts have had a huge impact on retail customer service. While customers now expect instantaneous service on a multitude of channels, they also expect personal and helpful interactions, similar to face-to-face interactions with in-store associates. 2019 Holiday Season Developments.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Here’s a closer look at how both technologies can automate business functions and boost CX: Chatbots. Businesses in various sectors have already employed chatbots to better deliver on customer needs and improve the speed at which business can help consumers. billion in 2019 to $9.4 billion by 2024. Data, Data, and More Data.

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Martin Hill-Wilson

JANUARY 29, 2016

Right now I can see three genuinely transformational technologies on offer for forward thinking contact centres. Visual IVR becomes the GUI of choice: delivering omni-channel fluency together with an infinitely more intuitive way of engaging with service options, relative to its audio equivalent. It’s on the 26/27th.

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transcosmos Information Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

This is something to pay attention to because they are now the largest consumer demographic to date. Of course, having an omni-channel customer service requires more than just creating accounts on online platforms. Moving Forward to 2019 and Beyond. Technology is getting more advanced by the minute.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 11, 2020

IVR or Interactive Voice Response, the automated technology that answers incoming calls and provides instructions to customers, has been an essential part of the contact centre toolkit for many years. Omni-channel solutions include: Agent Assisted Card Payments. Let’s take a closer look: What are the benefits of IVR payments?

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CSM Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

According to UK Finance, card payments accounted for half (51%) of all payments in the UK in 2019 while consumer use of credit cards rose by 7% to 3.3 Fortunately, these trends in payment habits have proved invaluable during lockdown when record numbers of consumers rely on debit or credit cards to pay for essential shopping.

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Oracle

OCTOBER 2, 2019

in 2019 to $3.535 trillion, and by 2023, the industry is expected to be worth US$6.54 While consumers are hungrier than ever for goods and digital services, the level of competition in this space has never been higher, making margins tight. According to eMarketer , the global ecommerce market is expected to grow by 20.7% Visual search.

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Hero Digital

DECEMBER 11, 2018

For younger consumers, an emotional CX strategy is even more important: 56% of Gen Z customers say that a fun in-store experience influences where they shop. The clothing brand Reformation is a paragon of omni-channel experience, but it’s their personalized dressing rooms that make customers feel confident and poised.

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West Monroe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Thousands of Salesforce community members converged in San Francisco last week for Dreamforce 2019. New partnerships with companies such as Microsoft, Tableau, Apple, and Amazon indicate major opportunities for organizations to elevate their customer experience in 2020 using Salesforce technology to be more agile, predictive, and strategic.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Jamie MacSween of Puzzel shares his thoughts on the consumer switch to email, and why it has become more important in contact centres, as well as how to use automated ticketing to resolve a sharp influx of customer enquiries. Coronavirus has been a catalyst for change, not least in the contact centre world.

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CSM Magazine

JUNE 4, 2020

Poor alignment between long-term brand needs, solutions and cost – pressures from regulators have led many organisations to make major business adjustments to compensate for pricing and consumer-led pressures. But what is the impact on consumers, businesses and their shareholders? About 4t4 Consult.

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Team HGS

JANUARY 9, 2019

HGS Roundtable: Top Customer Experience (CX) Trends in 2019. For our 2019 predictions, we are honored to share unique and well-informed perspectives from an elite group of industry thought leaders. In with the New” addresses the wide range of disrupters—those capabilities and tools required to stay ahead of consumer demand.

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