NICE inContact

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, North America, report has just been released. Not only that, but we’re a first-time Visionary in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service, Western Europe—recognized with the furthest position in the Completeness of Vision dimension.

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Oracle

DECEMBER 28, 2020

One example is e-commerce sales rose by an average of 6% across online platforms from January to March 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. As companies continue to adapt to the changing commerce landscape consumers can expect important omnichannel advances in 2021.

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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. Seamless omnichannel experiences. Be willing to invest.

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Joe Rawlinson

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In 2019, you will need to focus on complex long-form content, experiment with formats, and pay more attention to your distribution channels and commitment. Top 4 Tips to Boost Your Ecommerce Content Marketing Strategy in 2019. Go omnichannel. These are the formats you should invest more in for 2019.

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Oracle

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

At NRF 2019 , we asked retail leaders, “What are the top retail trends in 2019?” “The amount of data that retailers are seeing today, in an omnichannel environment — it’s gigantic in comparison to what we had in the past. The post 10 Hot Retail Trends in 2019 appeared first on SmarterCX.

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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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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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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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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The latest results and analysis appear in the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark. Both self-service and agent-assisted channels are being improved in the upcoming year, reflecting ongoing consumer demand for many options. Interested in learning more?

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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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Oracle

APRIL 30, 2019

In this 11th video on the Smarter Demos series, we take a look at some of the latest in omnichannel retail technology. Alex, can you tell me what you think are going to be a few hot retail trends in 2019? The post Smarter Demos: Bitcoin 2019 Trends and How to Earn it While You Shop appeared first on SmarterCX.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

With new innovations in omnichannel strategies, it’s possible to overcome traditional barriers to exceptional customer engagement and provide a complete digital experience. Consumers today expect to interact with companies on a multitude of digital channels. How do cloud contact centers meet these digital-forward needs?

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Comm100

AUGUST 5, 2020

For today’s consumer fast support is non-negotiable, and long wait times are unacceptable. In a 2019 study conducted by Vonage, only 15% of respondents felt that IVR was conducive to positive CX. And they’re all wrapped up in an easy-to-use omnichannel customer engagement platform. Free Omnichannel Customer Engagement.

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NICE inContact

MAY 8, 2019

Are you delivering seamless omnichannel customer experiences and creating promotors rather than detractors? The 2019 business wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark explores many of these questions at a global level. Then we compared these findings to what consumers said in our 2018 consumer study.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

In today’s omnichannel customer service environment, savvy organizations offer their consumers multiple ways to interact with them, including agent-assisted and self-service methods. And do companies understand consumer perceptions about their actual experiences? Here’s what we found out. However, customers don’t quite agree.

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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. Here are 5 of the upcoming, must-see commerce sessions.

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Comm100

MARCH 4, 2021

points from 2019 to 2020, hitting an all-time new benchmark peak of 85.6%. It’s time for omnichannel. While there are many reasons for this, one that is at the heart of it is their ever-increasing embrace of omnichannel customer engagement. Recommending reading: What does omnichannel customer engagement mean? .

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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. Retail innovations are changing how consumers connect with brands. Revolutionizing the drive-thru experience. The future of retail.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 24, 2019

Consumer Affairs) Most consumers can relate to either seeing or experiencing poor customer service, whether it’s at a restaurant, hotel, or the grocery store. The post 5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of June 24, 2019 appeared first on Shep Hyken. The customer service you provide would be… Amazing!

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Ecrion

OCTOBER 22, 2019

After all, while about 38% of consumers love to share their good experiences with a company, 45% of them are more likely to tell others about bad experiences with a brand. Focus on Omnichannel Communication. Omnichannel communication — in short, communicating with the customer wherever they are, and in the ways they like best.

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Ecrion

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

If you don’t prioritize better customer communications and service, you might find out the answers to these questions, since nearly 60% of consumers won’t ever do business with a company again after just one negative experience. Focus on Omnichannel Communication. Read on to find out. Know the Customer’s History.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

With this in mind, here are 10 top trends for contact centers and the customer experience in 2019. Omnichannel was so ‘last year’ – it is now about the CX. So many predictions over the past few years have focused on omnichannel and proudly boasted that the contact center can handle any channel a customer may want to communicate in.

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NICE inContact

JULY 14, 2020

Many consumers needing customer support, especially younger ones, want to interact with businesses through private social messaging apps, such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Twitter Messenger. This is one of many things we discovered while conducting research for the 2019 NICE inContact Customer Experience (CX) Benchmark.

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Blueshift

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

According to a late 2019 survey by Asurion , smartphone users in the US check their devices 96 times a day – or once every 10 minutes. . We’ve gathered some must-consume resources to help you answer these omnichannel marketing questions and more.

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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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Comm100

AUGUST 31, 2021

Among live chats on the Comm100 platform, the average wait time dropped from 50 seconds in 2019 to a benchmark of 35 seconds in 2020 , for a 30% decrease. In today’s world of technology and instant gratification, customers expect quick responses and this drop in wait time clearly shows that businesses are responding to this consumer demand.

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Comm100

JANUARY 7, 2020

Four years ago, Gartner predicted that by 2019 more than 50% of organizations would invest more money into their CX strategy than ever. For 2019 we analyzed 56 million live chats across 14 industries to expose how you can optimize your live chat strategy and exceed customer expectations. Omnichannel is required. Are you ready?

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GetFeedback

APRIL 3, 2019

Striving to deliver the best products, services, and experiences, they adopted GetFeedback to create an omnichannel feedba ck program that would scale alongside them. . GetFeedback also allows for us to customize the experience on the consumer side. Here at GetFeedback, we believe in an omnichannel experience to connect with customers.

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Kustomer

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

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 More Businesses Will Switch to an Omnichannel Approach. Today’s consumers expect personalized experiences to be tailored to their needs.

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Kustomer

JUNE 8, 2021

In a study conducted by The Global Consumer , more than one-third of global consumers purchased products online at least once per week. As more consumers practiced social distancing and stayed at home, their online shopping habits increased. retailers alone in Q2 of 2020 was 44% higher than the same period in 2019.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

4 Point of Sale (POS) Trends The following POS trends will help you ring up your sales and collect better data for business intelligence: Smooth Omnichannel Experience An omnichannel approach integrates social, e-commerce, and in-person sales with a holistic view of customers’ relationships.

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BlueOcean

APRIL 15, 2019

Omnichannel support, where all contact channels seamlessly integrate in real-time and the customer can transition without having to repeat themselves, is the best foundation to engage customers for the entire lifecycle. Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care? How to Support Your Toughest Customers. Read this next!

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Interactions

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A classic example of this is omnichannel. Few Conversational AI vendors can boast that they have a truly omnichannel experience, as many simply have multiple channels. But this doesn’t stop nearly all vendors from calling their products omnichannel. But as we look further, we can see there is more to it. Human Understanding.

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UJET

JUNE 25, 2021

But this creates its own concern, as consumers are continually using more devices in more ways to access support. According to ourfall 2019 survey, 61% of customers were using a mobile device for support, and 48% were using in-app messaging with agents for on-demand delivery services. Eliminate Channel Switching By Blending Channels.

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Comm100

MARCH 30, 2021

The customer panic caused by the pandemic has had lingering effects on business: companies are being called to do more with less, with over 80% of consumers expecting more empathetic or more responsive service in 2021. Fortunately, the situation is far from hopeless: omnichannel customer service answers these problems and more.

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PK

JUNE 20, 2019

Consumers increasingly expect an omnichannel shopping experience, and retailers are beginning to feel the urgency to respond. According to a recent Shopgate report, more than two-thirds (67 percent) of retailers now say omnichannel retailing will be a priority in 2019.

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BlueOcean

AUGUST 9, 2021

This lines up with market predictions; contact center AI is expected to soar from $800 million in 2019 to $2.8 But with the increase in omnichannel capabilities, virtual environments, and AI-based solutions, the benefits for efficiency and improved experience are clear. Artificial Intelligence in the Contact Center. billion by 2024.

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